2023 Transfer Portal

[Big Poppa]

The bigger question is how aggressive are we in going after some of these local kids. We've all heard how UL tends to lack in their recruiting of local kids and a lot of the old high school coaches have said as much.

That was Hud and before, Billy made great in roads with local kids and coaches. Hud was starting to crack that nut slowly. The problem is the local coaches have the same stigma the casual fan does about the school that needs to be broken.

[Geaux]

Say what you want about recruiting ranking, but it is the measuring stick. It's about mitigation of misses.

Billy understood this better than most. Hud used the wrong means.

I would hope CMDs local-centric staff will pay dividends.

Based on the current rankings, LA Tech and Tulane are knocking it out of the park.

https://247sports.com/Season/2023-Fo...chool&State=LA

[JamesTheJeweler]

I think Tyler Grubbs, the kid from Tech is in the portal. I'd take him.

[JamesTheJeweler]

Tech also has a 1st year head coach. Only won 3 games this year, and is killing us in recruiting!

[Big Poppa]

People here were having a fit when we had all the locals on the baseball team.

I didn’t realize this was a baseball thread. But I don’t recall anyone complaining in 2014 when we had Connor Toups, Adam Angelle, Blake Trahan, Ryan Leonards, Tyler Girouard, Michael Strentz, Austin Robichaux, Jace Conrad, Cody Boutte, Kyle Clement, Chris Charpentier, Evan Powell, Nick Zaunbrecher, and Trace Guidry. That’s a lot off home grown talent and you say people were complaining because we recruited to many local kids in baseball? Who are they? Do they hate 58-10 with local boys? No one has ever complained because a kid is local when they are playing to the level that is expected here.

[CajunVic]

Go to Robes last two years. There was lots of complaining going on in fact some were calling for his head.

[CajunVic]

I didn’t realize this was a baseball thread. But I don’t recall anyone complaining in 2014 when we had Connor Toups, Adam Angelle, Blake Trahan, Ryan Leonards, Tyler Girouard, Michael Strentz, Austin Robichaux, Jace Conrad, Cody Boutte, Kyle Clement, Chris Charpentier, Evan Powell, Nick Zaunbrecher, and Trace Guidry. That’s a lot off home grown talent and you say people were complaining because we recruited to many local kids in baseball? Who are they? Do they hate 58-10 with local boys? No one has ever complained because a kid is local when they are playing to the level that is expected here.

I was not active here in 14 so I have no clue what the knuckleheads here were complaining about . . .

[Big Poppa]

Go to Robes last two years. There was lots of complaining going on in fact some were calling for his head.

They weren’t upset because of where the kids were from. They weren’t playing anywhere near the level the teams before them did. That was the issue folks had. It wasn’t about their address.

[CajunVic]

They weren’t upset because of where the kids were from. They weren’t playing anywhere near the level the teams before them did. That was the issue folks had. It wasn’t about their address.

That is what they should have done but not what was done. You can go back and look.
People here were livid and blamed our lack of success on too much local recruiting rather than bad recruiting.

[CajunVic]

Taysom Hill is my favorite football player . . .