In State Football Recruiting.

[Big Buds]

On3 has drop down to compare UL rankings vs those 4 pre Sun Belt. Just a few minutes research.

IMO a follow up recruiting ranking needed. Some signed never actually show up. A true final ranking should be vetted with those actually on the fall roster. An example.....last year LTURd signed a very highly regarded RB from TX. Easily their #1 recruit and being highly ranked had a tangible impact on their team rankings. He never set foot on campus.....went Juco.

I get that. But T, Big Poppa and myself are discussing SBC rankings at the time of signing. That is a cool feature though.

[ULGrad@HOU]

It's not the only way, but just look at who is offering the player. If we are the only FBS, or only lower tier FBS, then there is reason to have some concern. Those other schools that have much bigger budgets are combing through the talent also. Most of them have someone on their staff that is familiar with Louisiana High Schools.
With Napier, we were consistently beating out many of our piers, plus several P5's. This year, we have a few of those, but not many.

[CajunNation]

On3 has drop down to compare UL rankings vs those 4 pre Sun Belt. Just a few minutes research.

IMO a follow up recruiting ranking needed. Some signed never actually show up. A true final ranking should be vetted with those actually on the fall roster. An example.....last year LTURd signed a very highly regarded RB from TX. Easily their #1 recruit and being highly ranked had a tangible impact on their team rankings. He never set foot on campus.....went Juco.

So true.

The ranking that would be most insightful and a true measure of the class would be a re-ranking, 4 years later.

That info would be The Truth.

[R1Letterman]

So true.

The ranking that would be most insightful and a true measure of the class would be a re-ranking, 4 years later.

That info would be The Truth.

great point, and the reason they dont do that must be same reason they dont continue updating rpi as playoffs progress

[CajunT]

The first class is to be expected to not be as good. He didn’t except the job until December. It’s hard to put together a class that quickly. Judge by his first full year of recruiting going forward.

Hmmm, seems Desormeaux faced the same concerns his first season after it was announced Napier was leaving and the remaining staff had to hit the road recruiting the same week of the bowl game and the first signing period.

[JamesTheJeweler]

How many times are we going to go through this....some of these players, for whatever reason are not vetted by the various recruiting services...Most of that takes place between after a players Soph. or Jr. season. Coaches get the up close look at Jr. camps, Evaluate the player, etc. Some get offered then, others after a school does the entire vetting with coaches etc, visits, unofficial visits, showing up at HS to talk to a kid, etc. UL Coaches know how to evaluate talent, most posters on this board don't have a clue...would it be nice to see 3 Stars against each name, sure would be...Coaches have developed relationships with player and HS coach...RP posters, not so much...I'll go to war with the 27 we have signed...Have some faith...

As I said.....stars shmars. The point I was making is that if it were the other way around, we'd be tooting our own horns.

[JamesTheJeweler]

Also guys, it's D'Wanye, not D'Wayne. Let's try and get his name right.

[BeauCajun]

Also guys, it's D'Wanye, not D'Wayne. Let's try and get his name right.

Therefore it’s Lunch.

[Turbine]

Also guys, it's D'Wanye, not D'Wayne. Let's try and get his name right.

Just like its Anfernee and not Anthony Hardaway.

They used to give birthing mom's a lot of whiskey back in the day, then ask them to spell.

Just like my dad's full blooded brother (from a never separated household) has a different last name.

Grandma said she didn't feel a thing.

[SlickRick]

Therefore it’s Lunch.

This...

[Big Poppa]

The conversation was around Louisiana’s recruiting rankings in the SBC under Billy Napier. Those schools weren’t in the SBC at that time of signing.

All that's needed is just a few minutes of research to educate yourself.

Actually the conversation was about Billy becoming the out right number 2 in Louisiana and one year removed it appears, at least according to some sources, we are right back where we were prior to Billy, 4 at best.

[Big Poppa]

Hmmm, seems Desormeaux faced the same concerns his first season after it was announced Napier was leaving and the remaining staff had to hit the road recruiting the same week of the bowl game and the first signing period.

Hmmm. Let’s make a comparison. No chance that Desormeaux was already on staff and had already been recruiting those same players through camps here since they were in high school? Not the same transition comparison at all. Billy moved from Arizona to Louisiana and didn’t get here until the week of the first signing period. Apples to oranges to compare Des to Billy.