UL Commit Follows Billy to UF

[angeleast]

We were 5-7 and just lost a conference game 63-14...we aren’t in that same spot now

Exactly

[CrazyCajun]

Exactly

Having a less than stellar class at this point is pas bon. I mean after February...not ESD.

[CajunFun]

I don’t know about that.

With the caveat that we can only use the reading services available (and I tend to defer to 247), We’ve never had a four-star recruit. And only this year have we had our highest rated ever commitment.

It seems we have been adding Money to the athletic budget in the last few years that helps us identify quality recruits; some thing the P fives already had.

I think the proverbial diamonds in the rough few and far between.

1) Number of stars tell you nothing about the quality of the athlete, but they can give you some idea about the competitiveness (but again, not the quality) of your recruiting. Remember, Dez had very few offers coming out of HS. Hardly anyone wanted Jake or Babb.

2) Both Billy & Dez have said it's about evaluating the overall package, the fit, the work ethic, the intangibles, and from those, the potential. Rating services have tens of thousands of kids to go through, so they overemphasize size, speed (but not quickness so much, because that can't be measured), flashy stats, and players on winning teams. (Remember, Wuerffel won the Heisman, and he and Jake played together in Europe. Jake eventually advanced to the Superbowl, Wuerffel never made much of a splash.)

3) Probably because they can't do a thorough job, sometimes the rating services have been known to drop a player's rating when he's seriously talking to a mid-major.

4) Recruit smart, train players physically & mentally, win, repeat. The stars (like winning) are a by-product of doing it right.

[Boomer]

…..Nobody is denying the entire recruiting aspects as being very important…..but the biggey this year for us could be the portal or JCs….we badly need OLs and LBers…..we need them now…..would need somebody to substantiate this but is this about correct?

[CajunFun]

I just think that the need to replace Mullen would not have been as urgent if there was no such thing as an early signing period.

And I think that this urgency that is created results in knee-jerk reactions on the part of people further up the food chain.

Allegedly, we’ve heard stories that Napier was leveraging offers between LSU and Florida.

Allegedly, Lincoln Riley was leveraging LSU against other people.

A couple of years ago, it was stories that Tom Herman was leveraging offers between Texas and LSU.

Now I realize that this is how people are going to negotiate, but still, in my opinion, there is A built-in urgency that only benefits the P fives.

Hey, I think we're missing something here.

If Billy is using his Louisiana connections to recruit, who is he hurting more:

UL?

Or Hellish U?

Because if the latter, then by default, we gain ground in Louisiana.

[ZoomZoom]

Heck, CBN should go after the receiver committed to Cincinnati that plays for Westgate. Kid made a heck of a one handed catch for a TD. Brutal ending for Warren Easton, first and goal from the one with under 2 to go down by one, 4 tries and failed. When the coach had zero confidence in his kicker...

[Turbine]

1) Number of stars tell you nothing about the quality of the athlete, but they can give you some idea about the competitiveness (but again, not the quality) of your recruiting. Remember, Dez had very few offers coming out of HS. Hardly anyone wanted Jake or Babb.

2) Both Billy & Dez have said it's about evaluating the overall package, the fit, the work ethic, the intangibles, and from those, the potential. Rating services have tens of thousands of kids to go through, so they overemphasize size, speed (but not quickness so much, because that can't be measured), flashy stats, and players on winning teams. (Remember, Wuerffel won the Heisman, and he and Jake played together in Europe. Jake eventually advanced to the Superbowl, Wuerffel never made much of a splash.)

3) Probably because they can't do a thorough job, sometimes the rating services have been known to drop a player's rating when he's seriously talking to a mid-major.

4) Recruit smart, train players physically & mentally, win, repeat. The stars (like winning) are a by-product of doing it right.

Spot on.

Love the Danny/Jake resULts

[SUGator51]

Heck, CBN should go after the receiver committed to Cincinnati that plays for Westgate. Kid made a heck of a one handed catch for a TD. Brutal ending for Warren Easton, first and goal from the one with under 2 to go down by one, 4 tries and failed. When the coach had zero confidence in his kicker...

Just offered.

[KajunKrazy]

Tech has offered about 6 of our recruits this week trying to take advantage of Napier's departure.

Will be curious to see if they flip any. If so it might be a sign that the recruiting momentum is swinging back to the necks up north.

[CajunVic]

Will be curious to see if they flip any. If so it might be a sign that the recruiting momentum is ____ting back to the necks up north.

Well, it’s not like they did not lose their coach also . . .