The OL recruiting is easy. Recruit everyone aTm and Arkansas recruit on the OL. Seems easy enough.
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There are 3 position groups (OL, DL and RB) that when LUS and Bama offer everyone else should be offering as well. Especially when the player is from MS. If he has a legitimate offer from LSU and a former Bama coach wanted him I can't possibly make a case for not offering him. This whole idea of "we don't offer unless they come to camp" is dumb. I can see that mentality on the marginal kids but for a sure fired player it doesn't make sense.
Mean OL. Great genetics. Room to grow. Legacy. Good film. Loves State. Yeah let's not take him and see if he can be another Day or Beckwith....so profoundly ****ing stupid I don't know where to begin. Fireable. And by not offering now and slow playing we will have to work harder to tell him but yeah we've always loved you son and convince him to come. Because he hasn't camped yet? Again fireable.
We might as well accept the fact that Mullen is not going to fire Hevesy no matter how poorly he recruits or coaches. We should reconcile ourselves we will never get to the SEC Championship game as long as Mullen is here, buy your tickets, and be glad to settle for a mediocre bowl game. Face it.
Vs the top 3 in the SEC West 2015:
LSU- 26 carries/43 yards
Alabama- 42 carries/89 yards
Ole Miss- 34/148 yards
vs Top 3 in the SEC West- 2016:
LSU- 32 carries/56 yards
Auburn- 33 carries/103 yards
Alabama- 35 carries/94 yards
Those are the numbers we put up vs the top of the SEC West year in and year out(2014 was the outlier and we all know this). It's why we never are any kind of legit threat to push for the West title. Its also why we wont be until we recruit better on the OL
We obviously cannot recruit offensive linemen. We will max out at 9/10 level until we correct this. I am not attempting to denigrate Mullen because he does many things well. I am simply pointing out the barrier to elite success.
You can't do that and keep program harmony. Your idea is the one that is bullshit. Cigar boys should be talking to Cohen and no one else.
I do agree with the premise regarding the coach, however. There is just not much that can be done about it if Mullen does not want to do it.
We make it so tough on ourselves. When our offense get obliterated by LSU this year, it's gonna get real hot for Hev. That's gonna be ****ing ugly.
Not only OL, but most all positions. Like what Coach Gonzales told me a few years ago. They have to attend our camps to be offered with a few exections.
Sure we have had issues at other positions but we've also made coaching changes at those positions. Hev's group is a constant crap stain. And he's still getting paid.