So Ole Miss just added a transfer

[Ifyouonlyknew]

Ideally who would you have liked to see us recruit for this team with 5 scholarships left? I haven't seen many more DBs / OL worth pursuing. WR is always a need. Not sure though what could have been done better except delaying when we got our transfer commits?

An OL, CB, S, WR, & Rush End. We’ve offered less than 5 kids in the last 3 months. Kids have been signing & committing but we haven’t been aggressive enough. Corey Rucker WR from Arkansas St originally from MS is a perfect example.

[Ifyouonlyknew]

That assumes we don't have anyone else transfer out before the first game - i think every SEC program should expect to lose 2-4 guys in August.

5 is still the max we can sign even if we lost 10 kids after spring.

[Ifyouonlyknew]

Does having 5 schollies left dictate portal work or lack thereof?

The lack of offers dictate lack of work.

[BayouDawg]

Its not apples to apples comparing our transfer recruiting to ole miss. They are being very aggressive because they have no choice. They lost a lot of players and are going all in on the portal. It may pan out and yet it may not. Although I wish we would be more aggressive on the portal. But we dont have near the room they had. I expect it to pick back up after spring.

[confucius say]

I don't get how 8 regular season wins is too much to ask for next year in year 3 with especially with LSU having a complete rebuild, AU is in damn shambles and Arkansas lost a ton as well. Throw in the fact that the bears lost Corral who was responsible for at least 3 of their wins last year, I don't see how 8 wins is some type of miracle.

We should be favored against AU and Arkansas and I bet we will be under a 6 point dog against LSU, and my guess a pick em against Ole Miss. This is also making A&M a free shot for Leach at home. I'm not expecting that one, which is pretty generous.

8 regular season wins with everything we have returning is a good season. I think we should expect a good season in year 3 after dealing with some pretty shitty games the last two years.

8 regular season is certainly doable.
9 is possible.

But 9 regular season being the expectation is crazy talk.

7-5 is the baseline at a place that spends less than everybody in our division, if not the conference. ESpecially when our schedule is rated the toughest in America.

[confucius say]

I think fans get too caught up in number of wins. That's fine at Bama I guess. But one of my favorite years was Mullen's 1st year. We only went 5-7. But you could tell the brand of football and style of offense was going to work at MSU. We played hard every game. Nearly beat LSU. Beat Ole Miss by double digits. And didn't embarrass ourselves in any game. You could tell with a couple of good recruiting classes, we could have a special year. And of course we ended up having 3 or 4 special years including Mullen's 2nd season.

Dan averaged 7.1-4.9 here. Leach can do the same.

[confucius say]

No one forgets that. Literally no one. But what we do see is that Lane and Ole Miss are working their asses off in recruiting the portal to do everything they can to set themselves up for success. Can you say the same about Leach and our staff?

Lane ain't working crap. Just shows up for the photo op and posts a rented Porsche on Twitter. He's open about that too. He hates recruiting about like Hevesy. Talk to HS coaches.

He has a GM running that side of things. Same way leach does. And I'm fine with it honestly.

[confucius say]

It seems that we sloughed off sometime after getting the CB from Bama in the boat. We got out worked on the OT from W Kentucky that ended up at Ole Miss.

We signed Lewis.
Though i think I'd rather have the OT from western ky

[HoopsDawg]

Dan averaged 7.1-4.9 here. Leach can do the same.

Again, I don't get caught up in number of wins. There are too many variables such as non-conference SOS, East opponent, how good are the West teams in any given year. Leach is never going to totally shit the bed in a season. We run a ball control offense. And he reps the hell out of the same plays over and over. I can live with a 6-6 season every now and then if I have confidence that 9-3 is right around the corner. I always felt Jackie Sherrill was one good QB or one good recruiting class away from winning the West. (which he eventually did)

I don't feel that way with Leach. In today's world, you have to embrace the portal. You have to embrace NIL. You have to support your players (such as not playing in a bowl game). You have to get to know your players on a personal level.You have to be passionate about recruiting . (see Nick Saban, but also Shane Beamer, Josh Heupel, and Sam Pittman) These are all off the field things that Leach just doesn't do. On the field, there are a number of issues as well.

[HoopsDawg]

The lack of offers dictate lack of work.

^^^^^^^^

[Bothrops]

Who is in there at positions of need that we could get?

There are legitimate things to criticize Leach about, like not attending pro day, I just don't think his use of the portal is one of them.

It seems that we sloughed off sometime after getting the CB from Bama in the boat. We got out worked on the OT from W Kentucky that ended up at Ole Miss.

[calidawg]

Lane ain't working crap. Just shows up for the photo op and posts a rented Porsche on Twitter. He's open about that too. He hates recruiting about like Hevesy. Talk to HS coaches.

He has a GM running that side of things. Same way leach does. And I'm fine with it honestly.

What you're saying makes sense in theory, but it doesn't work that way in reality. When the guy at the top is lackadaisical or uncaring about a particular area of the business (in this case recruiting) it trickles down to the rest. OM has a much stronger foundation in recruiting within their culture, but eventually Lane's lack of effort toward it will come to hurt them too.

[TrapGame]

What you're saying makes sense in theory, but it doesn't work that way in reality. When the guy at the top is lackadaisical or uncaring about a particular area of the business (in this case recruiting) it trickles down to the rest. OM has a much stronger foundation in recruiting within their culture, but eventually Lane's lack of effort toward it will come to hurt them too.

Lane's lazy. He hated all the meetings and check ins they had at Bama. Lane has a general manager under him that deals with a lot of day to day shit. Bo Bounds covered this on his show a couple of weeks ago. Lane is about as hands on as Mike Leach. But this is modern college football now. The days of head coaches grinding it 18 hours a day are over. A lot of that is due to social media.

[confucius say]

What you're saying makes sense in theory, but it doesn't work that way in reality. When the guy at the top is lackadaisical or uncaring about a particular area of the business (in this case recruiting) it trickles down to the rest. OM has a much stronger foundation in recruiting within their culture, but eventually Lane's lack of effort toward it will come to hurt them too.

It very well may. He is entirely dependent on transfer portal kids this year or he is staring 5-7 in the face.

We beat them head to head on Clayton, Lewis, Nicholson, Williams in December. Went 4-0 in kids we were head to head to them with. Clean sweep. But this thread read as though they are dominating us in recruiting.

[Ifyouonlyknew]

Dan averaged 7.1-4.9 here. Leach can do the same.

Mullen last 4 years he avg 8.5 wins & we had 3 9 win seasons in those 4. That’s what we need from Leach & what we were sold with Leach. That’s why this season is so important. We return more production than any SEC school. We return like 17 starters. If he doesn’t win 8-9 games this season he won’t for a while. 2023 we’ll be replacing the entire defense. 2024 we’ll be replacing damn near the entire offense. It’s now or maybe never this season. He needs to get it done.

[OLJWales]

The lack of offers dictate lack of work.

So we are set and no need to improve. Good to know. Ever thought about running for office? You'd be good.

[Eric Nies Grind Time]

Mullen last 4 years he avg 8.5 wins & we had 3 9 win seasons in those 4. That’s what we need from Leach & what we were sold with Leach. That’s why this season is so important. We return more production than any SEC school. We return like 17 starters. If he doesn’t win 8-9 games this season he won’t for a while. 2023 we’ll be replacing the entire defense. 2024 we’ll be replacing damn near the entire offense. It’s now or maybe never this season. He needs to get it done.

Don't worry baw. We are winning the west this season.

[TrapGame]

Mullen last 4 years he avg 8.5 wins & we had 3 9 win seasons in those 4. That’s what we need from Leach & what we were sold with Leach. That’s why this season is so important. We return more production than any SEC school. We return like 17 starters. If he doesn’t win 8-9 games this season he won’t for a while. 2023 we’ll be replacing the entire defense. 2024 we’ll be replacing damn near the entire offense. It’s now or maybe never this season. He needs to get it done.

I've been patient with Leach. My patience will run out if we win less than 8 games. Year three I want to see a well oiled offense w/ a salty defense.

[basedog]

Mullen last 4 years he avg 8.5 wins & we had 3 9 win seasons in those 4. That’s what we need from Leach & what we were sold with Leach. That’s why this season is so important. We return more production than any SEC school. We return like 17 starters. If he doesn’t win 8-9 games this season he won’t for a while. 2023 we’ll be replacing the entire defense. 2024 we’ll be replacing damn near the entire offense. It’s now or maybe never this season. He needs to get it done.

Imagine the talk if we get off on a slow or bad start. 8 to 9 wins is gonna be tough, hopefully our special teams are vastly improved.

[Bothrops]

Judging from the last game I'm not expecting a well oiled offense, at least not right away. I expect a rollercoaster with the offense.