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OL needs seasoned vets
Posted on 1/12/26 at 3:05 pm
Posted on 1/12/26 at 3:05 pm
They’ve signed a couple and I don’t know how many snaps they’ve played. But, other than the JC one and Sprinkle (who I can find almost no info about), the others are Freshmen and there’s slim pickings in the portal for some reason.
I hope some grad transfers or Seniors enter the portal before it closes to account for any busts, need for development, or injuries
I hope some grad transfers or Seniors enter the portal before it closes to account for any busts, need for development, or injuries
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Posted on 1/12/26 at 3:07 pm to Smokin Joe Dumas
OL retention was important because OL is never heavy pickings in the portal. I fear this is just going to be a problem for us this year that Lane's going to have to scheme around. Hopefully some guys drop in the portal soon. We really needed to get Adams and Curne back based on what we snagged in the portal. Moore was our best OL retained him but we kept our worst one in Davis. At least with Davis he has the athletic attributes he just needs coaching.
Not panic time yet still time left. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little worried here right now though. Some of the guys needed to go but you couldn't let all the lineman LSU did hit the portal. Adams was more than adequate enough and Curne had lots of potential.
Not panic time yet still time left. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little worried here right now though. Some of the guys needed to go but you couldn't let all the lineman LSU did hit the portal. Adams was more than adequate enough and Curne had lots of potential.
This post was edited on 1/12/26 at 3:11 pm
Posted on 1/12/26 at 3:07 pm to Smokin Joe Dumas
Saw Bama is interested in OT from ULM who’s in the portal. Might be worth a look.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 3:09 pm to Smokin Joe Dumas
Hopefully we can pick up with 2-3 more and roll with what we have.
Coach'em up!
Coach'em up!
Posted on 1/12/26 at 3:13 pm to friendlyobservation
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OL retention was important because OL is never heavy pickings in the portal
agree, even if they were terrible this year, maybe in a new scheme, with new coaches, maybe they could have gotten something out of those guys... they clearly have enough there that some other major SEC schools signed a majority of them
Posted on 1/12/26 at 3:13 pm to friendlyobservation
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OL retention was important because OL is never heavy pickings in the portal. I fear this is just going to be a problem for us this year that Lane's going to have to scheme around. Hopefully some guys drop in the portal soon. We really needed to get Adams and Curne back based on what we snagged in the portal. Moore was our best OL retained him but we kept our worst one in Davis.
But...in 2022, when we started 2 Freshmen at OT for the majority of the season, they didn't have any snaps. Not to say these guys will be like those players, but its not always about the number of snaps a guy has played. They have to be developed, they have the to be prepared, they have to learn how to communicate. All of those qualities lacked the past two years.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 3:14 pm to friendlyobservation
I’m really hoping that Davis suffered because of Brad and that he’ll become what we thought he would be.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 3:15 pm to friendlyobservation
This new OL coach will have his work cut out for him. The previous regime nuked that entire room and didn’t develop a soul. We’ve seen Lane do more with less and he’ll have to do that again this season.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 3:16 pm to Smokin Joe Dumas
I want some 23 year old corn fed midwesterners with too many consonants in their names.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 3:17 pm to Honestabe1809
The major problem with OL right now was:
1.) OL never has a plethora of big names hitting portal
2.) EVERYONE needs OL it's probably the most sought position in the portal outside QB
3.) Teams spend to keep their star OL because they're so hard to find/develop
4.) LSU lost nearly their entire 2 deep on OL
Not recipes for success there so it was only natural you were going to have lots of turnover. They still need a few guaranteed starters at least. It put us in an odd position because while we have money to spend, we also have to build an entire roster with the departures. Everyone wants OL so I'd imagine the bidding costs are too high as well in comparison.
1.) OL never has a plethora of big names hitting portal
2.) EVERYONE needs OL it's probably the most sought position in the portal outside QB
3.) Teams spend to keep their star OL because they're so hard to find/develop
4.) LSU lost nearly their entire 2 deep on OL
Not recipes for success there so it was only natural you were going to have lots of turnover. They still need a few guaranteed starters at least. It put us in an odd position because while we have money to spend, we also have to build an entire roster with the departures. Everyone wants OL so I'd imagine the bidding costs are too high as well in comparison.
This post was edited on 1/12/26 at 3:18 pm
Posted on 1/12/26 at 3:17 pm to GeauxLSU4
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This new OL coach will have his work cut out for him. The previous regime nuked that entire room and didn’t develop a soul. We’ve seen Lane do more with less and he’ll have to do that again this season.
Curne, Echols, Adams, and Williams will be good players with better coaching and scheme. I'm convinced of it.
Wish we had kept them.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 3:18 pm to CatfishJohn
That's the 4 I wish we retained. The rest could go outside obviously Moore.
This post was edited on 1/12/26 at 3:19 pm
Posted on 1/12/26 at 3:21 pm to Smokin Joe Dumas
I like the OP phrase "slim pickings in the transfer portal."
That's clever.
That's clever.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 3:23 pm to CatfishJohn
These are in the portal and not landed anywhere yet:
OL Paul Mubenga
OL Ethan Calloway
OL Tyler Miller
OL Paul Mubenga
OL Ethan Calloway
OL Tyler Miller
Posted on 1/12/26 at 3:25 pm to Honestabe1809
Yeah, but those kind of Freshmen on the OL are not ideal. They were freaks and anomalies.
Of all the positions, it seems to me that QB and OL are better as they get older for 99% of them. Especially OL.
Some QB’s (see Chambliss, Pavia, Burrow, Beck and others for recent examples) seem like phenoms and are used by some as examples of great transfers. But a lot of people forget that they’ve had time to hone their craft. They were all upper classmen when they transferred
Of all the positions, it seems to me that QB and OL are better as they get older for 99% of them. Especially OL.
Some QB’s (see Chambliss, Pavia, Burrow, Beck and others for recent examples) seem like phenoms and are used by some as examples of great transfers. But a lot of people forget that they’ve had time to hone their craft. They were all upper classmen when they transferred
This post was edited on 1/12/26 at 3:36 pm
Posted on 1/12/26 at 3:27 pm to clamdip
Wouldn’t mind if Calloway and Miller came back
Posted on 1/12/26 at 3:33 pm to friendlyobservation
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Everyone wants OL so I'd imagine the bidding costs are too high as well in comparison.
Supply and demand. Looking at the ones available, most are RSFr or Fr. Almost all the upper classmen are taken.
I saw somewhere that there’s a correlation between the amount of $ a given position makes in the NFL to the same in college.
QB paid most, then edge and left OT.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 4:06 pm to Smokin Joe Dumas
The thing I hate the most is I honestly don’t think our O-Line was bad. Were they bad at times? Yes. But I think it falls on Nuss and the scheme.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 4:17 pm to friendlyobservation
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At least with Davis he has the athletic attributes he just needs coaching.
Davis had his best game of the season in the Bowl. He trended upward his last 3 games after coming back from injury. He has the raw talent to be a good Tackle.
Posted on 1/12/26 at 4:20 pm to tigersav
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I honestly don’t think our O-Line was bad. Were they bad at times? Yes. But I think it falls on Nuss and the scheme
Good luck in your future endeavors coach Davis
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