Agree, but some saving grace.I am glad we did so well in the portal and I will pull for the Tigers. But, it is not like the old days where we had recruiting battles not based on money alone. Kids came to LSU (or anywhere else) because they wanted to be there, liked the scheme, liked the coaches, liked their teammates. They we watched them develop from being in a game sometimes to be a starter, to be a star player. You had a connection to the players after you watched them for 3 or 4 years. As we had a strong contingent, the core of the team really, from La., they were "ours".
Some of that connection no longer exists. I don't think it will come back.
There is no doubt that the landscape of college football has shifted. There were good and noble aspects about the old system, but there were also a lot of inequities and abuses of that system as well.I am glad we did so well in the portal and I will pull for the Tigers. But, it is not like the old days where we had recruiting battles not based on money alone. Kids came to LSU (or anywhere else) because they wanted to be there, liked the scheme, liked the coaches, liked their teammates. They we watched them develop from being in a game sometimes to be a starter, to be a star player. You had a connection to the players after you watched them for 3 or 4 years. As we had a strong contingent, the core of the team really, from La., they were "ours".
Some of that connection no longer exists. I don't think it will come back.