They have the toughest job and the easiest job in terms of recruiting.
They are competing against the best and most crooked teams in the country for the top guys. Alabama and Georgia shop for their DBs here. We have been bad for 15 years. That’s a tough battle.
On the other hand, you will still get great players down here if you are not Paul Williams. People don’t realize we have 7 four-star DBs (and counting) heading into next year. It’s our most talented position.
I busted
@orange&green84 chops about Googling DB coaches because everyone has only heard of Corey Raymond. So should we fire Banda, pay Raymond well into seven figures and expect improvement from an already-excellent pass defense? Let’s see how he recruits if he switches from the LSU brand to the UM brand, which hasn’t been good in these kids’ lifetimes.
Coaching is teaching. Banda has shown very quickly that he makes his players better. We won’t start recruiting like Bama and Georgia until we get to the next level on the field. The first thing Tyrique said about Georgia was “they are the only program that competes with Alabama.” That is going to be a problem with top guys until we become consistently relevant. I don’t care who your coach is.