"Les Miles is a bad guy"

how about with a link? or did i miss it?

 

Well, that excuse for the 2010 class might work but they are way way over for the 2011 class and they don't look like they are going to stop.

What's the excuse going to be next year, whoops we don't know how to count?

Not liking this a bit.

 

Just someone trying to use a different angle with different ammunition for the recruiting wars. The troubles we have been going thru over the past 2 seasons have been played to death and haven't slowed our recruiting down even a little, so making the practice of over signing and Miles out to be a monster for doing it, is an angle that hasn't been played out yet.

We are no different than any other program. They all over sign a few just to cover their butts. The coaches have to hedge their numbers in case recruits don't get cleared to actually play or make it to campus. If the coaches were just signing the exact numbers they are required to and a couple of the recruits don't qualify, leaving us short, fans would be all over them for not having the necessary depth. It's a no win situation and unfortunately sometimes the kids get left out in the cold. A price they are probably well aware of when they make their decisions to attend a particular school.

 

The author, Gregg Doyel, is a Florida Gator alum.
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I wonder why he didn't slam Urban Meyer, who also signed more than 25 for the 2010 class (and the 2006 class, and the 2007 class).

But yeah, according to oversigning.com, these programs all signed more than 25 for the 2010 class. The author only slammed the ones in bold, Alabama, LSU, and Miami. He also slammed Houston Nutt, who didn't even over-sign in the 2010 recruiting class (although he did before that).

2010 class -- over 25 signed
34 -- Troy
32 -- Auburn
31 -- Washington
29 -- Oklahoma
29 -- Syracuse
29 -- Alabama
29 -- LSU
28 -- North Carolina
28 -- Miami
28 -- Iowa State
27 -- Florida
27 -- Michigan
27 -- Arizona State
27 -- Oklahoma State
27 -- Louisville
26 -- Miss State
26 -- Kentucky

Recruiting Numbers Oversigning.com

 

Re: "Les Miles is a bad guy" (link added)

Well the guy is getting exactly what he wanted, which is for a bunch of angry fans to visit his page and bring in revenue.

The LSU fan base is a good one to pick on if these are your motives....

 

Re: "Les Miles is a bad guy" (link added)

Yes. Why bring this garbage to an LSU board that our recruits might read.

 

Re: "Les Miles is a bad guy" (link added)

According to oversigning.com, the worst over-signings in the SEC since 2002 were:

37 -- Ole Miss, 2009
32 -- Auburn, 2010
32 -- Arkansas, 2004
32 -- Alabama, 2005
32 -- Alabama, 2008
32 -- Tennessee, 2007
31 -- Georgia, 2002
31 -- Auburn, 2002
31 -- Arkansas, 2009
31 -- South Carolina, 2007
31 -- Ole Miss, 2008
31 -- Kentucky, 2006
30 -- Auburn, 2007
30 -- Miss State, 2002
30 -- Ole Miss, 2006
29 -- Auburn, 2004
29 -- Auburn, 2008
29 -- Miss State, 2005
29 -- South Carolina, 2004
29 -- South Carolina, 2009
29 -- Alabama, 2004
29 -- Alabama, 2010
29 -- Kentucky, 2007
29 -- Kentucky, 2009
29 -- LSU, 2010

Not seeing how LSU is the "bad guy" when they are so low on the list. And this is just in the SEC. Just looking at the last 5 classes (2006-2010), other over-signings at 29 or over include:

40 -- Troy, 2009
34 -- Texas Tech, 2006
34 -- Oregon State, 2007
34 -- Kansas State, 2007
34 -- Troy, 2010
33 -- Miami, 2008
33 -- Oregon State, 2006
33 -- Kansas State, 2008
33 -- Troy, 2008
32 -- Florida State, 2008
32 -- Troy, 2007
31 -- Florida State, 2006
31 -- Washington, 2010
31 -- Virginia Tech, 2008
30 -- Iowa State, 2006
30 -- West Virginia, 2008
30 -- Kansas State, 2006
29 -- Oklahoma, 2010
29 -- Syracuse, 2010
29 -- Louisville, 2009
29 -- USF, 2009
29 -- Minnesota, 2008
29 -- Boston College, 2008
29 -- Baylor, 2007
29 -- Baylor, 2006
29 -- Oklahoma State, 2006
29 -- UConn, 2007
29 -- Oregon, 2007

Recruiting Numbers Oversigning.com




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