is odd to say the least. I don’t want to say it is incompetent, because maybe there is a plan. From my perspective in the cheap seats though, I don’t see the plan. We passed on a 4 star safety prospect and team mate of Whop (risking losing Whop) to pursue a 3 star safety from the state of Alabama that just dumped State for Arkansas. WTF? And after losing on a corner from Texarkana to Arkansas (defensive powerhouse), we pulled an offer on cornerback and high school team mate of a potentially great DL. That same D lineman then flipped to Mississippi. Why the hell didn’t we make a package deal offer there? Now all of our eggs seem to be in the one basket for the corner from Slidell, LA that Alabama is going to sign.
Like I said, from my viewpoint, defensive secondary recruiting looks to be a Charlie Foxtrot this cycle.
The teammate of Whop's did not project as the style of DB that we need. The DB we lost to Arkansas was a loss, but JoMo and his staff have backups they are after for that. That's something I can safely say about JoMo that could never be said about Mullen. If we lose a recruit to someone else, we have a plan for what comes next. We don't just sit back and take our lumps and worry about next season.
The teammate of Fabien that you are referring to we backed off of because he did not project to the type of player we needed. Also, Fabien has not "flipped" to tsun. He is actually uncommitted and still very much in the mix at MSU.
In regards to the corner from LA, we are pressing him hard because he is the style of DB we want and one of the best available. Bama is a concern there but only if they miss on 2-3 other guys, and lets face it.... when does Bama miss on that many guys in the same year?
You have seen more of a re-gearing in terms of what we are going after with the 6 spots left. We are trying hard to lock up a good corner who projects to our style of expected play because we are thin at corner. We are also pushing hard for some OL players because need the depth and we want it to be quality depth. Outside of that, we are going after the best of whats available, which is why signing Fabien is still a priority, even though we are loaded at DL for the forseeable future.
