re: Hard not to like Coach O

Here is the timeline of Etiennes recruitment.

Dec 27, 2016 - LSU offers
January 12, 2017 - Clemson offers
January 20, 2017 - Etienne officially visits Clemson
January 26, 2017 - Etienne commits to Clemson
January 27, 2017 - Etienne officially visits LSU

Notice: LSU offers first(Dec 27), but Clemson scheduled an official visit and subsequently got his commitment before LSU got him on campus.

There is a lot of woulda, coulda, shoulda in recruiting, but had LSU scheduled an official visit sooner, he may be at LSU. As O has stated, by the time of the LSU official visit, Etienne and his father had already made up their mind on Clemson. It's in the past now. I think it worked out in everyones favor. Would LSU have signed the young studs on the depth chart in Curry, TDP and Emory, had we had CEH and Etienne? Probably not but who really knows. I like where we are now and the future looks bright at the running back position.