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Rivals team ranking
- Thread starter dallasblackshirt
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Any good Husker fan will tell you the most accurate site is the one we are highest in. Also the worst site is the one that ranks us the lowest.
If we were to have no more commits between now and Monday and some other teams ranked low did & jumped ahead of us to put Nebraska at #25 would fans suddenly be less excited about the class as it is?
Any good Husker fan will tell you the most accurate site is the one we are highest in. Also the worst site is the one that ranks us the lowest.
Well yeah, obviously!
Definitely! We will never be elite with 25th ranked classes, but 22 or higher can get us there. The staff really needs to find those squat machines to help boost our facilities to lure in better recruits. Or something like that.
Of course
Enter soap box time.
The major problem with recruiting services and the persons that cover the fan-base sites is that they're not true evaluators of talent. Sure, it’s easy to see those kids that stand out game after game based on their size and speed but there are so many kids each year, it’s impossible to get a good read on all of them. It isn't a slam against 247, ESPN or Rivals but most of the rankings are subjective and their "rankings" are based on the amount of hype a kid receives.
The guys that rank these kids and then write articles use terminology they hear from coaches and real scouts and then regurgitate it on to a blog or article. Sometimes very poorly. They're pretty good at running their web sites and cover the recruiting aspect fairly well but most of their “experts” wouldn't be able to sit down with a coach, watch film and be able to recognize a DT lining up 1 or 3 or why two identical players in height, weight, speed and strength are more valuable for one style of base defense as opposed to another. It isn't their fault but most of them never played a sport – ever – but the amount of writing they do is just that – words on a screen; garner interest; get clicks; increase subscriptions; create their rankings and then people start slobbering all over themselves and then the services start cashing checks.
Here’s another joke about the recruiting services. How many times have you seen a kid ranked low? Let’s say a low 3-star yet he has 20 to 30 offers from Power 5 schools. Are the recruiting services saying they know more than the college coaches that are offering that kid? Or what about the criteria they have based on states like California, Florida, Georgia and Texas? The services put limits on the amount of rankings each state gets, and thus can’t rank too many prospects too high. What? Seriously? Or how about not ranking kickers very high because… well, just because. Why? Because they’re not sexy enough as far as recruiting is concerned. Kickers win or lose ball games more often at the “big” moment as much as the 5-star RB. Kickers are like putters in a golf bag. Break your putter and your game goes to... down the drain but hey, he isn’t worthy of a higher ranking.
Exit soap box.
The major problem with recruiting services and the persons that cover the fan-base sites is that they're not true evaluators of talent. Sure, it’s easy to see those kids that stand out game after game based on their size and speed but there are so many kids each year, it’s impossible to get a good read on all of them. It isn't a slam against 247, ESPN or Rivals but most of the rankings are subjective and their "rankings" are based on the amount of hype a kid receives.
The guys that rank these kids and then write articles use terminology they hear from coaches and real scouts and then regurgitate it on to a blog or article. Sometimes very poorly. They're pretty good at running their web sites and cover the recruiting aspect fairly well but most of their “experts” wouldn't be able to sit down with a coach, watch film and be able to recognize a DT lining up 1 or 3 or why two identical players in height, weight, speed and strength are more valuable for one style of base defense as opposed to another. It isn't their fault but most of them never played a sport – ever – but the amount of writing they do is just that – words on a screen; garner interest; get clicks; increase subscriptions; create their rankings and then people start slobbering all over themselves and then the services start cashing checks.
Here’s another joke about the recruiting services. How many times have you seen a kid ranked low? Let’s say a low 3-star yet he has 20 to 30 offers from Power 5 schools. Are the recruiting services saying they know more than the college coaches that are offering that kid? Or what about the criteria they have based on states like California, Florida, Georgia and Texas? The services put limits on the amount of rankings each state gets, and thus can’t rank too many prospects too high. What? Seriously? Or how about not ranking kickers very high because… well, just because. Why? Because they’re not sexy enough as far as recruiting is concerned. Kickers win or lose ball games more often at the “big” moment as much as the 5-star RB. Kickers are like putters in a golf bag. Break your putter and your game goes to... down the drain but hey, he isn’t worthy of a higher ranking.
Exit soap box.
I agree. Well said. I like most of the beat writers for the OWH and the LJS, but you can tell who knows more about what they're talking about when they sit down with some of the radio personalities, especially those who have played. Mike'l Severe strikes me as being someone who generally knows what he's talking about and can analyze players quite well. I don't always agree with him, but you can tell that he's doing his own thinking versus regurgitating. A lot of the stuff in the papers is just writers repeating what others have said. Sometimes they do it better than other times, but it's often dependent upon their sources.
Oh shoot...I shall give up my posting privileges.That goes on the 247 thread
That goes on the 247 thread
Rivals is better... because they have us ranked higher.
