It will they're going to push the hell out of the scholarship guys for playing time and positions on the depth chart.I think our battalion of walk-ons should count for something
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who's Tim?
I wouldn’t. NU should be. It’s been mismanaged for years and years and got many of the fans thinking, ugh, we can’t rectuit here. Just needs serious people willing to do a serious job. Embracement of the job. That’s been missing.
I'd say we tied for 3rd in February.
It's not impossible but it's geographically very challenging. If you take local kids, like Frost appears to be set on doing, they don't typically generate enough recruiting interest to score the class high enough to be top 10. Doesn't mean we can't get there once in awhile or hover around 10-20 on a regular basis but consistently delivering top 10 classes would be unbelievably impressive.
I prefer Schles and inger but I'm a Columbus guy.
... can't argue with that.
Ohio State gets dudes from all over the country. Yes, they have more in state talent, but they are recruiting all over the country. They win. They have a coach who embraces it. Yes, it's challenging, but it has been done before and can be done again. Plenty of kids will travel. Nebraska needs to start winning, which I think they'll do.
3rd or 4th in the conference (along with the other three blueblood programs) and 1st in the division is right where we need to be for recruiting. It was a great job by the new staff to get us there. If we recruit at this level with a staff that can actually develop players and knows how to game-plan, I think we will all be very pleased with the results.
The latter here is spot on. It's possible, not impossible, but definitely not probable.
One caveat I would insert here is that the right "fit" guys, including Nebraska kids, will never be as highly rated. The high ceiling guys and overlooked rough diamonds in the midwest that don't go to the Rivals and UA Camps wont get a 4th *. Frost has stated what he wants to do pretty clearly, and that basic philosophy is at odds with this notion that NU could (or should) be trying to "win February". Not impossible, very possible, not probable. No mistake, these guys are going after really good players, many who will be higly rated, but they aren't gonna waste a lot of time chasing shiny objects, IMO.
I know I'm probably an anomaly these days, but if Nebraska is TOO highly ranked, I'd argue the staff probably isn't doing it right. As long as we are in the top 20ish annually and getting enough difference-makers along with our system players...I'm glad to let astronomers elsewhere do their thing.
Agree 100%. The key will be to get the difference makers, regardless of how many stars they have.
Shatel's article echoes some of my sentiments.
There’s a generation of Husker fans who aren’t sure what to make of that. The “Four-Star” culture has been engrained here in the Heartland for the last 15 years.
Bill Callahan made it about recruiting. Then Bo Pelini downplayed it but didn’t do the developmental stuff. Mike Riley brought back the recruiting ideal, complete with a Calibraska marketing campaign and an assistant coach who was idolized for his recruiting prowess.
Nebraska became about the flash, not the substance. About numbers and resumes and potential, athleticism tossed into the arena, whether it made sense or not.
That flawed formula put even more pressure on the recruiting to pan out. If the talent isn’t going to be developed, they better be able to sprout wings and fly to the end zone.
Consider that pressure gone.
Here was Frost, saying “I’m not here to win in February, I’m here to win in the fall.”
http://www.starherald.com/sports/bi...cle_78b411b7-aa3f-5b9f-b721-f8308fd5b69d.html
There’s a generation of Husker fans who aren’t sure what to make of that. The “Four-Star” culture has been engrained here in the Heartland for the last 15 years.
Bill Callahan made it about recruiting. Then Bo Pelini downplayed it but didn’t do the developmental stuff. Mike Riley brought back the recruiting ideal, complete with a Calibraska marketing campaign and an assistant coach who was idolized for his recruiting prowess.
Nebraska became about the flash, not the substance. About numbers and resumes and potential, athleticism tossed into the arena, whether it made sense or not.
That flawed formula put even more pressure on the recruiting to pan out. If the talent isn’t going to be developed, they better be able to sprout wings and fly to the end zone.
Consider that pressure gone.
Here was Frost, saying “I’m not here to win in February, I’m here to win in the fall.”
http://www.starherald.com/sports/bi...cle_78b411b7-aa3f-5b9f-b721-f8308fd5b69d.html
It might at this point we are in a virtual tie with them. At least 1 service has us head of them. However at this point i think we are done.
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