[Husker] A Question for the List...

[j j]

I would say that qualifies you to speak on baseball
talent but football is a totally different sport. I
dont know what you do for the colleges today but if
its not evaluating talent or attending practices and
actually seeing the talent on a daily or maybe even
weekly basis,  then no you are no more qualified then
anyone else on this list.
--- Jeff Volk <jeffv at alphavideo.com> wrote:

> Andy Knipp wrote:
> 
> >JJ,  I just do not think you grasp the New (Husker)
> World Order (NHWO).
> >You are enlightened if you blame the worlds woes on
> the previous
> >coaching staff.  You are a malcontent and a
> distraction to the
> >NHWO if you attempt to criticize the coaching
> staff. This will likely
> >cause them to lose focus on the most important part
> of life, impressing
> >the recruiting experts.
> 
> >If NU does not finish #1 in the recruiting
> rankings,  the blame falls
> >squarely on your shoulders (and Frank, Bo, et al).
> 
> >Clear enough ?
> 
> Andy, 
> 
> If your comments are somehow pointed at me, you are
> a little off base. While I was critical of the
> previous coaching staff and do support Pederson and
> Callahan and believe things are on definitely
> looking up (despite my disappointment with the
> results of this year's team) - I have never said
> that Pederson or Callahan are not deserving of
> criticism. What I do take exception with are the
> throngs of people who so vehemently rip, bash or
> criticize things that they aren't really qualified
> to speak on.
> 
> It is one thing to ask, as an example, to wonder
> aloud and ask why Ira Cooper isn't starting when it
> seems like his athleticism is a difference maker
> when he is in the game. Unfortunately, too many
> times on this list that same question is turned into
> a statement such as, "If Cosgrove knew what he was
> doing he would start Cooper. Boy I bet Wisconsin is
> glad to be rid of him!" 
> 
> See the difference? One is a question that can bring
> about conversation and debate - the other an off
> base representation of fact that the writer probably
> has no frame of reference or knowledge base to make.
> Unfortunately we have more comments like the latter
> and less and less like the former. In fact, how many
> times did we hear on this list how much better off
> Wisconsin was without Cosgrove? How many times did
> we hear that same argument after Michigan State, a
> team with a losing record hung 49 on them? How about
> after the next week when Iowa put another 30 on
> them? 
> 
> As for recruiting, I have talked at length about the
> need for upgrades in talent at Nebraska and the
> importance of recruiting. I also believe that I have
> said repeatedly that recruiting rankings are highly
> subjective and that high rankings don't necessarily
> always turn into good teams. I do believe that the
> recruiting efforts and results under Solich had
> slipped and that they are dramatically better under
> Callahan. I also thought that the Daily Nebraskan
> article was pretty even handed and fair, although it
> certainly had a bit of an anti-Callahan slant.
> Further, while a lot of these recruits may or may
> not pan out, your margin for error as a program
> increases dramatically the more quality athletes
> that you bring on campus. Again using OU as the B12
> benchmark, how many of our 2004 starters would have
> started for OU besides Ruud? One...maybe none? That
> has nothing to do with All-Big 12 Teams or the
> success of the team, it has to do with the quality
> of the players that are on th!
>  e team. As an other example, how about Miami? With
> the exception of this season they have pretty much
> been in the MNC hunt for the last 4 or 5 years. Over
> that time they have had just about as many players
> drafted in the first round of the NFL draft than
> Nebraska has players total. That being said is there
> any question why OU or Miami have fared so much
> better than the Huskers over the last 4 or 5 seasons
> based on just the talent on the roster alone? 
> 
> And since I am sure that it will be asked what makes
> me qualified to speak on this, while my knowledge
> base is not necessarily college football related, I
> do have a pretty good knowledge base to work from
> when it comes to evaluating athletic talent having
> spent 3 years as an associate/part-time scout with
> the Chicago White Sox and 2 years in the same
> capacity with the Anaheim Angels. My final year in
> scouting was the year that we (the Angels) drafted
> Erstad #1. Colecting a paycheck for evaluating
> talent probably gives me a little room to talk.
> Further, I make my living and pay my mortgage
> through my involvement with collegiate and
> professional sports to this day and in my current
> career count many of the football programs in the
> BCS Top 25 amongst my best clients. I think
> combining those 2 things gives me a little insight
> into talent evaluation, recruiting and the inner
> workings of big-time college football programs (and
> collegiate and professional sports in general) than
> th!
>  e average "expert" on this list. 
> 
> Have a great day.  
> 
> Sincerely, 
> 
> Jeffrey Volk
> 
> 
>  
> 
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