[Husker] Coaching Staff, Recruiting, SOS, Etc...

[Mike Jaixen]

I must admit that I simply don't follow the offers and
commitments that much, so I've probably missed the
ones that tripped your alerts.  As I've understood
things, we've offered a couple of scholarships, one to
a small town kid who's been coached by a former Husker
player.  I'm assuming that the scholarship is based on
the recommendations of the coach in large part.

The other is Ben Cotton, who was ready to accept a
scholarship from Louisville and had offers from
Missouri, Kansas, and Iowa, if I read the papers
properly.

Maybe there are some others that I've missed, but I
don't see what the fuss is about.  Let's face it,
while Nebraska needs to get some elite players, we
also need to bring in players who think that "I play
for Nebraska" isn't just a marketing slogan some
administrator hung in the locker room.  I think that's
what Osborne is trying to fill that void in the
program.

Everything in moderation.

--- Jeff Volk <jeffv at alphavideo.com> wrote:

> On Recruiting:
> 
> ================================
> 
> Since people hate star systems and we all realize
> they are totally
> subjective and in many cases arbitrary, let me
> explain this in a
> different way. When it comes to the athletes we are
> recruiting, it gives
> me a tremendous amount of pause when we start
> offering scholarships to
> players that no other schools are offering or that
> schools that are not
> typically competitive are offering. While every team
> is a little
> different and they all recruit athletes to fit their
> systems - I feel
> far more comfortable when we are recruiting athletes
> that at least upper
> division Big 12 schools are also recruiting. I know
> there are exceptions
> to the rule and that player development is
> speculative at best, but I
> feel a whole lot better bringing in a kid that
> Oklahoma and Missouri
> might also have recruited rather than a kid that
> Chadron and Wayne State
> recruited. I know that many of us have this love
> affair with the whole
> idea of every kid off of every farm in Nebraska
> getting a chance to play
> at Nebraska, but that just isn't realistic. We need
> better athletes -
> not 3 or 4 or 5 star athletes, but athletes that
> other schools - schools
> who are watching the same game films as we are, are
> also interested in.
> Period.  


Mike Jaixen
Blog: http://huskermike.blogspot.com


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