[Husker] This pretty much says it all--from Cousin Rich

[weldoc at juno.com]

Recruiting versus Coaching and Player Development

Pulled this from Huskerpedia. Interesting analysis of star averages:

Nebraska----------------LSU
Turner (3)----------------Jackson(3)
Potter (4)----------------Pittman(4)
Suh (4)----------------Dorsey(4)
Dixon (4)----------------Favorite(4)
Ruud (4)----------------Sanders(4)
Octavien (4)----------------Highsmith(3)
Dillard (4)----------------Beckwith(4)
Murillo (4)----------------Zenon(3)
Bowman (5)----------------Jackson(3)
Asante (4)----------------Steltz(4)
Green (2)----------------Taylor(3)

Avg Stars
Nebraska (3.82)---------------LSU (3.54)

Throw in Jones (5) instead of Murillo and Thenarse (4) instead of Green
and NU averages an astonishing 4.09 stars per player.

Help me out here. Which team has the nation's #1 defense and which team
has the nation's #112th ranked defense?

WE HAVE BETTER DEFENSIVE RECRUITS THAN LSU!

I would venture to guess that in terms of raw material Nebraska has one
of the top-5 defenses in the nation. Yet what do we see on Saturdays...
week after week?

This just goes to show you that this defensive staff's failure is of epic
proportions. The stuff of folklore. In 1000 years, parents will gather
children around campfires and tell them frightening tales of Nebraska's
defensive ineptitude.