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

[andy at knipp.com]

I think you missed a point Alan. The 11 starters on D are about even, 
recruit wise. Now the point from earlier that LSU has had more time in 
the same system may or may not be accurate. It would be interesting to 
see that table with the # of years under the same D coordinator. 

>I don't have time to go back and check each recruiting class, but 
even at a
>glance I know this comparison is faulty. There are Nebraska players 
from
>different classes, and lots of missing, lower ranked players. How 
many LSU
>higher ranked players are missing? We've never had a 12 person class, 
which
>is what this is, and Turner and Dixon, for example, are from 
different
>classes.
>
>Alan Siporin.
>
>
>On 11/19/07 10:53 AM, "weldoc at juno.com" <weldoc at juno.com> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>> 
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