[Husker] Pelini Article

[Scott Stewart]

I will offer another advantage that the walk-on program could give NU.

I have read that Dr. Tom believes the recruiting sites and process misses a
lot of good athletes. If that is accurate, one way to increase the number of
quality athletes on your team would be to maximize the pool of kids you have
to choose from. It could be looked at as the same process of increasing
sampling size in statistics.



On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 12:53 PM, Steve Gomez <stevegomez6571 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Lincoln's devouring of walk-ons in the past showed how high-quality,
> starry-eyed HS seniors would overlook higher probability of playing at DII
> schools.  All for a chance to play with the "N" on their helmets.  A dream.
>
> According to TO, "The walk-ons epitomized hard work...the attitude rubbed
> off on scholarship players from out of state."
>
> With the decline of the program in Callahan years, one might look at other
> in-state schools and the reciprocal rise in the rankings... such as Chadron
> (5th) & UNO (7th) last year.
>
> In Lincoln, spirited practices and more repetitions surely have a positive
> effect on the team's overall readiness.
>
> I'll conclude, along with Jon, that in Nebraska the walk-on program is an
> advantage.  It doesn't matter whether I think it is an advantage no more
> than it matters that anyone else is not convinced that it is essential to
> the success of the program.
>
> Looking forward to another season where drive, determination and
> traditional
> foundations come back to the forefront.  These are the building blocks of
> success.
>
> Go Big Red!
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Gomez
> Loves Park, IL
>
> (deep behind enemy lines in Big TelEveN country)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Beach
> Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 10:30 AM
> To: husker at tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [Husker] Pelini Article
>
> jon johnston wrote:
> >
> >
> > Nebraska doesn't produce the number of athletes we need to be
> > successful. A good walk-on program can help, and after studying it for
> > a while, i've concluded that Osborne is right - we need a successful
> > walk-on program to be good. When you're us, you have to find an
> > advantage, and the walk-on program is it.
> >
> >
>
>      I am sure we can beat around this bush all day and never really
> come to a conclusion.  The fact the state of Nebraska doesn't produce
> the number of athletes needed is why recruiting is crucial.  I guess I
> honestly don't know for sure but do schools like USC, Ohio State, and
> LSU, just to pick three, have walk on programs?  I understand they are
> in more populous areas but if you operate without a walk on program it
> doesn't matter where you are located because then you are only dealing
> with scholarship players.  NU can have as many scholarship players as
> anyone else and they don't have to come from within the state.  I am not
> against the walk on program.  I think it is nice and makes an attachment
> to the people of Nebraska.  Also there are those times a player will
> emerge that no one ever thought about and contribute.  I am just not
> convinced it is crucial to the success of the program.
>
>
> Bob Beach
>
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