[Husker] Summarizing

[Mike and Kel]

Bob,

When have you ever tried to get the last word in on a subject? Just kidding : ) Appreciated your comments but just disagreed with them. One other thought that I had was rarely we do get a walk-on that is good enough to be offered a scholarship - and has offers from other schools -but has a family that is financially secure enough to pay his own way.

Bring on WMU.

Mike


-----Original Message-----
>From: Bob Beach <baseballguy at neb.rr.com>
>Sent: Aug 26, 2008 10:16 AM
>To: Husker List <husker at tssi.com>
>Subject: [Husker] Summarizing
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>      We were discussing the walk on program last weekend.  I am not 
>trying to have the last word but as I think about things I am not sure I 
>did a good job of explaining myself.  First and foremost I am not 
>against the walk on program.  If the team can find a diamond in the 
>rough on occasion and at the same time make the fans feel good I am all 
>for it.  My feeling, though it helps on occasion, if the NCAA would rule 
>that walk on programs be eliminated would it severely hinder the Husker 
>program?  I really doubt it.  That is really all I was trying to say.
>
>
>     I also made the statement that with the walk on program population 
>were the school is located shouldn't be a huge factor.  I know on the 
>list the sentiment was what kind of dummy is this guy?  Of course if you 
>have more people there are more to pick from.  It's that obvious.  Bob 
>just doesn't get it.  Here is where I was coming from.  When you are 
>talking recruiting then population ala Texas, Ohio State, USC, Florida, 
>Florida State, and the like have an advantage in that they don't have to 
>travel as far to recruit.  Pete Carroll has more quality recruits in the 
>city of Los Angeles than NU has in the whole state of Nebraska.  That, 
>and the recruits build a base that want to go to those schools from a 
>large population base.  I get that. Walk ons don't come from the general 
>population.  They come from the student population.
>
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>      But, schools are not limited to recruiting within the boundaries 
>of the state they are in.  NU can recruit the same kids as can any other 
>school.  They may have to travel farther to do it but they can do it.  
>With the exception of a few years NU seems to recruit very well.  So, 
>now you recruit and fill out your 85 scholarships which would consist of 
>Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors.  Every school can have 85 
>players on scholarship so no one is at an advantage that way.  Now, 
>after all that is done you can take walk ons.  And, one would want to 
>limit how many can walk on.  It really wouldn't be too manageable if 200 
>kids walked on and your first priority is still the scholarship 
>players.  I can see where a walk on program can be helpful and can see 
>where you may get to rely on it somewhat.  But if it is vital I am not 
>convinced.  Because of what I just mentioned I don't still see why NU 
>needs walk ons to stay competitive any more than anyone else.  If they 
>have walk ons and they help then great.  But is it essential to NU's 
>success?
>
>
>      Thanks for allowing me to ramble.  I really appreciated all of the 
>comments on this.  Obviously, I don't agree with some of the opinions 
>but if everyone agreed all the time lists like this would be pretty 
>dull.  This may not be my last word on wal ons forever but I'll drop it 
>now for a while.
>
>
>Bob Beach
>
>
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