[Husker] Recruiting trend?

[Scott R Lawson]

I think it's easier to botch good recruiting than it is to coach up
lesser recruits. The last several seasons at NU only prove this in my
opinion.

Scott in NY



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Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 6:09 PM
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Subject: [Husker] Recruiting trend?

I anticipate a bit of flak for this but here goes. Recent decommits and
concern over this year's class made me look at the recent recruiting
data and, although I may be a tad premature about this, I am starting to
be a little concerned about recruiting trends. 


Specifically, I was looking at the Rivals ranking (and yes, I know, this
is not an exact science) for Nebraska classes the past few years and we
seem to be going in the wrong direction. I like Pellini a heck of a lot
more than I did Callahan but the national class rankings are as follows:
2005: #5, 2006: #20, 2007: #13, 2008: #30 (was top 5 until the firing);
2009: #28, and, so far, the 2010 class is ranked #38. I know Callahan
could recruit but apparently could not coach; I am now worried that the
reverse might be true with Pellini. By the way, the team with the #1
Rivals ranking the past two years is Alabama, so I don't think these
data are totally irrelevant. 


Certainly, the two data points for the 2009 and 2010 classes are not
enough to prove anything; I guess i am just wondering if anyone else had
the same observation. Here's hoping we land some big ones in the next
few weeks and this all becomes irrelevant. 



Wayne 


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