[Husker] Recruiting trend?

[Mike Jaixen]

How well did that 2005 class turn out again?  Harrison Beck, the Picous, etc?

Yeah, Suh turned out awesome, but a lot of misses in that class.  

As for 2010, don't worry about the final recruiting ranking, but instead look at the average stars and compare it with other schools if you believe in Rivals.  The rankings are based on the numbers of recruits as well as the stars each recruit receives.  Since NU has such a small senior class this season, they are going to recruit a very small class comparatively speaking.  That's going to keep NU's class ranked low.  (Remember that 2005 class?  They took 32 players IIRC.  I think in 2010, NU will only be able to offer half that number...)

 Mike Jaixen
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Sent: Wed, December 9, 2009 5:09:22 PM
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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