[Husker] Recruiting trend?

[Mark Landin]

A better barometer than stars is other offers from BCS programs.
Coaches do their own evaluations and believe their own eyes and those
of their colleague, with elite players getting the most offers.. Stars
are for fans.

On 12/15/09, Roger <suerog2 at att.net> wrote:
> One possible explanation for the perceived drop in recruiting class rank is
> that B.C. simply went after the players with the most stars behind their
> name.  I believe T.O. found athletes with few/no stars and made 'stars' of
> them.  Hopefully, that is what we will see with Bo as well.
>
> Roger Lohr-Mpls
> -------------- Original message from wpschammel at comcast.net: --------------
>
> 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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