[Husker] Recruiting trend?

[Aaron Wolfson]

My opinion is that stars are simply a reflection of physical talent and
potential. Wins and grades are rarely reflected in the rankings because they
are difficult to evaluate, whereas any decent scout can look at a 6'5" kid
with a rocket arm and say "projectable quarterback." So, a good enough coach
could maybe turn a 5-star QB recruit into a Heisman candidate with just a
little effort, but it would take him exponentially more effort to do the
same with a 2-star recruit. The key is that it's still possible to turn that
kid into a star, if the coach is that good and the kid has the right
qualities. 5-star talents don't need as many other qualities to succeed
because the physical part of the game comes so easily. However, this also
means that 5-stars are not golden tickets, and they still need to be coached
up in order to succeed, as any list of big recruiting busts will show. And
of course, there are the Reggie Bushes and Herschel Walkers of the world who
are just so talented that they can only be derailed by injuries or off-field
incidents.


Aaron


On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 3:51 PM, Scott R Lawson
<SLawson at uamail.albany.edu>wrote:

> Found Mr. Roark...
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> http://www.ecutigersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=55214&SPID=5927&DB_OEM_ID=13000&ATCLID=3750822&Q_SEASON=2009
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> Scott in NY
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf
> Of Nick Chevance
> Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 4:45 PM
> To: Mike Jaixen
> Cc: Husker list; wpschammel at comcast.net
> Subject: Re: [Husker] Recruiting trend?
>
> On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Mike Jaixen <mikejaixen at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> >  Mike Jaixen
> > http://huskermike.blogspot.com
> > http://www.cornnation.com
>
> Well, I took Mike's question as a challenge, but I quickly got bogged
> down in actual work this afternoon.  So, what I will post here is the
> 2005 recruiting class, minus walk-ons, and a few 2 star fellas that
> I've never heard of (though I did include one that wasn't ranked by
> Rivals - interesting guy).  I'll try to make this list work but please
> forgive me if it doesn't.  Again this comes from the Rivals website.
>
> What I'd like to know from other listers is where are some of these
> guys now?  Did they deserve the rating they got?  Does this tell you
> something about recruiting rankings or what does it take to make
> something out of potential?
>
> Harrison Beck  QB     4 stars     Clearwater, FL
> Zackary Bowman  DB     5 stars (juco)     Roswell, NM
> Chris Brooks  WR     4 stars     St. Louis, MO
> Jordan Congdon  K     3 stars     San Diego, CA
> Nick Covey  LB     3 stars     Glendale, AZ
> Barry Cryer  DT     3 stars (juco)     Dodge City, KS
> Ola Dagunduro  DT     4 stars (juco)     Compton, CA
> Phillip Dillard  LB     4 stars     Jenks, OK
> Wallace Franklin  WR     3 stars     Beaumont , TX
> Cody Glenn  RB    3 stars     Rusk, TX
> Frantz Hardy  WR    4 stars (juco)     El Dorado, KS
> Jacob Hickman  OL     3 stars     Bakersfield, CA
> Brodrick Hunter  WR     3 stars     Humble, TX
> Leon Jackson  ATH     4 stars     Pasco, WA
> Marlon Lucky  RB     5 stars     North Hollywood, CA
> Dontrell Moore  LB     3 stars (juco)     Coffeyville, KS
> Steve Octavien  LB     4 stars (juco)     Palatine, IL
> Rodney Picou  OL     4 stars     Moreno Valley, CA
> Zach Potter  DE     4 stars     Omaha, NE
> Craig Roark  OL     3 stars     Ada, OK
> Matt Slauson  OL     no stars     Colorado Springs, CO
> Tyrell Spain  ATH     3 stars (juco)     San Diego, CA
> Ndamukong Suh  DT      4 stars      Portland, OR
> Zac Taylor  QB      3 stars (juco)      El Dorado, KS
> Justin Tomerlin  DE     4 stars (juco)     El Dorado, KS
> Barry Turner  DE      3 stars     Nashville, TN
>
> Nick
> --
> "Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."
>     Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)
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