[Husker] Recruiting trend?

Brown, Laura (LLU) ldbrown at llu.edu
Tue Dec 15 18:02:39 CST 2009


Suh probably had a slight advantage that his 4 stars didn't reflect and
that was his lack of experience.  He had only half the time the normal
recruit has of organized ball (half the chance of forming bad habits).
He was putty in the hand of true educators like the P brothers.

Laura 


-----Original Message-----
From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf
Of Aaron Wolfson
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 3:40 PM
To: Scott R Lawson
Cc: Husker list; wpschammel at comcast.net
Subject: Re: [Husker] Recruiting trend?

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...
>
>
>
http://www.ecutigersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=55214&SPID=5927&DB_
OEM_ID=13000&ATCLID=3750822&Q_SEASON=2009
>
>
> 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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