[Husker] Recruiting trend?

[Andrew Smith]

Another possible explanation is that the drop-off is real, but 
temporary.  A new head coach, particularly a first time one, usually 
scares off a few recruits.  This year, it seems that the offensive woes 
and resulting conservative play calling may have scared off some 
offensive recruits.
If 9-4 or better seasons continue and a reasonable offense returns, 
better recruiting classes should also return.

Go Big Red!
Andy

Roger 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.
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> Roger Lohr-Mpls
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> 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 
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>> about recruiting trends. 
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>> 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. 
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>> 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. 
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>> Wayne 
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