[Husker] Recruiting trend?

[Aaron Wolfson]

It's not that they wanted to redshirt O-linemen, but the two guys that were
reasonably expected to contribute (Qvale and Sirles) got hurt.

Aaron


On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 8:54 PM, <fourbox at nctc.net> wrote:

> It seems to me that the staff redshirted a lot of o-line. My thoughts are
> that this staff knows to work on strengthing the line as opposed to BC's
> methods!  I predict the offense will match the D next year!
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Smith <arossman at earthlink.net>
> Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:19:58
> To: Husker list<husker at tssi.com>
> Subject: Re: [Husker] Recruiting trend?
>
> 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.
> >
> > 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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