[Husker] Recruiting

[Skylar Dodds]

It's actually nowhere near that simple.  I'm not a Rivals apologist by any
means, but that implication says that their evaluations mean nothing which
is pretty false.

First, quantity is a FACTOR in deciding recruiting rankings, but it's not
simply a star*quantity = score....not even close.   And no, 3 2-stars would
not outweigh 1 5-star.

Second, I will point out that while NU probably won't finish anywhere near
the top 10, they are in the top 10 in 'star average' I believe and as long
as we finish in that range and have the 16-17 recruits we need without
having to majorly 'compromise' taking whoever we can get, we'll be just
fine.

We have quite a few VERY high profile recruits that are still deciding on NU
and a few have NU leading outright.  A few of those announce in the next two
weeks at all-star games, the rest will probably be closer to signing day.

While it is concerning we only have 9 commits (8.5 really), it still could
turn out really well.  OTOH, if we don't close on too many of those top
prospects on the board we could be in trouble.

A few reasons why Rivals rankings are actually important:

1) Over the past ten years, ZERO....count them ZERO teams have won a MNC
without consistently finishing in the top 15 in recruiting for the 4 years
before they won the title.  That's not an accident.
2) Of the players that move on to the next level, the highest success rate
comes from 5 stars, the next highest from 4 stars, the next highest from 3,
the next highest from 2....etc etc.  There are OBVIOUSLY misses and busts
and 'hidden gems' etc, etc, but the overall numbers and averages prove out
that they are NOT meaningless.

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Skylar

-----Original Message-----
From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of
Mike Jaixen
Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 6:59 AM
To: Steven; husker List
Subject: Re: [Husker] Recruiting

Rivals rankings are driven by quantity more than quality.  They add up the
number of stars for each commit to determine the rank.  So it's better to
have 3 commitments from 2-star players than a single five star player,
according to the services.

And that is how Bill Callahan's 2005 recruiting class ranked in the top
five.  Anybody still believe that?  Anybody?

 
Mike Jaixen
http://huskermike.blogspot.com
http://www.cornnation.com


________________________________
 From: Steven <jfpgroup at suddenlink.net>
To: husker List <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Monday, December 26, 2011 11:25 PM
Subject: [Husker] Recruiting
 
Why is Nebraska's recruiting class not even in the top 25 in the 2012
rankings on the rivals site? Is it because we only have 9 recruits? Out of
those about 4-5 are 4 star prospects.  If we are not even on the map and
February rolls around this is not good. Please advise.  I wonder we are so
far behind.


Steven K
Class of 1983
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