[NU Sports] Where do we go from here?

[Roy Lamberton]

Actually , we seem to do OK getting Safeties, it's the top level CBs we can't
seem to recruit

rsl

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Roy S. Lamberton - Senior Associate
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Beamsley
> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 4:02 PM
> To: nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
> Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Where do we go from here?
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> Hopefully you didn't mean what it appears that you said.
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> What I read is that the reason we have had problems at DB is 
> that those who play that position well aren't smart enough to 
> get into NU.  On top of that, you threw out a generalization 
> about other schools with strong academic standards and 
> suggested that they must have "bent" their rules in order to 
> recruit the good CB's that they have, so we should 
> contemplate doing the same thing.  Unless you can put some 
> data behind that claim, it smacks of the same sort of 
> "everybody knows" bigotry that has been used to oppress 
> minorities for centuries. I really have a tough time 
> believing that this sort of stuff still gets a pass in this 
> day and age.
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> If you figure the best of the college players are the ones 
> who end up playing in the NFL, then the data there could 
> provide some insight.  The Wonderlic data by position from 
> NFL starters shows that highest scores are shared by Safties, 
> QB's, and Centers.  We don't seem to have a problem 
> recruiting QB's or Centers. Why should we have a problem 
> recruiting DB's?
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> There are great DB's getting great grades in HS and great 
> entrance exam scores all over the country who would love to 
> come to NU.  The schools you've cited along with others like 
> Stanford seem to find them.  We only need to find a couple of 
> them every year to meet our needs.  This is a problem of 
> ineffective recruiting not defective genetics.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of DPENDERG at aol.com
> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 9:00 AM
> To: nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
> Subject: [NU Sports] Where do we go from here?
> 
> The very disappointing loss on Saturday only exposed again 
> the chronic weakness in the secondary which has plagued the 
> Cats for the last five years.  When our top defensive back 
> (Cole) gets burned twice by -- in my view -- a very mediocre 
> Penn State quarterback, then we cannot hide from the fact 
> that the talent level back there is at best suspect and poor at worst.
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> I know some think our defensive preparation and schemes (courtesy of  
> Colby/Brown) are responsible, but I still return always to 
> the recruiting. We just 
> don't have the horses.  While Walker does a good job  
> recruiting QBs, WRs and RBs, why hasn't there been more focus 
> on CBs  and safeties, especially since that has been our most 
> glaring weakness? 
>  
> It might be observed that the top DBs are often weak 
> academically and simply cannot qualify for Northwestern.  If 
> we accept that proposition, however, we permanently handicap 
> ourselves and will continue see wide open receivers wandering 
> around our secondary with predictable results.  Perhaps this 
> is heresy, but the University may have to look at those 
> academic standards  if we want to play consistently well.  
> Let's face it.  The CBs at Notre Dame, Michigan, Virginia or 
> other fairly "selective" schools probably would not be admitted 
> without their football credentials, but they are.   D-IA 
> football is a 
> business, period, and if we're going to compete, then I  
> really believe we cannot hide behind sanctimonious 
> pretensions of academic  purity.  Unless we get some highly 
> skilled DBs (and admittedly there are  fewer of them than RBs 
> or WRs, which makes recruiting tougher), we will continue  to 
> see the horrific displays we have seen the last two weeks.  
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