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7 hours ago, Big Red Commie said:

The svcs are pretty accurate, just ask Bama, Clemson, tOSU, etc.

 

That's not to say there aren't good players out there unrecognized by the svcs.

Those schools also have the three best coaches in the sport.  Just ask Texas, Ole Miss and Tennessee.  Point being that young teenagers who are highly evaluated by recruiting rating services does not necessarily mean that it will translate to the college level. I think we can agree that skill and development are equally important.  I do think recruitment for the right players to fit the scheme (as in the TO years) is a forgotten key to success and that component of the " right fit" is obviously not considered in generic recruit rankings.  

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On 10/12/2017 at 11:20 AM, Saunders said:

And, and for the the "where's the Suh on this team" argument?

 

This was Suh in 2007, with bad coaching:

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This was suh in 2009 with good coaching:

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I rest my case.

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So his freshman sophomore year compared to when he was an upper class man? Great argument because players are always their best when they are a underclassman. 

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14 minutes ago, Huskers44 said:

Your argument was horrible. And you picked out 2 plays pretty small sample size bud. 

Lol, ok. I picked Suh as an illustration for the coaching aspect.

 

We out-recruit our peers. We don't out-develop them.

 

If you want, I can post the recruiting numbers for the umpteenth time.

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3 hours ago, HuskerPowerVA said:

Those schools also have the three best coaches in the sport.  Just ask Texas, Ole Miss and Tennessee.  Point being that young teenagers who are highly evaluated by recruiting rating services does not necessarily mean that it will translate to the college level. I think we can agree that skill and development are equally important.  I do think recruitment for the right players to fit the scheme (as in the TO years) is a forgotten key to success and that component of the " right fit" is obviously not considered in generic recruit rankings.  

Ok, from Bo thru Riley, NE has recruited ~25th on average and has usually hung around in the rankings @ 25th-ish.  I've studied the svcs/rankings thing several times and there is great positive correlation.  If you start out with more skill/talent, well it can be developed to a greater level, but no amount of development will make a Jaylin Bradley into a Leonard Fournette.

 

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12 minutes ago, Saunders said:

Lol, ok bud. One of us is using data and facts. I picked Suh as an illustration for the coaching aspect.

 

We out-recruit our peers. We don't out-develop them.

 

If you want, I can post the recruiting numbers for the umpteenth time.

If you want to post the recruiting numbers make sure you post if we out-retain said recruits.

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15 minutes ago, StPaulHusker said:

So who do you see on here that it is the coach's fault they haven't developed properly and who has just maximized their collegiate potential?

Everyone. That’s the easiest answer since we’re outrecruiting the rest of the division, and yet still repeatedly losing to them.

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55 minutes ago, StPaulHusker said:

So who do you see on here that it is the coach's fault they haven't developed properly and who has just maximized their collegiate potential?

 

So with that list.  You should be able to notice the fact that the top 3 in the Big 10 are leaps and bounds ahead of the next 6.  Like way ahead.  

Ohio St - 955.51 pts

Michigan - 874.89 pts

Penn St. - 779.49

Then 4-9 are Maryland, Nebraska Michigan St. Wisconsin, NW and Iowa.  All 6 of these teams are within 100 pts of each other.  593-693

The rest are 574 pts to 502 pts.  There is a bigger jump from the 3rd place team to the 1st place than from the 4th to 14th.  That leads me to believe we are right in the middle of mediocrity when it comes to recruiting.  We need to be in that 800 pts Plus range in order to compete with the big boys.

 

Alabama - 997.57

USC - 934

Clemson - 853.65

 

 

 

For reference 13 pts is the difference between having one extra 4 star on the roster vs a 3 star.

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Its easy to miss on players after the Top 15 recruiting rankings.  We could have some 4 star players that might be actually 3 star players.  Some 3 star players develop into 4 and 5 star players.  This is coaching them up.  This is finding those who have upside.  This isn't recruiting a kid with an arthritic knee and start him at RB.  Thats not a recruit with upside, is it?  

 

 

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Recruiting is such a crap shoot after you get past the sure fire top 100 or so can't miss kids in every recruiting cycle and even then there are some that miss.  Skill guys on offense WR and RB are fairly easy to project on defense CB and Safeties are usually fairly easy.  Linemen on both sides are the hardest to figure out.  

 

Wisconsin regularly outperforms their recruiting rankings because they are so good at developing linemen, especially O-linemen and they move guys from other spots to the line.  Their starting Rt Tackle played QB in HS. Lots of their LB's were guys that played other positions in HS and moved to their spots.  

 

They also know what they are looking for and don't worry nearly as much about recruiting rankings.  They are not afraid to offer guys that maybe are only 2* if  they fit what they want.  They take a lot of Midwest players and they frankly are not usually evaluated as well by the services as on the coasts.  

 

Don't get me wrong they get a lot of quality guys mixed in especially at RB.  Then they develop the heck out of them.  

 

The thing you have to remember is that Wisconsin has been doing the same basic thing with players and player development since 1990 when BA got to Madison.  That system was developed over a long period of time.  Iowa has been working their system since 1999 when Ferentz got their.  Nebraska hasn't worked the same basic system on offense for more than 4 years in a row since 2003.  They have worked how many different defensive systems in that time,  I count 4.  

 

That is by no means an endorsement that MR should be kept though. 

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5 hours ago, NUinID said:

Recruiting is such a crap shoot after you get past the sure fire top 100 or so can't miss kids in every recruiting cycle and even then there are some that miss.  Skill guys on offense WR and RB are fairly easy to project on defense CB and Safeties are usually fairly easy.  Linemen on both sides are the hardest to figure out.  

 

Wisconsin regularly outperforms their recruiting rankings because they are so good at developing linemen, especially O-linemen and they move guys from other spots to the line.  Their starting Rt Tackle played QB in HS. Lots of their LB's were guys that played other positions in HS and moved to their spots.  

 

They also know what they are looking for and don't worry nearly as much about recruiting rankings.  They are not afraid to offer guys that maybe are only 2* if  they fit what they want.  They take a lot of Midwest players and they frankly are not usually evaluated as well by the services as on the coasts.  

 

Don't get me wrong they get a lot of quality guys mixed in especially at RB.  Then they develop the heck out of them.  

 

The thing you have to remember is that Wisconsin has been doing the same basic thing with players and player development since 1990 when BA got to Madison.  That system was developed over a long period of time.  Iowa has been working their system since 1999 when Ferentz got their.  Nebraska hasn't worked the same basic system on offense for more than 4 years in a row since 2003.  They have worked how many different defensive systems in that time,  I count 4.  

 

That is by no means an endorsement that MR should be kept though. 

But at some point we do need to stick with something, maybe even through tough times. Riley may not be the one to follow through the flames I agree. Maybe these are the tough times and our next guy will just be great from the jump (competing year 1, winning alot of football games year 2 and beyond). Either way I think we have to be patient with the next coach(assuming we hire a good one) especially if it's Frost.

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