1. Bo's first class was roughly put together in a matter of 2-4 months. It was also coming off of one of the worse showings by a Husker team since Eisenhower was in office. This is a first year head coach trying to rebuild a powerhouse from scratch. Because of the type of program Nebraska is, the expectation were high, but realistically, Bo accomplished more than anyone should have expected. 09's class gave him his first full year to put a class together. Though we had a jewel hear and there come from those two classes, any one who expected much from those two classes to lead us to the "promise land" simply ignored reality. It was two classes put together for a team that had yet to establish an identity. When recruiting, prospects want to know what is expected of them at their position (example.....WR/TE how many catches will I be expecting or am I going to be blocking the whole game or OLinemen are we a downhill rushing attack team or am I required to pass protect in a spread-like offense). All in all those classes were put together to help fill a bunch of holes that were left on the depth chart do to the many many JUCO players that had been recruited by the previous staff.
2. Those who whine about no development haven't been paying attention what so ever. A program like NU is not going to be able to compete in a conference like the Big 10 without development in it's players. Bo and his staff is averaging 9.6 wins a season with a group of kids that some are claiming not to be developed. I honest don't understand that logic. Especially when I look at players like Eric Martin/Rex Burkhead/Will Compton/Taylor Martinez/Jamal Turner/Stanley Jean-Baptiste/Ciante Evans/etc.....whom are significantly better than they were when they first step foot on campus.
3. The scheme happened to work during the 09 season. It make a National Title contending Texas squad struggle for 4 quarters. Had we had a pulse on offense, that would have been a win for the Huskers and we wouldn't have cared that an extra second was added on. The same scheme was working in 2010 when we made NFL caliber QBs like Washington's Jake Locker look like a 2nd string JUCO player. The difference between those two squads and the two unit most recent units is the athleticism that was asked to carry out the assignments. When you have a defense that contains athletes like N.Suh, P.Amukumara, A.Denard, E.Hagg,L.David, J.Crick, D.Gomes, L.Asante, P.Dillard, etc.....and replace them with W.Compton, S.Fisher, P.J.Smith, A.Whaley, C.Meredith, J.Ankrah, etc......no offense but they are honestly not the same caliber of athlete as the previous blackshirt unit. The most recent recruiting classes show that the staff understands this and thus we should be hopeful that the speed and athletcism coming in will gain maturity and experience soon so that we can see why the nation considers Bo one of the best defensive minds out there.
4. Our coaching staff has some flaws (experience), but I see growth every year, and Bo seems to at least be willing to enhance the strength of his staff based on the chemistry between each. An example is getting rid of S.Watson and Promoting T.Beck or replacing Coach Raymond with Coach Joseph. This staff is a step ahead in the recruiting than it was 3-4 years ago and they are/have established an identity on office which was very much in question up til 2011.
(Why has it taken so long for me to actually post on this board, I have no idea. Good conversations though)
