ADS Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Sometimes kids just don't want to go to Nebraska, even if they are looking for a school close to home. It's part of the game. Quote Link to comment
Treand3 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Sometimes kids just don't want to go to Nebraska, even if they are looking for a school close to home. It's part of the game.Bingo Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted August 20, 2015 Author Share Posted August 20, 2015 Sometimes kids just don't want to go to Nebraska, even if they are looking for a school close to home. It's part of the game. Yep. Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted August 20, 2015 Author Share Posted August 20, 2015 This was over well before Riley set foot in Lincoln. In Kelly's case being from Kansas, his recruitment was very odd, exception to the norm for "heartland" kids. If this happens again next year then my attitude will be different. So this is a guy who visited for a game last year, visited for the spring game, supposedly wants to stay close to home and had us in his top 10 a week ago but was gone over nine months ago? I don't buy it. We might not have been in the lead but we were in the conversation. No disrespect but you don't have to believe it. OU was ahead of Nebraska before Riley was hired, hell he didn't even like the last scheme as it stood. Also going to OU still fulfills the need to stay close to home. I just thought we had a better chance with the new staff and the fact that Montgomery had moved on, but that wasn't the case. Now he could really do something whacky and commit to KU. All that is entirely possible. Like I said, we might not have been the leader (probably weren't) but that doesn't make us out of it. Quote Link to comment
Treand3 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 This was over well before Riley set foot in Lincoln. In Kelly's case being from Kansas, his recruitment was very odd, exception to the norm for "heartland" kids. If this happens again next year then my attitude will be different. So this is a guy who visited for a game last year, visited for the spring game, supposedly wants to stay close to home and had us in his top 10 a week ago but was gone over nine months ago? I don't buy it. We might not have been in the lead but we were in the conversation. No disrespect but you don't have to believe it. OU was ahead of Nebraska before Riley was hired, hell he didn't even like the last scheme as it stood. Also going to OU still fulfills the need to stay close to home. I just thought we had a better chance with the new staff and the fact that Montgomery had moved on, but that wasn't the case. Now he could really do something whacky and commit to KU. All that is entirely possible. Like I said, we might not have been the leader (probably weren't) but that doesn't make us out of it. Think if we were in this final 6 I could get with you. Him dropping us like that tells me we were in it but not by much. Both visits were with different staffs too. I've always felt I needed to see him visit us once more to get fully excited. I give the staff credit for getting him up to the spring game. Water under the bridge now. Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted August 20, 2015 Author Share Posted August 20, 2015 That's fine. We can semantic it all day. But to me, being in it three weeks ago - even not by much - and being out of it nine months earlier are not the same thing. Quote Link to comment
Treand3 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Sure. Guess we look at that differently, but that's what this place if for. Mav, I hear you though ftr. Quote Link to comment
Dr. Strangelove Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Really hurts missing out on local talent to fill a position of need. All the eggs are with Noah and McDaniel now. Quote Link to comment
Huskerzoo Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Really hurts missing out on local talent to fill a position of need. All the eggs are with Noah and McDaniel now. Could be the staff knows something? There's been talk of silent commits for awhile now. We're all looking at it from the perspective of the kid. What's changed in the last three weeks? Isn't that during the time frame when Fant went on his visits out west and said he knew when he would be announcing? Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted August 20, 2015 Author Share Posted August 20, 2015 Really hurts missing out on local talent to fill a position of need. All the eggs are with Noah and McDaniel now. I don't like the sounds of McDaniel. And Fant is 50/50 but I guess we'll find out soon enough on him. Quote Link to comment
Thanks_Tom RR Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 DL recruitment has been, to put it nicely, slow under Hughes thus far. This may be another example. Quote Link to comment
Dr. Strangelove Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 DL recruitment has been, to put it nicely, slow under Hughes thus far. This may be another example. Outside of the Davis twins, it hasn't been great for the last several seasons. Nebraska has absolutely failed to recruit DEs under Pelini/Kaz and Hughes so far. It's a little puzzling on why we've struggled recruiting DEs. 1 Quote Link to comment
HIPP REDWINE ROZIER Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 We're not in Kansas anymore 1 Quote Link to comment
caveman99 Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 DL recruitment has been, to put it nicely, slow under Hughes thus far. This may be another example. Outside of the Davis twins, it hasn't been great for the last several seasons. Nebraska has absolutely failed to recruit DEs under Pelini/Kaz and Hughes so far. It's a little puzzling on why we've struggled recruiting DEs. As a whole I tend to agree but Bo's staff did have some success. McMullen was highly rated and they got him out from under OSU, RG4 was a great pick up. There have been others that looked good on paper that just didn't pan out, Keels for example. Heck they had some impressive near misses like Owa. I know it is early with this staff, I am worried about the apparent lack of traction with any DL recruit of significance so far. It is really troubling and will be an issue if not fixed by the 2017 cycle. 1 Quote Link to comment
ScottyIce Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 DL recruitment has been, to put it nicely, slow under Hughes thus far. This may be another example.Outside of the Davis twins, it hasn't been great for the last several seasons. Nebraska has absolutely failed to recruit DEs under Pelini/Kaz and Hughes so far. It's a little puzzling on why we've struggled recruiting DEs. As a whole I tend to agree but Bo's staff did have some success. McMullen was highly rated and they got him out from under OSU, RG4 was a great pick up. There have been others that looked good on paper that just didn't pan out, Keels for example. Heck they had some impressive near misses like Owa. I know it is early with this staff, I am worried about the apparent lack of traction with any DL recruit of significance so far. It is really troubling and will be an issue if not fixed by the 2017 cycle. Avery Moss.... <crickets> Quote Link to comment
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