zoogs Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Hey Red, thanks for clarifying. No issues here. Apologies if I was overzealous. Quote Link to comment
DaveH Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I generally don't have a problem with Dirk. He can sometimes pry at things that probably don't need prying but that's just how he is. Quote Link to comment
Guy Chamberlin Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 If the headline read "2000 Husker Recruiting Class the Worst Ever?" there would be less panty-bunching, but some Dirk-hating would no doubt survive. Meh. Quote Link to comment
mnhusker Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Anyone have an idea what that 2000 recruiting class was rated? According to 247, 17th. Thanks for asking this question ........... at the time in 2000 Nebraska was held in higher regard than they are now, perhaps this adds to the argument of star/class inflation for players that are signed by the big brands. Quote Link to comment
SouthAfricanHusker Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Obligatory Chatelain in the title. Apparent Dirk hasn't had enough bad things to write about lately (/sarcasm) but this is an article he filed today. Not to trample on a man's grave (so to speak) but kinds of sheds lite on how Frank was recruiting and what direction we were headed. You cant evaluate recruiting classes by results only. A recruiting class becomes great largely because of the instruction it receives. Clearly Nebraskas player development machine had dipped in the early 00s. And clearly it didnt help the class of 2000 when Bill Callahan overhauled the system before their redshirt senior seasons. But heres the bottom line: Not one player from the class of 2000 earned first-team all-conference honors. Thats unprecedented in Husker history. Only T.J. Hollowell played in the NFL. You ready for the list? Willie Amos Jake Andersen Manaia Brown Terrell Butler Thunder Collins Ira Cooper Sandro DeAngelis Mike Erickson M.J. Flaum T.J. Hollowell Lanny Hopkins Steve Kriewald DeWayne Long Jr. Alvin Marshall Lornell McPherson Ross Pilkington Nick Povendo Jason Richenberger Chris Septak Benard Thomas Ben Zajicek Richie was a friend of mine back in the day. Great physical specimen but you could tell it wasn't going to end well at NU for him. He seemed to lose his fire for football during his junior year of high school. There were also other issues. From what I hear many in the class were similar in that they peaked early and got offers based on hype. They also didn't have the benefit of great leaders beating them into shape. Quote Link to comment
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