Enhance Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 My takeaway is Harbaugh appeals to the youth side of recruiting (the recruit) while Riley appeals to the mature side of recruiting (the parents/the kid's future). Different recruits and parents may like or dislike either approach. What ultimately matters for both Riley and Harbaugh is the results on the field. Harbaugh can climb all the trees he wants and even swallow a tablespoon of wasabi. Riley, similarly, can tell as many stories as he wants. 2 Quote Link to comment
Waterloohusker26 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Oh look, Brandon Cavanaugh is looking for free advertisement again. I've got better things to do than to read another homeristic article. If you don't want to read it then don't open it.....no reason to be a jerk 2 Quote Link to comment
Cbody Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 I like....snip........... gems like the "40 Must See College Cheerleaders" column. What, no link? Quote Link to comment
DomiNUs Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 When it comes to how Nebraska head coach Mike Riley and Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh go about their respective recruiting business, there is no comparison. Wait, so he says there is no comparison, and then goes on to compare the different recruiting styles? Confusing. Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Harbaugh is just doing whatever it takes to pull in talent. Like it or not, he's been pretty successful with this approach. He is sort of a jackass though. 1 Quote Link to comment
zoogs Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Harbaugh is exactly playing the role of an overgrown child. Schools go nuts over recruits, including UNL -- when they send them a hundred letters at once, for example. I'm sure he will impress a lot of people this way; I'm a bit more skeptical of what appears to be a vast gulf in his cuddly treatment of players as recruits, and the icy cold with which he'll release them a couple years later to make room for more. Harbaugh is over the top and always has been. When he was hired, a lot of people pointed out that for all his success, his act appears to have worn thin at his various stops. He has a good first year -- so did Brady Hoke -- and Nebraska had a bad one, but now we need to admire everything he does? It's OK to look at this ridiculousness and see it for what it is. Hey, maybe it'll work out great -- but even if it does, I greatly appreciate Riley's more conventional style instead. Riley should be fantastic for good, substantive, honest conversations, and the contrast in style couldn't be more stark. I'm glad Nebraska is on this side of the gradient. You can dismiss or disagree with the views of a recruit's parents but it was cool to actually hear a take from someone who's gone through the process. 1 Quote Link to comment
TheSker Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 I greatly appreciate Riley's more conventional style instead. Riley should be fantastic for good, substantive, honest conversations, and the contrast in style couldn't be more stark. I'm glad Nebraska is on this side of the gradient. I'd say the recruiting rankings give a good indication about who's style is more effective. Quote Link to comment
Saunders Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 If he wins, nobody cares. Right now, he's recruiting at an elite level, something we haven't done in two decades. In his first year as HC, with a 5-7 team and a transfer QB, he put up a better record than Nebraska has had in 15 years. Perhaps instead of throwing shade at Harbaugh, we could see some looks at what we're doing wrong. Quote Link to comment
zoogs Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Les Miles and Urban Meyer? Hey, we'll see about the rankings in a few years. Quote Link to comment
lo country Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 So a guy who does what ever it takes has the #3 recruiting class in the country and thats a bad thing? If a HC at NU did that we'd think it was the greatest thing since sliced bread. Parents don't like it? I guarantee if Michicken wants them (their kids) other schools do as well......... Who cares. Winning is the best thing we can do to help recruiting IMO. 1 Quote Link to comment
zoogs Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 It's a bit of a dour mood here in Huskerland, isn't it? Understandably, but still... Harbaugh's various recruiting tactics and zanyness makes national waves -- with no shortage of head-shaking. We, as Nebraska fans, can't point this out without a suitable level of self-flagellation on the side over NU's bad record last year? I mean, there's even a fair amount of positive momentum within our own program. Though that's another discussion. Let's leave the requisite awe to the Michigan fans. Quote Link to comment
LumberJackSker Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 so Harbaugh is the better recruiter and Riley is nice. i wonder which one is more important when it comes to winning games? Quote Link to comment
huskerfan2000 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Did Tom ever have a recruiting class ranked what Riley's is? Quote Link to comment
Enhance Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Did Tom ever have a recruiting class ranked what Riley's is? His 1990 class, averaged out across the ranking services as that time, was a 28.33. The only data I'm aware of goes back to 1987, but I also haven't searched that hard for years prior to that. Quote Link to comment
TheSker Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Harbaugh's various recruiting tactics and zanyness makes national waves -- with no shortage of head-shaking. "No shortage of head-shaking"...........? This piece by Cavanaugh doesn't count as a "lot" of head-shaking. Quote Link to comment
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