Savage Husker Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Not like i foresee this ever being an issue, but one could also spin this into a recruiting tool. "See, come to Nebraska and your draft stock automatically increases..." Quote Link to comment
Sargon Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 http://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/04/florida-gators-nfl-draft-busts-schools 15 years of round 1 picks. NU isn't on the bad list here. This list makes more sense Quote Link to comment
Saunders Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 I was thinking probably just by shear number's NU probably wouldn't have the most, no. Percentage? Maybe. Cuz NU doesn't send many to the NFL to begin with. No. 1 Quote Link to comment
Saunders Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 So SB Nation found three obscure draft related stats that NU is mediocre at? And they label us Draft Bust U because of it? This is the most contrived bunch of baloney I've ever seen. Typical SB Nation. SBNation is awesome, but the author is Ryan Nanni. He's a UF grad who got the job because he's friends of the editor, not because of his CFB knowledge. Quote Link to comment
Enhance Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 i wonder if many of the offensive busts were because of never having a pro-style offense here at DONU to prep them for the NFL style of play? Unsure if you're being facetious, but a lack of offensive talent heading to the league was a problem even under Callahan and his pro-style offense. If my numbers are correct, we sent a total of four offensive players to the NFL from 2005-2009 and they were all linemen. It wasn't until the 2011 draft when we broke the trend and sent two skill players - Helu and Paul. Quote Link to comment
Enhance Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 So SB Nation found three obscure draft related stats that NU is mediocre at? And they label us Draft Bust U because of it? This is the most contrived bunch of baloney I've ever seen. Typical SB Nation. I too disagree with some of the methodology here, because you could minutely adjust some of the variables and possibly get very different results. One of my biggest problems with it is his first factor - they must have played in the NFL at least four years. The average NFL career is 3.3 years and he's putting the cut off beyond that point, which means he's ignoring a large population that never meets his arbitrary date of four years. Perhaps it wouldn't affect the results greatly, but I have a feeling it might. Quote Link to comment
Savage Husker Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 So SB Nation found three obscure draft related stats that NU is mediocre at? And they label us Draft Bust U because of it? This is the most contrived bunch of baloney I've ever seen. Typical SB Nation. I too disagree with some of the methodology here, because you could minutely adjust some of the variables and possibly get very different results. One of my biggest problems with it is his first factor - they must have played in the NFL at least four years. The average NFL career is 3.3 years and he's putting the cut off beyond that point, which means he's ignoring a large population that never meets his arbitrary date of four years. Perhaps it wouldn't affect the results greatly, but I have a feeling it might. Also, a journalist is doing quick work that a statistician would take more time to research. We all could change the oil in a car, but that doesn't mean we're mechanics. Quote Link to comment
Saunders Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 I was thinking probably just by shear number's NU probably wouldn't have the most, no. Percentage? Maybe. Cuz NU doesn't send many to the NFL to begin with. No. https://twitter.com/PickSixPreviews/status/725793458590519299 But NU doesn't send that many guys to the NFL.... 2 Quote Link to comment
MichiganDad3 Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 I see this as an accomplishment for the coaching staff. The player performs well enough in college to get drafter, but does not have the talent to make it in the NFL. This tells me the coaching staff did more with less. Quote Link to comment
Enhance Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 I was thinking probably just by shear number's NU probably wouldn't have the most, no. Percentage? Maybe. Cuz NU doesn't send many to the NFL to begin with. No. https://twitter.com/PickSixPreviews/status/725793458590519299 But NU doesn't send that many guys to the NFL.... I don't think the narrative from this article was ever that Nebraska doesn't send guys to the NFL - it's just that the guys Nebraska does send don't meet the obscure standards set forth by the writer. Quote Link to comment
Saunders Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 I was thinking probably just by shear number's NU probably wouldn't have the most, no. Percentage? Maybe. Cuz NU doesn't send many to the NFL to begin with. No. https://twitter.com/PickSixPreviews/status/725793458590519299 But NU doesn't send that many guys to the NFL.... I don't think the narrative from this article was ever that Nebraska doesn't send guys to the NFL - it's just that the guys Nebraska does send don't meet the obscure standards set forth by the writer. Both those twitter posts were in response to Coach's assertion that NU doesn't send that many guys to the NFL. Quote Link to comment
StPaulHusker Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 So is sending 2 per year for 50 years the same as sending 4 in the first 20 picks in one year? I'll hang up and listen. Quote Link to comment
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