ColoradoHusk Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 20 minutes ago, 4skers89 said: I was going to point out that he could make an immediate impact on the walkon program if he showed up at recruit's houses. I'm not sure that is allowed though. Only members of the coaching staff can recruit and visit players. Tom Osborne named himself interim head coach in 2007 so he could visit recruits until Pelini came aboard, as Bo was finishing his time at LSU. Quote Link to comment
LumberJackSker Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 I think the best thing the next coaching staff could do for the walk on program is to recruit better scholarship players. Its great when you have beasts like spencer long or andy janovich break through and become starters but there have been to many walkons forced into starting rolls because of lack of depth and talent. Guys like hoppes, ketter, conrad ect are hard working and I'm sure great teammates but if Nebraska wants to compete for conference titles it needs more talented players. 3 Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 This thread is blowing this comment out of proportion. As someone said, he probably needed a simple list of what he wanted to accomplish and this happened to come to mind. He DIDN'T say.... The walk-on program needs fixed. The walk-on program is failing. The walk-on program is somehow being disrespected or torn apart. None of those things were said. 4 Quote Link to comment
teachercd Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 15 hours ago, gobiggergoredder said: Shouldn't the 60 day list be about the same as when your parents go out of town? 1. Don't get arrested. (Compliance) 2. Don't burn the house down. (Don't go backwards) Ha! So true! Quote Link to comment
Enhance Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 It's definitely people reading into what he said. A lot of good points mentioned in this thread. The college football landscape is so different now. Leaning and/or relying on walk-ons just isn't really feasible in the way it used to be done. That doesn't mean we can't support the walk-ons and pull for the guys who end up playing and earning scholarships, of course. Quote Link to comment
dtbugeater Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 My guess is he has an idea or two that could tweak the walk on program. You know...improve it a little. I think that was all he meant. Quote Link to comment
soup Posted September 27, 2017 Author Share Posted September 27, 2017 Apparently Sam mckewon with the OWH was just as confused about the statement as I was and wrote about it today. I’m not able to link at the moment but he has a very succinct article up today about what’s happening. 1 Quote Link to comment
speedtoburn Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 It's a sound bite...all about optics my friend, lol. Quote Link to comment
Hayseed Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 The walk on program is suffering from lack of qualified walkons due to the changing demographics of Nebraska and the limit on number of players. Us old guys need to get used to the fact that we can no longer stockpile half the state on the sideline and other schools offering scholarships are more attractive. Quote Link to comment
Hayseed Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 This ability to identify diamonds and morganites in the rough is why I like Craig Bohl. Others see it as stocking up against poor competition in a minor league, I see it as stocking your team with top role players whose combined efforts and enthusiasm produce a winner. Quote Link to comment
Hayseed Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 What star player doesn't want to be surrounded by scrappy players who do their job and make them look good? Quote Link to comment
Whistlepig Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 On 9/26/2017 at 7:05 PM, LumberJackSker said: I think the best thing the next coaching staff could do for the walk on program is to recruit better scholarship players. Its great when you have beasts like spencer long or andy janovich break through and become starters but there have been to many walkons forced into starting rolls because of lack of depth and talent. Guys like hoppes, ketter, conrad ect are hard working and I'm sure great teammates but if Nebraska wants to compete for conference titles it needs more talented players. according to the recruiting services we historically always have higher rated classes than both Iowa and Wisconsin, so that can't be the only issue Quote Link to comment
LumberJackSker Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 11 minutes ago, Whistlepig said: according to the recruiting services we historically always have higher rated classes than both Iowa and Wisconsin, so that can't be the only issue Ratings are great but this team still had such a lack of depth and talent that it forces walkons in to a starting spot. Again guys like jano and long are great players but Nebraska isn't going to beat the better teams in the conference with players like ketter, hoppes, conrad and whatever undersized center they always played in years past. Those guys are great for depth and pushing scholarship players but there is a huge difference talent wise between Nebraska and OSU, PSU and Michigan. Quote Link to comment
Moiraine Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 There is always going to be a talent gap between Nebraska and Ohio State/Michigan/Penn State due to population density. People hate to hear that though. What we need is a really, really good coach who can do more with less. 4 Quote Link to comment
Enhance Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 The fault scale is without question tipped towards coaching right now and development has been a huge probably for most of the last ~15 years. I don't want to throw any individual player under the bus here, but we have seen countless players come through the program who needed to play better and didn't. And I'm not necessarily saying it's their fault. But, you just can't miss on players to the level Nebraska has in recent years whether that's from recruits not panning out, transfers, injuries, etc. 1 Quote Link to comment
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