*** 2022 Recruiting ***

[Huskers93-97]

10 minutes ago, Lorewarn said:

 

 

 

I'd say the opposite - we collectively are incredible at finding the pessimistic lens to look through even when we're winning 10-11-12 games.

Dude its been like 20 years since we won games at that level.

[Mavric]

2022 Profiles

Current Scholarships/Commits

Official Visit Lists: 247 - Husker Online
HOL Tracking All Visits

QB - 1 - RICHARD TORRES
RB - 1 - ASHTON HAYES
WR - 2-3 - VICTOR JONES, GRANT PAGE
TE - 1 - CHASE ANDROFF
OT - 1-2 - 
OG/C - 1-2 - VALEN ERICKSON

DL - 2-3 - HAYDEN SCHWARTZ, Kenneth Grant, Domonique Orange, Trevon McAlpine, Ben Roberts, Joshua White
ILB - 1 - ERNEST HAUSMANN

OLB - 1-2 -  JAKE APPLEGET, Tyler Martin

CB - 1-2 - Avery Powell, Jordan Allen, Benjamin Morrison, Quantaves Gaskins
S - 1 - Nathan Vail

 

Early enrollees:

 

Edited August 13, 2021 by Mavric
Updated

[The Scarlet Pimpernel]

Fans tend to get spoiled once they've won it all. They have high standards, and want to see them maintained. Little chinks in the armor are all they have to complain about. Sadly, over the past 20 years our fan base has continued to lower and lower their standards, and those who still have those same original high standards are persecuted.

[Lorewarn]

3 hours ago, The Scarlet Pimpernel said:

Fans tend to get spoiled once they've won it all. They have high standards, and want to see them maintained. Little chinks in the armor are all they have to complain about. Sadly, over the past 20 years our fan base has continued to lower and lower their standards, and those who still have those same original high standards are persecuted.

 

 

Persecuted is a very strong word. Even if it's an accurate one, maintaining the same standards of excellence from a program that doesn't have the infrastructure or talent or stability or resources to achieve excellence is, by definition, unreasonable.

 

Your expectations should be commensurate with the building blocks and landscape context they're based on or related to. 

[The Scarlet Pimpernel]

17 hours ago, Lorewarn said:

 

 

Persecuted is a very strong word. Even if it's an accurate one, maintaining the same standards of excellence from a program that doesn't have the infrastructure or talent or stability or resources to achieve excellence is, by definition, unreasonable.

 

Your expectations should be commensurate with the building blocks and landscape context they're based on or related to. 

 

Well, I can't tell you how many times I've been told that I'm "not a true fan" or "maybe you should find another team to cheer for" or "maybe you should be on the sidelines since you know so much." I refuse to lower my standards. People - and in this case a team - will rise to the standards set before them. If you're willing to let them get by with low standards, then that's what they'll do. I teach at a school that was rated a D- by the state board of education when I first arrived. It is a predominantly African-American school and the other high school in the district, that's predominantly white, was far ahead. The belief was that the kids at our school would never be able to reach the lofty goals that the other school had set in place, but we refused to believe that. A decade later, we have caught up to and surpassed the other school... all because we set high standards and we made those kids rise to meet those standards. 

[BigRedBuster]

15 hours ago, The Scarlet Pimpernel said:

I refuse to lower my standards.

On the flip side, statements like this get old.  Like someone wanting to see improvement and are willing to see that in a 7 or 9 win season are some how so amazingly happy with that record that they are perfectly fine not getting any better than that.

 

News flash, those people still crave winning championships and ultimately, that's the goal everyone is striving for.

[Atbone95]

I don't see how me having higher standards helps Adrian Martinez hold onto the ball, or our entire OL learn how to block. 

 

You work with the kids you teach. We don't work with the players. There's a difference. 

[jager]

You could also say that you (Scarlet) didn't achieve those high marks right away. It took time (a decade) and finished with different students than you started with. I've been teaching for 20+ years and you always try to improve, but you don't achieve greatness overnight. You try things, notice where you have improvement and where it is lacking. Then you make changes and try to improve. Each player (student) is different and will respond to methods differently. It takes everyone to make it, even the  low achievers. You also have to make cuts to the staff when necessary to improve, Frost has done this to some degree, but you also have to give them a chance to grow and improve. especially when you started where they did.

[hunter49]

how many total are we hoping to take?

 

Edited July 11, 2021 by Mavric
Merged threads

[Decked]

46 minutes ago, hunter49 said:

how many total are we hoping to take?

Gonna be a tiny class. Think 13-16

[Treand3]

5 hours ago, Decked said:

Gonna be a tiny class. Think 13-16

Yep

[TheSker]

On 6/28/2021 at 7:59 AM, Huskers93-97 said:

What do you think is the number we need to show recruits progress? I don't think 7 wins is good enough. Husker fans would have s#!t themselves in the past thinking about a 7 win season. Now we are like hey its better than 4 or 5 wins. Just because OUR expectations have lowered doesn't mean its good enough for high school kids with offers from other top P5 schools who are winning 9+ every year.

You damn well know if a coach at Nebraska consistently wins 9+ games they are soon to be canned 

[The Scarlet Pimpernel]

On 7/8/2021 at 6:14 PM, jager said:

You could also say that you (Scarlet) didn't achieve those high marks right away. It took time (a decade) and finished with different students than you started with. I've been teaching for 20+ years and you always try to improve, but you don't achieve greatness overnight. You try things, notice where you have improvement and where it is lacking. Then you make changes and try to improve. Each player (student) is different and will respond to methods differently. It takes everyone to make it, even the  low achievers. You also have to make cuts to the staff when necessary to improve, Frost has done this to some degree, but you also have to give them a chance to grow and improve. especially when you started where they did.

 

Which is why I remain patient and continue to support Frost. That said, it's time to show some marked improvement.

[Huskers93-97]

4 hours ago, The Scarlet Pimpernel said:

 

Which is why I remain patient and continue to support Frost. That said, it's time to show some marked improvement.

I agree. I still support Frost. But you can support Frost and still acknowledge the short comings of his job so far and the program in general. Too often on this board some posters think frustration and criticism of the program means you are against Frost and or the program. 

[runningblind]

18 minutes ago, Huskers93-97 said:

I agree. I still support Frost. But you can support Frost and still acknowledge the short comings of his job so far and the program in general. Too often on this board some posters think frustration and criticism of the program means you are against Frost and or the program. 

Must hate the Huskers to not approve of 12-20 and not be expecting 10-2 in 2021.