Head of Husker Recruiting Candidates

da skers said:
accountability said:
da skers said:
accountability said:
I think some of you are interpretting my post as a slam on Kevin Steels resume and abilities. It's not. My comments are just an opinion I have that many are just over-analyzing what this position is actually going to be about. Kevin Steel is very good at what he does. However, he is not going to sell Bama or Saban anymore then those two already do on their own. I see it as being more of a manager of the recruiting processes than a salesman of the program.
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Be honest. He's a douchebag and the majority of the staff and TO were ok with him moving on. I believe he's a regret in TO's eyes even though he was ok at his job because of who he is as a person.
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You serious clark? I seriously dont anything about that or anything negative that went on. Care to elaborate?
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He was an arrogant bad guy that very few players or coaches liked. Most people only tolerated him if he picked them as his favorite and he did this quite often. One of the best stories is how he benched a Sr. LB who was a co-caption of the team Randall Jobman to play one of "his guys" who was either a RSF or Sophmore. He bad mouthed our former starter left and right etc and made up a justification for why the other guy should start. Well we got into the 4th quarter of the OU game and the young guy was getting beat left and right and his head was spinning. So he went over to Randall and told him to get in the game. (hes been riding the bench several games now) and he says to Steele "no thanks" in a few different words and he goes ape sh#t on the kid on the side lines and threatens to kick his a$$ if he wont get in the game. No one held him back, he looked like a fool and Randall refused to go in.

He was also very abrasive toward other coaches and often tried to change the schemes from what they wanted and just plain bad for team chemistry. He was hired because he was a recruiter and he did that very well.
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Not at all and I too was just pointing out his ability to recruit, only.

 
I am on the Tim Cassidy bandwagon.....This position is basically an "inside" job, where it requires a lot of technical, bookwork, film study, hiring "scouts" (as Bo mentioned)...making 'initial' contact with potential recruits, setting up visits....... A guy like Cassidy knows the ropes and the ins-outs of this kind of stuff...

** The coaching staff are still going to be the guys who do most of the "in-house" visits and deal closing, NOT the guy with this title. As much as I love the former Huskers, heck, a lot of HS kids don't even know who Joe Montana was, let alone Roger Craig. His name carries ZERO clout outside of the state of Nebraska or the SF area....kids are more impressed with the face to face conversation and relationships that are built by the in-house and on-campus visits, rather than the "rings" or "history" behind a former athlete, especially from an era when these kids weren't even alive.

I think Ron Zook would be another good candidate. Remember, our STAFF will be the guys who make the impressions and close deals, this guy just helps find talent.

 
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