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Husker coaches to teach at satellite camp in Atlanta

45 minutes ago • By BRIAN CHRISTOPHERSON | LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR

The new Husker staff said they were going to be in the satellite camp game. They've backed up those words. Nebraska coaches will participate in Georgia State's football camp in Atlanta on June 15, a move that positions them front and center for a day of teaching and evaluating in a hotbed for recruiting. The camp session costs $50 a day. Penn State coaches will team up with Georgia State to run a camp the following day.

First-year Husker coach Mike Riley was one of the first to get into satellite camps while he was at Oregon State, including a camp in the Los Angeles area about three years ago attended by several prospects who ultimately committed to the Beavers.

Ryan Gunderson, Nebraska's director of player personnel and director of football and recruiting operation, told reporters in January that Husker staffers would look to do "a bunch of satellite camps." He expressed interest in camping anywhere from California to Texas to Atlanta to Florida.
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This is a GREAT move. Especially in a talent-rich state like Georgia.

 
So instead of pretending Nebraska faces so many challenges, these coaches are embracing all the advantages this program has. Then when it comes to one area where Nebraska is actually limited a bit ( reaching out to talent rich areas) instead of making excuses and complaining, we go to them and sell ourselves.

Man I love this new staff. I truly don't remember hearing about the last staff doing this. Am I mistaken? I just remember a lot of whining and complaining about how rough Nebraska has it. As if 100 other programs wouldn't cut off their own arms to have what we have here.

 
True2tRA said:
So instead of pretending Nebraska faces so many challenges, these coaches are embracing all the advantages this program has. Then when it comes to one area where Nebraska is actually limited a bit ( reaching out to talent rich areas) instead of making excuses and complaining, we go to them and sell ourselves.

Man I love this new staff. I truly don't remember hearing about the last staff doing this. Am I mistaken? I just remember a lot of whining and complaining about how rough Nebraska has it. As if 100 other programs wouldn't cut off their own arms to have what we have here.
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Exactly! I think this stems from Riley spending a decade at Oregon State doing more with less. He was able to field a decent Pac-10 (12) team with a small budget, crappy facilities, and sparse fanbase. Now that he's at the football mecca that Nebraska is, Riley must feel like a kid in a candy store. It seems like he's leveraging the few advantages that we have (world class facilities, loyal fanbase, notable alums) and overcoming the one big disadvantage that we face (mediocre in-state recruiting). I think he's slowing getting our program headed in the right direction. At least it sure seems like he's making the right moves.
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True2tRA said:
So instead of pretending Nebraska faces so many challenges, these coaches are embracing all the advantages this program has. Then when it comes to one area where Nebraska is actually limited a bit ( reaching out to talent rich areas) instead of making excuses and complaining, we go to them and sell ourselves.

Man I love this new staff. I truly don't remember hearing about the last staff doing this. Am I mistaken? I just remember a lot of whining and complaining about how rough Nebraska has it. As if 100 other programs wouldn't cut off their own arms to have what we have here.
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I see this as accepting the challenges and embracing the advantages. Challenge: We're a brazillion miles away from the talent-laden states. Advantage: We can hold a camp in those states, and our name brand will be a draw to that talent we need.

We heard a lot about how difficult it was to recruit here, and that's justified. What Riley & Co. are doing better is figuring out ways to overcome those difficulties.

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True2tRA said:
So instead of pretending Nebraska faces so many challenges, these coaches are embracing all the advantages this program has. Then when it comes to one area where Nebraska is actually limited a bit ( reaching out to talent rich areas) instead of making excuses and complaining, we go to them and sell ourselves.

Man I love this new staff. I truly don't remember hearing about the last staff doing this. Am I mistaken? I just remember a lot of whining and complaining about how rough Nebraska has it. As if 100 other programs wouldn't cut off their own arms to have what we have here.
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No, those challenges are still there and the SEC is pissed the northern staffs are finding loop holes around their little recruiting kingdom. Even with these, there are major challenges our staff faces that the coaching staffs that are in recruiting hotbeds don't have to worry about. These issues need to be addressed with the NCAA but conferences like the SEC, ACC and Pac 12 are going to fight it tooth and nail because they know what nice things they have in the rules right now.

 
SEC schools are complaining that they are at a recruiting disadvantage. Tens of people across the nation shed tears -- in solidarity, and in sympathy.

 
I know it's not. I understnad that. But how can they be so damned full of themselves to claim it's a disadvantage? What in the world is stopping Bama or Georgia or LSU from having satellite camps on Ohio or Texas or California? Seriously.

 
Count 'Bility said:
I know it's not. I understnad that. But how can they be so damned full of themselves to claim it's a disadvantage? What in the world is stopping Bama or Georgia or LSU from having satellite camps on Ohio or Texas or California? Seriously.
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That's why, in another thread, I asked why a reasonable non-biased person would think banning these camps is a good thing? What negative is there to the camps?

 
BigRedBuster said:
Count 'Bility said:
I know it's not. I understnad that. But how can they be so damned full of themselves to claim it's a disadvantage? What in the world is stopping Bama or Georgia or LSU from having satellite camps on Ohio or Texas or California? Seriously.
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That's why, in another thread, I asked why a reasonable non-biased person would think banning these camps is a good thing? What negative is there to the camps?
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I believe it is an SEC rule that they can't participate in these types of camps

 
StPaulHusker said:
BigRedBuster said:
Count said:
I know it's not. I understnad that. But how can they be so damned full of themselves to claim it's a disadvantage? What in the world is stopping Bama or Georgia or LSU from having satellite camps on Ohio or Texas or California? Seriously.
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That's why, in another thread, I asked why a reasonable non-biased person would think banning these camps is a good thing? What negative is there to the camps?
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I believe it is an SEC rule that they can't participate in these types of camps
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Yup. The Georgia State HC said "It's not Penn State, Nebraska or Georgia State's problem the SEC had a stupid rule" or something along those lines.
 
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