NU Recruiting Coordinator/Staff?

kchusker_chris said:
Landlord of Memorial Stadium said:
StreeterCL said:
skersfan said:
I know Bo asked for more, but poor Nebraska did not have the money, desire to be competitive with the teams of the SEC. Bo, again not my favorite, should not be ham strung by the money side. If Bama can have a 30 man division for football recruiting, why can't we. Bo needs to concentrate on football, and be the closer if needed. Comparatively he is underpaid for all the hats he has to wear/ the jobs he has to do vs Saben, Miles, Richt and Spurrier. We need to give him a chance to do the job. If the NCAA allows them to have so many more, why aren't we. A lot of our problems are on Bo's back, but this is one area where he is not getting the support the job demands. Sad to think a few dollars will hold us down. But it always seems to be about money. Quick to spend for hard items, assets, but afraid to try something different that has been proven to work in the most successful conference.
Click to expand...
This just bothers me. I don't understand this mindset to not take advantage of a "full" staff. There isn't some stupid by-law in the big10 about not being able to have that many recruiting coaches is there? Too lazy to try to find out.
Click to expand...
$$$$$$$
Click to expand...
But we've got an extra 100k laying around for Bo?
Click to expand...
That was already in his contract, not something that came out of thin air.

 
saunders45 said:
NUpolo8 said:
Is this the thread where we pretend Nebraska is financially strapped and Perlman is deliberately hamstringing the #1 revenue generating operation for the anything associated with the University of Nebraska?

Ok. Noted
Click to expand...
No, this is the thread where we pretend our staff doesn't want to maximize every resource to succeed and they're deliberately tanking just to make you mad.
Click to expand...
There is of course a diffence between me thinking they're deliberately tanking and me thinking they might be unable to correct the problem.....

 
NUpolo8 said:
saunders45 said:
NUpolo8 said:
Is this the thread where we pretend Nebraska is financially strapped and Perlman is deliberately hamstringing the #1 revenue generating operation for the anything associated with the University of Nebraska?

Ok. Noted
Click to expand...
No, this is the thread where we pretend our staff doesn't want to maximize every resource to succeed and they're deliberately tanking just to make you mad.
Click to expand...
There is of course a diffence between me thinking they're deliberately tanking and me thinking they might be unable to correct the problem.....
Click to expand...
You don't say....
 
I will assume you know Pearlman better than me, how he works. I feel I kwon Tom better than most. I attribute the frugal approach to Tom. But he is gone now. I am going to take some time and see if I can actually fine out what other programs use for their staffs. finebaum claims that there are over 60 people working in the recruiting division. That seems like a lot of people. I do think we need to steep up our game though.

 
This using older figures (2010 and 2011 to be exact) but this is kinda fun.....

http://espn.go.com/c...cost-recruiting

So Nebraska weighed in at $478,554 and $344,471 for 11 and 10, respectively. Which was (to my surprise) much more than Ohio St and Oklahoma (OU actually DROPPED in 2011 as opposed to 2010, odd), and pretty well in the hunt with Florida St.

The big spenders mostly are no surprise, Alabama, Florida, Georgia.....but Purdue was also in there. Also, Iowa St, Colorado, and Tennessee also rang up figures larger than Nebraska. And, both Michigan schools were in the hunt with NU, Michigan slightly more, MSU slightly less.

The biggest budget obviously does not translate to immediate and obvious success. I would expect a lot of people would say Nebraska has to travel a lot more than say, a Florida to get to those highly sought after "better" recruiting areas, so Florida dollars would conceivably be better spent on staff than long plane rides. Which I partly understand.

What I don't understand is this: it isn't like the state of Nebraska has moved, one would have thought a premium would have been placed on thoughtful, effective recruiting methods pretty early on.

Either way, its kinda cool to see what schools drop on recruiting, even if its 3 year old numbers.

 
Last edited by a moderator:
Did you find what Bama spent the last 5 years. I know they hid the total numbers for awhile, until the NCAA called them on it, I think it was two years ago. But it seems from the comments on the Finebaum program, that it was not figured in the football budget, but general attendance advertising for the University. Still tremendous numbers compared to two, that basically were begged for it seems.

Plus I think Bama has several private planes, which would not show up on the budget, and far less flying miles to be sure.

I think number of employees tells the real story.

 
Last edited by a moderator:
skersfan said:
Did you find what Bama spent the last 5 years. I know they hid the total numbers for awhile, until the NCAA called them on it, I think it was two years ago. But it seems from the comments on the Finebaum program, that it was not figured in the football budget, but general attendance advertising for the University. Still tremendous numbers compared to two, that basically were begged for it seems.

Plus I think Bama has several private planes, which would not show up on the budget, and far less flying miles to be sure.

I think number of employees tells the real story.
Click to expand...

Bama's 2010 and 2011 figures are on the ESPN article.

As for the private plane thingy. Well as far as I know, or rather what I used to know in the past, NU simply endeavored for boosters, donors, etc to come up with 350 hours of private/charter jet time. I'm pretty sure the Husker Air Force site was one of the ways they tried, and if it even exists now I have no idea.

But there is this article that was written recently, http://journalstar.com/sports/huskers/football/eichorst-recruiting-resources-being-supplied/article_9be71cbd-b327-50a6-85d1-c127b87f7888.html that has some good info, as well as this blurb from Bo,

As for how private planes will be used for future Husker recruiting, Pelini said: "I don't think that's going to be an issue going forward."

The resources are there, and the money has been spent for a quite a while.

 
Nebraska SHOULD be spending more than Florida, Texas, and Bama. Each of those schools has more top flight prospects in a 300 mile radius than NU does in a 1,000 mile radius. Simply comparing budgets straight up doesn't give you the whole picture.

 
saunders45 said:
Nebraska SHOULD be spending more than Florida, Texas, and Bama. Each of those schools has more top flight prospects in a 300 mile radius than NU does in a 1,000 mile radius. Simply comparing budgets straight up doesn't give you the whole picture.
Click to expand...

From my first link,

"I would expect a lot of people would say Nebraska has to travel a lot more than say, a Florida to get to those highly sought after "better" recruiting areas, so Florida dollars would conceivably be better spent on staff than long plane rides. Which I partly understand"

They're currently 3rd in the conference, depending on the year. Ahead of Wisconsin and Michigan St, who have similar issues.

 
We've seen a long of progress over the last 4-5 months as far as the administration giving the coaching staff the backing and resources they need and eliminating excuses.

From what I've heard, expect that to continue being a trend through the summer.

 
I think if you looked at how Tennessee figures it's cost, you would find what Bama and some others are hiding. But even so, they double what we spend and have less travel involved.

If we want to be competitive we have to try to be in ever aspect. This is the life blood of college football, and ours is being cut short for what ever reason. This program has the money, the facilities to be competitive. Our recruiting budget should be higher than most due to the travel requirements.

Once you have established yourself as a power, the cost will go down, IE Ohio State, kids flock to the winners. Bama on the other hand is spending more and getting more, and it can not be because Tuscaloosa is such a hot bed of night life!!!

 
Last edited by a moderator:
skersfan said:
I think if you looked at how Tennessee figures it's cost, you would find what Bama and some others are hiding. But even so, they double what we spend and have less travel involved.

If we want to be competitive we have to try to be in ever aspect. This is the life blood of college football, and ours is being cut short for what ever reason. This program has the money, the facilities to be competitive. Our recruiting budget should be higher than most due to the travel requirements.

Once you have established yourself as a power, the cost will go down, IE Ohio State, kids flock to the winners. Bama on the other hand is spending more and getting more, and it can not be because Tuscaloosa is such a hot bed of night life!!!
Click to expand...

Nebraska IS competitive. Especially in their own conference. And record wise, they are better than Tennessee.

I do agree with you that Nebraska has to win to make it a lot easier. Considering they outspent the conference and Rose Bowl champion, I'd say their resources are more than fine, especially when you consider the facilities.

Produce.

 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top