Recruiting effort & this staff

[zoogs]

I'll be more impressed with their effort and methods when they actually start getting results that are at least on par with the previous staff. There is some hope that the QBs they've got were "under the radar", but so far the most impressive recruiting accomplishment I've seen by this staff was holding onto most of Pelini's recruits.

I think we can agree that more splash would be preferable, but I can also understand that it is a slow build to results.

To the specific points:

-it's been how many days since BRW? There might be commits forthcoming, or even ones we don't know about.

-those under the radar QBs are now an elite 11 finalist that Riley found before anybody else, and a dual-threat passer Frost & Oregon made a big pitch to swing but couldn't -- because Nebraska got there first.

 

[StPaulHusker]

I think he meant "haven't gotten a commitment from".

Correct

 

[StPaulHusker]

We are in on a lot of guys right now. Below is a list of the guys looking at us and interested in us:

WR's

- 6.0

:star

:star Tyler Vaughns - loves coach Williams and wants to visit Lincoln. Tried to even make it for the spring game. Plays: WR

- 5.9

:star

:star Clyde Leflore-Chris - loves coach WIlliams and has us in his top 5. Trying to get to campus. Plays: WR

- 5.9

:star

:star Michael Pitman - loves coach Williams. Visited with KJ team in spring and loved Nebraska. Friends with KJ Jr. Planning on an OV in the fall. Plays: WR

- 5.6

:star

Chase Claypool - from Canada. Big bodied receiver. Interested in Nebraska. Plays: WR or gains weight and becomes TE

- 5.6

:star

Marquez Stevenson - loves coach Williams and has connected well with Bray too. Plays: WR

TE's - 1 commit

- 5.6

:star

Austin Pope - we were his first major offer. Coming to BRW this weekend. Plays: TE

- 5.6

:star

Jack Stoll - deciding between Texas and Nebraska in the next couple of weeks. Coming to BRW this weekend. Plays: TE

OL -2 commits

- 6.0

:star

:star Willie Allen - likes Coach Cavanaugh and Williams a lot. We have a shot if we can get him on campus. Plays: OT

- 5.9

:star

:star Richard Merritt - likes us, keeping his options open. Need to get him on campus. Plays OG

- 5.9

:star

:star Jauan Williams - likes Coach Cavanaugh a lot. Knows about the pipeline. Wants to visit. Plays: OT

- 5.8

:star

:star Michael Eletise - just made his top 10. Has a relationship with Cavanaugh. Wants to visit. Plays: OG

- 5.8

:star

:star Matt Farniok - has visited NU multiple times. Likes coach Cavanaugh. Nebraska and Iowa are sitting on top. Plays OT or OG

- 5.7

:star

Tremayne Anchrum - attended BRW last weekend and loved it. High on us. Plays: OG

- 5.7

:star

Scott Lashley - likes us. We need to get him on camps to make an impact. Plays: OT or OG

- 5.6

:star

Alaric Jackson - under the radar recruit that has blown up. Need to get on campus to make impact. Plays:OT or OG

- 5.6

:star

Teven Jenkins - recently started getting a lot of offers. Under the radar kid. Plays: OT or OG

- 5.5

:star

Bo Wilson - looking at this guy for center. Visited for BRW last weekend and loved it. Plays: C or OG

DE's

- 5.9

:star

:star Amani Bledsoe - has been on campus 2-3 times. Was impressed with what he saw. We are in it for him.

- 5.8

:star

:star Xavier Kelly - has been on campus for fall game and spring game. Impressed. We are in it for him.

- 5.8

:star

:star Justin Madubuike - we are in it with him. He wants to OV in the fall.

- 5.7

:star

Connor Murphy - high on us but needs to visit.

- 5.6

:star

Daniel Joseph - interested in visiting. Wants a family environment.

- 5.6

:star

Mykelle McDaniel - we are in his top 2. Good friends with Mohammed Barry.

- 5.6

:star

Noah Fant - predicted to be N by end of summer.

- 5.5

:star

Ben Stille - predicted to be N by end of summer. Can play TE or DE.

DT's

- 5.8

:star

:star Chris Daniels - likes us. Wants to visit. We made his top 10.

- 5.8

:star

:star Garrett Rand - Cavanaugh has been recruiting him. Was high on us but haven't heard much in a while.

- 5.6

:star

Michael Williams - likes us.

- 5.5

:star

Stephon Taylor - after him hard. He would like to visit.

LB's - 1 commit

- 6.1

:star

:star

- Mique Juarez - loves coach Bray. High on us and expected to flip to us. Calabasas kid.

- 5.9

:star

:star - PJ Blue - interested in us. Need to get him on campus for a visit.

- 5.9

:star

:star Chris Baccus - likes us. Attended spring game. JUCO kid.

- 5.7

Victor Viramontes - wants to visit Lincoln soon. Can play: QB, LB, or S.

- 5.6

:star

Jaleel Laguins - likes us. Need to get him to visit.

- 5.6

:star

Jojo Domann - likes us. We are rumored to be his leader.

- 5.6

:star

Ja'Quain Blakely - pursuing him hard. already set his OV for 9/11.

- 5.6

:star

Greg Simmons - attended BRW last weekend. Decommited from Miami. We are his leader.

- 5.6

:star

Quayshon Alexander - high on us. Visiting for BRW this weekend.

- 5.5

:star

Nehemiah Augustus - already set his OV for 9/11. Interested in us.

- 5.5

:star

Pernell Jefferson - likes us.

DB's

- 5.8

:star

:star Marquel Dismuke - one of the Calabases kids. Visited. Loved it. We are his top 2.

- 5.8

:star

:star Eric Burrell - likes us. Offered within the past month.

- 5.7

:star

Isaiah Simmons - pursuing him hard. He is rumored to be a KU lean but likes us.

- 5.6

:star

Maurice Chandler - visited for spring game. Likes us.

- 5.6

:star

Kentrell Love - high on us

- 5.5

:star

Jarett Cole - has us in his top 6.

- 5.5

:star

Chanse Sylvie - like us.

This is no different than the past coaching staff. The difference will be if this group of coaches can close and deliver better. Being "in on a bunch of players" is every schools banner this time of year.

 

[dylan]

-those under the radar QBs are now an elite 11 finalist that Riley found before anybody else, and a dual-threat passer Frost & Oregon made a big pitch to swing but couldn't -- because Nebraska got there first.

That's what I meant by saying there's hope there. If we snagged them while they were "under the radar" and they turn out to be great players, then the coaches have obviously done well. That can be hoped about most recruits that aren't four stars, but the Elite 11 camp and Oregon story do help give reason for hope in this case.

 

[BigRedBuster]

Doesn't seem like this staff will be taking that extended vacation through the summer like the previous one would.

Agreed. If nothing else, they are at least using all time and avenues available to them to help recruiting.

I'll bet this staff takes a long vacation during the summer quiet and dead periods just like almost any staff.

 

[theknife]

The utilization of social media beyond what our previous capacity was and addition of the satellite camps has me feeling we are headed in the right direction. We keep up this effort and have a good year with our favorable schedule and even the 2016 class might turn some heads.

 

[The Dude]

-those under the radar QBs are now an elite 11 finalist that Riley found before anybody else, and a dual-threat passer Frost & Oregon made a big pitch to swing but couldn't -- because Nebraska got there first.

That's what I meant by saying there's hope there. If we snagged them while they were "under the radar" and they turn out to be great players, then the coaches have obviously done well. That can be hoped about most recruits that aren't four stars, but the Elite 11 camp and Oregon story do help give reason for hope in this case.

Riley's reputation as an ace evaluator should be reason enough to give the benefit of the doubt.

 

[dylan]

I'd be more inclined to buy that reputation if his previous results on the field better reflected it. Osborne was an ace talent evaluator. Bill Snyder is an ace talent evaluator. Riley? Let's just say he's got a great opportunity to prove it.

 

[The Dude]

There's tons of evidence that indicates he's a great talent evaluator. It would take quite a bit of effort to avoid it. Of all the things he has left to prove, that's not really one of them.

 

[zoogs]

Yeah, I think he's very well regarded in this area. Other Pac 12 coaches were talking about how he'd always be getting the jump on finding guys, but just had trouble hanging on to them because the rest of the conference would follow suit and Westwood, LA, etc had better things to offer than Corvallis.

He's going to have to prove that he can get some good recruiting results at Nebraska, that is for sure. Effort's only part of the deal, but of course, it's June. So early.

 

[Mavric]

If you look at the graphs comparing recruiting to on-field success (which is imperfect but give you an idea), OSU was one of the top schools over the last 10 or so years but they were right on the average line when you looked at the last five. So the potential is there but for whatever reason it hadn't translated as well recently.

 

[Hedley Lamarr]

When you see Riley make an offer and then a bunch of schools follow suit tells me everything I need to know

 

[dylan]

If you look at the graphs comparing recruiting to on-field success (which is imperfect but give you an idea), OSU was one of the top schools over the last 10 or so years but they were right on the average line when you looked at the last five. So the potential is there but for whatever reason it hadn't translated as well recently.

So the last 5-6 years he produced results on the field that correlate very closely to his recruiting rankings. That hardly indicates elite talent evaluation. Hopefully though, we'll see results more like the earlier part of his tenure, when he did outperform his recruiting rankings for a few years.

 

[Atbone95]

Here's the caveat I'm holding hope for:

At OSU, Mike Riley was great at evaluating talent, played some great games for a few years, well above what people thought they were capable of. However, it's OSU - it worked for a few years, they were still OSU, oh well. Bigger schools realized what was happening, they started poaching, players realized that they could go to a bigger school and win more.

At Nebraska, if he follows the same route... he only needs to be "great at evaluating talent" for a few years. He needs to play some great games for a few years, and it's done - on the field success has been the only thing holding Nebraska back in recent years. Those couple of years, and screw evaluating - we'll see the cream of the crop wanting to play at Nebraska again. We get better players, and success only grows bigger.

At least, this is my hope.

 

[jsneb83]

Also the Pac 10/12 has been pretty deep the last 5-6 years