Now that we're in the mode of looking at yet another transition class, here's a review of the last 6 transition classes:
1973 - Tom Osborne - 40 in the class - 22 of 40 earned letters, 2 All Americans, 3 All Conference
1998 - Frank Solich - 21 in the class - 19 of 21 earned letters, 2 All Americans, 4 All Conference
2004 - Bill Callahan - 18 in the class - 15 of 18 earned letters, 0 All Americans, 1 All Conference
2008 - Bo Pelini - 28 in the class - 21 of 28 earned letters, 0 All Americans, 2 All Conference
2015 - Mike Riley - 20 in the class - 16 of 20 earned letters, 0 All Americans, 2 All Conference (Both committed to Pelini)
2018 - Scott Frost - 24 in the class - 11 of 24 earned letters, 0 All Americans, 2 All Conference
It's not totally apples to apples because three of these coaches inherited winning programs. But the thing that stands out to me is that compared to all of the others (75% to 90%), more than 50% of the players that Frost signed never contributed anything.
For a program to be strong, you should probably have around 1/2 of your recruits starting at some time in their career, but most of the rest tend to contribute to some degree. But if you look at Frost's subsequent classes, you'll see a similar trend where we may get a number of starters, but the remainder contribute nothing. This is quite a departure from any of the previous coaches.
Save yourself from the "why are you bringing this up" responses. Just a couple of data points to ponder. BTW, I think that anyone who asks why something is being brought up on a football forum or complains about something being talked about before should just not read the stuff because you could make that claim for just about anything posted here.
1973 - Tom Osborne - 40 in the class - 22 of 40 earned letters, 2 All Americans, 3 All Conference
1998 - Frank Solich - 21 in the class - 19 of 21 earned letters, 2 All Americans, 4 All Conference
2004 - Bill Callahan - 18 in the class - 15 of 18 earned letters, 0 All Americans, 1 All Conference
2008 - Bo Pelini - 28 in the class - 21 of 28 earned letters, 0 All Americans, 2 All Conference
2015 - Mike Riley - 20 in the class - 16 of 20 earned letters, 0 All Americans, 2 All Conference (Both committed to Pelini)
2018 - Scott Frost - 24 in the class - 11 of 24 earned letters, 0 All Americans, 2 All Conference
It's not totally apples to apples because three of these coaches inherited winning programs. But the thing that stands out to me is that compared to all of the others (75% to 90%), more than 50% of the players that Frost signed never contributed anything.
For a program to be strong, you should probably have around 1/2 of your recruits starting at some time in their career, but most of the rest tend to contribute to some degree. But if you look at Frost's subsequent classes, you'll see a similar trend where we may get a number of starters, but the remainder contribute nothing. This is quite a departure from any of the previous coaches.
Save yourself from the "why are you bringing this up" responses. Just a couple of data points to ponder. BTW, I think that anyone who asks why something is being brought up on a football forum or complains about something being talked about before should just not read the stuff because you could make that claim for just about anything posted here.
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