Bryson Hayes decommit

[Pennsyhusker]

Just read he decomitted. Don’t know much about him. Is this a big loss? No big deal?
I really, really hope this isn’t the beginning of a trend. I am sure Rhule has sold recruits on the idea that NU is soon going to be “Nebraska” again. But our current season has to be taking some of the shine off of that apple.

It isn’t like the old days. People often accuse me of living in the past and therefore of holding NU to a false standard. But the present reality is that the Overton window for turning around a program in the era of the portal and NIL is about two years. You don’t get four or five years anymore to build your program by slowly developing high school recruits. You do it fast or you don’t do it at all.

That is my fear with our current recruiting class. It is a darn good class. But will we keep it? Or will it fall apart?

 

[1Lucky1]

Just read he decomitted. Don’t know much about him. Is this a big loss? No big deal?
I really, really hope this isn’t the beginning of a trend. I am sure Rhule has sold recruits on the idea that NU is soon going to be “Nebraska” again. But our current season has to be taking some of the shine off of that apple.

It isn’t like the old days. People often accuse me of living in the past and therefore of holding NU to a false standard. But the present reality is that the Overton window for turning around a program in the era of the portal and NIL is about two years. You don’t get four or five years anymore to build your program by slowly developing high school recruits. You do it fast or you don’t do it at all.

That is my fear with our current recruiting class. It is a darn good class. But will we keep it? Or will it fall apart?

He committed to Kansas 3star wr

 

[Pennsyhusker]

He committed to Kansas 3star wr

I know that much.

 

[Shorthairhusker]

The staff let him go. Much bigger fish to fry

 

[Dean Pope]

Just read he decomitted. Don’t know much about him. Is this a big loss? No big deal?

That is my fear with our current recruiting class. It is a darn good class. But will we keep it? Or will it fall apart?

The timing of the decommit makes me think that NU informed him that they didn’t have room for him anymore (new roster limits). But yes, there are a couple commits we are worried about and definitely cannot afford to lose.

 

[litespeedhuskerfan]

Why'd we invest the time and resources for his pledge in the first place, if he wasn't good enough? What changed?

 

[litespeedhuskerfan]

...maybe he likes the Jayhawks helmets? They are pretty badass.

 

[Pennsyhusker]

The timing of the decommit makes me think that NU informed him that they didn’t have room for him anymore (new roster limits). But yes, there are a couple commits we are worried about and definitely cannot afford to lose.

Maybe. Maybe not

 

[Landomatic]

Why'd we invest the time and resources for his pledge in the first place, if he wasn't good enough? What changed?

Haha nothing changed. Try to keep up. When we get a commitment, it's boom gifs and underrated player, welcome aboard, guys gonna be a stud comments all around. When we lose a commitment, it's we told him we didn't want him because we have so many other guys with so much talent.

 

[scarletred]

For what ever reason it’s not that big of a loss.
Now if it would have lost Mozee that would have been a worry.

 

[Pennsyhusker]

For what ever reason it’s not that big of a loss.
Now if it would have lost Mozee that would have been a worry.

Thanks.

 

[SickOfPractice]

"I am sure Rhule has sold recruits on the idea that NU is soon going to be “Nebraska” again. But our current season has to be taking some of the shine off of that apple."

When pessimism overwhelms me this year it helps if I watch highlights of the Hoosiers thru squinty eyes and imagine it's the Huskers with the announcers saying, "Freshman phenom Dylan Raiola continues to baffle opposing defenses..." and local sportswriters are telling us numerous Heisman hopefuls are looking to transfer here.

 

[GBRforLife1]

I thought he was supposed to be the super fast slot guy?

Great athlete, idk how good of a receiver he is.

 

[mgbreis]

Just read he decomitted. Don’t know much about him. Is this a big loss? No big deal?
I really, really hope this isn’t the beginning of a trend. I am sure Rhule has sold recruits on the idea that NU is soon going to be “Nebraska” again. But our current season has to be taking some of the shine off of that apple.

It isn’t like the old days. People often accuse me of living in the past and therefore of holding NU to a false standard. But the present reality is that the Overton window for turning around a program in the era of the portal and NIL is about two years. You don’t get four or five years anymore to build your program by slowly developing high school recruits. You do it fast or you don’t do it at all.

That is my fear with our current recruiting class. It is a darn good class. But will we keep it? Or will it fall apart?

So on the one had you're super worried about our recruiting class, but on the other hand you say this era is all about the portal and you can't build your program by developing high school recruits. If you believe that you can't build a program with HS recruits just stop worrying about the recruiting class. It's irrelevant.

 

[shine003]

"I am sure Rhule has sold recruits on the idea that NU is soon going to be “Nebraska” again. But our current season has to be taking some of the shine off of that apple."

When pessimism overwhelms me this year it helps if I watch highlights of the Hoosiers thru squinty eyes and imagine it's the Huskers with the announcers saying, "Freshman phenom Dylan Raiola continues to baffle opposing defenses..." and local sportswriters are telling us numerous Heisman hopefuls are looking to transfer here.

Hard to baffle defenses with terrible, uncreative play calling, wr’s that can’t beat one on one coverage and an oline that can’t pick up a blitz. Dylan hasn’t looked great, but I’m not sure there’s ever been a true freshman have to deal with the kind of adversity and lack of help that he has (and succeed).

 

[dinglefritz]

Why'd we invest the time and resources for his pledge in the first place, if he wasn't good enough? What changed?

The roster limits are going to make us drastically reduce numbers. That will include the incoming class. IF I recall correctly he committed before the details of the NCAA rule were known. There’s not going to be room for as many athletic projects. The roster limits are going to re-level the playing field for NIL limited programs.

 

[Pennsyhusker]

So on the one had you're super worried about our recruiting class, but on the other hand you say this era is all about the portal and you can't build your program by developing high school recruits. If you believe that you can't build a program with HS recruits just stop worrying about the recruiting class. It's irrelevant.

I never said modern football is "all about the portal" and that recruiting high school kids does not matter. I merely emphasized that the old fashioned approach of building everything based on high school recruits is a dead model. Obviously, you need a mixture these days of both high school recruits and transfers. You build on a foundation of high school recruits but then, as many recruits end up as busts, you fill in the team's immediate needs with upgrades in talent via the portal. And given that one can now "fix" a deficient roster with transfers that the Overton window is much shorter these days for a coach to make improvements.

 

[headcard]

Why'd we invest the time and resources for his pledge in the first place, if he wasn't good enough? What changed?

His uncle posts on TOS. He said that communication really dropped off from Nebraska when Moze came around and that Kansas never stopped recruiting him hard. He said the final straw for Bryson was when Nebraska started recruiting the WR from Buford, who plays the same spot. He feels like Nebraska definitely cooled on Bryson, and he didn't love the way we went about it.

 

[BugsAreQualityProtein]

His uncle posts on TOS. He said that communication really dropped off from Nebraska when Moze came around and that Kansas never stopped recruiting him hard. He said the final straw for Bryson was when Nebraska started recruiting the WR from Buford, who plays the same spot. He feels like Nebraska definitely cooled on Bryson, and he didn't love the way we went about it.

Rhule needs to go after the best he can get, and not be pressured by the fans and media to recruit local and legacy talent.

 

[leodisflowers]

Rhule needs to go after the best he can get, and not be pressured by the fans and media to recruit local and legacy talent.

100%. This is recruiting. Sorry the kids feelings are hut, but if you can get a bigger fish, you attempt to get that bigger fish.