Final 17th on Rivals and 19th on 247.
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If we get 4 star Brix and a couple more 3 stars we will solidify a top 15-20 class.
The class will mostly, if not entirely, be in hand before fall camp begins. Big check mark for a Year 1 staff.
Some kids look to grade up, which is good.
Some lower rated kids were taken that the staff likes. They recruit speed at all positions.
Cooper serves as Rhule’s recruiting brain, and the young staff serves the recruiting effort well.
The staff turned chicken shit into chicken salad when they moved decisively to snag Kaelin after Dom’s kid stiffed them. The kid is an ace peer recruiter.
The program is being run in a professional manner, and Rhule gives off a happy warrior vibe.
Some kids look to grade up, which is good.
Some lower rated kids were taken that the staff likes. They recruit speed at all positions.
Cooper serves as Rhule’s recruiting brain, and the young staff serves the recruiting effort well.
The staff turned chicken shit into chicken salad when they moved decisively to snag Kaelin after Dom’s kid stiffed them. The kid is an ace peer recruiter.
The program is being run in a professional manner, and Rhule gives off a happy warrior vibe.
Is Stanford actually doing that well? I just assumed they jumped out to a high ranking early because they're Stanford so they can load up on most of the smart talent in the country early. But maybe their new staff actually has some recruiting chops? Looks like their average star rating is right there with ours and they only have 4 more commits than we do.
The thing is, if you know you miss on half your recruits, which is par for the course… the best thing is to bring in 25+ yearly and add transfers and move the guys on that aren’t cutting it. I think Rhule gets that
Add Brix and one or two more with a couple bumps to our class and it's easily a top 15 to 20 class.
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On paper this look like the quality of every other Nebraska recruiting class. The difference here is it seems the staff are landing the ones they want, and not settling. The rankings mean jack shit to me
Regardless of the final
rank it’s where we need to be to be competitive. Keep it in the top 25, get the right fits, coach them well and we’ll be fine. You can only put 11 guys on the field at a time so you just have to develop a 2 deep that can compete at a high level.
We have not had a quality 2 deep across the board in decades... Looking like we're on the up and up. MR is certainly putting some foundational blocks in place to build a "PROGRAM".
I feel pretty good about where we’re at everywhere except QB. Kaelin might end up being good but im concerned about who comes in if or when Sims goes down. I still think Purdy has shown enough flashes to give me some hope that he could get it done. HH is a huge question mark. Unlike some, I’m pretty confident that our O line is going to be much better. I think the learning curve is going to be steep for our defense despite the talent there. I expect them to give up some big plays on duty busts early on.
Speaking of linemen, I found it interesting with Taumua's interview he said he liked the vision of Riola and what he wants to do with the line. It is no secret my opinion of the previous OC, but how exactly was that ass making Riola coach the line? What type of scheme, other than "LOOK OUT" was the previous staff expecting Riola to coach?
We have no way to know this. This has been said of every other coach since Callahan until they fell out of favor. Not saying it isn’t true in this case. Time will tell.
This. Once Rhule starts winning, then we'll start seeing more 4* and 5* recruits that we want.
I'm equally encouraged that they've been this productive after only being here for 7.5 months. Like you said, they're landing the guys they wanted and not scrambling to fill out the class. I am very encouraged as recruiting was the area I was most worried about when Rhule was hired so very happy to be proven wrong repeatedly.
We had at least 2 different O line philosophies in play between our head coach, OC and O line coach last year. Then you add in an illogical run game from our OC and a QB who was a very reluctant runner. Everybody HAS to be on the same page in order to be effective on offense.
Whipple didn’t do Raiola or our O line any favors with his play calling. His run game plays didn’t involve much if any deception or misdirection.
Frost got a few solid guys in his first class but there were a bunch of guys who clearly were character risks. My impression of this class thus far is that it is loaded with high character people who have football near the top of their priorities….with maybe the exception of one legacy recruit.
This strategy is perfect… take the guys you think will do something… oversign, then cut the dead weight. Never been easier to do so with the portal and NIL.
Right now, we need to churn the roster
Right now, we need to churn the roster
Still best in the West. 4th in the Big 10.. Still not seeing Iowa on the list?😂.
247 blow's Rivals and On3 outta the water when it comes to recruiting and is proven every year. On3 is the bottom of the barrel.
If Kaelin, Gibson Pyle and Buford aren't all bumped to 4 stars next cycle then Rivals will lose all credibility amongst the 3. Carlon Jones and Lacy should be 4 stars as well.
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I know this, because I have been following recruiting on this site since 2003. The way the commitments are happening have a flow to them that I have not seen before.
I think the biggest difference is that Rhule is taking commitments from players in June. Under previous staffs, players like Clark, Barta, Guthrie and maybe even Peters would have been slow played a bit to see if a "bigger fish" would take the bait. Then when the bigger fish didn't bite, those players were committed elsewhere and Nebraska was left scrambling. Another factor is that Rhule and staff, recruit based more on athleticism and measurables. They truly believe, for example, they can develop a 6'5" 240lb player who runs a 4.7 40 into an elite pass rusher and DE. I believe that they will pass on higher rated players that don't have the measurables they want to see, for a lower rated player with those measurables.
With that said, recruiting is evolving, new rules allow for more than 25 signee per class without having to back fill previous classes with early enrollees, a new coach can effectively cut players for about 18 months after taking the job. That doesn't even take into consideration all of the players with the Covid year of eligibility that effs up the 85 number, nor does it account for NIL deals for some of the players that may be removed from scholarship.
I’ve followed recruiting here, mostly on RSS, since the Callahan days. I can honestly say that I have no idea what you mean, but I hope you are right.
That's partially because Rhule isn't messing around waiting for kids to make up their mind. Get in or get out.
- Callahan - Landed some high end recruits, but it felt more sporadic and not carefully orchestrated
- Bo - Recruited probably the closest to what I am seeing with Rhule, but he wasn't as active and seemed to settle when his top prospects didn't sign. Meaning he was not good at Plan B
- Reilly - Only focused on the West Coast and never seems to land the ones we really wanted
- Frost - Well at least we filled a roster after he landed his one or two guys he spent all his time on
- Rhule -It is a well orchestrated approach. Plan A falls through he moves on till he get one of the players he is focused on. They commit and they rinse and repeat. It is really intriguing to watch, and the group seems to have really good chemistry.
Pelini was always struggling to keep the roster at 85. His staff had a recruiting board that went about 3 deep, and they were lazy on the trail. He didn't settle when his top prospects went elsewhere, he just didn't have any body that they had been recruiting because it was hard. So he had to go find someone and start a relationship in October. ( I guess that is bad at plan B because there was no plan B)
I don't see his strategy being anything like Rhule.
Rhule is doing the right thing… taking numbers. We are never going to crack the top 10, where you’d need like 13-14+ four and five star guys these days. So, to counter, you take guys with athletic ability and oversign.. and cut down to your best 85 each Fall.
And let your coaching take over. Hopefully the staff can develop players, because we haven’t had that in a while. If we can start to look pretty good on the field then we will be able to sniff the top 15 in recruiting and that would put us in a good place.
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