Urban says what he believes is wrong with Nebraska

[3pointdog]

Hmm, let me see, Nebraska's class of 2021 had players from Georgia, Florida, Texas, Utah, California, New Jersey. Same with the 2022 class. Ditto for the 2020 class, commits from all those states and more.

If you're implying that you can't get players because the location is Lincoln, NE, you're a really stupid person.

No one says why a recruit would want to come to Nebraska? Out of all the options out there. What makes Nebraska attractive if you’re not from here?

It damn sure hasn’t been coaching. Fans?
This is why we are at such a disadvantage now. These kids weren’t even born the last time we were a top 5 program. We’re no different than Kstate or the cyclowns to them. Unless we outcoach the hell out of our opponents, it’s not changing anytime aoon

 

[drubendall]

And replaced by the same transfer portal

Except everyone else is also working the portal, so you have to win there too.

 

[drubendall]

Meh.. Nebraska easily outranks their division year in and year out. It’s a coaching problem.. not recruiting.

It matters not if Nebraska is 10 points ahead of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota in composite score. That is a negligible number. What matters more is having a solid identity and recruiting to it.

 

[drubendall]

But why do it when it’s so much harder from the middle of nowhere like Neb? He could pick anywhere. Name one reason, not named the over used fan base, why he’d come here vs 40 or 50 other schools.

His wife was probably like 'no f****** way we're going to Lincoln', assuming she hasn't divorced him already

 

[ivan brunetti]

You know, it doesn't have to be an either/or problem; recruiting vs coaching. It seems to me that Frost was lacking in BOTH recruiting AND in development.

 

[TampaBaySkers]

It matters not if Nebraska is 10 points ahead of Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota in composite score. That is a negligible number. What matters more is having a solid identity and recruiting to it.

So coaching..

 

[ivan brunetti]

So coaching..

Not just coaching. Copying what Wisconsin, Iowa, Minny & Illinois attempt to do (strong lines, lots of seniors, no mistakes, etc) is not a unique identity in this division.

 

[RedCap]

Well IF that's what Urban thinks the whole problem is then he's not the man for the job. Getting the talent obviously isn't as easy as at Ohio State. We can agree on that for sure. But playing close games with everyone and not being able to finish them with a win IS a coaching problem if ever there was one.

 

[JOHNNY N]

Except everyone else is also working the portal, so you have to win there too.

Lots of excuses.

 

[jteten]

Recruiting challenges and impossible to recruit to are 2 very different things. Just takes the right staff and effort. And lots of scratch.

 

[GoGophers_NoBigRed]

To replace players that couldn't cut it or get much playing time.

Or who didn't wanna stay in Lincoln NE. Wan'dale Robinson?

 

[joeydavid]

Nebraska needs to go after Rhule or Fickell hard

 

[scarletred]

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NFL it is very easy to be in one position games throughout the year. It’s a non Comparison to college football..

 

[nick614]

But the point is he's nearing 60 and why would he want to recruit kids hundred miles away for almost all of the recruits he gets. He had SOLID recruiting bases at Florida and OSU

The key is not so much where there from, but their ranking and quality......like 4 & 5 star kids. You're naming some states that have football factories in them - Texas, Texas A&M, Florida, FSU, Miami, USC. Georgia etc.....As for the B!G conference - OSU, Michigan, and PSU also hit some of those states hard......especially OSU who's pulled some phenominal talent out of Texas, Georgia and especially Florida in the last couple of decades. The difference - all of the schools mentioned have really solid HS football within a 300 to 400 mile radius to start with - and then they branch out. Nebraska is really at a big disadvantage starting out

There are a lot of good HS players in Ilinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and Virginia. North Carolina is also a good state to take talent from because it is like Phoenix and Atlanta, loaded with talent and a lot of them are transplants so they have no loyalty to the "local" school.

I wouldn't get too obsessed with Texas and California although you still have to recruit there. When the Cali schools come to the B1G recruiting there will be easier for N too as they'll play in LA at least 4 times in their career as N is likely to be in the same pod as USC and UCLA.

 

[nick614]

There are a lot of good HS players in Ilinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and Virginia. North Carolina is also a good state to take talent from because it is like Phoenix and Atlanta, loaded with talent and a lot of them are transplants so they have no loyalty to the "local" school.

I wouldn't get too obsessed with Texas and California although you still have to recruit there. When the Cali schools come to the B1G recruiting there will be easier for N too as they'll play in LA at least 4 times in their career as N is likely to be in the same pod as USC and UCLA.

Pods after expansion likely to look like (IMO)

USC, UCLA, Nebraska, Northwestern
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois
Purdue, Indiana, Ohio St, Michigan
Rutgers, Maryland, Penn St, Michigan St