Splash Hire

[dew4red]

This doesn't need to be a "splash" hire.
Nor a recruiting hire.
I believe it is a fundamental hire.
Get someone who understands the fundamentals of elite o-line and d-line play, and build from there. Sounds like Wisc and Iowa, but it is a formula for success in the BIG.
Block and shed blocks...Period

 

[steinek11]

This doesn't need to be a "splash" hire.
Nor a recruiting hire.
I believe it is a fundamental hire.
Get someone who understands the fundamentals of elite o-line and d-line play, and build from there. Sounds like Wisc and Iowa, but it is a formula for success in the BIG.
Block and shed blocks...Period

Run the ball, stop the run, win the game. Worked for us for well over 30 years

 

[10Trvln]

This doesn't need to be a "splash" hire.
Nor a recruiting hire.
I believe it is a fundamental hire.
Get someone who understands the fundamentals of elite o-line and d-line play, and build from there. Sounds like Wisc and Iowa, but it is a formula for success in the BIG.
Block and shed blocks...Period

I can agree with the fundamentals part. Maybe the “splash” part.
Definitely not the recruiting part.
You coach in a state with only 1.3M people, you better be able to recruit your butt off. We need to bring in talent. Develop that talent and win. Winning will help recruit. But you always need to recruit, recruit, recruit!!!

 

[GeorgeFlippin]

I can agree with the fundamentals part. Maybe the “splash” part.
Definitely not the recruiting part.
You coach in a state with only 1.3M people, you better be able to recruit your butt off. We need to bring in talent. Develop that talent and win. Winning will help recruit. But you always need to recruit, recruit, recruit!!!

Um, that's 1.924 million people, give or take a few thousand.

 

[dew4red]

I agree, don't get me wrong. Build the base first. Recruit the singles that will see the opportunity to excel behind them (lb's rb's) Maybe I'm too simplistic in this thinking

 

[10Trvln]

Um, that's 1.924 million people, give or take a few thousand.

Almost 2M. Some of you need to get busy pumping out babies!

 

[HuskerBruce81]

Run the ball, stop the run, win the game. Worked for us for well over 30 years

Row the boat

 

[SLOHusker]

Almost 2M. Some of you need to get busy pumping out babies!

Take a look at this roster: https://rolltide.com/sports/football/roster. Yeah, there are many Alabama kids, but look how many more are out of state recruits from all over the country. And there are 9 Div 1 universities in Alabama, versus really only 1 in Nebraska. If you look at Clemson, or Ohio St, or any number of college football powers you'll see that the staff are national recruiters. Top talent wants to play for the best wherever that may be.
If NU gets the right coach they will be able to pull in 4-5 star talent. Players just want to win and go to the NFL. The right coach will do that.

 

[SLOHusker]

Here is the Ohio St roster: https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-footbl/roster/
This BS about being able to recruit all your players from your car is just that: BS. If Alabama, or OSU, or anyone else fielded a team of just homegrown players they would be average at best.

 

[10Trvln]

Take a look at this roster: https://rolltide.com/sports/football/roster. Yeah, there are many Alabama kids, but look how many more are out of state recruits from all over the country. And there are 9 Div 1 universities in Alabama, versus really only 1 in Nebraska. If you look at Clemson, or Ohio St, or any number of college football powers you'll see that the staff are national recruiters. Top talent wants to play for the best wherever that may be.
If NU gets the right coach they will be able to pull in 4-5 star talent. Players just want to win and go to the NFL. The right coach will do that.

I agree with you. The HC and staff better be good recruiters and recruit their butts off.
I don’t think it needs to be a “splash” hire. If it is, then great! They definitely need to be able to relate to the kids, get kids (and Moms) to trust them, and sell them on the Huskers and their ability to get them to the next level.

 

[dinglefritz]

I can agree with the fundamentals part. Maybe the “splash” part.
Definitely not the recruiting part.
You coach in a state with only 1.3M people, you better be able to recruit your butt off. We need to bring in talent. Develop that talent and win. Winning will help recruit. But you always need to recruit, recruit, recruit!!!

Our biggest problem right now is our recruiting failures in the D line. It’s one of the reasons Tuoti moved on.

 

[WHCSC]

A head coach can hire elite recruiters

 

[The_Guy_Behind_The_Guy_Behind_The_Guy]

This doesn't need to be a "splash" hire.
Nor a recruiting hire.
I believe it is a fundamental hire.
Get someone who understands the fundamentals of elite o-line and d-line play, and build from there. Sounds like Wisc and Iowa, but it is a formula for success in the BIG.
Block and shed blocks...Period

100% on the fundamentals part! It has been missing for 20 years now.

I’ll add…The next coach must be able to develop the talent currently here as well as the ones they recruit.

 

[rgrachek]

I can agree with the fundamentals part. Maybe the “splash” part.
Definitely not the recruiting part.
You coach in a state with only 1.3M people, you better be able to recruit your butt off. We need to bring in talent. Develop that talent and win. Winning will help recruit. But you always need to recruit, recruit, recruit!!!

Almost 2M

 

[mikecanale]

Run the ball, stop the run, win the game. Worked for us for well over 30 years

It's not that simple. We not only ran the ball for 30 years, but we ran it better than anyone else in college football almost every year. That's why we did not have to pass very much and a good part of the reason our defenses were so good (they weren't on the field so much). Unless TO comes out of retirement, were going to need more than your formular to be really good again.

 

[bbb2021]

Here is the Ohio St roster: https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-footbl/roster/
This BS about being able to recruit all your players from your car is just that: BS. If Alabama, or OSU, or anyone else fielded a team of just homegrown players they would be average at best.

Didn't even look at the OSU scholarship players on the 85 man roster, but they only offer the top 6 to 8 Ohio players every year and then branch out to the high national recruits. And keep in mind, the top 20 to 25 Ohio HS kids are really solid CF prospects.....one of the reasons Fickell is doing well as he gets a ton of those Ohio players in the 10 to 25 range

To add: many of those kids on that list from Ohio - like Maggs, Ray, Caffey, B. Jones, Brecht, Kaufman, Kittle, Stauffer, Griffin and on and on..... - are walk-ons and not on scholarship

 

[catch54]

Take a look at this roster: https://rolltide.com/sports/football/roster. Yeah, there are many Alabama kids, but look how many more are out of state recruits from all over the country. And there are 9 Div 1 universities in Alabama, versus really only 1 in Nebraska. If you look at Clemson, or Ohio St, or any number of college football powers you'll see that the staff are national recruiters. Top talent wants to play for the best wherever that may be.
If NU gets the right coach they will be able to pull in 4-5 star talent. Players just want to win and go to the NFL. The right coach will do that.

North Dakota State has been sending players to the NFL. More importantly, they know how to run the ball. They even use a FB type as a RB.

hint, hint

 

[[email protected]]

Um, that's 1.924 million people, give or take a few thousand.

You only need 88 players. I don’t see the problem.

 

[RecruitingAnalyst_National]

This doesn't need to be a "splash" hire.
Nor a recruiting hire.
I believe it is a fundamental hire.
Get someone who understands the fundamentals of elite o-line and d-line play, and build from there. Sounds like Wisc and Iowa, but it is a formula for success in the BIG.
Block and shed blocks...Period

Yes, it does need to be a splash hire and it needs to be urban Meyer if we're serious about winning

 

[Headcard]

Splash hire you say.