Wow, I didn't realize how bad the vast majority of P5 HCs and their staffs are at evaluating talent that they would miss out on these kids, obviously these other staffs are just sloppy and miss things clearly our staff sees on the tapes. Thank you for the education.
Thank you for confirming what I already knew, you're clueless...lol. Go watch the tapes instead of being lazy thinking asinine cliches will cover everything. But you won't because that would educate you and you've already made up your mind.
Is that the same advice you would give to all the other P5 coaches who didn't offer these kids? Too funny!! Let's just hope that Schiano and his staff do have the ability to recognize talent that almost all the other P5 coaches have missed because I would like to actually attend a victorious B1G home game sometime in the next few years.
Thank you for proving my point that you know absolutely nothing about any of our recruits outside of a rating and offers. Dumb and stupid ye shall remain.
It’s a different animal now . We aren’t competing against the UConn’s and south Florida’s of the world
Its a combination of losing Fran Brown and Underwood, NIL, and the rebuild.
No, nor should he have been. He’s not co-defensive coordinator at Georgia, is he? There’s a reason for that. He’s not exactly the best position coach out there just yet. Great Recruiter, yes, but we weren’t winning a battle against Georgia. End of debate.
Not my words. All I said/repeated, IIRC, is that word on the street is there were issues during the season and he simply wasn’t offered a new contract (they all had 2-year deals). Our WR group stunk the last 2 years, as well, let’s be real. None of this is exactly “news” by the way.
Ofcourse that remains to be seen
More fans need to trust in Greg and staff’s ability to find under appreciated talent, just like the Pitt staff does!
Glad you understand now. You are now very qualified to go get a job on Pitt’s recruiting staff!
That's a question for every recruit no matter their rating. RU has had plenty of highly ranked kids never live up to their potential in the B1G or Big East. Lots of factors at play on how they develop and a couple of these guys will need time so the staff can figure out their best positions. But many have tons of athleticism and size.
So you’re saying these kids can’t compete in the BIG and Schiano is offering them early. Explain why he would do this.
I just think at this level you can’t rely on too many diamonds in the rough . There is a reason why high recruiting classes correlate to successful programs in college football. I do trust schiano knows what he’s doing , but would I feel better about it if these kids had more stars ? Absolutely.
RU fans need to stop the delusional thoughts of getting the the OSU/Bama type level. I highly doubt that is the goal, and if it is, it is not realistic. Just a reminder that we are not Bama or tOSU. Nor are we Michigan or PSU or Wisconsin. Maybe we can aspire to get at or near Wisconin's level some day, but have said numerous times, just doing what Pat Fitzgerald has done at Northwestern would be fine for most fans:
| 2006 | Northwestern | 4–8 | 2–6 | T–8th | |||
| 2007 | Northwestern | 6–6 | 3–5 | T–7th | |||
| 2008 | Northwestern | 9–4 | 5–3 | T–4th | L Alamo | ||
| 2009 | Northwestern | 8–5 | 5–3 | T–4th | L Outback | ||
| 2010 | Northwestern | 7–6 | 3–5 | T–7th | L TicketCity | ||
| 2011 | Northwestern | 6–7 | 3–5 | 5th (Legends) | L Meineke Car Care | ||
| 2012 | Northwestern | 10–3 | 5–3 | 3rd (Legends) | W Gator | 16 | 17 |
| 2013 | Northwestern | 5–7 | 1–7 | 6th (Legends) | |||
| 2014 | Northwestern | 5–7 | 3–5 | 6th (West) | |||
| 2015 | Northwestern | 10–3 | 6–2 | T–2nd (West) | L Outback | 22 | 23 |
| 2016 | Northwestern | 7–6 | 5–4 | T–4th (West) | W Pinstripe | ||
| 2017 | Northwestern | 10–3 | 7–2 | 2nd (West) | W Music City | 17 | 17 |
| 2018 | Northwestern | 9–5 | 8–1 | 1st (West) | W Holiday | 19 | 21 |
| 2019 | Northwestern | 3–9 | 1–8 | 7th (West) | |||
| 2020 | Northwestern | 7–2 | 6–1 | 1st (West) | W Citrus | 10 | 10 |
| 2021 | Northwestern | 3–9 | 1–8 | T-6th (West) |
I'm sure Greg and his staff know. I asked him about it, and from his answer, sounded like WR. I did not ask about a specific position, but he made a comparison to an NFL WR.
Really? The goal is NW level? If that's the case, we have some pretty low expectations
Baby steps. . . . Think that Wisconsin is achievable, but as we scale the mountain, a Northwestern foothold would be a great midpoint.
You should have low expectations because this fan base does not financially support the team at the levels the Bama, OSU, UM & PSU do.
Good luck with that. See my post above. The trajectory should be Northwestern level to get to Wisconsin level.
I have a lot of respect for NW and what PF has done there and I personally don’t think Wel ever get to Bama level (money, tradition, but most importantly, fans aren’t willing to step up financially and sacrifice certain aspects for fb glory)
That’s all over brother. It’s a matter of priorities. Every state has high gas, mortgages etc
Then we agree. A point to consider is not to set an totally unrealistic target--this can lead to regret/disappointment and then disillusionment and then loss of fan interest.
Absolutely we agree
We donate at a fairly high level to FB and the University.
