Probably nothing

[Pavlov's Dog]

Cam Taylor-Britt, Cam Jurgens, that's all I can think of. Maliek Collins has turned out to be better than where he was selected in the 3rd round and he came out after his junior year 10 years ago. Not a lot. We may get skunked this year as Dane Key has backslid after a good year at Kentucky and Ceyair Wright might not get selected either. I think Deshon Singleton and Dasan Mccullogh will be undrafted free agents. If EJ goes into the draft, at least one Husker will get drafted, but I'm not as optimistic as some here who think he's an early draft pick.

 

[j d]

Cam Taylor-Britt, Cam Jurgens, that's all I can think of. Maliek Collins has turned out to be better than where he was selected in the 3rd round and he came out after his junior year 10 years ago. Not a lot. We may get skunked this year as Dane Key has backslid after a good year at Kentucky and Ceyair Wright might not get selected either. I think Deshon Singleton and Dasan Mccullogh will be undrafted free agents. If EJ goes into the draft, at least one Husker will get drafted, but I'm not as optimistic as some here who think he's an early draft pick.

I agree that EJ is not an early pick this year. If he stays and has another good year, I believe he could be.

 

[valiantsailor]

I agree that EJ is not an early pick this year. If he stays and has another good year, I believe he could be.

He may not be an early pick because the NFL gambles on picks

 

[Hunchback Johnny]

I agree that EJ is not an early pick this year. If he stays and has another good year, I believe he could be.

If EJ stays healthy he will have a productive NFL career. He will not be an early pick because he lacks top end speed. NFL scouts are more impressed with measurables like 40 times than they are with "This guy is a great football player." Whoever does draft him in the 4/5th round is getting a steal.

 

[Cigarman]

That's why he gets the big bucks. There are plenty of jobs around the country managing a Starbucks for $60-70K/yr. Maybe he can't handle being a B1G Head Coach. The shame would be on us paying someone a Power 4 salary for a Temple level HC. You may have hit on something Cigarman- maybe the job is too big for him. He wouldn't be the first HC to find his place one level down. (see Scott Frost)

I don't see anything that tells me he can't handle being a Big Head Coach. The fact that he doesn't handle losing well makes me like him more. I see a guy who is trying to build a football team. I expect there will be some bumps in the road. Anyone who doesn't think so is only kidding himself.

 

[Cigarman]

.......Or maybe he took over a crappy program. How many first round picks has Nebraska had in the past decade? ........or second rounders? .............or third rounders?

Never has a truer statement been posted. They kept Frost for 3 years longer than they should of and he dug a deep hole to get out of. It will take time. In fact, they have been digging that hole since Osborne.

 

[Jimbosc]

Calliclown could recruit - he just didn't run the team well week to week for game prep. Bo had some good pieces his first year (Suh). He built on that fairly well Years 2 & 3 - after that his lazy recruiting approach was starting to show up. Keeping 9 wins had more to do with the schedule than quality of the team being put on the field.

 

[Doc Fumble]

Bo had some good pieces his first year (Suh). He built on that fairly well Years 2 & 3 - after that his lazy recruiting approach was starting to show up.

Well said, Jimbosc. I liked Bo and loved the way his program started out. But the thing about Bo that concerned me early on was what you just said: his attitude towards recruiting. It was always a 'necessary evil' to him. It's one thing to have a distain for recruiting as a DC but if you're the head coach, you've got to LOVE recruiting or your program is going to eventually suffer.

I was initially enthusiastic when I saw that Mike Riley was giving renewed focus to recruiting. But he had a soft, West Coast-ish style that was a horrible fit with: a) Nebraska; and b) the Big Ten. But Bo's 'parting gift' to the program was his "burn every bridge" exit. I still shake my head in disbelief at how it all went down. In my opinion, Bo holds some responsibility for all the crap that happened afterwards.

I also agree with Cigarman that we kept 'Golden Boy' Frost three years longer than we should have. Everybody knows that I'm a certified sunshine-pumper, but I saw serious signs that the Frost era wasn't going to work out in Year One. Combine the end of the Pelini era with the Riley fiasco and then five years of "don't believe what you're seeing, we're almost there" Frost and that's how one of the best programs in the nation became arguably The Worst.

Has Rhule made mistakes? You bet, in fact quite a few of them. But what gives me hope is that Coach Rhule owns them, he doesn't double-down on them. He's smart and he's inspiring--and has a track record of pulling sad sack programs out of the mud. You'd have thought that history-rich Nebraska would've been a cakewalk compared to Baylor after a program-killing scandal but our Powers-that-Be created quite the mess here.

The waters have gotten choppy and we've got some folks abandoning ship. Yeah, I admit, things are rough right now but I have faith we have a savvy, sea-worthy Captain. I'm planning to stick with him through hell and high waters.

 

[RED ED]

That's why he gets the big bucks. There are plenty of jobs around the country managing a Starbucks for $60-70K/yr. Maybe he can't handle being a B1G Head Coach. The shame would be on us paying someone a Power 4 salary for a Temple level HC. You may have hit on something Cigarman- maybe the job is too big for him. He wouldn't be the first HC to find his place one level down. (see Scott Frost)

Just a guess but I don’t think Starbucks pays that much, but I have no clue as I won’t pay 5 bucks for a coffee