Most coaches want to develop players and add players as well. You will need both. Rhule even stated he wants to do this, but for right now needs to use the transfer portal more.
OT: Nebraska Exodus
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That's where you are wrong. Football is still a good bit different from basketball. There is a lot of reading and reacting that needs to be done that often requires guys to be true "students of the game." That level of sophistication is pretty rare to find among high-school age kids. Consequently, it's more likely to be something that manifests and develops more within young people who are more college-aged.
Thus, to go solely be a talent-acquisition model would be missing out on the majority of the talented guys out there.
Nebraska, at least historically, has had quite a good track-record as it relates to developing guys. For instance, places like Iowa, Wisconsin, and Nebraska have had some very proud walk-on traditions. Anyhow, whenever the environment of a place feels like family ... and you see yourself improve by such leaps and bounds ... guys tend to stick around just as long as they feel appreciated. Thus, even at a place like Iowa, where we don't have a ridiculous NIL system - our guys still get compensated and feel appreciated. If you look at Iowa ... attrition among our very top players has usually been quite rare. Now, where you HAVE seen that at Iowa has been in Iowa's WR-room in the past ... however, that is because Iowa's O was seemingly broken and the WRs weren't feeling appreciated.
Anyhow, still leaning upon being developmental is still more sustainable than going "all-in" on the current incarnation of NCAA-football's free-agent system.
You mean compared with 9-4 last year? Or what?
Wow that makes Iowa so different than every other team. Doesn't matter what "we" are going for. Iowa will be lucky to win 7 next year with that schedule.
Using another page out of the off season national champion playbook I see. And you wonder why lather, rinse, repeat gets used again.
And when those players leaves then what?
You spend all that time developing a player just for him to leave?
Of course there will be some development but teams are literally cancelling Spring games to hide talent.
It's Free agency now. In a league of 18 teams.
Nebraska's spring game likely canceled as transfer portal has made it detrimental, Rhule says
The Nebraska spring game likely won’t be held going forward because of coach Matt Rhule’s concern about other teams poaching his players.
apnews.com
And how long will it remain that way?
What happens with all the players who need development now ... but who don't get it.
BirdistheWord
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I'm talking about Iowa's schedule. Nowhere have I mentioned off-season or national champion. Your Huskers-induced mental illness is showing. Might wanna clean that up.
Did you think you got on the regular bus? Stay on the short one.
Look at our recruits, look at our off season conditioning, look at our OC, this coach is finally the one, Iowa will be lucky to compete with us…… same script, different year. Keep up the good work
You need to go get into some sort of program to become a better poster. Stay on target. No one is talking about off-season championships or anything like that, except for you. If you start taking a daily multi-vitamin and do some jumping jacks in the morning before you post, you notice marked improvement.
Thank me later.
OK congrats on that. I will get a tramp stamp tattoo of the Hawkeye logo if Iowa wins 8 games next season though*.
*This is just for the sake of message board drama and is non-binding in the United States and all U.S. territories.
Remind everyone again when was the last time nebbie won 8 games?
It were around the time of the last covered wagons bound for the west coast.
