News Article: Nebraska Considering Canceling Spring Game to Combat Poaching

[Isaiah 63:1]

It is Nebraska. It won't hurt them. They know who they are and where their players come from. They just want to keep the few that they can get.

Decisions are made on the margin. I get what you’re saying, and yet I’m still willing to bet that, with some number of players, this will make enough of a difference on the margin to sway them to their next choice…

 

[B1GTide]

Decisions are made on the margin. I get what you’re saying, and yet I’m still willing to bet that, with some number of players, this will make enough of a difference on the margin to sway them to their next choice…

I think that they are just trying to get ESPN behind some changes. Mess with the TV $$ and there will be changes.

 

[Isaiah 63:1]

I think that they are just trying to get ESPN behind some changes. Mess with the TV $$ and there will be changes.

Hadn’t thought of that possibility. Good on”em if you’re right…

 

[CajunCrimson]

I respect that choice.

 

[mdb-tpet]

I think we should take the names of off jerseys, stop televising games, and remove the box score from our games. That way, no one will poach our players.

 

[TideEngineer08]

Nebraska has players worth poaching?

Seriously, I like his tactic and I hope it spreads and is a catalyst for reform.

 

[Bama_N_Va]

I think we should take the names of off jerseys, stop televising games, and remove the box score from our games. That way, no one will poach our players.

You left off wearing white helmets!

 

[crimson fan man]

This sucks all around. Why should you recruit anymore if you could lose them before the first game of the season to a rich university when you put in all the hard work? The game is losing what made it special to me.

 

[Bamabuzzard]

This sucks all around. Why should you recruit anymore if you could lose them before the first game of the season to a rich university when you put in all the hard work? The game is losing what made it special to me.

That is a fair and realistic question in today's CFB landscape. Should as much effort and resources still be put into traditional-style recruiting?

 

[CrimsonTitles]

That is a fair and realistic question in today's CFB landscape. Should as much effort and resources still be put into traditional-style recruiting?

It depends on the school. It's definitely something a school like Nebraska should consider, but a school like Bama will still hang onto the players they want, as long as they're starting, and so long as the coach doesn't leave. I think Saban said there was only one player who transferred out that he felt was a bad decision (I think it might have been Aaron Anderson). It's just depth that we lose, and I don't know how you fix that problem.

As for schools like Nebraska, Colorado had some success using only the portal. I think Deion is recruiting high school a little harder now, but he was barely touching it when his kids were there. The question would be if 9-4 is the ceiling for a team that was built almost entirely through the portal, because Colorado is really the only school that has tried it. That's probably good enough for Colorado, but I'm not sure Nebraska would be happy with that. They fired Bo Pelini for only winning 9-10 games per year.

 

[PA Tide Fan]

That is a fair and realistic question in today's CFB landscape. Should as much effort and resources still be put into traditional-style recruiting?

I guess it depends on whether a kid can start as a true freshman. It's becoming like the portal where it's only worth going after a guy that can fill a starting spot right away. If not then it's really a crap shoot as to whether the kid will be patient for a year. With RW it was worth it but we don't know how it will turn out with KR. Will he be willing to wait a season behind TS? Who knows?

 

[Bamabuzzard]

It depends on the school. It's definitely something a school like Nebraska should consider, but a school like Bama will still hang onto the players they want, as long as they're starting, and so long as the coach doesn't leave. I think Saban said there was only one player who transferred out that he felt was a bad decision. It's just depth that we lose, and I don't know how you fix that problem.

As for schools like Nebraska, Colorado had some success using only the portal. I think Deion is recruiting high school a little harder now, but he was barely touching it when his kids were there. The question would be if 9-4 is the ceiling for a team that was built almost entirely through the portal, because Colorado is really the only school that has tried it. That's probably good enough for Colorado, but I'm not sure Nebraska would be happy with that. They fired Bo Pelini for only winning 9-10 games per year.

WRT Alabama, I'm not suggesting making major overhauls, but seeing that Alabama doesn't and may not ever consistently have the funds to pay $20 million roster salaries to retain talent, they may (as Saban suggested) be more selective in the players they dole out the money to.

So if I can get three to four already proven transfers by paying above market value rather than investing into three to four of my highly rated unproven HS recruits, I may back off the number of unproven HS recruits I'm willing to pay and allocate more money to proven transfers at a premium.

 

[CrimsonTitles]

I guess it depends on whether a kid can start as a true freshman. It's becoming like the portal where it's only worth going after a guy that can fill a starting spot right away. If not then it's really a crap shoot as to whether the kid will be patient for a year. With RW it was worth it but we don't know how it will turn out with KR. Will he be willing to wait a season behind TS? Who knows?

He's all Bama at this point, and turned down millions to stay committed to Bama. We'll be able to hang onto him for 1 year, just because the portal will be closed by the time the starter is announced. After year 2 is when I'd really start worrying about that if he doesn't win the job by then. Most of these kids are reasonable enough to understand not being the starting QB as a freshman. Obviously, some of them aren't, but I think turning down high dollar offers to stay committed to Bama speaks volumes.

 

[B1GTide]

It depends on the school. It's definitely something a school like Nebraska should consider, but a school like Bama will still hang onto the players they want, as long as they're starting, and so long as the coach doesn't leave. I think Saban said there was only one player who transferred out that he felt was a bad decision (I think it might have been Aaron Anderson). It's just depth that we lose, and I don't know how you fix that problem.

As for schools like Nebraska, Colorado had some success using only the portal. I think Deion is recruiting high school a little harder now, but he was barely touching it when his kids were there. The question would be if 9-4 is the ceiling for a team that was built almost entirely through the portal, because Colorado is really the only school that has tried it. That's probably good enough for Colorado, but I'm not sure Nebraska would be happy with that. They fired Bo Pelini for only winning 9-10 games per year.

You realize that OSU just won a championship with players that Alabama really, really wanted to hold onto, right?

No one is safe from this stuff.

 

[CrimsonTitles]

You realize that OSU just won a championship with players that Alabama really, really wanted to hold onto, right?

No one is safe from this stuff.

Yeah, because we had a coaching change. I included that under special circumstances. Other than when we had a coaching change, who have we ever lost in the portal that would be for sure starting as the clear-cut number 1 guy? McLaughlin is a special case also, because he was scapegoated and forced out. There's about 5 or 6 schools that rarely ever lose clear cut starters to the portal, and Bama is one of them. Ohio State is another.

 

[B1GTide]

Yeah, because we had a coaching change. I included that under special circumstances Other than when we had a coaching change, who have we ever lost in the portal that would be for sure starting as the clear-cut number 1 guy? McLaughlin is a special case also, because he was scapegoated and forced out. There's about 5 or 6 schools that rarely ever lose clear cut starters to the portal, and Bama is one of them. Ohio State is another.

I don't consider Ohio State to be safe from this. We lost our starting QB to the portal. Now, he demanded a guarantee to start and was denied, but without this portal he has to stay and compete.

It is a mess.

 

[CrimsonTitles]

I don't consider Ohio State to be safe from this. We lost our starting QB to the portal. Now, he demanded a guarantee to start and was denied, but without this portal he has to stay and compete.

It is a mess.

It's all about playing time. That seems to be the only reason people have left schools like Ohio St and Bama, at least to date. McCord falls under that category too. I'm not saying these 5-6 schools are completely immune, just that a school Nebraska is playing an entirely different game portal-wise than an Alabama or Ohio State. Under normal circumstances, we have to worry more about losing our depth than our starters. Nebraska is struggling to hang onto everyone, not just the depth.

And agreed. It is a complete disaster.

 

[bamaslammer]

I don't think it's going to help so you might as well play the game. Until someone steps in and brings sanity to college football it's just going to be something everyone not named Ohio State has to deal with.

 

[Redwood Forrest]

It is open season across the board. No smoking guns, no secret witnesses.

 

[NoNC4Tubs]

So how many Portal Windows are open this year?