In Tim Miles last season, he recruited Donavan Williams to Nebraska. Tim was let go and Fred came in. Williams then backed out of the scholarship offer, and headed to Okie State. He leveled a parting shot stating that the new coaching staff would rather bring in transfers rather than recruit freshmen; or verbiage close to that.
Fred has continued to recruit high school; but as Williams stated, is relying heavily (almost exclusively) on transfers.
No recruited freshman, by this staff, will graduate from Nebraska. Perhaps Sam (as a walk on) may be the first.
Now, ask if I care, and my response is, not really. I want high character players, that are great basketball players, who win, and eventually do graduate. We are starting to see all of those boxes checked.
But here is the question, unless they are a local player, why bother recruiting freshmen? Why invest in players that are only using us as a pit stop prior to moving on. Yes, secure that top level Nebraska high school senior. Ahem, or wait until they transfer and get him on the flip-flop
Convince me that we should go after the primadonna's that come out of high schools and AAU programs that are misguided by handlers...rather then transfers that are a year or two more mature, perhaps have eaten a bit of humble pie and who we have film on, playing at a higher level. Sort of what we are doing right now.
What are your thoughts?