Recruiting 10+ JC kids in any given class to build an entire team is recipe for a KSU-level failure for your football program.
I guess I'll get a hold of the late 90's & early 00's KSU teams that consistently beat the Huskers and tell them they were failures since the rosters were loaded with Juco kids.
I don't care where the players come from. If they have football skills, fit into the system, work hard, and are well coached, they will win games.
Agreed. I'm not anti-JUCO, and understand how much Prop 48 kids helped Nebraska during our elite years. I love taking 2-3 top JUCO's per year to add instant playmaking to a team.
But I - and most coaches - know that you can't build long term stability as a program taking a lot of JUCO kids, as the turnover is so quick, it always leaves you scrambling to plug holes, which becomes a vicious circle.
Snyder built some monstrous teams on the backs of JC kids, but the level of success KSU experienced was pretty quick, as evidenced by the tailspin during Snyder's last few years before his initial retirement. Then Prince came in and f-ed you guys hard with his obscenely JUCO-heavy classes.
Snyder seems to be looking to balance that out with more HS kids so far. We'll see how it all plays out...
All I know is that your JUCO RB Thomas is a goddamn witch.