TE Daniel Helm

Recruiting update:

The Husker staff came through with an offer for Helm last week.
"I was actually in Michigan on a visit and I got a message on facebook asking me to call them," Helm recounted. "I finally got ahold of Coach (Barney) Cotton and he let me know that I had the offer.

"He said that they'd use me more as a hybrid [tight end]. He liked how I can catch the ball and he said that he thought with their weight room and stuff that they could make me a pretty decent blocker as well."

Helm was asked what he knows about Nebraska at this point, and he replied:

"Not a whole lot. I know that their football tradition is excellent, it's a great college town, and then I've heard that their facilities are pretty phenomenal. But besides that, I don't know a whole lot."
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For this kid to not know a lot, it doesn't sound like Cotton is really trying to sell the program to this kid. Maybe its a little early, but we need to be early to land great talent.

 
HuskerNationNick said:
Recruiting update:

The Husker staff came through with an offer for Helm last week.
"I was actually in Michigan on a visit and I got a message on facebook asking me to call them," Helm recounted. "I finally got ahold of Coach (Barney) Cotton and he let me know that I had the offer.

"He said that they'd use me more as a hybrid [tight end]. He liked how I can catch the ball and he said that he thought with their weight room and stuff that they could make me a pretty decent blocker as well."

Helm was asked what he knows about Nebraska at this point, and he replied:

"Not a whole lot. I know that their football tradition is excellent, it's a great college town, and then I've heard that their facilities are pretty phenomenal. But besides that, I don't know a whole lot."
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For this kid to not know a lot, it doesn't sound like Cotton is really trying to sell the program to this kid. Maybe its a little early, but we need to be early to land great talent.
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Can we at least wait until he gets an in home visit or visits here before we starting criticizing Barney's recruiting approach?

 
HuskerNationNick said:
Recruiting update:

The Husker staff came through with an offer for Helm last week.
"I was actually in Michigan on a visit and I got a message on facebook asking me to call them," Helm recounted. "I finally got ahold of Coach (Barney) Cotton and he let me know that I had the offer.

"He said that they'd use me more as a hybrid [tight end]. He liked how I can catch the ball and he said that he thought with their weight room and stuff that they could make me a pretty decent blocker as well."

Helm was asked what he knows about Nebraska at this point, and he replied:

"Not a whole lot. I know that their football tradition is excellent, it's a great college town, and then I've heard that their facilities are pretty phenomenal. But besides that, I don't know a whole lot."
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For this kid to not know a lot, it doesn't sound like Cotton is really trying to sell the program to this kid. Maybe its a little early, but we need to be early to land great talent.
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It doesn't sound like Cotton is really trying to sell the program? You're kidding me, right? I think you're drawing some big conclusions from a couple of lines in an article.

 
The Maudfather said:
HuskerNationNick said:
For this kid to not know a lot, it doesn't sound like Cotton is really trying to sell the program to this kid. Maybe its a little early, but we need to be early to land great talent.
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It doesn't sound like Cotton is really trying to sell the program? You're kidding me, right? I think you're drawing some big conclusions from a couple of lines in an article.
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StPaulHusker said:
Can we at least wait until he gets an in home visit or visits here before we starting criticizing Barney's recruiting approach?
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Read the bold please. The kid says he doesn't know much about the program, except for what he stated. If we are going to send an offer, shouldn't the kid know more about the school and what we can offer? Like I said, he probably doesn't know much yet, because its March, FAR away from signing day, and the time you want to schedule visits.

I never said Cotton was a bad recruiter, nor am I criticizing his recruiting. I didn't say that he wasn't selling, just that it seems like he isn't.

 
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HuskerNationNick said:
The Maudfather said:
HuskerNationNick said:
For this kid to not know a lot, it doesn't sound like Cotton is really trying to sell the program to this kid. Maybe its a little early, but we need to be early to land great talent.
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It doesn't sound like Cotton is really trying to sell the program? You're kidding me, right? I think you're drawing some big conclusions from a couple of lines in an article.
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StPaulHusker said:
Can we at least wait until he gets an in home visit or visits here before we starting criticizing Barney's recruiting approach?
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Read the bold please. The kid says he doesn't know much about the program, except for what he stated. If we are going to send an offer, shouldn't the kid know more about the school and what we can offer? Like I said, he probably doesn't know much yet, because its March, FAR away from signing day, and the time you want to schedule visits.

I never said Cotton was a bad recruiter, nor am I criticizing his recruiting. I didn't say that he wasn't selling, just that it seems like he isn't.
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Read the red, underlined and italicized please.

Yes, a snippet from an article is so indicative of how Barney Cotton does or does not "sell the program".

 
The kid listed multiple things he knew about our program and said that cotton explained how we'd use him and how we'd make him better. So...fire cotton!

 
I wonder if we have another year of constant Barney bashing if we can completely derail recruiting for the O-Line? It is weird that this keeps happening from our own fans.

 
Talked to a someone very familiar with Daniel Helm this weekend. He said his recruitment is wide open but he is pretty much gone if Stanford offers. 4.0 GPA in high school. Just sharing some info. The source is solid.

 
IllinoisHuskerFan said:
Talked to a someone very familiar with Daniel Helm this weekend. He said his recruitment is wide open but he is pretty much gone if Stanford offers. 4.0 GPA in high school. Just sharing some info. The source is solid.
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Did Stanford request game tape to start the evaluation process? Has Daniel tried reaching out to their coaches?

 
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