First the no-huddle offense and now satellite camps. When Nick Saban voices his dislike, you know it's good for the other/little guy.
The new Husker staff said they were going to be in the satellite camp game. They've backed up those words.
Nebraska coaches will participate in Georgia State's football camp in Atlanta on June 15, a move that positions them front and center for a day of teaching and evaluating in a hotbed for recruiting. The camp session costs $50 a day. Penn State coaches will team up with Georgia State to run a camp the following day.
First-year Husker coach Mike Riley was one of the first to get into satellite camps while he was at Oregon State, including a visit from his staff to a camp in the Los Angeles area three years ago attended by several prospects who ultimately landed with the Beavers.
A year ago, Riley's Oregon State staff hit Houston during a summer clinic. There were around 200 prospects from a talent-rich area who participated, according to 247Sports recruiting analyst Brian Perroni.
Some college coaches in areas saturated with elite recruits may not be fond of the satellite camps that bring opposing coaches to their backyard, but from Nebraska's standpoint, participating just seems smart business.
"The camps are not supposed to be recruiting tools, so everybody's invited, and you have kids that aren't Division I prospects there, and they get coaching," Perroni said. "But especially the main guys, they have a chance to see the coaches in action, their style. There's always joking around that goes on that you can't necessarily see when you're having a conversation on Twitter with coaches. So it does help build that rapport for sure.
"And it gives you a presence in the area with the high school coaches and the kids. It gets the name brand sort of out there."
Ryan Gunderson, Nebraska's director of player personnel and director of football and recruiting operation, told reporters in January that Husker staffers would look to do "a bunch of satellite camps." He expressed interest in camping anywhere from California to Texas to Atlanta to Florida.
"The issue is finding a school in those states that is willing to say, 'OK, yeah, we want Nebraska to come in,'" Gunderson said at the time. "Because when any state in Texas does that, Texas, A&M, Baylor are all going to get (ticked) at that smaller school for letting that outside school come in."
But Georgia State has done this before, teaming up a year ago with James Franklin, allowing Penn State coaches to come in and guest coach the clinic for a day.
"The way the rules are set up, you’re not allowed to have any camp outside of your state, unless you’re on the border and within a 50-mile radius — and a lot of people recruit in Atlanta,” Georgia State coach Trent Miles told the Atlanta Journal Constitution. “But you can legally work somebody else’s camp.
“So it’s beneficial to both parties where Penn State can come down here, work our camp, and get to see the kids that they’re recruiting. And it benefits us by the amount of kids that are coming.”
Now, Husker coaches are in on it too. Satellite camps are becoming popular with coaches outside the SEC. Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh and his staff recently agreed to coach a clinic on June 5 in Pratville, Alabama, right in the backyard of Alabama coach Nick Saban.
Harbaugh isn't stopping there. According to mlive.com, his staff are planning on guest coaching clinics in Tampa, Florida, on June 6, and Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, on June 7, in Houston on June 8, in Dallas on June 9, and California on June 10.
These arrangements, as you might assume, has some in the SEC and ACC region disgruntled.
"If we're all going to travel all over the country to have satellite camps, you know, how ridiculous is that?" Saban told al.com. on Tuesday evening. "I mean, we're not allowed to go to all-star games, but now we're going to have satellite camps all over the country. So it doesn't really make sense."
And incoming SEC commissioner Greg Sankey voiced his displeasure about it to reporters at an Associated Press Sports Editors' Southeast Region this week.
"As we remember camps, they were instructional and development opportunities," Sankey said, according to al.com. "Now, what we're talking about is recruiting tours. So, let's just be clear about what we're really talking about here."
Clemson coach Dabo Swinney told ESPN's Brett McMurphy: “It’s a loophole people are taking advantage. Instead of camps, you’re having combines"
Washington State coach Mike Leach, whose staff guest coaches at California clinics, said recently on SiriusXM College Sports Nation that it's obvious why SEC coaches are so against it: The talent is already right in front of them.
“The SEC doesn’t do satellite camps as a conference, and they don’t need to," Leach said. "If I was in the SEC, I wouldn’t. Geographically, everybody in the SEC is three hours apart. Guys will routinely come to your practices, come check you out pretty easily within a three-to-five-hour radius, which is pretty much the whole SEC."
But if you're not in that region, why not put your boots there when made possible?
"I think I saw somebody say today, 'Coaches in areas with lots of talent don't like it. Coaches in areas that don't have as much, love the camps.' It's true," Perroni said. "It gives you access to these hotbeds. Atlanta and the whole state of Georgia is just right behind California, Texas and Florida in terms of prospects. There's a reason the SEC teams are always good. They're in high school football hotbeds.
"So I can see why SEC schools, and schools in region, don't like it. But if I was a coach. I would definitely be doing it. There's nothing to stop you and no downside to it at all."
The new Husker staff said they were going to be in the satellite camp game. They've backed up those words.
Nebraska coaches will participate in Georgia State's football camp in Atlanta on June 15, a move that positions them front and center for a day of teaching and evaluating in a hotbed for recruiting. The camp session costs $50 a day. Penn State coaches will team up with Georgia State to run a camp the following day.
First-year Husker coach Mike Riley was one of the first to get into satellite camps while he was at Oregon State, including a visit from his staff to a camp in the Los Angeles area three years ago attended by several prospects who ultimately landed with the Beavers.
A year ago, Riley's Oregon State staff hit Houston during a summer clinic. There were around 200 prospects from a talent-rich area who participated, according to 247Sports recruiting analyst Brian Perroni.
Some college coaches in areas saturated with elite recruits may not be fond of the satellite camps that bring opposing coaches to their backyard, but from Nebraska's standpoint, participating just seems smart business.
"The camps are not supposed to be recruiting tools, so everybody's invited, and you have kids that aren't Division I prospects there, and they get coaching," Perroni said. "But especially the main guys, they have a chance to see the coaches in action, their style. There's always joking around that goes on that you can't necessarily see when you're having a conversation on Twitter with coaches. So it does help build that rapport for sure.
"And it gives you a presence in the area with the high school coaches and the kids. It gets the name brand sort of out there."
Ryan Gunderson, Nebraska's director of player personnel and director of football and recruiting operation, told reporters in January that Husker staffers would look to do "a bunch of satellite camps." He expressed interest in camping anywhere from California to Texas to Atlanta to Florida.
"The issue is finding a school in those states that is willing to say, 'OK, yeah, we want Nebraska to come in,'" Gunderson said at the time. "Because when any state in Texas does that, Texas, A&M, Baylor are all going to get (ticked) at that smaller school for letting that outside school come in."
But Georgia State has done this before, teaming up a year ago with James Franklin, allowing Penn State coaches to come in and guest coach the clinic for a day.
"The way the rules are set up, you’re not allowed to have any camp outside of your state, unless you’re on the border and within a 50-mile radius — and a lot of people recruit in Atlanta,” Georgia State coach Trent Miles told the Atlanta Journal Constitution. “But you can legally work somebody else’s camp.
“So it’s beneficial to both parties where Penn State can come down here, work our camp, and get to see the kids that they’re recruiting. And it benefits us by the amount of kids that are coming.”
Now, Husker coaches are in on it too. Satellite camps are becoming popular with coaches outside the SEC. Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh and his staff recently agreed to coach a clinic on June 5 in Pratville, Alabama, right in the backyard of Alabama coach Nick Saban.
Harbaugh isn't stopping there. According to mlive.com, his staff are planning on guest coaching clinics in Tampa, Florida, on June 6, and Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, on June 7, in Houston on June 8, in Dallas on June 9, and California on June 10.
These arrangements, as you might assume, has some in the SEC and ACC region disgruntled.
"If we're all going to travel all over the country to have satellite camps, you know, how ridiculous is that?" Saban told al.com. on Tuesday evening. "I mean, we're not allowed to go to all-star games, but now we're going to have satellite camps all over the country. So it doesn't really make sense."
And incoming SEC commissioner Greg Sankey voiced his displeasure about it to reporters at an Associated Press Sports Editors' Southeast Region this week.
"As we remember camps, they were instructional and development opportunities," Sankey said, according to al.com. "Now, what we're talking about is recruiting tours. So, let's just be clear about what we're really talking about here."
Clemson coach Dabo Swinney told ESPN's Brett McMurphy: “It’s a loophole people are taking advantage. Instead of camps, you’re having combines"
Washington State coach Mike Leach, whose staff guest coaches at California clinics, said recently on SiriusXM College Sports Nation that it's obvious why SEC coaches are so against it: The talent is already right in front of them.
“The SEC doesn’t do satellite camps as a conference, and they don’t need to," Leach said. "If I was in the SEC, I wouldn’t. Geographically, everybody in the SEC is three hours apart. Guys will routinely come to your practices, come check you out pretty easily within a three-to-five-hour radius, which is pretty much the whole SEC."
But if you're not in that region, why not put your boots there when made possible?
"I think I saw somebody say today, 'Coaches in areas with lots of talent don't like it. Coaches in areas that don't have as much, love the camps.' It's true," Perroni said. "It gives you access to these hotbeds. Atlanta and the whole state of Georgia is just right behind California, Texas and Florida in terms of prospects. There's a reason the SEC teams are always good. They're in high school football hotbeds.
"So I can see why SEC schools, and schools in region, don't like it. But if I was a coach. I would definitely be doing it. There's nothing to stop you and no downside to it at all."
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