Tanner Borchardt

[khoock]

In the OWH article, Miles talks about Borchardt as someone who could grab some (earned) playing time. Aside from us being extremely shallow in the front court, do we think this is true or just coach talk?

 

I've always thought he was a great walkon addition. Plus he's pretty athletic. 2nd team all state in football, third team all state in basketball, and state champ in shot put for track. And held a handful of MWC and MAC football scholarships.

 

Will be interesting to see what the staff can do with him after a full off season.

[nustudent]

Coach speak before but could happen now with our depth 

[Huskerpapa]

He has some potential.  I think he can earn a some minutes.

[uneblinstu]

If he earns his way onto the floor, that'd be a good thing. If he plays because they don't have any others options, it'll be less good. He's got some skill thought. I know there are some on the staff that think he could be more than just practice fodder.

 

I wish he'd have been a part of the program last summer instead of leaving and rejoining mid season.

Edited April 12, 2017 by uneblinstu

[Norm Peterson]

26 minutes ago, khoock said:

In the OWH article, Miles talks about Borchardt as someone who could grab some (earned) playing time. Aside from us being extremely shallow in the front court, do we think this is true or just coach talk?

 

I've always thought he was a great walkon addition. Plus he's pretty athletic. 2nd team all state in football, third team all state in basketball, and state champ in shot put for track. And held a handful of MWC and MAC football scholarships.

 

Will be interesting to see what the staff can do with him after a full off season.

 

It's not just coach talk.

[rr52]

Miles said the same thing about him when he first joined the team as a walk-on couple years ago. I would've liked to have seen him get a chance to play back then and would like to see if he can earn some playing time. 

[khoock]

That's what I was kinda thinking. He's definitely a decent athlete. Obviously if Ed and MJ stayed he'd only see mop up minutes. But now he's Def got a chance to see 5-10 min a game. I said both him and Trueblood could be contributors by the time they were seniors. His opportunity has came a bit early and I'm excited to see what he can do with some offseason workouts and coaching.

[Huskerpapa]

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1 minute ago, khoock said:

That's what I was kinda thinking. He's definitely a decent athlete. Obviously if Ed and MJ stayed he'd only see mop up minutes. But now he's Def got a chance to see 5-10 min a game. I said both him and Trueblood could be contributors by the time they were seniors. His opportunity has came a bit early and I'm excited to see what he can do with some offseason workouts and coaching.

 

Actually Trueblood is gonzo. 

[khoock]

5 minutes ago, huskercwg said:

Actually Trueblood is gonzo. 

I know that. But at the time I said he was a good walkon addition. To reference somebody close I thought Trueblood could play the same type of role for us that Tyler Clement plays for Creighton by the time he was an upperclassman.

 

I also think Justin Costello has the same potential.

[colhusker]

We are talking about a walkon getting minutes to fill spots and I am listening to the local sports talking about Missouri signing two 5 stars and 4 star in the next couple weeks.  Ugh

[49r]

10 hours ago, colhusker said:

We are talking about a walkon getting minutes to fill spots and I am listening to the local sports talking about Missouri signing two 5 stars and 4 star in the next couple weeks.  Ugh

 

take heart @colhusker...we should look at Missouri as an example of how you can go from dumpster fire to top 25 in an offseason.

[colhusker]

13 minutes ago, 49r said:

 

take heart @colhusker...we should look at Missouri as an example of how you can go from dumpster fire to top 25 in an offseason.

You know I would say it would be 3 or 4 one and done guys however, Porter has three younger brothers.  Martin may have made himself a good coach based on one hire.

 

[Silverbacked1]

25 minutes ago, colhusker said:

You know I would say it would be 3 or 4 one and done guys however, Porter has three younger brothers.  Martin may have made himself a good coach based on one hire.

 

 

How soon till the NCAA comes smelling around about all these guys?

 

[colhusker]

6 minutes ago, Silverbacked1 said:

 

How soon till the NCAA comes smelling around about all these guys?

 

Well Porter Jr has attracted kids to play with him, and he came because it is home and dad got a job here and moved the family back.

[Fullbacksympathy]

I think TB gets minutes, and I think they'll be because he's a skilled player.  Hopefully he can slim down to around 250.  I wanted him to get minutes this past season to guard the post on occasion, but he probably wasn't in good enough shape.