Popular Post PimpMario Posted January 30, 2019 Popular Post Report Posted January 30, 2019 The bandwagoners are getting off. The media is turning against the team. The expectations for this team have disappeared. Part of me wants to say "now when they least expect it, it's time to go on a run!" Another part of me is nostalgic knowing that only the diehard fans remain. Soon the threads dissecting how it's still possible get the 6th seed in the conference tourney. Either way, this is Nebrasketball. To all the tortured souls who have been on this 2 decade journey with me I salute you! jayschool, Jock Farmer, HolyBobpilgrimage and 15 others 3 1 14 Quote
HuskerFever Posted January 30, 2019 Report Posted January 30, 2019 This message board has seen some slow slow times in February and March. It's sad to think we've been fortunate these last couple of years and it just regresses back to the norm. HolyBobpilgrimage 1 Quote
bigFRED Posted January 30, 2019 Report Posted January 30, 2019 I've cried myself to sleep every night in January to be honest. Quote
Popular Post HB Posted January 30, 2019 Popular Post Report Posted January 30, 2019 49 minutes ago, PimpMario said: Either way, this is Nebrasketball. To all the tortured souls who have been on this 2 decade journey with me I salute you! How about us poor bastards who have been on a 5 decade journey? NUtball, Jimmy, mwm89 and 8 others 2 9 Quote
Chuck Taylor Posted January 30, 2019 Report Posted January 30, 2019 Sheesh, my first season was the Stu Lantz team. Where did the decades go? Cazzie22, mwm89 and HB 1 2 Quote
PimpMario Posted January 30, 2019 Author Report Posted January 30, 2019 (edited) 24 minutes ago, HB said: How about us poor bastards who have been on a 5 decade journey? The 90sb arguably had some success. Since 2000... Edit: and before that Nebrasketball fans didn't really have the internet to commiserate. Sometimes you might feel like the only Nebrasketball fan in the world. Edited January 30, 2019 by PimpMario mwm89 1 Quote
PimpMario Posted January 30, 2019 Author Report Posted January 30, 2019 58 minutes ago, HuskerFever said: This message board has seen some slow slow times in February and March. It's sad to think we've been fortunate these last couple of years and it just regresses back to the norm. The last couple of years were slow for me because I wasn't that excited for the offseason. Especially 2017, that was a brutal off-season. Quote
Popular Post Vinny Posted January 30, 2019 Popular Post Report Posted January 30, 2019 I'll admit I come here less after losses, not because I'm off the bandwagon. But because I don't need to see some of the extra negativity. Art Vandalay, CanadianHusker, thrasher31 and 9 others 6 6 Quote
Huskerpapa Posted January 30, 2019 Report Posted January 30, 2019 I have high expectations, and I will continue to have high expectations. I am not ready to give up on this season yet, but the past two weeks have been a real gut punch. Last night we needed all the players to step up. A few seemed to, others did not. I haven't given up on this team, but have the players given up on themselves? hskr4life, thrasher31, ladyhusker and 3 others 4 2 Quote
Popular Post hskr4life Posted January 30, 2019 Popular Post Report Posted January 30, 2019 Just now, Huskerpapa said: I have high expectations, and I will continue to have high expectations. I am not ready to give up on this season yet, but the past two weeks have been a real gut punch. Last night we needed all the players to step up. A few seemed to, others did not. I haven't given up on this team, but have the players given up on themselves? This. This seems to be the elephant in the room. We lost Copeland. Huge huge loss. We still have what some have said is an All-Big 10 player, a 4 year starting PG, a JR who some say could go in the early 2nd round of the NBA draft, and a soph who was one of the highest rated recruits of the Nebrasketball era. We have the horses, but the horses also have to want to run. I will be the fist to admit that it was NCAA or bust for me this year. I have supported Tim for his entire tenure, just as I did with Doc and just as I will do with the next coach. However, this year was supposed to be different. This was the first year where I didn't just "want" to dance, I expected it. Many of you know that I am a huge optimist. Why anyone would want to go through life thinking the "worst" is going to happen vs thinking the "best" is going to happen is beyond me. But there also comes a point where even the most optimistic person starts to get a feeling in their stomach. I am at that point. This weekends game becomes huge for me now. Lose at Illinois, and the wheels will have completely fallen off. Right now, we have a major problem... we have a flat tire in the last leg of a long race. But, we're not for sure how to drop the spare right now and we are getting passed by all of the other competitors. We need that spare and we need it now. We need that spare by Saturday. I was in the boat of people who were disappointed, but not completely worried about our first three conference losses to Minny, Maryland, and Iowa. Yes, those losses were games that we had in hand, but they were losses to the upper 10 teams in the Big 10. We had plenty of opportunities left. However, those games meant that you could not afford to lose at Rutgers. You can't afford to drop both home games to OSU and Wiscy, and you can't afford to lose the upcoming games at Illinois and PSU. We just can't afford many more losses right now to accomplish what I want. Add to that, we lose Copeland, and that makes those games huge now. However, I think it is unfair at the time to say "these will come back and bite us" because we still had our "easiest" portion of the conference schedule to come. We are now 0-3 in that "easy" portion. Finally, there comes a point where the players are just going to have to want "it." We can sit here and Tim Miles this and Time Miles that all day. However, I competed in athletics growing up and until around the early college years. In addition, I coached both youth and high school teams in various sports. I know, for me, that I get pissed at losing. At some point I feel that the players have to get pissed, and play hard. We have to start doing the little things right. We need to make our easy bunnies, make our free throws, and do what we do best. We haven't been doing that the last four games. It's showing. I know some on here will probably comment the old "Well Tim just needs to get them to where they can succeed" and the like. I'm not going to completely disagree with you. However, those in the boat of "This is completely Tim's fault" I will disagree with. This is a full on TEAM losing streak right now. This isn't on any one man or coach. We need buy in these last 10 games. We have a 7th year coach and a decent starting 5. We can do it if we want. I would feel decent heading into the Big 10 tourney with 19 wins. @Illinois, vs NW, and @PSU are all games we HAVE to win now. Can we find three more wins vs Maryland, @Purdue, vs Minny, vs Purdue, @MSU, @MU, and vs Iowa? This team still could I think. Running that simulation on the Big 10 generator puts us around at 8 seed and playing Minny. Sorry for the book. I just don't want to give up on this team quite yet. Why would you? This is the best team we have had in years. OU was 16-11 and 6-9 overall with a 7 game losing streak last year. They finished 8-10, lost the first game of the conference tourney, and made it with an 18-13 record. They made it. So can we. Shawn Eichorst's Toupee, Red Don, rr52 and 13 others 7 9 Quote
jayschool Posted January 30, 2019 Report Posted January 30, 2019 47 minutes ago, PimpMario said: Sometimes you might feel like the only Nebrasketball fan in the world. Seriously. I try to elicit sympathy from friends about the team's plight, and I get stuff like this: Friend who's a grad of Indiana: "IU is horrible this year, too. It's gonna be a long winter." Indiana? You have no idea. Friend who's a KU grad who also works for KU: "The NCAA Tournament isn't that big of a deal." Iowa friend, Hawkeye fan: "I know, right? Fran just has to get this team into the tournament this year. It's been such a long time." Thanks, everybody, for sharing my misery. It's good to know someone understands. tcp, Nebrasketball1979, HuskerFever and 4 others 2 3 2 Quote
jason2486 Posted January 30, 2019 Report Posted January 30, 2019 41 minutes ago, Huskerpapa said: I have high expectations, and I will continue to have high expectations. I am not ready to give up on this season yet, but the past two weeks have been a real gut punch. Last night we needed all the players to step up. A few seemed to, others did not. I haven't given up on this team, but have the players given up on themselves? It's hard to believe 2 weeks ago, we were a 4-seed in some analysts' minds. Here we are 2 weeks later squarely on the bubble. The life of Nebrasketball to a T Nebrasketball1979 1 Quote
tcp Posted January 30, 2019 Report Posted January 30, 2019 1 hour ago, Chuck Taylor said: Sheesh, my first season was the Stu Lantz team. Where did the decades go? I usually start by checking the toilet. That sucker has an impressive capacity for human dreams. hhcmatt and jayschool 1 1 Quote
PimpMario Posted January 30, 2019 Author Report Posted January 30, 2019 I'm not saying give up on this team, or the program. But that's the point, as people are jumping off the hardcore will remain. We will always be here. jason2486, Neebraska and Buglem 1 2 Quote
HuskerFever Posted January 30, 2019 Report Posted January 30, 2019 52 minutes ago, jason2486 said: It's hard to believe 2 weeks ago, we were a 4-seed in some analysts' minds. Here we are 2 weeks later squarely on the bubble. The life of Nebrasketball to a T People were talking about a Sweet 16 and we literally hadn't won a game yet! My, have the tables turned in a matter of weeks. Bugeaters1 and jason2486 1 1 Quote
dustystehl Posted January 30, 2019 Report Posted January 30, 2019 1 hour ago, hskr4life said: Why anyone would want to go through life thinking the "worst" is going to happen vs thinking the "best" is going to happen is beyond me. Because we are Nebrasketball fans who live in reality... Quote
KnightHusker Posted January 30, 2019 Report Posted January 30, 2019 2 hours ago, Chuck Taylor said: Sheesh, my first season was the Stu Lantz team. Where did the decades go? Plus Tom Baack, Nate Branch, Willie Campbell, and Grant Simmons? Cazzie22 1 Quote
HuskerFever Posted January 30, 2019 Report Posted January 30, 2019 This seems about right. It seems like it's time for the general population to shift their focus to football. Quote
Popular Post Cazzie22 Posted January 30, 2019 Popular Post Report Posted January 30, 2019 I will always be a Nebraska basketball fan. At 67, I a running out of time to see NU notch one victory in an NCAA Tournament. Don’t think that is asking too much. I was cautiously optimistic about this season but was never convinced we were a sure thing to make the Dance. Our lack of quality depth was my major concern. Coach Miles will have my support if he is retained. If he is replaced, the new coach will have my support. I do retain the right to be critical of poor play, poor decision making and poor effort in either situation. May the Huskers have some good fortune before the season ends and a better shooting eye. PimpMario, rr52, ladyhusker and 11 others 3 1 10 Quote
Cazzie22 Posted January 30, 2019 Report Posted January 30, 2019 15 minutes ago, KnightHusker said: Plus Tom Baack, Nate Branch, Willie Campbell, and Grant Simmons? My all time favorite team but Kansas had JoJo White. Quote
jimmykc Posted January 30, 2019 Report Posted January 30, 2019 plus Ron Franz, Delvy Lewis, Al Lopes, and Walt Wesley (one of my old "Walt" collectin of avatars). Handy Johnson and Cazzie22 2 Quote
The Polish Rifle Posted January 30, 2019 Report Posted January 30, 2019 21 minutes ago, HuskerFever said: This seems about right. It seems like it's time for the general population to shift their focus to football. I mean that is the huskerfbnation page. I'm sure the husker hoops instagram has more basic centered content. Quote
Bighusker20 Posted January 30, 2019 Report Posted January 30, 2019 We should have expectations!!! We deserve better damnit!!!! dustystehl 1 Quote
Chuck Taylor Posted January 30, 2019 Report Posted January 30, 2019 1 hour ago, KnightHusker said: Plus Tom Baack, Nate Branch, Willie Campbell, and Grant Simmons? Got it. No starter over 6-5 IIRC, but all ballers. Cazzie22 1 Quote
hskr4life Posted January 30, 2019 Report Posted January 30, 2019 2 hours ago, dustystehl said: Because we are Nebrasketball fans who live in reality... So a Nebrasketball fan who thinks the worst is going to happen is living in "reality" but one who thinks the best is going to happen is not? Interesting concept... Quote
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