Hot Seat

[uneblinstu]

3 minutes ago, royalfan said:

So you would not have traded in Miles with a dumpster fire coming back so likely to get fired the next year anyway for Hoiberg if you thought you had a chance to land him?  

I, personally, would have given him a 10 year extension after 2014.

[Handy Johnson]

I’m guessing if we were 10-2 right now there wouldn’t be a lot of discussion regarding Fred’s court side demeanor, his level of “energy” or the sincere concerns for his health…

[uneblinstu]

Of course not. But when you're 5-7 when you're supposed to be at worst, 9-3 after the last two years, everything gets overly scrutinized 

[fred1212]

and if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle.

[royalfan]

4 minutes ago, Handy Johnson said:

I’m guessing if we were 10-2 right now there wouldn’t be a lot of discussion regarding Fred’s court side demeanor, his level of “energy” or the sincere concerns for his health…

 

Me too, as I am guessing he wouldn't be lacking it.  

[royalfan]

12 minutes ago, uneblinstu said:

I, personally, would have given him a 10 year extension after 2014.

 

Yikes.  That would have been dangerous, especially when obvious(in hindsight) how important Smith was to that squad.  Hard to imagine after that Wisconsin game that year we are where we are.  Bummer he couldn't run with the momentum from that.  

Edited December 20, 2021 by royalfan

[HB]

27 minutes ago, royalfan said:

 

Yikes.  That would have been dangerous, especially when obvious(in hindsight) how important Smith was to that squad.  Hard to imagine after that Wisconsin game that year we are where we are.  Bummer he couldn't run with the momentum from that.  

Bummer his ADs cut his nuts off, we lost Kenya and recruiting, and it was over.   

[BannedAccount]

5 minutes ago, HB said:

Bummer his ADs cut his nuts off, we lost Kenya and recruiting, and it was over.   

It was going downhill before that

[HuskerFever]

I don't know why we're re-living the past. Can't we all just focus on how much we suck right now? 

[Handy Johnson]

1 hour ago, uneblinstu said:

Of course not. But when you're 5-7 when you're supposed to be at worst, 9-3 after the last two years, everything gets overly scrutinized 

Exactly, it’s REAL easy to pile on now. If you have concerns about issues that don’t amount to squat when you’re winning, then why bring them up now?

[49r]

This is Craig Smith's record so far at Utah.  Let's not make him out to be more than he is.  By the way Missouri is easily and objectively worse than we are:

 

 

2022 Schedule 

Game Plan | Opponent Tracker

Date	Rk	Opponent		Result			Location	Record	Conf
Tue Nov 9	92	140	Abilene Christian	W, 70-56	70		Home	1-0
Sat Nov 13	86	311	Sacramento St.	W, 89-56	73		Home	2-0
Mon Nov 15	82	350	Bethune Cookman	W, 86-55	67		Home	3-0
Sat Nov 20	80	126	Boston College	W, 68-61	67		Neutral	4-0
Sun Nov 21	77	148	Tulsa	W, 72-58	64		Neutral	5-0
Sat Nov 27	63	24	BYU	L, 75-64	65		Home	5-1
Wed Dec 1	70	19	USC	L, 93-73	72		Away	5-2	0-1
Sun Dec 5	70	112	California	W, 66-58	65		Home	6-2	1-1
Wed Dec 8	72	62	TCU	L, 76-62	69		Semi-Away	6-3
Sat Dec 11	80	264	Manhattan	W, 96-62	67		Home	7-3
Sat Dec 18	72	144	Missouri	L, 83-75	70		Away	7-4
Tue Dec 21		85	Fresno St.	W, 68-64	65	64%	Home
Thu Dec 30		154	Oregon St.	W, 72-69	67	60%	Away		×
Sat Jan 1		58	Oregon	L, 73-68	66	33%	Away		×
Thu Jan 6		145	Washington	W, 76-67	72	79%	Home		×
Sat Jan 8		44	Washington St.	W, 70-69	68	51%	Home		×
Thu Jan 13		98	Arizona St.	L, 69-68	69	43%	Away		×
Sat Jan 15		7	Arizona	L, 84-69	74	10%	Away		×
Thu Jan 20		8	UCLA	L, 75-68	69	28%	Home		×
Sat Jan 22		19	USC	L, 71-67	68	35%	Home		×
Wed Jan 26		44	Washington St.	L, 72-66	68	28%	Away		×
Sat Jan 29		145	Washington	W, 73-71	72	58%	Away		×
Thu Feb 3		154	Oregon St.	W, 75-66	67	80%	Home		×
Sat Feb 5		58	Oregon	W, 72-70	66	56%	Home		×
Sat Feb 12		77	Colorado	L, 70-67	67	39%	Away		×
Thu Feb 17		90	Stanford	L, 72-70	69	41%	Away		×
Sat Feb 19		112	California	L, 67-66	66	48%	Away		×
Thu Feb 24		7	Arizona	L, 80-72	74	24%	Home		×
Sat Feb 26		98	Arizona St.	W, 71-66	69	66%	Home		×
Sat Mar 5		77	Colorado	W, 70-67	67	62%	Home		×
Projected record:								16-14	9-11

 

[HB]

1 hour ago, coughunter said:

It was going downhill before that

 

Yeah, it's all Sek's fault.

[hhcmatt]

19 minutes ago, 49r said:

This is Craig Smith's record so far at Utah.  Let's not make him out to be more than he is.  By the way Missouri is easily and objectively worse than we are:

 

He's won everywhere he's been as an assistant or a head coach.  Not sure what he does in Utah but I don't think one loss in Missouri means more than the other 2 decades of results.

[49r]

3 minutes ago, hhcmatt said:

 

He's won everywhere he's been as an assistant or a head coach.  Not sure what he does in Utah but I don't think one loss in Missouri means more than the other 2 decades of results.

 

Fair enough, it is just his first year there, but it looks an awful lot like a typical start to a Tim Miles season at Nebraska.

[hhcmatt]

3 minutes ago, 49r said:

 

Fair enough, it is just his first year there, but it looks an awful lot like a typical start to a Tim Miles season at Nebraska.

 

Thinking highly of Smith doesn't diminish the legacy of Miles.  If anything, Miles' ability to surround himself with good people seems like a trait to be celebrated, not discounted.

[hskr4life]

Is it rock bottom when a hot seat thread starts discussing the hot seat of a coach we haven’t had since pre-Covid?

[hhcmatt]

10 minutes ago, hskr4life said:

Is it rock bottom when a hot seat thread starts discussing the hot seat of a coach we haven’t had since pre-Covid?

 

It's just part of the circle of life.  Prior to this it was 'why did we fire Doc for Miles'. 

[aphilso1]

1 hour ago, 49r said:

This is Craig Smith's record so far at Utah.  Let's not make him out to be more than he is.  By the way Missouri is easily and objectively worse than we are:

 

 

2022 Schedule 

Game Plan | Opponent Tracker

Date	Rk	Opponent		Result			Location	Record	Conf
Tue Nov 9	92	140	Abilene Christian	W, 70-56	70		Home	1-0
Sat Nov 13	86	311	Sacramento St.	W, 89-56	73		Home	2-0
Mon Nov 15	82	350	Bethune Cookman	W, 86-55	67		Home	3-0
Sat Nov 20	80	126	Boston College	W, 68-61	67		Neutral	4-0
Sun Nov 21	77	148	Tulsa	W, 72-58	64		Neutral	5-0
Sat Nov 27	63	24	BYU	L, 75-64	65		Home	5-1
Wed Dec 1	70	19	USC	L, 93-73	72		Away	5-2	0-1
Sun Dec 5	70	112	California	W, 66-58	65		Home	6-2	1-1
Wed Dec 8	72	62	TCU	L, 76-62	69		Semi-Away	6-3
Sat Dec 11	80	264	Manhattan	W, 96-62	67		Home	7-3
Sat Dec 18	72	144	Missouri	L, 83-75	70		Away	7-4
Tue Dec 21		85	Fresno St.	W, 68-64	65	64%	Home
Thu Dec 30		154	Oregon St.	W, 72-69	67	60%	Away		×
Sat Jan 1		58	Oregon	L, 73-68	66	33%	Away		×
Thu Jan 6		145	Washington	W, 76-67	72	79%	Home		×
Sat Jan 8		44	Washington St.	W, 70-69	68	51%	Home		×
Thu Jan 13		98	Arizona St.	L, 69-68	69	43%	Away		×
Sat Jan 15		7	Arizona	L, 84-69	74	10%	Away		×
Thu Jan 20		8	UCLA	L, 75-68	69	28%	Home		×
Sat Jan 22		19	USC	L, 71-67	68	35%	Home		×
Wed Jan 26		44	Washington St.	L, 72-66	68	28%	Away		×
Sat Jan 29		145	Washington	W, 73-71	72	58%	Away		×
Thu Feb 3		154	Oregon St.	W, 75-66	67	80%	Home		×
Sat Feb 5		58	Oregon	W, 72-70	66	56%	Home		×
Sat Feb 12		77	Colorado	L, 70-67	67	39%	Away		×
Thu Feb 17		90	Stanford	L, 72-70	69	41%	Away		×
Sat Feb 19		112	California	L, 67-66	66	48%	Away		×
Thu Feb 24		7	Arizona	L, 80-72	74	24%	Home		×
Sat Feb 26		98	Arizona St.	W, 71-66	69	66%	Home		×
Sat Mar 5		77	Colorado	W, 70-67	67	62%	Home		×
Projected record:								16-14	9-11

 

 

Smith turned South Dakota around quickly.  He then turned Utah State around immediately, winning the Conference in his first season in Logan.  He's highly respected out here in the Beehive State.  Most local pundits were happy to keep him in the state and think it's only a matter of time before he gets the Utes rolling.  I wouldn't be so quick to judge a Year One rebuild, particularly if your primary complaint is a road loss at a Power 5 school.

[Husker4theSpurs]

I blame Ryan Anderson for all of this. I sentence him to having to run the stairs at the Devaney yet again and having his coach forget he had him do so and then immediately throwing him into 5 on 5s full court and chewing him out for dragging.

[hskr4life]

23 minutes ago, Husker4theSpurs said:

I blame Ryan Anderson for all of this. I sentence him to having to run the stairs at the Devaney yet again and having his coach forget he had him do so and then immediately throwing him into 5 on 5s full court and chewing him out for dragging.

I would do a lot of things for a Ryan Anderson level shooter right now.

[busticket]

1 minute ago, hskr4life said:

I would do a lot of things for a Ryan Anderson level shooter right now.

  
Anderson was a baller.  One of my favorite Huskers of the last 20 years.  I’m not sure he’s even shoot well with this offense

[demone]

4 minutes ago, busticket said:

  
Anderson was a baller.  One of my favorite Huskers of the last 20 years.  I’m not sure he’s even shoot well with this offense

I completely agree with this - never thought Ryan Anderson got near enough props. One of my all time favorites.

[BannedAccount]

1 hour ago, HB said:

 

Yeah, it's all Sek's fault.

Hey oh....

[a0t0w0]

Anyone consider who an internal replacement could be?  I like Sandler.  He seems like he cares about nebrasketball.

[Nighthawk]

9 minutes ago, a0t0w0 said:

Anyone consider who an internal replacement could be?  I like Sandler.  He seems like he cares about nebrasketball.

Who?  He one of the equipment managers?