Best Nebraska Men's Basketball Coach This Century?

[Norm Peterson]

I've thrown in information on career W/L records, post-season appearances, etc. That's just for some context. You don't have to rely on that information to make your choice. You can use whatever metric you want. Those stats are by no means the only relevant pieces of information a person could use to make this determination. I did not, for example, look at how many all-conference players each coach produced, or what their average Kenpom rankings were. Those might be useful pieces of information as well. Use whatever you think is relevant. 

 

 

[Nighthawk]

Going to have to go with Coach Miles.  Side note. I was staying at a hotel downtown this past weekend for a meeting and ran into Doc.  Is living in hotels common for coaches now?  Maybe this is already common knowledge, but it just kind of shocked me a bit, 

[uneblinstu]

This shouldn’t rely be that close at this point. It’s Miles in a runaway for me. 

[Nighthawk]

5 minutes ago, uneblinstu said:

This shouldn’t rely be that close at this point. It’s Miles in a runaway for me. 

I just wish Coach Miles would have had a lot more in the win column.  that Win Loss is wayyyyyy too close for comfort. 

 

[GoBigRed]

The Miles/Craig Smith combo was the best we’ve had. Miles was the energy guy and motivator. Smith knew a helluva lot of what he was doing.

Edited December 17, 2021 by GoBigFred

[Cazzie22]

Could I do None of the Above?

[Norm Peterson]

3 minutes ago, Cazzie22 said:

Could I do None of the Above?

 

Are you going with "coach to be named later"?

 

Sorry, that's not one of the options. This isn't the NBA draft. We can't trade for future picks. I don't make the rules.

 

[Dead Dog Alley]

All I know is, Rick Johnson was the greatest coach that Creighton ever had.

[hskr4life]

Currently-- It has to be Tim Miles, though I thought it might be a little closer by this point in time.

 

I'm still hopeful this will change in the next few years... but it isn't a bright outlook right now.  Still time to turn it around.

 

BTW-- happy to see Tim having some success out in Cali.  Undefeated at home so far (reminds me of the year where we couldn't lose at PBA)

[49r]

17 minutes ago, Dead Dog Alley said:

All I know is, Rick Johnson was the greatest coach that Creighton ever had.

 

I was a pretty big fan of the system he ran.

[HuscurAdam]

If I can limit it to when Craig Smith was on staff, I would say Miles.  Otherwise, I'm taking Doc...he did more with less and didn't have a losing record to Crayton. If he had Hendrick's and PBA to work with while recruiting, I think we would have put together better rosters and had a higher win%. 

[tcp]

i went with Doc. A. Mites still my favorite team ever. B: did more with less. C. Consistent D. Miles had the two best seasons, but also two of the most befuddling crappy ones, too.

 

It comes down to your measuring standards. But I can't concede that Miles is a runaway choice by any stretch. After all, they were all canned/encouraged to depart for a reason. 

[HuskerFever]

This thread made me sad.

[Dead Dog Alley]

 

"Conference Win %" means CONFERENCE GAMES ONLY.....

 

Edited December 17, 2021 by Dead Dog Alley

[BannedAccount]

Can we choose neither?  They were all pretty bad in the grand scheme of things.

[HuskerFever]

4 minutes ago, Dead Dog Alley said:

 

Might need to overlay SOS with this. Doc often played one of the weaker nonconference schedules in the country each year.

[49r]

20 minutes ago, HuskerFever said:

 

Might need to overlay SOS with this. Doc often played one of the weaker nonconference schedules in the country each year.

 

That graph is conference only win %.

[HuskerFever]

7 minutes ago, 49r said:

 

That graph is conference only win %.

 

I don't read good.

[Bugeaters1]

This thread made me sad.

I would choose Danny Nee, but that isn't an option.

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[49r]

31 minutes ago, Bugeaters1 said:

I would choose Danny Nee, but that isn't an option.

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Danny's record in the 21st century at Nebraska wasn't exactly stellar.

[Bugeaters1]

9 minutes ago, 49r said:

 

Danny's record in the 21st century at Nebraska wasn't exactly stellar.

Better than what we have, at least he had teams that didn't lose by 30.  And Danny kept most of the Nebraska kids in Nebraska.

[cipsucks]

So, who is the tallest short guy in this group?

[cipsucks]

just another way to look at this....

[49r]

1 hour ago, Bugeaters1 said:

Better than what we have, at least he had teams that didn't lose by 30.  And Danny kept most of the Nebraska kids in Nebraska.

 

Danny was just 4-12 or thereabouts in the 21st century at Nebraska.

 

(20th century Danny Nee > 21st century Danny Nee)

[Cazzie22]

11 hours ago, Norm Peterson said:

 

Are you going with "coach to be named later"?

 

Sorry, that's not one of the options. This isn't the NBA draft. We can't trade for future picks. I don't make the rules.

 

Miles has to be the answer but I really, really thought Hoiberg would lead us out of our Basketball desert.  We have certainly been irrelevant this century.