uneblinstu's postgame chatter: vol 14; ed 21 - vs. Rutgers

[HuskerFever]

1 minute ago, Bugeaters1 said:

 

 

Verge is #25 in DI basketball for assists per game.

[hskr4life]

13 minutes ago, Bugeaters1 said:

 

So strange.  First off, I hope that everything’s good personally with Verge.  The away Fred answered the question though did not make it sound like this.

[Faux Mike Peltz]

What does he rank in number of times he dribbles, dribbles, dribbles, then throws up a shot or drives and shoots without passing??? 

[busticket]

Not trying to vilify the young man but this smells a bit like the Teddy Allen situation.  We shall see.  

[Bugeaters1]

3 minutes ago, Faux Mike Peltz said:

What does he rank in number of times he dribbles, dribbles, dribbles, then throws up a shot or drives and shoots without passing??? 

Or tries to shot over a 7 foot guy, only to get the ball stuffed down his throat.

[HuskerFever]

6 minutes ago, Faux Mike Peltz said:

What does he rank in number of times he dribbles, dribbles, dribbles, then throws up a shot or drives and shoots without passing??? 

 

Closest published stats I can get you 

 

240 in Assists-to-Turnover Ratio

239 in FG%

[Handy Johnson]

In the last few minutes of a tight game, I know EXACTLY what to expect from this team. Utter chaos, & they delivered again tonight, in Spades  

[HB]

54 minutes ago, Bugeaters1 said:

Fred’s answer was more honest.  

 

[Bugeaters1]

This guy is a tool.

 

[Handy Johnson]

6 minutes ago, Bugeaters1 said:

This guy is a tool.

 

Take away the McGowen’s points Bryce/Trey, & we would have lost by 40…

[Bugeaters1]

17 minutes ago, Handy Johnson said:

Take away the McGowen’s points Bryce/Trey, & we would have lost by 40…

I thought it was one Bryce's better played games on both ends of the court.

 

[Bugeaters1]

 

[Handy Johnson]

9 minutes ago, Bugeaters1 said:

 

What REALLY hurt us was his 0-10 from the field, especially with no Verge in the lineup, Keisa a non-factor & Edwards still MIA…

[fred1212]

shooting free throws after the game has got to be one of the most pathetic things I've ever seen.

[Nighthawk]

As much as I hate Colorado, I wish that game had not been so lopsided.  Something happened to this team after that game.  It's like they put everything they had into that game and right after they tossed it all away. It gave Husker Nation a totally wrong impression.  Left that game thinking we would have a breakout year.  Instead we had a breakdown year.  At this point a win would be nice, but I'm not going to get my hopes up.  Most of these guys won't be around next season so it's hard to build support for them.  Fred's kid might be the only player still there, and that totally depends on if his dad is still coaching. 

[jimmykc]

I think we would have won this one if Verge had been available. And it would have been a bit more symbolic if Kobe could have saved his miss for the third free throw. That's all I have, got to get mentally prepared for the Chief's game now.

[brfrad]

We are now 11 - 10 against the spread.  Another 1 point victory against the spread.  We are 6 - 4 in conference against the spread.  We have that going for us.

[Shawn Eichorst's Toupee]

1 minute ago, brfrad said:

We are now 11 - 10 against the spread.  Another 1 point victory against the spread.  We are 6 - 4 in conference against the spread.  We have that going for us.

 

Bad teams win, great teams cover. Right @The_nebrasketball_podcast?

[Chuck Taylor]

5 hours ago, Nighthawk said:

As much as I hate Colorado, I wish that game had not been so lopsided.  Something happened to this team after that game.  It's like they put everything they had into that game and right after they tossed it all away. It gave Husker Nation a totally wrong impression.  Left that game thinking we would have a breakout year.  Instead we had a breakdown year.  At this point a win would be nice, but I'm not going to get my hopes up.  Most of these guys won't be around next season so it's hard to build support for them.  Fred's kid might be the only player still there, and that totally depends on if his dad is still coaching. 

I think Colorado knew the game didn't count and used that team to get better, and they did. 

Here's what one wise man (not me) pointed out afterward:

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This Colorado team is going to be a lot better at the end of the year as while they're talented they're in the process of replacing McKinley Wright who started at PG all 4 years he was at Colorado.

Another (also not me) pointed out:

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Half-court execution has been bad. Defensive rotations have been poor. Rebounding has been atrocious. 

 

[hhcmatt]

17 hours ago, hskr4life said:

So strange.  First off, I hope that everything’s good personally with Verge.  The away Fred answered the question though did not make it sound like this.

 

Seems to me that two things can be true:  Verge is reportedly going through some personal stuff and going through some personal stuff can cause one to blow up at a practice. If you're running a program that is under the accountability microscope like ours, Verge has to take accountability regardless of the circumstances as 'overcoming adversity' is seemingly 50% of our mantra.  (making simple plays being the other)

 

We didn't have any reliable offense other than Bryce last night. We could have used about 10 minutes of Verge but you can't get 10 minutes; you either get 20+ or 0. I think Verge genuinely cares about this team and about winning and the big problem is that how he goes about naturally is often aesthetically the opposite of what we prefer to run. He's a SG who can masquerade as a PG who we can't play SG because every other ball handler on the roster is also a SG masquerading as a PG. Verge becomes the PG because he's easily the best assist generating pseudo PG we have and also isn't a good 3pt shooter.  (Lat Mayen led the team in assists last night)

 

I can sit here and be very frustrated with Verge's lack of consistency and lazy defense but I can't sit here and in good conscience blame him. especially given our record of roster construction, for being a bad fit.

 

[hugh42]

11 hours ago, Bugeaters1 said:

 

 

As someone else mentioned, what really hurt us was Kobe going 0-10 from the field. To be honest, Kobe shouldn't have been going to the line to shoot 3 as the foul (if it really was a foul) occurred on the floor, not in the act of shooting.

[hugh42]

21 minutes ago, hhcmatt said:

 

Seems to me that two things can be true:  Verge is reportedly going through some personal stuff and going through some personal stuff can cause one to blow up at a practice. If you're running a program that is under the accountability microscope like ours, Verge has to take accountability regardless of the circumstances as 'overcoming adversity' is seemingly 50% of our mantra.  (making simple plays being the other)

 

We didn't have any reliable offense other than Bryce last night. We could have used about 10 minutes of Verge but you can't get 10 minutes; you either get 20+ or 0. I think Verge genuinely cares about this team and about winning and the big problem is that how he goes about naturally is often aesthetically the opposite of what we prefer to run. He's a SG who can masquerade as a PG who we can't play SG because every other ball handler on the roster is also a SG masquerading as a PG. Verge becomes the PG because he's easily the best assist generating pseudo PG we have and also isn't a good 3pt shooter.  (Lat Mayen led the team in assists last night)

 

I can sit here and be very frustrated with Verge's lack of consistency and lazy defense but I can't sit here and in good consequence blame him. especially given our record of roster construction, for being a bad fit.

 

 

Agreed. Not only is he the best on the team at generating assists, he's far and away our best ball handler.

[hugh42]

Alonzo Verge Jr.’s father on why Verge did not play vs Rutgers #Nebrasketball https://t.co/9j0GqEJHAi

— Robin Washut (@RobinWashut) January 30, 2022

[brfrad]

40 minutes ago, hugh42 said:

 

 he's far and away our best ball handler.

That's not good.  Given the fact he averages 3.5 TOPG.

 

Give me this line-up

 

Watson

Verge

Bryce

Wilhelm

Walker

 

[thrasher31]

1 minute ago, brfrad said:

That's not good.  Given the fact he averages 3.5 TOPG.

 

Give me this line-up

 

Watson

Verge

Bryce

Wilhelm

Walker

 

Do you mean Webster?  I'm drawing a blank on Watson