Calling out Andre!

[FredsSlacks]

It's time for him to make up for his play the last couple months. We know what he's capable of.

 

Lincoln -- Senior Andre Almeida
was honored Monday as the Big Ten's Player of the Week following his
performance against Wake Forest in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.

Almeida collected his first career double-double with
20 points and a career-high 11 rebounds in the Huskers' 79-63 win at
Wake Forest. Almeida hit 9-of-10 shots from the floor in matching his
career high while also blocking three shots in the win. Almeida became
the first Big Ten player since 2009 to score 20 points on 90 percent
shooting and grab 10 rebounds.

 

20 pts,11 reb, and 3 blocks against Wake Forest. A team who just beat #2 Miami by 15 points.

[bison husker]

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while.

[Cookie Belcher]

I am calling him out to fake an injury so the starters can play all game again.

[cozrulz]

He just needs to give some quality spot minutes to keep Ubel out of foul trouble.  There is a good chance Ubel will pick up 4 or 5 fouls tonight just based on how Wisconsin plays.

[FredsSlacks]

I am calling him out to fake an injury so the starters can play all game again.

Wisconsin killed us inside the last game. Andre sat out that game.

[Cookie Belcher]

I am calling him out to fake an injury so the starters can play all game again.

Wisconsin killed us inside the last game. Andre sat out that game.

I don't think he will be much help.  Hope he proves me wrong, though.

[FredsSlacks]

 

I am calling him out to fake an injury so the starters can play all game again.

Wisconsin killed us inside the last game. Andre sat out that game.

I don't think he will be much help.  Hope he proves me wrong, though.

This is a game andre can hang in. Wisconsin plays a slow tempo.

[AuroranHusker]

It would be surprising to see the great ship Almeida rise up like the phoenix... sure hope he can ball a lil' bit tonight against the big stud for Wisky.

[cipsucks]

It would be surprising to see the great ship Almeida rise up

The Wreck of the Andre Almeida.....

[hhcmatt]

While he was injured, they also didn't want to play him because their big men can pop out for the 3 so he's a liability.

I think they have one of those frankensteins backups they roll out there so you might see Andre match up that way.

[MilesForPrez]

Lets be honest....andre is done. And while we are being really honest, dont believe andre is an effective big 10 player. Way too slow, misses so many bunnies. We know it. Miles knows it. We need quick athletic bigs in this league, period.

[HF_]

I just remember him and Diaz working over those Texas big men all game long back when we beat them in 2011.  The future for those two was very bright back then.  Sad to see that neither reached their true potential.

[atskooc]

I just remember him and Diaz working over those Texas big men all game long back when we beat them in 2011.  The future for those two was very bright back then.  Sad to see that neither reached their true potential.

Well, maybe that was the height of their potential...they just didn't stay there all that long.

[MilesForPrez]

With his inconsistencies, that molasses like quickness, his nagging injury problem, he is a liability. Cant say ill be sad when he graduates. How doc thought he could play at the big 10 level, ill never know.

[Silverbacked1]

He came to play in the Big 12.  That's where we were when he came on board.

[hhcmatt]

Cant say ill be sad when he graduates. How doc thought he could play at the big 10 level, ill never know.

 

Imagine him 30 Lbs lighter playing the same way he played in that Texas game but every game.

[tcp]

It would be surprising to see the great ship Almeida rise up

The Wreck of the Andre Almeida.....

Oh my.....the possibilities.....

 

The legend lives on from the Amazon on down

of the big guy that Kent called El Grande

Twice as big as a tree, with a vertical of three

whopping inches, he was often called Andre

 

etc etc etc...

[kldm64]

With his inconsistencies, that molasses like quickness, his nagging injury problem, he is a liability. Cant say ill be sad when he graduates. How doc thought he could play at the big 10 level, ill never know.

 

That is why Doc is no longer here because he thought he could win with guys like this.

[Norm Peterson]

 

It would be surprising to see the great ship Almeida rise up

The Wreck of the Andre Almeida.....

Oh my.....the possibilities.....

 

The legend lives on from the Amazon on down

of the big guy that Kent called El Grande

Twice as big as a tree, with a vertical of three

whopping inches, he was often called Andre

 

etc etc etc...

 

Tall as he was wide, there was no place to hide

when he hit the buffets in Wisconsin.

As big eaters go he was bigger than most

and he liked fried potaters well seasoned.

[ladyhusker]

With his inconsistencies, that molasses like quickness, his nagging injury problem, he is a liability. Cant say ill be sad when he graduates. How doc thought he could play at the big 10 level, ill never know.

 

That is why Doc is no longer here because he thought he could win with guys like this.

To be fair, though, take into consideration two things: the league he was meant to play in (the Big 12, not the Big Ten) and his pre-Nebraska career.

 

The Big 12 teams, in general, seemed to have one or two superstar players, with a good supporting cast. You saw a lot more one-and-dones in the Big 12 than you do in the Big Ten. Doc's plan in the later years, however successful, was to slow down those NBA-quality players who ran, ran, ran. Andre fit well into that plan -- he didn't need to be fast, and he didn't need to score a zillion points every game. He needed to be a big body with a good touch around the rim who could vacuum in rebounds and block shots.

 

With that in mind, we get Andre, a guy who, prior to Nebraska, was a third-team juco All-American with pretty good numbers in those categories. He actually does have a pretty good touch, especially for someone his size. Against the best teams in the Big 12, he was pretty darn good -- go back and look at his games against Kansas and Texas. Like Dimes said, imagine him 30 pounds lighter...which we all (I'm sure Doc included) thought would happen after some time with the strength and conditioning program. He has raw ability -- I think his size just gets in the way sometimes.

 

Is he the prototype Big Ten center? No. But he wasn't recruited to be. I'm just hoping that, going forward, Miles is able to go get a big guy who is.

[Norm Peterson]

As suppertime waned, the old cook came on court

sayin' "Andre, there's no more to feed ya."

At 7 p.m., with his stomach growlin'

Andre said "then I'll just have to eat ya."

[Norm Peterson]

Excellent, excellent post, Ladyhusker.  Far better than my lame attempts at coming up with Edmund Fitzgerald-esque lyrics.  In my defense, though ...

 

TCP STARTED IT!

[TheGov21]

I'm going to get killed for this, but it's been bugging me for a while.

 

I'm not singling anybody out here nor talking specifically about this site, but I absolutely hate that fact that people are so willing to make fun of college athletes.  Yes Andre is overweight.  Who are we to make fun of him.  Grown adults making fun of a college player. 

 

Yeah he has struggled a ton this year.  But he is also coming off of a knee injury and from the sounds of it hasn't fully recovered.  That, his struggles, and match up issues isn't playing.  But like people said before, when he was healthier in his first year he was a good role player off the bench.  We was suppose to be a role player last year but was hurt.  This year he was forced to play a larger role.  It's not his fault Diaz left.  It's not his fault Doc offered him a scholorship and didn't bring in other recuits which would allow him to stay as a role player.

[Hooper]

 

It would be surprising to see the great ship Almeida rise up

The Wreck of the Andre Almeida.....

Oh my.....the possibilities.....

 

The legend lives on from the Amazon on down

of the big guy that Kent called El Grande

Twice as big as a tree, with a vertical of three

whopping inches, he was often called Andre

 

etc etc etc...

 

Here are a couple more verses. 

 

 

The legend lives on from São Paulo on down

of the big ship they call 'The Almeida'.

The ship, it is said, never sails for Big Red

‘cause the ship couldn’t control its a weight-uh

 

With a load on the floor, 330 pounds or more,

the Almeida could not make a layup.

That big ship, it seems, stored too much in its seams,

and was beached on the bench, it couldn’t stay up.

[tcp]

heh heh. nebraska's got talent!