So are we all good with Benny sticking around

[Husker4theSpurs]

Benny is actually a liability on defense. Just too small, no fault of his own, but not capable as a defender. Do you see another guy his size anywhere of significance in the conference?

Always have been...he has improved his handles and he is our best on ball defender.  He is a good change of pace guard.  He needs to continue to work on his game, but he is a good role player for this team.

Mathieu at Minnesota does fine at his size ... But I am not a fan of Benny being a "go to" PG for us. Gonna take much more than that to be a top half team in the conference. We need a PG and a shooter bad, along with another big man.

[FredsSlacks]

 

Benny is actually a liability on defense. Just too small, no fault of his own, but not capable as a defender. Do you see another guy his size anywhere of significance in the conference?

Always have been...he has improved his handles and he is our best on ball defender.  He is a good change of pace guard.  He needs to continue to work on his game, but he is a good role player for this team.

Mathieu at Minnesota does fine at his size ... But I am not a fan of Benny being a "go to" PG for us. Gonna take much more than that to be a top half team in the conference. We need a PG and a shooter bad, along with another big man.

 

trey dickerson, willie atwood, nick fuller, and jacob hammond would probably fill those needs.

[Huskerpapa]

 

 

As of now, neither Tai or Benny look like a B1G point guard.

 

Biggs was the best point guard on the team, and it is a shame he couldn't get his act together.

 

We need to get a lot better at the point guard spot because Tai and Benny's stats combined don't even equal 1 average point guard.

 

I know it is all a matter of opinion, but I do not believe Deverell was the best PG on this team, in fact, I would say that the team may agree with me.  Biggs had some terrific skill sets including his ability to create with the ball and his quickness.  But he was a selfish rather than a selfless PG.  He turned the ball over at critical times, he broke down defensively and his outside shot was average. 

 

On this team, when the offense boggs down, we go to either Shavon or Terran to create...Biggs did not like those options, or so it seemed.  He wanted the ball, which is not always a bad thing, but it seemed to create issues on this team.

 

I don't know how you can say biggs was selfish. He was shooting the ball at a higher percentage and had a higher assist rate than shavon shields. He took more shots than our other point guards, but that was because he was capable of getting his own shot off the dribble. The only critical turnover i remember him making was in the penn st game. His outside shot was far superior to tai and benny. Tai is shooting 19% from 3 and Benny is shooting 0% from 3. I don't think biggs getting kicked off the team had anything to do with shavon and terran having the ball in their hands.

 

That is why I said it was a matter of opinion.  I struggled with Deverell from early in the year, and I voiced that concern early in the year.  He did not have a PG approach to things.  Again, it was my opinion and you certainly have a right to yours.  However, he no longer is on this team...so we may as well wish for Lance Jeter or Lue or Strickland, cause they are no longer on our team either.

[kldm64]

Benny had a decent game but one game doesn't make a season.  Personally I hope we sign Trey as guessing he would jump ahead of Benny in the rotation.  I'm not saying I want Benny to leave the team but just think about 5-8 minutes would be about right for his role.

[FredsSlacks]

Benny had a decent game but one game doesn't make a season.  Personally I hope we sign Trey as guessing he would jump ahead of Benny in the rotation.  I'm not saying I want Benny to leave the team but just think about 5-8 minutes would be about right for his role.

spot on. And i could see trey starting if Tai doesn't improve by next year.

[Dean Smith]

Benny had a decent game but one game doesn't make a season. Personally I hope we sign Trey as guessing he would jump ahead of Benny in the rotation. I'm not saying I want Benny to leave the team but just think about 5-8 minutes would be about right for his role.

spot on. And i could see trey starting if Tai doesn't improve by next year.

I love the way we talk about real people who sweat & bleed like they're disposable like Klenex. Take one, use it up, discard it and look, there's another one to use up.

I understand boards need things to talk about & us fans can't develope the personal relationships that players & coaches do, & sometimes typed words can be misconstrued, but man can some posts sound cold.

[royalfan]

What I do know is that we may not have won this game today without a couple of huge plays by Parker.  He also hit some key jumpers to maintain cushion against Minny.  I don't personally like him in the lineup at this point, but will give credit where credit is due.  And I hope he continues to play with confidence when he is in there.  If he can provide a little bit of offense and make good decisions then the other 4 guys can do the scoring.  Starting to open up to him playing more since I don't think Tai is very reliable at this point.  I think Parker is a guy we can use on the road.  We need to play slower on the road and he won't get turned over and won't make a bunch of stupid plays.  At home I probably prefer to go with the more aggressive squad.  Either way, I hope like hell Parker can prove me wrong when he is in there.  We are going to need him to it looks like. 

[Norm Peterson]

ajb, you are totally off on why Biggs is no longer on the team. It isn't because Miles watched film and decided Biggs was a liability on the floor. And it's not because Biggs kept getting in trouble and used up his three strikes. It's because Shawn Eichorst ...

[lanigan123]

To say this team is better with Benny off than Dev is crazy.

[ajb5856]

ajb, you are totally off on why Biggs is no longer on the team. It isn't because Miles watched film and decided Biggs was a liability on the floor. And it's not because Biggs kept getting in trouble and used up his three strikes. It's because Shawn Eichorst ...

[hskr4life]

To say this team is better with Benny off than Dev is crazy.

So far the record shows otherwise... Negatives outweigh the positives IMO

[Section_316]

Why are we talking about Biggs?? Benny has nothing to do with Biggs… Other than the fact that he is playing more because Biggs couldn't stay out of trouble. 

[cozrulz]

It is a stupid argument to run him off anyway unless you have a 4 or 5 star replacing him.  One of the big problems with Doc's teams was having no player consistency.  It seemed like we had 6 or 7 new guys a season.  With that came no team chemistry and ending up with lesser players than those that had been replaced. 

 

If Miles wants to have this program great he needs guys that have been around to show the new guys his expectations.  He certainly shouldn't have to spend a lot of time going over his expectations when veteran players are already leading the new guys.  Even the guys on the bench have a role.  Look over there after big plays and timeouts.  Those guys are the first to get the guys on the court fired up.

 

Also we probably don't want to have to fill 4 or 5 scholarships.  At least not until we can get that many quality recruits committed.  It seems Miles would have a better shot at better players with the less he has to fill.  That means he doesn't necessarily have to just settle on a guy.

[lanigan123]

What record shows otherwise. Show me how this team is better? Again, Biggs isn't coming back, but the argument that Benny is on par is ludicrous. Nebraska needs Trey Dickerson to fill that role. Benny can't.

[hskr4life]

Ok let's take a look... Just at Big 10 games

With Biggs we are 1 and 5

Without we are 3 and 1.

For the season without Biggs we are 5 and 2

With we are 7 and 8.

In the conference games Biggs played we had a total of 54 assists or 9 per game

Without Biggs we have had 45 assists or 11.25 per game in 2 less games!

Take that into account with the little things that don't get recorded in the stat book such as busting your but on D (Benny) and taking plays off (Biggs) and that is why the negatives outweigh the positives. Said it before and I will say it agin... Biggs was a me player and was NOT the man. He needed to be a WE player and let the others be the me and he didn't want that role. Would he have helped us? Sure... But the positives outweigh the negatives here so far.

[royalfan]

Biggs was better than Parker.  That is why he was playing over Parker.  But it doesn't matter.  He isn't here anymore.  So Parker is better now.  And hopefully he can figure out a way to not be a complete non factor on offense so he can play some. 

[ajb5856]

Biggs was better than Parker. That is why he was playing over Parker. But it doesn't matter. He isn't here anymore. So Parker is better now. And hopefully he can figure out a way to not be a complete non factor on offense so he can play some.

I don't think theres an argument as to which player was/is better. The argument is whether the team is better with or without Biggs. And it's way better without Biggs so there's not much to argue.

[Section_316]

I've seen more stats in this discussion that defend the opposite ajb..... Better record and more points/assists without him. Plus, Benny is here, he's consistent in his effort and attitude. Biggs exuded many characteristics that portrayed him as selfish and immature. I'm fine without him. Miles will find a capable point guard, Dickerson or not

[PimpMario]

Benny had a great game and helped us beat Northwestern.  He also had a huge game against (Indiana?).  He is developing into a solid role player.  Role players don't always have big minutes but they can help.  If a role player gets hot he can really help us win.  But if role players are cold than we weren't really counting on them in the first place.

[ajb5856]

I've seen more stats in this discussion that defend the opposite ajb..... Better record and more points/assists without him. Plus, Benny is here, he's consistent in his effort and attitude. Biggs exuded many characteristics that portrayed him as selfish and immature. I'm fine without him. Miles will find a capable point guard, Dickerson or not

All I know is that the entire Biggs situation all the way back to the beginning of the season was a delicate one. Miles played Biggs over Parker but I learned that one of the main reasons they kept Biggs on board as long as they did was strictly due to the fact that he's from Omaha. So maybe this had an affect on how much Miles played him too. It was a bad situation and it's over now. The team is better because it's over.

[lanigan123]

Average minutes Benny played? Not near what Biggs did. Even miles admitted the size of the loss.

[hskr4life]

Throw in Avg. turnovers and defensive breakdowns per minutes on the floor.... And it's not even close

[lanigan123]

Defensive breakdowns? Off ur rocker. He was behind Biggs. Biggs played during our toughest stretch. When he played we lost to Michigan by 1, 29 without him. Indiana refused to even guard Parker. Ur right it's not close.

[hskr4life]

Who cares where Benny played?? He played behind Biggs because Biggs was an offensive guy. We thought that would more benefit our team... Michigan on road... We beat Indiana so I don't care how we win as long as we win. Sometimes offense isn't the only thing but sadly that's sometimes all people look at. The wins and losses speak for themselves. Sure Biggs would have helped in areas... But he would of hurt in areas Benny helps.

[ajb5856]

I don't really understand what the argument is here. Miles admitted himself that Biggs was a hit or miss home run hitter type of player. He either made a great play or struck out swinging. Miles also admitted that Biggs really needed to improve his defense. I'm glad he's gone. We'd still be doing the Biggs experiment if Miles thought he was worth keeping. But he wasn't worth keeping, so Miles didn't keep him.