Did Tai just lose his job?

[atskooc]

Didn't even log ten minutes today. Benny had over thirty.

[nuled2dance]

Just win .....if Benny gets it done we go. Need tai though in the tourney he has played better lately...tonight Benny was good

[elbens01]

With no Rey next year I think Tai will just find a new role.

[Huskerpapa]

It's a team, and they all understand their roles.  Tai will be just fine.

[GATA]

Simply put, Tai didn't deserve to play much. He didn't really do anything offensively, and defensively he was leaving his man too much. That's a terrible combination. Hopefully he makes a second-year leap like Benny.

[atskooc]

I'm not saying he won't be fine. I'm just wondering if Benny starts in the B1G tourney.

[GATA]

I'm not saying he won't be fine. I'm just wondering if Benny starts in the B1G tourney.

 

I think we'll stick with what's working. Tai starts, and if he's not playing well, we'll go with Benny.

[hskr4life]

If Benny keeps throwing up 4 to 8 a game, with his D he should play a lot of minutes.

[Huskerpapa]

I  believe Tai will continue to start.  But we have talked about this in the past, it is not who starts that really counts, it is who is on the floor with the game is on the line. 

[husker11]

No need to disrupt anything with the way we are playing.

[swoll cracker]

Webster and Biggs had really high turnover rates. Have you noticed how well Nebraska does when they don't turn the ball over? And how Parker makes better decisions with the ball. That's your answer

[hhcmatt]

Probably not.

BTW, this board is littered with threads wondering about the demise of a player....a lot of them about Benny Parker.

[PimpMario]

LOL.

 

Remember when benny needed to leave the team? 

 

WTH guys!

 

Tai will get way better (just like Parker did) over the off season.

 

Kid is a true freshman.

[TheKamdyMan]

Probably not.

BTW, this board is littered with threads wondering about the demise of a player....a lot of them about Benny Parker.

Duh what have you done for me lately. I personally wanted to wait and see with him one more year just like Vucetic (though I really felt Vuc wasn't a B1G player). I think Benny passed the test but, like this thread has alluded, I feel the writing is on the wall for the latter.

[atskooc]

 

Tai will get way better (just like Parker did) over the off season.

 

What does that have to do with him starting now?

Miles obviously thinks Benny benefits the team more so than Tai does right now. Has Benny done enough to get the start?

[Hooper]

Miles has said that he loves the spark Benny brings off the bench, so I don't see that changing. However, he will continue to play way more minutes than Webster, and he's outplaying Webster by a large margin right now anyway.

 

Also, I know it's fun to laugh at those of us who wanted Benny gone after last year, but keep in mind that Miles was one of us. He tried his best to push Benny out the door, but Parker stuck it out and made dramatic improvements to his game. Kudos to him. He's made himself a huge asset to the team.

[doc1394]

The confidence Benny has on offense is certainly helping too. Never in my life did I think that Benny would be the guy who would go 1 on 5 to go 2-for-1 at the end of the 1st. Worked too. Then he hit that mid range jumper late in the game. He wouldn't have even looked at the hoop last year, or even earlier in the season. 

[HuskerCager]

Agree with Hooper.  We're better when Benny comes off the bench.

[atskooc]

I understand he's a great spark coming off the bench, but as we haven't seen him start, do we know we're "better" with him not starting?

 

Kid's been playing big minutes and making plays, that's for sure.  If Miles thinks he's best coming in as the sixth/seventh man, I'm ok with it.

[huskerbaseball13]

I think Tai will continue to get the start....and Benny will get some major minutes.  It's just a head game with Tai right now...I keyed in on him during warmups and he was drilling three balls left and right.  He has the ability to shoot the ball but right now he has a major case of deer in the headlights look.  I'm hoping he can make a major jump under Miles like some of our other plays have done from year 1 to year 2. 

[bobcat402]

continue with Tai, starting, if he has it early and he is confident if not, we continue with the status quo and put in Benny.

[kldm64]

You don't make that kind of line-up change at this point.  Next game, Tai might play 30 minutes and Benny only 10.  It just all depends on match-ups and how each person is playing.