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If you can't replace Parker...than Miles isn't who we think he is. I'm not too worried about filling the void that Parker's absence would cause. But that doesn't make it wise to just kick him out the door. We're not the L.A. Lakers or even the Kentucky Wildcats. I realize it probably has happened and will happen again, but that doesn't mean it should. If Parker decides to move on, so be it, but i'm not in favor of moving a capable player out just because you can.

Ray single-handedly kept a team in games that probably would have been the first squad Husker squad to ever lose 20 games without him. Dude played 5-10 minutes more per game that he should have because he had to. Yes, Ray took a lot of low percentage shots....because a lot of time that team needed him to do so even when teams keyed on him. How was it that he was always taking "bad shots" yet Miles never took him out? How is the guy who is ruining the team playing the most minutes in Huskers history? I've argued with both Bogus and Gaskins on their REPEATED bashings of RG on twitter before as well. I guess that makes Gallegos the Dark Knight.

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Ray single-handedly kept a team in games that probably would have been the first squad Husker squad to ever lose 20 games without him. Dude played 5-10 minutes more per game that he should have because he had to. Yes, Ray took a lot of low percentage shots....because a lot of time that team needed him to do so even when teams keyed on him. How was it that he was always taking "bad shots" yet Miles never took him out? How is the guy who is ruining the team playing the most minutes in Huskers history? I've argued with both Bogus and Gaskins on their REPEATED bashings of RG on twitter before as well. I guess that makes Gallegos the Dark Knight. “He’s the hero Gotham Husker Nation deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we’ll hunt him. Because he can take it. Because he’s not our hero. He’s a silent guardian, a watchful protector. A dark knight.” ????

I would honestly rather be a losing program than conduct ourselves that way. Parker played this year and we should at least give him the respect of honoring his scholarship rather than just keeping it open. nustudent, I pray you are never a coach making these kinds of decisions.

If I understand you right, both of you are saying that leaving a scholarship open is better than having Benny on the team? If I do understand you correctly, then that is just cold blooded in my opinion.

I'm sure you guys know this but just because a guy has taken all of his official visits, that doesn't mean he couldn't take visits on his own dime if he wanted to. Oh great that comment just put this thread over the 50 page mark.

Choastal Charolina?

I hardly think Rey is a great player but considering our team makeup this year...don't know how you critcize him for taking the shots he does/did.

That was me. I'll get it all set up tomorrow.

Right but the majority of players sign in November so Nebraska can only sign 3 players this fall due to the oversigning rule of the B1G and hope that one player leaves. Now if one left this year you could sign 3 with a 4th possible to oversign. Sorry, I just don't think we're in a place where we can just let capable players go because we might, maybe, perhaps get a better player in here. But don't you go into your class a little differently knowing how many spots will be open or not. Not really. I trust Miles knows what he's going and will do what's best for the program and has his pulse on what will or won't be available to work with. The incoming freshman will more than likely experience growing pains next season as most do, but hopefully the transition will be less arduous for them as it appeared to be for Parker. I'm hoping all three are able to contribute closer to the level that Shields did this year. I like Benny, but have a hard time finding minutes for him if the new guys are as good as we hope they are. Maybe. I think Fuller or Hawkins could redshirt, but I don't think you can assume that they'll have easy transitions. The best teams have freshmen that are impact freshmen, but the vast majority of frosh don't become major contributors the moment they step on campus. Shields was the exception, not the rule. I don't care how highly touted the freshman is. What if one or more of them (or someone else) gets hurt or just flat struggles. Then we go from being nine or ten deep to being back to seven. You're going to want a guy who's been through it before. We played with 6 this year...so don't think it's a given there are minutes there for him if he doesn't make us better. Webster, Fuller and Hawkins will likely struggle at times next year...of course all 3 are all likely to be better players than Parker and with a deeper team won't be as obvious. And for the record...I don't think it was the transititioning to the Big 10 level that is behind Parker's struggles. It's size, talent and ability. He's got talent, I absolutely believe that. We're making dangerous assumptions if we think Webster, Fuller and Hawkins will walk on campus and automatically be better than anyone currently on the roster. We might think that, but we don't know that. We've seen several guys in this program make progress every year and become quality players by the time they were done. I have a hard time believing we're in a place where we can just be cutting bait with capable players, which Benny is. His height will always be something he fights against, no doubt, but that doesn't mean he can't contribute to this program. If what Haymarket Husker says is true, this whole conversation is academic.

I posted something about this on craigslist, but something must've gotten messed up in the translation, and I had to change phone numbers.

Just to expand on this thought a little more... Is Rick Pitino going to go back to Providence? Are they going to exhume Ray Meyer and put his corpse back on the DePaul bench? If not, then no. The new Big East isn't better than the B1G.

Of coure they do. They don't count against next year's scholarship numbers the day they sign. They won't be on scholarship until a year from June or July or whenever that calendar starts.

2014? We don't need to figure out where that scholarship is going to come from for another year. You've got that year to see how guys like Parker and Vucetic develop with another year of coaching, strength and conditoning and such. If one or both of them don't progress, you can cross that bridge then, but we're not to it yet. Considering we're going to have 4's playing the 5, 3's playing the 4 and some 2's playing the 3, there will be minutes for Parker, especially as Webster, Fuller and Hawkins will likely struggle at times with the transition like Benny did this year.

I don't get all the Parker hate and why lots seem to want him gone. I realize he didn't provide much this year and was forced to play. He obviously wasn't a guy this year that you could say-go get us a basket. He was in fact the exact opposite of this. He is tiny but I like his speed and ability to get after the ball on defense despite running on a bad wheel a majority of the season. He did show the ability to get to the rim and break out in transition. His game will be better suited for the game this team will be progressing toward next season and the season after. I'm not saying Benny will play over anyone else on the roster next season. There will be better options. Thank goodness Coach Miles has help on the way. There is a role for Parker on this team. There is something to be said for having the flexibility to insert a backup point guard into a game, if even for a minute or less, and a coach can say get in there, don't screw up. Benny may or may not provide a lift offensively, but he's going to play defense, take care of the ball, and avoid the catastrophic mistake while he's in. At this point it doesn't appear that he'll be much help offensively but I'm also in the camp that its too early to tell. Prior to B1G play and prior to injury, we saw glimpses of what Parker can do in the passing game. Against weaker competition, yes, but he showed several games where he had 6, 7, 8 assists with only 0, 1, 2 turnovers. Again, weaker competition but as a true freshman. Now he's been through the rigors of a B1G slate. An experienced backup point guard that won't screw up. There's a spot for one of those on this team. We have no idea if all of the newcomers will pan out. I will welcome Benny back if he wants to be here and that's what he chooses.

That was the old model. Now it's seats and the length of the court behind the benches and behind one hoop.

I said this in another thread but Benny, Petteway, and Shields have all gotten an apartmen together for next year. I believe he wants to stay, unlss the coaches talk to him about leaving.

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Terrible decision by CU to go. They've carved a niche in Imaginationland, and the formula works. This will end with CU losing its fan base once the losses pile up. Big East will still be a good conference. Unlike the Purple Aces of the world, this league will be physically imposing. There's no talent on that squad beyond DM. I can't wait for the spiral.