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What I find funny is that a year ago he was 6'4 180 and was a 4 star top 150 recruit.Now he's 6'6 210 and dropped to a 3 star. This would be a great kid to get this late in the game. The change in his ranking is interesting. According to articles dated a year ago when he committed to Tennessee, 247 Sports ranked him #128 overall and 32 at his shooting guard position, Rivals ranked him 131 overall, and ESPN ranked him 32 at his position. Those rankings appear to be gone now. Must have known he was going to sign with Nebraska as we can't get guys that high. ;-)

Wonder when Creighton will get their visit with this guy...

Joking, right? You're not actually tweeting at him, are you? You do realize how many people tweet at them right? I mean these guys retweet stuff all the time sent to them and thats just a tiny fraction. I know some people get worked up because "it may hurt Nebraska" trust me the NCAA can do nothing about it. Just go look at the tweets mentioning Jordan and you will see every fan base is working him hard. I can say I did it to Tarin to get Hallice Cooke and Nate Hawkins to get Elbert Robinson but outside of that I try to not follow a player until he's committed. Kambdy, you need to improve your twitter recruiting.

No I still think the Link kabadyundi Youtube of him singing surely shows he couldnt play in the B1G.

Seems like Kamdy was the most level-headed one in that thread.

Now everyone think about this when you think we just have a "meh" recruit in the future.

How good is Cornish Kamdy? I know you said he needs work on his shot. Will he contribute next year? He's a better overall player than Hawkins. He has things to work on but would have time to improve. He has the tools to be a solid player. I dont see him being a major contributor for a couple seasons. He would be a good 7th-8th man next year.

Joking, right? You're not actually tweeting at him, are you? You do realize how many people tweet at them right? I mean these guys retweet stuff all the time sent to them and thats just a tiny fraction. I know some people get worked up because "it may hurt Nebraska" trust me the NCAA can do nothing about it. Just go look at the tweets mentioning Jordan and you will see every fan base is working him hard. I can say I did it to Tarin to get Hallice Cooke and Nate Hawkins to get Elbert Robinson but outside of that I try to not follow a player until he's committed. I do realize that people tweet at them, and I have no problem when the ones doing it are the same age. It's the older guys doing it that are weird. It would seem to me that, if you're no longer college/aged, you shouldn't be tweeting at these kids. It comes across as really creepy. I understand some people find it creepy, different strokes for different folks. I personally hate alcohol but I dont say anything or judge anyone that drinks. The thing is before Twitter fans would yell at recruits at games, sign autographs etc on visits. This is basically the new way of doing so. Its a social forum that the players encourage fans to interact with them on a regular basis. It has become a social norm for player/fan interaction from the pros down to the high school level. Players constantly have the ask questions app on their twitters asking fans to ask any questions they want of them. Because of so many players and celebs doing this it has made many people feel they can do it to every player on a regular basis. It definitely strokes the ego's of the kids and they eat it up. I have talked to many of them at tournaments that come to Portland for Nike events and they talk about that stuff all the time. It may not be your cup of tea for YOU but to the players they want it and if there are Nebraska fans doing it just be happy they are so you dont have to. If NU fans werent out there doing it you can bet there may be a couple players that may not be in red today because they werent shown "the love".

Agree, glad the beer crisper is full!

I agree about the wow factor. But we should get a good RPI game out of it and will allow us to maybe get inroads to the basketball rich East Coast. That is what I think will help more than the games themselves.

Cornish would be huge. Smith/Cornish/Hammond (you can add Fuller since he took a RS) is a very strong foundation of freshmen. Add Morrow next year and we're not looking at a huge drop off in our starting 5 when Shields/Petteway/Pitchford are gone, IMO.

uneblinstu, I think you need to lock this thread now...

Coach Miles = Marketing genius!

I'm jealous.

And there may still be those opportunities. One of the cheerleaders seemed at least reasonably well endowed. Granted, I'm a long ways away and my eyes aren't so good ...

"One of the most overrated thoughts out there is that if you weren't a great player, you can't be a great coach," said Martin, who now coaches at South Carolina. "It's a big fallacy."

I love Coach Miles, but I'm starting to lose some optimism about his ability to close with recruits. I know we'll never compete with the likes of KU for recruits.....but pretty soon we need to start beating out the likes of Baylor, LSU, and Auburn. Not getting any visitors for "No Sit Sunday" was also a big disappointment.

Well, I don't know if they paid him or not, but at least we got this thread to 20 pages. I'm pretty sure we have a spotless record of not signing the players whose recruiting threads reach this length. Yay us!

If you don't think the majority of consistently successful college basketball programs are paying for players in some way, shape, or form, you're kidding yourself.

Mile$ Davi$ know$ what he'$ talking about.

MilesDavis NAILED this one on $cott Drew and the option$ he give$ recruit$.

Yeah, think you're right on that one. BTW, I wonder who all from LSU is transferring and if we have a chance at them I think we could have gotten anybody from Deng to LeBron to sign that night. Hell Dougie McBuckets would have quit Creighton that night and signed with us that night.But not Gibbs, we would not ever ask Gibbs.

People, plea$e. We didn't ea$e up on him becau$e of an injury. He just $aw $omething different with Baylor and $cott Drew that made him choo$e Waco. Never expected to get him when I heard Baylor and L$U were involved. We move on.

That might just be the worst post in the history of this board. Callahan had disdain for Nebraska and Nebraskans, and you praise him. He refused to even wear anything with Husker colors his last 2 months. He made more than Doc, and at the end just wanted to show off his offense no matter how bad we got beat. His own ego ruled as he swirled down the drain. Doc was completely opposite--competed like crazy and kept trying to the bitter end. I agreed with Dr. Tom's decision to make a change at that point, but it wasn't about lack of effort. You must not have been at any of the practices I went to. Doc never quit, and it's a pathetic cheap shot to suggest he did.

I'm sorry that a few of you are insulted, but the complete lack of recruiting success here his final two seasons was embarrassing. The diminished level of effort and positive energy on and off the court from when he started to when he finished was extremely noticeable. For as much as he was making, I have no sympathy for the "getting beat down" excuse that many seem eager to hand him. I don't know - If it was all Mountain Dew driven, then he should have kept chugging the stuff because that was not a very good coach in any way, shape, or form that walked out of the athletic department with a handsome treasure chest in tow. At least when he started, he inspired some gritty play to overcome his other deficiencies. When he gave up on that, there was nothing left at all and his extension rates as one of NU's worst decisions in a decade filled with some doozies. People ridicule Bill Callahan and I can see legitimate reasons for it, but you can never say that he wasn't trying with all he had. I respect the man for that and have wished him well ever since. I just do not have the same respect for Doc. When you pass a certain level of income, I think the expectations for commitment, effort, and devotion to the job raise to an extreme level. He seems quite personable, but I think he dropped the ball on those expectations when things did not break his way and would be surprised if he did not do so again. I think he would do well to continue as an assistant or operations person where the expectations are not so high. Well, Southern Miss can at least save on their basketball budget as some of us can recall the ever successful Doc philosophy of having multiple practices without them.

I live in Omaha. Our firefighters retire with Sadler-esque packages. I will forgive my own employees, others, and myself many (most) deficiencies, but lack of effort is one I just personally have an issue with. A firefighter that fiddles while my house burns would draw an angry email to the mayor and fire chief from this guy.

Sorry, but no top 20 finishes or conference titles in the major 3 mens sports in several years is not one of the most successful athletic programs by any definition. If you believe it is, then I frankly have problems taking what you say seriously. I applaud your blind and simple enthusiasm, though. Self threw his friend a bone in a low profile and modest administrative job just like Solich was able to fetch coffee for Bob Stoops. Sadler was able to do it because of his golden parachute. He had no intention of taking - or looking at - any coaching position that would have required responsibility and diminished his NU checks until they dried up.

That might just be the worst post in the history of this board. Callahan had disdain for Nebraska and Nebraskans, and you praise him. He refused to even wear anything with Husker colors his last 2 months. He made more than Doc, and at the end just wanted to show off his offense no matter how bad we got beat. His own ego ruled as he swirled down the drain. Doc was completely opposite--competed like crazy and kept trying to the bitter end. I agreed with Dr. Tom's decision to make a change at that point, but it wasn't about lack of effort. You must not have been at any of the practices I went to. Doc never quit, and it's a pathetic cheap shot to suggest he did. BC and his disdain, really? Bo looked a lot better with BC recruits than he does with his own. Bo tells the whole state to eff off, gets countless penalties called on himself, embarrasses NU with his actions and folks continue to support him. BC called TO a crusty old f$&k and it's not far from truth but since he was later fired by TO its easy to pile on. BC designed players and coaches facilities second to none and if he was not loyal to a fault to his DC he may still be the NU coach. Effort was not his problem, he was just not a good HC, not his fault he was all NU could find to take the job. Red is spot on about Doc, he quit, period. Don't care if he cried at the end, don't care if he had a bad stretch of luck with recruits or injuries. He coached and developed players like someone who never played the game at a high level, oh wait.... Never mind.

never said they had to be great players..... just said most have played the game. here is an example http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/24490175/ranking-the-ncaa-tournament-coaches-by-playing-career-1-68 all of this does not take away from Doc quitting and being a poor coach but divert from that as you wish.

I saw where 87% of "BCS" schools had signed their allotted classes in the fall signing period and a portion of the 13% left are guys like Turner that we would have no chance of landing. This leaves a small amount of room to find recruits once the season actually starts. Recruiting for hoops is usually 2 years out. This fall is the class they attacked right when they got on campus. If this year doesnt produce with the connections, tournament run, facilities, etc then I think we can really start to question. That sounds reasonable. I'm with Coach. Nothing impressive (on paper at least) about the 2014 class. 2015 will be a better barometer of how good this staff is at recruiting. And of course, the combination of Miles personality, plus what we have seen the last 2 years on the court (what counts most, right?) means I'm going to give the staff plenty of time to work out the kinks in their recruiting.

Joking, right? You're not actually tweeting at him, are you? You do realize how many people tweet at them right? I mean these guys retweet stuff all the time sent to them and thats just a tiny fraction. I know some people get worked up because "it may hurt Nebraska" trust me the NCAA can do nothing about it. Just go look at the tweets mentioning Jordan and you will see every fan base is working him hard. I can say I did it to Tarin to get Hallice Cooke and Nate Hawkins to get Elbert Robinson but outside of that I try to not follow a player until he's committed. I do realize that people tweet at them, and I have no problem when the ones doing it are the same age. It's the older guys doing it that are weird. It would seem to me that, if you're no longer college/aged, you shouldn't be tweeting at these kids. It comes across as really creepy.

Joking, right? You're not actually tweeting at him, are you? You do realize how many people tweet at them right? I mean these guys retweet stuff all the time sent to them and thats just a tiny fraction. I know some people get worked up because "it may hurt Nebraska" trust me the NCAA can do nothing about it. Just go look at the tweets mentioning Jordan and you will see every fan base is working him hard. I can say I did it to Tarin to get Hallice Cooke and Nate Hawkins to get Elbert Robinson but outside of that I try to not follow a player until he's committed. I do realize that people tweet at them, and I have no problem when the ones doing it are the same age. It's the older guys doing it that are weird. It would seem to me that, if you're no longer college/aged, you shouldn't be tweeting at these kids. It comes across as really creepy. Kind of creepy that anyone does it.