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We're going to fire Fred for Christmas? I mean, come on. He's going to finish the season and we'll see if he wins enough games to make it interesting.

Absolutely. Frost getting fired was a completely different situation. Football was in a downward spiral with some decent talent on the team with the potential that the season could be salvaged under new leadership. Trev specifically said after he fired frost that part of the reason to do it so early was to give the team and players a chance this year. On the basketball side we have a under talented team that appears to be battling their butts off to get anything they can out of the year. Hitting reset and canning our coach doesn’t give the players a better shot to win, it probably gives them a much worse shot.

We lost one of the best back line players in the country due to injury. Overcoming an injury such as that, late in the season, would make a final four run remarkable in my book. But that is solely my humble opinion that may, or may not be shared by others. Team continuity and chemistry can be fickle. I compare it to a simple chair. With all four legs it is strong and stable. Lose one of the legs and it becomes much less stable and unless it is is properly manipulated and stabilized, will fail. Cook and his staff are the best of the best. If anyone can find the stabilization, it is that bunch. But again, it would be a remarkable feat.

Found it on her Twitter page. https://twitter.com/HuskersWBB/status/1597394340758032386?t=xwgGhlNcPJmtQMoeoSUv3A&s=19

Active in-state guys we wanted but didn't get out of HS: Jr. Max Murrell, 4.9/3.0 in 14 min/game So. Hunter Sallis, 5.1/2.9, 33% from 3 So. Chucky Hepburn, 9.7/3.7/2.8, 39% from 3 Fr. Jasen Green redshirting Fr. Isaac Traudt redshirting Active in-state guys we said "eff it" out of HS: Sr. Baylor Schierman, 12.0/9.3, 44% from 3 Sr. Sam Griesel, 10.9/5.1/4.4 Sr. John Tonje, 15.1/6.3, 38% from 3 Sr. Josia Allick, 9.5/8.0 in 29 min/game Jr. Charlie Easley, 9.0/2.9/1.3, 42% from 3 So. Frankie Fidler, 11.0/5.5 in 31 min/game Fr. Luke Jungers, 7.3/3.1, 31% from 3 Not sure where to list the Arops or Donovan Williams because we didn't really blow them off coming out of HS. I'm including Easley in this group, though, because he was a walk-on who is now a scholarship D1 player. And we didn't offer him. But, anyway, who's having more of an impact: The guys we whiffed on or the guys we spurned?

Of course we read every detail. We're Husker fans. We track planes. We know the names of all the local cable installers. No detail gets past us

Finally listening to parts of this. I'd agree. That wasn't as bad as some of you are making it out to be. I found him quite complimentary of the place. I would also, in theory, agree with him that he did his job as far as getting guys here. Two of Hoiberg's teams, if they were effectively managed from a leadership/culture/chemistry perspective, should have had their records flipped around. He also, according to everything I have read here and elsewhere, was just an absolutely terrible assistant coach from a leadership/chemistry/culture/basketball perspective. But nonetheless, that is a failure on FH, and FH alone, for letting stuff like that fester and for how long it did. I would have canned him a long time ago, recruits be damned, if he ever remotely disrespected my authority or undermined me. You absolutely, 100%, cannot have that on a coaching staff. There has to be harmony and cooperation.

We do tend to beat ourselves quite often…

Nebraska's history in the B1G/ACC Challenge: Record: 5-6 Home: 2-3 Away: 3-3 Current Streak: 3-game losing streak 2022: TBD vs. Boston College 2021: Loss at NC State (100-104 OT) 2020: Loss vs. Georgia Tech (64-75) 2019: Loss at Georgia Tech (56-73) 2018: Win at Clemson (68-66) 2017: Win vs. Boston College (71-62) 2016: Loss at Clemson (58-60) 2015: Loss vs. Miami (72-77 OT) 2014: Win at Florida State (70-65) 2013: Win vs. Miami (60-49) 2012: Win at Wake Forest (79-63) 2011: Loss vs. Wake Forest (53-55)

Unless he does something really dumb no way will he be fired by Xmas. He is in a much different spot than Frost.

You know what they say. When the going gets tough... find somebody worse than you to make you feel better.

Enjoy some Van Morrison.

BIG result we are in the knockout stage go USA!!!

If you told me before group play started we would only score 2 goals I would have thought we would be on our way home.

Well worth it! I don’t mind the draw against the Dutch either.

That took time off my life.

I’m not liking the feel of this one. Feels like the Wales game. Still think we need two.

Not even a review...LIES!

Except those secret trips on game days. Haha!

Big one today boys. First time ever that the starting lineup has NO MLS players. I swear though… if we only see Gio for less than 20 minutes this entire WC, that’s cause for immediate termination.

After this game, both teams will be 5–3.

Per his press conference, we can finally put this thread to bed. Looks like we’ll have to stick with “Health Reasons”

Just making sure people read these things...

i had to listen to it on my phone on the way home. too bad it didn't have matt and jeff's call with the video...........it was GREAT!!!

Just go read that USA today article....

Right. Especially if it’s “The truth”.

Told my son that "Pitt is not good at basketball" but as a Nebraska basketball fan we've already had the 'when bad teams win' talk

That long?

Yes, but have they seen a basketball player like Point Walker yet? I think not!

Why not just say it?

Wow! That's unbelievable.

Think you guys are twisting this Lloyd deal. Here is Ramel senior's stats To me senior is looking at Junior's situation through the lens of his own career and if you can take off your homer hat for a minute he isn't wrong. Seems as though the days of people yearning for guys to redshirt are over.

We already have the Gavitt Games. With the way we've been going just give us Stenson or Elon.

https://womenshoopsworld.com/2022/11/27/las-vegas-tournament-disaster-should-never-have-happened/

It seems ludicrous to think that Alberts looks at these 3 games in the same way. He doesn't appear to be that short sighted. Perhaps if we are completely non-competitive then the narrative shifts but to think Fred has to make some noise against three top 10 teams seems like a bit of a stretch. Losing all three may be a part of any narrative of why he is fired at the end of the year (along with a lot of losses in the BIG as well) but I can't imagine losing these three games causes him to get the ax in season.

Then we have to win this last one.

At this point, I think it would a remarkable feat to make it to Omaha. That said, Cook has the chops to make it happen.

Hey Fever - go ahead and take me out of the contest. Life got busy and I missed multiple games predictions Well unless you want to believe I would have guessed them all perfectly!

Surprised Derrick hadn't scored 20 points in a game before but then I think back to how much Teddy and then Bryce/Verge dominated the shots

A big question for me is— does Walker change the outcome of OU or St Johns? It’s a hard question with no solid answer. However, I believe that he could have. We’re now 1-1 with Walker. Wednesday is big! BC is probably better than FSU and is hovering around where we are in KenPom. The next three after BC are very likely losses, so it’ll be important to grab the BC game. After seeing us play FSU, I believe we could give lower level B1G teams enough fits to pull out some W’s. However we have no room for error as a team. Unfortunately, we don’t have the luxury to have an “off night” and pull out a W. Already mentioned in this thread, but Keisei has been a really nice piece to have off the bench. So many wrote him off last year, through the summer, and earlier this month. He’s this years version of Benny Parker, young Tai Webster, etc. Every year we have someone who takes a lot of criticism because of their faults and doesn’t get a lot of praise for their good. KT has his faults and areas of struggle. But he’s not “just a shooter” for us this year. He’s done a lot of good on the O end. He does lack a little on the D end, but like I said. Role players have faults. He’s not an all star, but he’s definitely earned his spot.

The Volleyball team got a break with a 2 seed in the the Louisville regional so they chances are better for making it to Omaha. Was thinking we would get with Texas, or Wisconsin.

Walker at Point Forward gives us added dimension on offense. He is a good passer and the ball moved. We scored points in the paint. Hard to believe s Leonard Hamilton team is struggling so much.

Its a win over a P5 team. There won't be many more this season. Watching Walker run point was fun! We all know this teams deficiencies so no need to pile on. Let's enjoy the win

Trev handled this football coaching search like an absolute pro - negotiating to have College Game Day interview Rhule live minutes after they announced it is another genius move. As he did at UNO with hockey, when he finds the person he wants as the coach, he's relentless. I don't know if we'll ever get the whole story on how things went with Rhule over the past couple weeks, but I'd guess it wasn't nearly as smooth as we'll publicly be told it was. Yet, Trev ended up hiring the guy he wanted. If and when he does an NU basketball coaching search, it will be done in the same manner. It's just who Trev is. I don't know that he'll pull one of the top candidates for NU hoops like he did in football, but he also has / had a high success rate at UNO with hiring relatively unknown coaches / coaches from a lower level who've taken their UNO programs to higher levels than they were at previously. Considering the limited resources UNO has for everything outside hockey (and even for hockey when compared to the powerhouses), it's a pretty impressive hit rate.

McDermott disagrees.

I listened to it. He dipped his toes into it when they talked about how great of a job he did recruiting and how bad he felt about not winning but then just started doubling down into blaming Nebraska fans for essentially being suckers for spending their money on a losing product in Nebraska. They don't get into him leaving the team and then not being retained. He is willing to meet up with you if you were mean to him on twitter. Otherwise he just talks in circles. He brings up how success is mostly about the guys you bring in about 15 minutes after talking about how great a job he did bringing in guys, stuff like this. In summary

He plays center at Tulane. He's basically the same size as Derrick Walker. When you look at his numbers, he really looks like Derrick Walker. No room for a post player who could handle the ball, was a good passer, and you could put on the floor as a freshman because we needed to pick up guys like Elijah Wood and Keon Edwards. STAR CITY BABY!!!