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Would like to see us recruit some quick jumping type big men. We are going to have to win with defense here. Not sure if Hoiberg is capable of winning with that style of basketball but he is trying it at least. I was encouraged for the most part. We need to recruit rim protection for it to work though. We have absolutely none and that will be an achilles heel. At the end of the day, it will be more fun watching us compete by playing hard and lose plenty than watching us underachieve and not try on defense and lose. I still stand on the island that we will be better than most here think, but there are obvious limitations on the ceiling of this bunch. We will need Keisei shooting out there a lot IMO. He does understand defensive positioning but his limitations on that end don't mesh well with having no rim protection. Fred going to have to thread the needle perfectly to make this work well.

We are going to be so much better than most people here think. Simply trying very hard and having guys that have fire taking the defensive end of the court seriously will help so much. It is also impossible to run when getting the ball out of the hoop unless you are Per Stumer. It obviously won't be an offensively gifted bunch, but Fred can coach offense and generate shots. We will get open shots. I am looking forward to watching us play as good of defense as we have seen since Craig Smith left.

Chinander

He does have stability here in a different sense. A lot of family and friends in Nebraska, where his dad is from. We could really use this great young man on and off the court.

We made the final three. He cancelled this weekend visit to NW. It is Nebraska, Notre Dame or Davidson.

damn

2nd your thoughts on Hansen. Also worries me a little now that you mention it, as someone posted something about a potential hire being "one of the good guys in college basketball" and he is a nice guy seemingly. Just can't coach very well.

I just suffered through the replay of this as I do every preseason game for scouting purposes. Heard the name but it didn't register to me that it was him. Still cannot believe he didn't shoot the ball better while here. Had a nice looking stroke but it never went in.

Is there a reason that there cannot be any speculation on rumored hires?

Well since the (we are listed first and it is not in alphabetical order) theory has never worked here is to hoping being listed last does.

This would be a horrific hire and thankfully one that would never be considered.

One benefit is Nebraska potentially having better connections to the Southern California region than most of the current league. Damn I miss the good old days of the gas station Saturday basketball Big 8 doubleheaders though.

I don’t think so. Personally, I am not predicting that we will have one, just stating that I feel we must have one if we are to do well in the near future.

Elite. We aren’t going to be winning a lot of beauty contests anytime soon.

Play elite defense is the only way we are likely to be in top half. Some will say it is hard to watch. I say playing no defense before some coaching responsibility shifts was much tougher to watch.

While I don't agree with Steve Kerr political antics(prefer sports left to get away from that stuff much like this message board), that guy can flat out coach. The Warriors players are the only ones you hear mentioned, but there is no way they get this run done without amazing adjustments and coaching by Kerr.

We aren’t going to be the most intimidating outfit “walking off the bus.”

I have watched every second of every NBA playoff game for scouting purposes. Many on DVR obviously. Has makings of a deep very good series.

Respect your thoughts in general. Curious if you have any further insight or just a gut feeling type thing.

Softball not in the discussion. Won a big ten championship in a 6 or 7 bid league. Got a tough spot to play in and didn't play at highest ability that weekend.

I also was going to mention keisei for what it is worth, presuming he is here. He has obvious limitations but can shoot the heck out if it and I think he will do a better job of doing just that in a more structured situation.

Not to my eyes. We played way harder on defense than we were all year IMO. We might have been fortunate to actually win, but the effort was significantly different.

Since this thread is already not about the transfer portal since we are done with it, I do think that Albers meeting with Hoiberg had some things involving playing a brand of basketball that relatively blue collar Nebraskans can appreciate. We immediately started playing harder after that meeting. We sort of reinvented the wheel on the fly and got immediate results. You don't just waltz in to Ohio St and a top 5 rated Wisconsin senior day and win without great effort. Granted Verge dominated under the new found structure that got players in spots to succeed, rather than just playing hero ball. It is clear to me that Hoiberg was way too confident in his group to just play for most of the season. At Nebraska we are going to have to be an elite defensive team to have success. It might not be what some want to watch, but it is simply the truth. We tried the other way. It was awful to watch. I hope Hoiberg is finally placing the emphasis on defense first. You can still run off defensive rebounds. We don't have to play slow, but we have to play great defense.

Fred biggest strength is finding a way to get he ball in the hoop, especially with unselfish players. So in some ways, I would suggest that he is the answer.