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I don't think there is any notion that Miles can't recruit. Only knock against him for awhile was he couldn't recruit a big man. This would be a nice bonus if we can land this kid.

Well done by Coach Miles and company!!!!!

All correct except the Gavitt games are not guaranteed every year as not all teams get to participate since Big East doesn't have as many teams as Big 10

Exactly......probably even less than a 0% chance.

Already was granted his release so he is officially gone and not coming to NU.

Sounds like Duby Okeke part II

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Miles had he opportunity to build off 2013/14 season by going to NCAA tournament and being named National Coach of the Year and put this program on the map. We were preseason ranked the following year and ended up going 13-18. So hard to say this season should be launching pad and AD is messing it up by not giving him a longer extension. Yes, we had a decent number of wins this year which only got a # 5 seed in NIT. I hardly think that is a launching board that will vault us into sustained success. So far, Miles hasn't shown any indication of that. I would love to see it happen but based on Miles track record here at NU, it doesn't seem likely.

This would be good enough for Husker fans if it was the norm and not the exception. He should be evaluated for his 6 years here and not just based on last year. I've been a huge Miles supporter but I want someone that can capitalize on a successful season instead of following it up with another bad year. I do agree that Moos should have decided if he thinks Miles is his guy or not and acted accordingly. Extending it only 1 (or even 2) years is not a vote of confidence. Based on Miles record, I think I might have decided to go a new direction. We have finished 10th place or lower in the conference every year except two. He has an overall winning percentage of .500% and conference record of .426%. He is 0-6 against Creighton and 0-1 in NCAA tournament and 0-1 in NIT. Not exactly the kind of numbers that warrant an extension.

1) won't effect recruiting as Miles is still under a 3 year contact with the possibility to extend it if can finally have back to back good seasons for a change 2) won't have any effect on attendance. I doubt people will not show up cause Miles only got a 1 year extension 3) didn't set the program back at all. If Miles is the right coach, he should be able to capitalize on our success this year. If not, then it's time to look for another coach. He has had enough time to prove it and so far, he hasn't.

Would did you expect Moos to do? I would have only offered a 1 or maybe 2 year extension at most as well. Miles hasn't proved he can get us any further than he has in 6 years so why give him an longer term contract? If he has another good year next year, then he could earn a longer contract but if not, then Moos can fire him and not pay out a lot of money. Seems pretty logical to me. You look worse if you give him a 4 year extension and then fire him the next year. I think Moos did the right thing in this situation.

Kenya Hunter left and we lost our top recruit for next year. And our top 3 players are all being evaluated for the draft. That is what has changed. Most likely Roby will be back, 50/50 on Palmer returning and would say 95% Copeland will be gone. Most likely Miles will be back next year but I'd be shocked if Moos hasn't put some feelers out to other coaches even with him saying Tim is his coach. What else would you expect him to say until he has another coach hired?

Exactly, I didn't think that Moos would take the third option. From the outside it doesn't look good. Maybe we haven't heard anything is because is he shopping around for a new coach and taking his time to make sure we have a "home run" hire this time. I would have to believe if he was extending Miles contract, it would be done already. Sure makes me think there is more going on behind the scenes than we know about.

To me, this should be a pretty easy call for Moo's. When you look at Miles overall resume here at NU, he should not be granted any extension. In fact, I wouldn't be shocked if Moos is already looking at other coaches to gauge interest. If he was "all in" on Miles, he would have already offered extension. Why grant an extension when there is a chance you may need to fire him next year and just pay additional money. If I was Moos, I'd just let Miles coach next year under current contract or fire him now. I've been a huge Miles fan but doesn't appear Miles is going to put this program at the level we all should expect it to be on a consistant basis. I think it's time for a change in direction.

He could but they only make like $25,000 a year in that league.

Dana only has the #2 rated recruiting class in the country for next year so can see why you don't think he would be a good hire.

That is the problem under Miles is that we seem like we are in "rebuild" mode every year. Most good programs can still be competitive with the loss of players but for some reason, we can't.

I agree with everything except the part about just getting to the tournament. That should not be the expectation. It should be winning in the tournament. We seems to accept just getting to the tournament as it was a good year. We really need to raise the expectation to not only being in the tournament, but actually winning once we get there.

There is obviously no quote from anyone in the athletic department but you can easily see why there is speculation from the local media: Coaching record at Nebraska = 97 - 97 (.500) only 2 winning seasons at Nebraska 0 - 1 in NCAA tournament 0-1 in NIT tournament Only 46 - 62 in Conference games (.426) Finished 10th place or lower in conference in 4 of his 6 seasons If you were the AD, what would you do? Looking at the resume, I'd have to question whether or not he is the coach to take us to where we want to go or not. Based on his numbers, I'd have to say no. But most likely, he will get a contract extension. But for people to think he's not on the hot seat aren't looking at the big picture.

Moos is in a very difficult spot. Shawn should have either extended or fired Miles last year. Not it's more difficult coming off a 22 win season. Obviously, you can fire Miles if you base it just on this season. But if you look at his overall resume at NU, it is not good after 6 years. Even the year we made the NCAA's, we didn't have a great year, we just rewarded for getting hot down the stretch. Problem is Miles had a chance to capitalize on that success and he didn't. Then we took huge steps backwards until this year. If Miles is retained and we take a huge step backwards again, then he should be fired but that comes on the heels of extending his contract this year. I don't see Moos making any sudden decisions on this. First of all, any coach we'd want to go after is probably still playing. And Moos might want to see what players are returning for next year before he decides what to do. Either way, he is in a tough spot.

Most people don't hate Miles. They hate the fact that he has ZERO post season wins, two winning seasons and a .500 record in 6 seasons at Nebraska.

Miles would have been fired by now without Kenya Hunter. He is the only reason Tim is still employed here with his recruiting efforts.

The Bracketmatrix has us in the same spot as well where we'd need to move up about 8 spots to get in. I really want to make the field but have a bad feeling we are going to come up a win short this year.

I don't think we'd be a dark horse in the Big 10 title race but rather potentially picked to win the conference next year.

I think your are right but hope you are wrong as well. Looking like we might come up about 1 win (or loss) short to make the field.