Jacob Padilla

Put together some summer highlights and my thoughts on them for both Frager and Janowski if anybody is interested.
 
https://hurrdatsports.com/nebraska-mens-basketball/nebraska-recruiting-breaking-down-fred-hoibergs-2024-signing-class/

Yeah, Creighton is 100% a scouting report defense where each game plan is tailored the opponent based on good shooters and poor ones. Nebraska looks to be playing the same way regardless of opponent. If this is the way they're going to play in conference, it makes sense to just work on it now even if they can win these games playing straight up. Try to get the rotations locked down and make it second nature. 

I think you've described it pretty well, and I also am not a huge fan of that concept in general. I think where they're coming from is if you look at the roster, there isn't a ton of lateral quickness or strong one-on-one defenders, especially when you're playing 2 or 3 of Tominaga, Williams, Wilcher and Coleman together. They'd probably struggle to stay in front in a more conservative scheme, and I think they'd have a tough time closing out under control to shooters out of traditional help positions. They also don't have a traditional rim protector (like Creighton with Kalkbrenner; they also chase guys off the line and funnel ball-handlers into mid-range shots or to Kalkbrenner at the rim, but they're less hectic in the way they do it because they have a two-time DPOY on the back line). So they try to offset that by flying around and speeding teams up. That works against bad teams and will catch some others off guard, but I think back to the game at Michigan State last year - it seemed like they know exactly what to expect and picked them apart. 

Yeah, Creighton is 100% a scouting report defense where each game plan is tailored the opponent based on good shooters and poor ones. Nebraska looks to be playing the same way regardless of opponent. If this is the way they're going to play in conference, it makes sense to just work on it now even if they can win these games playing straight up. Try to get the rotations locked down and make it second nature. 

It's been a mix of strength and conditioning, skill level and veteran guys ahead of them that have led to the determination that they'd get more out of redshirting. 

Since Diop is the one who started this discussion, if the Florida A&M game is what it's going to look like for him (not playing until the very end and struggling in those minutes), then I think there's an argument to be made he would be better served redshirting. If they think he'll progress enough to give them actual rotation minutes, then you play him. My response was more to the second half of your original statement because it's in line with a common thought I've seen here that redshirting is a thing of the past and you shouldn't do it anymore. That I disagree with.

I guess I'm wondering what qualifies as "meaningful." Why you would redshirt someone depends entirely on the player in question, his relationship with the coaches and the state of the roster/program. There is still value to a redshirt if everyone is on the same page and you have a good plan, and doing what's best for the player is still part of being a good college coach in my mind. Creighton has redshirted scholarship players three years in a row. Mason Miller is now starting and Jasen Green was competing for minutes before getting hurt. They have two scholarship freshmen redshirting now who were late adds taken as developmental prospects to fill the last couple of schollies. Their other freshman in Dotzler was on track to redshirt before making strides over the past few weeks, though it appears he's the 9th man and they may only go 8-deep in competitive games early.

I guess I'm wondering what qualifies as "meaningful." Why you would redshirt someone depends entirely on the player in question, his relationship with the coaches and the state of the roster/program. There is still value to a redshirt if everyone is on the same page and you have a good plan, and doing what's best for the player is still part of being a good college coach in my mind. Creighton has redshirted scholarship players three years in a row. Mason Miller is now starting and Jasen Green was competing for minutes before getting hurt. They have two scholarship freshmen redshirting now who were late adds taken as developmental prospects to fill the last couple of schollies. Their other freshman in Dotzler was on track to redshirt before making strides over the past few weeks, though it appears he's the 9th man and they may only go 8-deep in competitive games early.

I think you've described it pretty well, and I also am not a huge fan of that concept in general. I think where they're coming from is if you look at the roster, there isn't a ton of lateral quickness or strong one-on-one defenders, especially when you're playing 2 or 3 of Tominaga, Williams, Wilcher and Coleman together. They'd probably struggle to stay in front in a more conservative scheme, and I think they'd have a tough time closing out under control to shooters out of traditional help positions. They also don't have a traditional rim protector (like Creighton with Kalkbrenner; they also chase guys off the line and funnel ball-handlers into mid-range shots or to Kalkbrenner at the rim, but they're less hectic in the way they do it because they have a two-time DPOY on the back line). So they try to offset that by flying around and speeding teams up. That works against bad teams and will catch some others off guard, but I think back to the game at Michigan State last year - it seemed like they know exactly what to expect and picked them apart. 

I think you've described it pretty well, and I also am not a huge fan of that concept in general. I think where they're coming from is if you look at the roster, there isn't a ton of lateral quickness or strong one-on-one defenders, especially when you're playing 2 or 3 of Tominaga, Williams, Wilcher and Coleman together. They'd probably struggle to stay in front in a more conservative scheme, and I think they'd have a tough time closing out under control to shooters out of traditional help positions. They also don't have a traditional rim protector (like Creighton with Kalkbrenner; they also chase guys off the line and funnel ball-handlers into mid-range shots or to Kalkbrenner at the rim, but they're less hectic in the way they do it because they have a two-time DPOY on the back line). So they try to offset that by flying around and speeding teams up. That works against bad teams and will catch some others off guard, but I think back to the game at Michigan State last year - it seemed like they know exactly what to expect and picked them apart. 

I think you've described it pretty well, and I also am not a huge fan of that concept in general. I think where they're coming from is if you look at the roster, there isn't a ton of lateral quickness or strong one-on-one defenders, especially when you're playing 2 or 3 of Tominaga, Williams, Wilcher and Coleman together. They'd probably struggle to stay in front in a more conservative scheme, and I think they'd have a tough time closing out under control to shooters out of traditional help positions. They also don't have a traditional rim protector (like Creighton with Kalkbrenner; they also chase guys off the line and funnel ball-handlers into mid-range shots or to Kalkbrenner at the rim, but they're less hectic in the way they do it because they have a two-time DPOY on the back line). So they try to offset that by flying around and speeding teams up. That works against bad teams and will catch some others off guard, but I think back to the game at Michigan State last year - it seemed like they know exactly what to expect and picked them apart. 

Lawrence actually only shot 50% at the rim last year which is pretty poor, and that showed up on film. He's not terribly explosive athletically, and touch around the rim has looked to be a problem as well. That's definitely an area in which he needs to improve if he's going to be the player Nebraska fans think he can be.

Lawrence actually only shot 50% at the rim last year which is pretty poor, and that showed up on film. He's not terribly explosive athletically, and touch around the rim has looked to be a problem as well. That's definitely an area in which he needs to improve if he's going to be the player Nebraska fans think he can be.

In-state recruiting became a priority for Loenser as soon as he started recruiting post-Abdelmassih. 

In-state recruiting became a priority for Loenser as soon as he started recruiting post-Abdelmassih. 

He's Jordy's brother.
 
Talking with a Summit League coach recently (not UNO), he'd be a no-brainer for them. They just haven't offered yet because they're gauging his level; don't want to put too much into recruiting him if he's going to end up as a sure high-major kid. That's where he's at right now — D-I for sure, but what level remains to be seen. Ball-handling and athleticism would be the concerns, but he may still get to true wing size (his brother is 6'7" and played baseball at UNO).

I think you can probably pencil Tominaga, Lawrence and Williams in as close to 40% guys. 
 
Less confident about Mast, Coleman, Wilcher and Allick. They're the swing guys. We've all seen what Wilcher has been; hard to predict what he'll be this season because of it. 
 
Mast has been low-volume; there's really not a whole lot separating 35% from 28% when you're taking 2-3 per game (see Mast's three seasons a Bradley). He really needs his feet set to shoot a good percentage from what I saw when I did my film study, which limits his versatility and effectiveness as a shooter. Allick is similar in that he's shown the ability to hit 3s at a decent rate, but it's been low volume and in only two of his four seasons.
 
Coleman's shooting has been all over the place throughout his career (including 30% during his only high-major season to date), and in the film I watched from last year he missed a lot of good looks but also knocked in some really tough ones. Overall, I would have liked to see more of his shots go in than I did based on the kind of player he is.
 
I'll believe it when I see it on Gary (didn't love what I saw in the 20 minutes of practice warm-up we got to see). 

He's Jordy's brother.
 
Talking with a Summit League coach recently (not UNO), he'd be a no-brainer for them. They just haven't offered yet because they're gauging his level; don't want to put too much into recruiting him if he's going to end up as a sure high-major kid. That's where he's at right now — D-I for sure, but what level remains to be seen. Ball-handling and athleticism would be the concerns, but he may still get to true wing size (his brother is 6'7" and played baseball at UNO).

Noah Boyed and A'mare Bynum are visiting Saturday. They won' be there tonight, unless something has changed.

He's a 6-foot-4 4/5 man. Heck of an athlete and a really productive high school basketball player (he's averaged 12-8-4-3-2 for his career basically), but he can't really shoot and isn't a dynamic ball-handler. D-II would probably be his upside had he been focused primarily on basketball. 

The biggest weakness I see is dynamic on-ball creation. There isn't really anybody on the roster who is adept at beating his man off the dribble to create an advantage for himself or collapse a defense and get a teammate open reliably. There isn't really a plus athlete in the backcourt, and that will be a problem on defense as well. There's only so much scheming you can do; eventually your guys just have to win in key moments. 

The biggest weakness I see is dynamic on-ball creation. There isn't really anybody on the roster who is adept at beating his man off the dribble to create an advantage for himself or collapse a defense and get a teammate open reliably. There isn't really a plus athlete in the backcourt, and that will be a problem on defense as well. There's only so much scheming you can do; eventually your guys just have to win in key moments. 

The biggest weakness I see is dynamic on-ball creation. There isn't really anybody on the roster who is adept at beating his man off the dribble to create an advantage for himself or collapse a defense and get a teammate open reliably. There isn't really a plus athlete in the backcourt, and that will be a problem on defense as well. There's only so much scheming you can do; eventually your guys just have to win in key moments. 

It could simply be a NIL comparison for some guys but all schools offer NIL just like all schools offer facilities or conference prestige or geographic location or style of play or brand afflation or whatever. I suppose that NIL is more a factor for this height of player because they're aren't nearly as many.
 
At the end of the day it's relationship with the coaching staff and fit.  Money is nice but most guys want to go into a situation where they feel comfortable/set up to succeed. I wouldn't say I've talked to a ton of recruits but the ones I have it's almost always about the assistant recruiting them.

Here's my final film study for Hail Varsity on Coleman.
 
https://hailvarsity.com/basketball/nebrasketball-film-study-ball-state-transfer-jarron-coleman/

Here's my final film study for Hail Varsity on Coleman.
 
https://hailvarsity.com/basketball/nebrasketball-film-study-ball-state-transfer-jarron-coleman/