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Damn straight!!

Kind of surprised it didn't happen sooner. A unanimous vote on a message board is about unheard of. Probably someone just messing around or being a contrarian. I doubt we'll hear any actual reasons why her number wouldn't be retired.

He played 93 minutes in 18 games. Averaged 5.2 minutes in those games. 7 field goals, 3 free throws, 7 turnovers, 21 boards. He did make a 3 pointer. I bet the place went nuts when that happened.

Great post, Sam. I had to laugh when I read your comments about Lindsey's defense, however--we had a former poster on the women's board (Chipper F1) who ripped Moore for her defense for 4 years. I never understood it, but I guess everyone with a keyboard can fire up some posts. Hope you will continue to visit us now and then.

The team has had plenty of practices outside. That's not why they look like they are going thru the motions in some of these games. They are 24 games into the season...we are a mediocre baseball team because they will do not do the little things well. As I noted in the past in which I was told that I was wrong...it's the same thing that has been happening for three years now. I don't believe it's a talent issue...not sure how much of it is coaching. Either way, this staff hasn't got it done so far and year 3 is looking like more of the same. There haven't been very many major leaguers who had good look coaching college ball....still too early to say Erstad will be a failure of a hire but the early results don't look very good right now. It's one thing to lose but when you have multiple games where your team looks disinterested then something is wrong. Last night we looked like we didn't want to be there.Thye have been outside but in 30 degree temps. Hard to get good when you have three layers of clothes on to stay warm, and the ground is as hard as playing in the street. I thought we played better this year in the warmer weather. I would not have wanted to be at KSU last night either. We might be just an average team, but I think we will get better. to add to this it was 28 degrees with a wind chill of 18 in Iowa City on Sunday I'm sure Huskerbaseball would have been able to play his best in those conditions. Give it a rest alreadySo Iowa didn't play in the same conditions? Is that what you are arguing? Or gasp....could it be this team is mentally weak which is why they are wildly inconsistent? Think before you post. The weather is just another bogus excuse for an under achieving program right now. Well, have you considered the chance that things may not be as bleak as you portray them? We get it by now: You don't like Erstad and think he was a bad hire. You think 2 1/2 seasons post-Anderson is enough to know, and you have no problem personally going after the coaches at every turn. You have every right to have those opinions. And, you may be right. But you're getting personal about it, and you've flogged the horse within an inch of its life if it isn't dead already. It's a message board of Husker fans. It's only natural that you get a little push back to a relentless, unabridged negative attack on "our" team and coaches. I've expressed concern about some of the same things you notice with the team. There are some ominous signs with fundamentals and mental errors. But I'm not ready to conclude that we have bad coaches and things won't improve. Even if I'm wrong with a more balanced perspective than you have, I'm still going to go to the home games, and watch and listen to the away games, to enjoy them and look for improvement. And I will try to not let your decidedly negative viewpoint take the fun out of the baseball board. The latter may be easier said than done. If I had to predict, for this year, I'm very confident we will play better baseball, reduce physical and mental errors, and be more consistent with our offensive approach. I do think we'll struggle on the mound from a depth standpoint all year. I think the coaches know we have issues there. They wouldn't be giving a true freshman like Hohensee so many chances, and bringing a brand new guy (Austin Christensen) to the mound for the first time this late in the season, if they didn't have concerns about the number of guys they have who can do the job. Ultimately we'll be pretty good in conference. Hopefully enough to make a regional, but if not, I'm not going to declare that 3 years is a magical time frame in which we have to declare the Erstad hire a failure. I'm still glad he's our guy.

Congrats, Buglem. Man, I sucked compared to last year. And, I guess I was last, according to Ricky Bobby. I would hand the crown over to you, or give you the traveling trophy, but since the prize was a jar of Cip's salsa, I can't do that. It was consumed many moons ago. I can report it was damn good. Now, honor the august group of past champions with your deeds and actions. And your posts.

I too am frustrated by poor pitching and base running, but at the risk of being called delusional, I'll focus on a couple of positives: Ryan Boldt is a good baseball player. Really good. Jake Plazcek is playing good baseball. OK, carry on.

Agree; Connie would argue we are a better team with her in the lineup, despite the shooting deficiencies and sometimes playing 4 on 5 on defense. We may be able to reduce her minutes from the upper 30s, but if healthy she'll continue to start and get big minutes.

Couldn't disagree more. Baylor is good. Baylor had something to do with how we played. And our weaknesses were exposed. To make it sound like a choke job by us is absurd. We coached our brains out to make it a 14 point loss. We were fortunate Baylor didn't shoot like it did against Creighton, but we also may have had something to do with that.

It's a no-brainer. Not even subject to debate. I suppose the only issue is timing. It will, and should, take several years, but it won't be as long as for Ivy. Hooper is 1st in 3 pointers, 2nd all-time scoring, 2nd all-time rebounding, tied for 1st all-time double-doubles, top 10 all-time Big 10 in scoring and rebounding, top 5 at NU all time starts and minutes played. Just some highlights. 3 NCAA tourney berths during her tenure, including a Round of 32, Sweet 16. Big 10 tourney title.

Nice win tonight. Nice gumption coming back from an early deficit. Glad to see Pritchard get it going.

No one is expected to stand. But if you don't, you may not be able to see. Kind of like paying for a seat but running the risk of sitting behind Dave Hoppen. lol..I know the people behind me next season better be ready to either be standing with me or looking at my back side. I plan on standing. If they make the comment that they paid for their seats so have a right to see the game...I will just say I paid for mine too so I have just as much a right to stand and sit when I chose. Good luck with the ushers, and then the police, if you insist on that every game, all game, all season.

Couldn't have said it any better than this.

Ryan Miller's name received a LOT of play (perhaps not publically, but from the proverbial "source close to the program") when Miles first compiled his staff here, so mention this time isn't surprising. Will be interesting to see it all unfold.

" Well, I don't want to get into a semantics argument between young and inexperienced at this level. I will be precise: With regard to position players, we are inexperienced. Many of them had zero D1 innings before this year. If you would like me to go through each player, I would be happy to, because these things are facts. You can argue Jucos and age and any other issue you want, but the fact is most of our position players are very inexperienced at the D1 level. Please do....outside of Boldt and Reveles the position each position player is either in year 2 or longer in this program. Coincidentally, those two are not the problem...thus, I'm failing to see how our poor play can be chalked up to inexperience. But again..this isn't football, Erstad is not recruiting guys that he thinks will only contribute 2-3 years down the road. Freshman come in and can be impact players right away....JUCO guys are not recruited in hopes that some day they may have enough experience to make an impact. This is not an inexperienced team, sorry...that's a cop out. If you think we are inexperienced this year...then you will be saying the same thing next year because in baseball there is always alot of roster turnover with the draft and kids transferring out. Saying that the bulk of our position players have little division 1 game experience/at bats is not an opinion, it is a fact. I will detail when time allows. Whether it matters, or should be a factor to look at with regard to what is happening on the field, or is an "excuse/cop out", is a matter of opinion. The inexperience issue with regard to position players was just one of my points above in a couple of recent points about the team (in which I agree with much of what you have been saying), and it has taken on a life of its own greater than intended. it is clear from listening to Erstad that he is frustrated that the team isn't buying into our offensive approach. The fact that many of the players have no or few D1 at bats was just offered as a reason for THAT (not all things concerning the team). It took Miles 3 months and a lot of strife to get the basketball players to accept their roles and to play in a way for them to be successful. While that is ultimately the job of the coach, it also takes things to happen over time--that is, to have players who have always been successful meet with some failure. These guys are resisting right now, and are learning the hard way. Will they come together? Usually they do, and the talent then takes over. But some years it just doesn't happen for whatever reason. In baseball, it's a little harder because its more difficult to get the point across through dramatically reduced playing time, due to numbers. I suspect there will be some cathartic moments (some probably already happened on the way home from Iowa City). Hopefully leaders will emerge on the team and they will get things turned around. We improved greatly during the season last year so hopefully it will happen again. But you are correct in that a big hole has been dug with regard to an at large bid. We may have to win the tournament, which would be sweet at TD Ameritrade.

Pheasants. Lots of 'em.

You referring to Moe, Norm? He does fit that definition. Actually, Moe did coach at TCU, but he didn't take them to the NCAA. I'm drawing a blank here, Norm, who do you have in mind? Moe was an assistant at Nebraska. He got a "head gig" (at Nebraska), and took the team to the NCAA tournament. Too bad Norm doesn't make salsa, or I would get me some.

You referring to Moe, Norm? He does fit that definition.

I think there's a misfire somewhere in here. One is talking about Spoonhour being a former NU assistant who became a head coach and I think the other is thinking that Spoonhour is a suggestion for our next assistant coach. Correct--was wondering how we would interview him!

That's a joke, right? Not much of one, really. I think it's a pretty short list over the last 30 years. My bad, since the post didn't quote the earlier post, I tracked it to the wrong one

That's a joke, right?

" Well, I don't want to get into a semantics argument between young and inexperienced at this level. I will be precise: With regard to position players, we are inexperienced. Many of them had zero D1 innings before this year. If you would like me to go through each player, I would be happy to, because these things are facts. You can argue Jucos and age and any other issue you want, but the fact is most of our position players are very inexperienced at the D1 level.

She's probably not having a good time at the moment....

Not surprised, but selfishly I was hoping for another year. Hope he gets it done there. I'm sure Miles has some guys in mind, as Smith was going to get a head coaching job; just a question of when.

Actually most of our position players are 1st or second year playing D1.