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Also didn’t play defense the second half, among other glaring problems. First 3 minutes of the second half wasn’t on the refs. It was us.

Anyone surprised by this utter collapse hasn’t been paying attention. Worst Husker team in my long lifetime, but let’s all blame the refs

I'm counting the sportsmanship award. Cause Thor's a cool dude.

Seems doubtful, as that would require brains, common sense, and competence. Not qualities on display with the Big 10.

Actually, Kate gave quite a hint in the quotes in the Senior Day articles. It seemed pretty obvious she is not coming back. Can't recall if it was the LJS article or OWH, or both. But it was pretty clear she's done here, unless she's had a change of heart. Perhaps someone can find and post.

And I’ll support him if he gets here. And hope I’m wrong as rain.

Everyone is way out over their skis on this one. And yeah, I’m happy to see how this post ages. Talk to me in a year, and if he’s here, and good in the Big, I’ll own it.

Box score has Helms playing a minute. Remarkable!

Trey’s not really a point guard either. Gotta go find one. Really disappointing to be heading into year 3 trying to find a serviceable point guard. And get some shooters, for Cryin’ out loud.

Today's article suggest that there is a chance that Perry could be available sometime during the season. I've heard that's a long shot, but who knows.

Wow. Hopefully Ames Husker will stay in Ames. And on ISU Board. Complete idiot.

Yes, Perry is no go

That's what she said. But I think she mainly meant #3.

Awesome video choice, Bugs. If REO had never been invented, I would have better hearing in my 60s.

No. Spelled differently.

I mean, I let semi-colon misuse go, but I hit my water mark on Blanton and Ivan.

Seriously, with the names? At this point of the season, multiple references on this thread alone to "Blanton", and now "Ivan ". Your way of trolling?

Jimmy, half-full isn’t allowed. That’s against the rules. You have to be completely full, until after 3 years. You must not have gotten the memo.

There’s plenty of reasonable evidence right now. You and Art can try to set an arbitrary timeline for it, but you’re not the sole arbiters.

I’m just saying that for a team that has lost 26 straight conference games, with some putrid non-conference losses, the criticism hasn’t been that sharp. Certainly not by message board standards, although this one has always been better than most. So when there is a well though-out post, respectfully articulated like Diehards, I’m going to defend him. Ok for people to disagree with him, or me, or someone who even thinks Banton will play in the NBA. But people should be able to post like that without recrimination. Yes, we’re only in the second year. On the other hand, the performance has been the worst of my long lifetime, by far. To suggest that we might want to tweak a few things already in the face of that shouldn’t subject one to attack. My guess is any other coach we would have brought in wouldn’t have such a hands off standard. But Fred is the Mayor.

Yeah, the board is hilarious. Hilariously wrong most of the time. But no one comes on and says “man, was I wrong by a mile.” Instead they tend to attack those who are more accurate.

Why was the second year “just thrown together”? If these guys are all that, they could have done better. Anyway, time will tell. And I predict some changes in the off season. And I also hope you are right and these guys prove to be awesome.

Carry on. If you think we have a good recruiting staff right now, go for it. I'll go by what I see when they play minutes on the court.

Who has called for Fred to be fired? I don't recall one post like that. If you think the current staff is perfect and off limits, fine, but general assertions to the contrary aren't out of left field. We have brought in some players who flat out can't play at this level, so everything needs looked at. Losing 24 straight or whatever it is, even early in a tenure, isn't good. If someone would have suggested in October of '19 we'd not we'd lose all but 2 in year one, and the first 8 in year 2, they'd have gotten 100 down-arrows and a boat load of ridicule. So the mild critiques on here aren't really that bad under the circumstances. The mild suggestions for Fred pale in comparisons to those for Frost, once a returning golden boy, in his second year, even though the on the field result was better than this. So please tell football fan poster to have some patience also.

Nobody has "trashed" the staff. Raising concerns with the product we have out there is different then trashing. Diehard's critique is well thought out and articulated, quite respectfully. I've yet to see anyone say Fred should be fired and not given more time. On next year's class I hope you're right. Not sure it looks great on paper for this team in this league--doesn't add a true big or a true point. However, the class could grow. Hoping for the best. The comment about keeping Nebraska kids isn't that odd. With Fred's reputation, close proximity to where he grew up, played and coached, and $5 million a year--one would hope any success with local talent wouldn't be chained to past failures. Nee overcame a past of not winning consistently, it's not crazy to have hoped that Fred's cred could have gotten a guy or 2. I don't think it's unfair to be somewhat disappointed with the in-state recruiting so far. I've said for a while that I think Fred blew it when he hired his first staff. This is a hard place to get dudes. He had the budget to go after some bigtime recruiters. So he gets 2 old guys who don't recruit, retains Gates, who is looking to be a lightweight--what connections does he have and who does he bring in--and has an east coast guy who dominates the transfer market as the only real recruiter. If the transfers were supposed to lessen the turn-around time for a decimated roster and allow for a quicker fix, well, it isn't looking so good. Go around the league and see much more effective transfers. I think some changes should and will be made in the offseason. Fred may have to spend more time and attention personally to recruiting. Need another big-time recruiter on staff. I'm all for being patient, but we are a long, long way from fielding a competitive team. It's one thing to need more time to make tournaments, but right now we can't win one damn game. Hopefully we'll change up some things, and all be happy in a few years.