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I don't think it has to be one or the other. You don't need to extend him, he's still got four more years on his contract after this season. This can absolutely be a year-by-year deal. There will be players with similar skill sets as to what he brought in last year out there this spring. What maybe you won't be as likely to find is the connection to the program Griesel has. Perhaps he sees some similar skill sets in guys like Lloyd or Dawson that he won't have to go out and recruit but can instead look for a different skillset that can elevate us offensively. It will be a fascinating offseason if he's retained.

...sigh...

I think this is right, too. This is what it *should* have looked like in 2019. The last three years have felt like a group of mercenaries. This is the first time where it feels like we know some players on the team, we like them and want to see them succeed. That hasn't really been the case the past three years.

These feel like the most likely argument people will make. He doesn't have someone like McGowens on the hook that would compel you to keep him for that reason, but I think there are real pieces that can play in the Big Ten on the roster and coming in that can compete and would love to see them develop as a group. That won't happen if Fred leaves, at least not with this group and that process just gets delayed by at least a year. Also, Fred completely shifting course with some success shows me he can still coach. I think there's a conversation to be had that says let's see if he can develop these guys and take another step next year.

If I'd never watched Nebraska basketball before this year and you told me this was the first year of the Fred Hoiberg Era, I'd be really encouraged. It has everything I'd hope a year 1 team would have. A few experienced veterans transfer in to set a good cultural foundation, with a few quality role players and young guys, perhaps one or two of them redshirt, to build up towards a year two or three breakthrough. There would be a few bright spots that give the fans hope that the concept will work but it's not put together enough to win at a really high level. That's what this year feels like to me. It's what year one should have been. But we can't just wipe away the disaster the first three years were. Part of me wonders if Trev essentially wipe the slate clean, assuming things didn't completely fall off the rails, and treated this year as year 1 between the two of them. The way Trev talks about the team, the way Fred built the team, it all seems to me like there's some sort of agreement like that. That doesn't mean he'd get as long of a leash as if this was his true year one, but it kind of feels like there's been enough there to give Fred another year 2. And, if you squint hard and turn your head just right, turn it upside down, a 5 kind of looks like a 2... I've heard conflicting info about the state of Trev and Fred's relationship, so perhaps in a few weeks we'll find out his is all hog-wash, it's just the sense I've been getting as the year's gone on.

There were some technical free throws right after that. Was that what it was called for? I thought I saw it was called for a flop warning. I just saw a highlight package and it didn't show it. I'll see if I can find a broadcast tomorrow.

Kiesei is absolutely good enough to play on the offensive end of the floor. Can you give any more context?

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Sounds good to me!

I've been dubious about the "complete flip" comments I keep hearing. Filling Walker's role will be a very, very tall task. He leaves a giant hole, but Kieta and Wilhelm will be a big part of that equation. It's also a big ask for two or three freshmen to be asked to fill the PG role. Probably need a transfer for that spot. More in the SG mold and not AV type. They have a lot of solid role players for next year, they need to find a dude, though. If they do, it could be a fun year next season. That said, I'm not sure I'd bank on Lloyd being here. A player of his expectation almost never redshirts. Maybe he'll be the exception, but I don't think I'd hold too tightly onto that one.

No idea if it's possible or likely, but I don't believe he filing process comes until after his regular eligibility expires.

Winning is fun. Some clutch free throws down the stretch. Was also interesting to see freshmen Oleg, Dawson & Lawrence and sophomore Wilcher the group to make an important push late in the game.

Was Johnson's denial an example of Trev "Moosing" Fred? or was it legitimately about the liability with his medicals or whatever? One I can wrap my head around, even if I don't like it. The other, would be really disappointing.

Defeatist? c'mon man. I think the Nebraska job is actually a lot harder than people want to admit. Kenya was gone because Miles didnt get the support from the AD's office. If Miles' job was more secure he may have been persuaded to stay. The bigger blow was Lewis had made great inroads with instate recruits. Very likely Chucky would be in Lincoln, not Madison. Sallis had a great relationship with Miles. With the caliber of offers he ended up getting, perhaps he still leaves the state, but TM and ML were in a really good spot there too.

I'm also not ready to say Fred is out after the season. I think there are a lot of peaks and valleys left in this year before we can say what Freds fate is.

Cool. I'm still making the call if I'm Trev.

100% with you on all of that. Also, in the 13 win conf season, I've seen bad Husker teams have bad seasons in down years. I don't care what state the conference was in when it happened, it'd never been done before. That said, the roster was a mess after that season. Nobody was coming back, there wasn't much coming in. Miles had been in survival mode. That last season was a win or else situation. At the beginning, he was winning. At the end, it was or else. He was recruiting to survive, not sustain. It would have been a big job to make that next season competitive.

That would be my guess on DD in terms of his CU/NU ties, too, but I'd make the call of I was Trev.

Let's say Beard is cleared of any wrong doing. LEt's also say there's an opening this year or next at NU. Let's also say Trev is still the AD. I don't see Beard fitting the criteria he laid out when hiring the football coach, which I would expect to be similar to what he'd look for in hiring a basketball one. I don't think Beard will be a serious candidate here in the near future. Probably ever.

Thx. Frankly, I'll believe it when I see it, though I could see an argument that would be the best case scenario for all parties involved. If we're looking at serious candidates if that were to happen, *my* first two calls would be to Craig Smith and Darian Devries. Both might hang up the phone, but then again, they might not. If not them, I'd love to see the basketball team break the color barrier at NU. WRT to the condition Miles left the program in, there's a definite argument to be made that the program was in a bad spot. I'm of the opinion that has more to do with the athletic directors than it did Miles but I won't go into all that here. Miles was able to do things (NCAA Tournament appearance and most conf wins in a season) here that nobody else was able to do this century. That should have counted for more than it did, IMO.

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Well, that went about as expected. Walker made a legit 3, so there's that at least...