Huskerpapa

Played better. But it comes down to the little things...and yes...one big man.

By the way...during the offseason, I am pretty sure I read about about the demise of Wisconsin and their coach...hmm.

Keisei actually getting his shot off without it getting blocked would be nice... He may not see the floor tonight.

Doc was not a fan of many of the AAU programs. He preferred to recruit HS programs/coaches which hindered him a bit.

Just asking... If it isn't the players, if it isn't the coaches, if it isn't the schemes, if isn't the fans, if it isn't the arena, then why aren't we winning?

I am betting he is back with changes in staff. Maybe I missed it but I have not heard Trev provide the "dreaded" vote of confidence yet? An additional thought, if Trev goes to Fred and provides him with a directive to change assistants, what happens? I mentioned this in another thread. Does Fred say no to the directive? Does he acquiesce? What then?

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I am soooo proud that we once again found a new way to lose a game. There literally was a conversation in the arena posing the question, how are we going to lose this one. I will credit the effort yesterday, especially on the defensive end and rebounding. But goodness, we are lost souls on the offensive end.

Just read how small Harbaugh's buyout at Michigan is and it almost made me cry. I was numb after the game yesterday. That told me that apathy has set in. For a diehard like me this a hard blow to the solar flex. Dang. I had a section mate leave ahead of me and she indicated her Husker relationship is the most toxic relationship she's ever been in...that kinda says it all.

Yup...he looks fine.

Lot a talk here about Verge being gone...Covid? Discipline?

Conceptual many college programs have recruiting coordinators but yet all coaches share the actual recruiting. But no, I am unaware that others do it the same as we choose. I too wonder if there are successful programs that we are attempting to emulate??

Sorry. It is impossible to put a positive spin on this. People are angry. Some people are already giving up their seats. Shoot, a few years ago we had no sit Sunday; yesterday was nearly no show Thursday. Fans had high expectations. Those expectations were established when a decent coach was fired and a much higher profile and higher paid coach came in. That coach then furthered the expectations by describing the shooting prowess of players like Lat; as well as other similar bravado statements that have not come to pass. We brought in higher rated players who love to provide even more propaganda. Talk is flipping cheap. If you are good, then go out and prove it. But hey, let's pay this non-producing dude $18,000,000 to live the life of luxury while we await someone, anyone to come in and provide a miracle by winning one flipping NCAA tournament game before I die. Damn right, I am pissed ---let's all go out and clank another three or maybe dribble into oblivion.

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I still struggle believing how we will win a game this season. Although the following five played pretty well together Kobe Trey DW Bryce ???

Here is the deal then, IF our players are as talented as our recruiting coordinator believes them to be, then talent is not the problem...right? If we take that as a fact, then let's find out why this team is so bad: Character? Coaching? Basketball IQ? Effort? Chemistry? Scheme? Accountability? Other? Quite frankly, I could care less where a player is from. But I do want them to be talented, coachable, dedicated and oh yeah, win lots and lots and lots of games.

Cip, Moe, Danny and Doc all seemed to recruit Nebraska talent pretty well. We lost our share, but typically the effort was there. Tim was up against it as the Omaha coaches gravitated towards Creighton, or so it seemed. The same problem seems to exist with Fred. Creighton now has deeper roots into Omaha making it more difficult to pluck individual talent that we may want. That said, Tim was starting to break the ice. I had heard Chucky was a lean our direction before the coaching change and of course the Northstar kid was locked in here before that change.

Trev is the right guy until he isn't. Moos was the right guy until he wasn't. Frost and Hoiberg are the right guy's until they are not. And on and on. Typically you only know you have the right person when you look back retrospectively. Right? The only three guys that never seemed "right" were Perlman, Eichorst and Riley.

So much for anonymity???

Any guesses on attendance for Thursday afternoons game. Maybe 7500???

Hard to actually know exact details. But we did have an active member on our fine site that was a spouse of a Miles staff member. She PM some of us and said a lot without having to say much (she also had a host of very good takes). Hard to recruit and hard to coach when you are dead man walking.

We need a minor miracle to win this, or any other game remaining on our schedule. This team is currently an abomination. We either fall completely flat or find new ways of losing winnable games. The miracle could happen, but most of us wonder how??? The entire unit needs to take a "now I get it" pill and then maybe, just maybe, we can find our way.

I will go on record to say that despite the utter chaos and the abomination of this team, Fred should get another year. FRED should then decide on whether or not an assistant makeover is necessary. Frost thought it was necessary and the jury is out. Bo thought the world was against him, did not make the changes and he was gonzo. Frank made the changes and was gonzo. Sooo, we shall see. Another year like this one would be unthinkable. But as an aside, the head coach is ultimately responsible for everything. He may assign responsibilities and expectations, but if there is a failure in any aspect of the process, it is on that head coach.

https://journalstar.com/entertainment/music/l-kent-wolgamott-interview-with-meat-loaf-in-2016-if-youre-not-tired-when-im/article_b9e758be-8c57-58f6-8d4c-e8ea08bcb125.html Good article in today's LJS about him today.

It will be interesting to follow Kobe's playing time moving forward. Also, will any other players step up?