Huskerpapa

It is sooo frustrating when I continue to see the missed bunnies and free throws. Toughness and focus.

We are in the bonus...need to make our free throws.

Missed bunnies...again.

What a bad possession.

We are working hard, but not always working smart. I am glad we are leveraging a bench, perhaps we will be fresher at games end.

Tanner...working it

Tom is having a bad game so far...

Gotta make your free throws...

With all due respect, leave again

Well, we fought back from a bad start. Now we have to start defending.

Whew,..tied

Not even three minutes into the game and two timeouts called!

Ughhh, what a piss poor start.

...I know a lot of fans didn't like or appreciate Jack, but I sure did. Miss him this year, but it appears he is now doing okay. https://twitter.com/NBL/status/1091541866510614529?s=03

It goes way beyond mentioning...we need this game today. Hope our shooting slump officially becomes a thing of the past as of today. Come on men, let's bring home a win!

If the prediction thread is any indication, over half of our fans (predictors) believe Illinois will win this game. So there shouldn't be a lot of angst if we lose, right? I for one cannot believe that our shooting slump will continue. We shall see.

I believe the game is at 1:15 pm. Anyone checking in at 4:15 will only find a box score showing a Husker win... Date: Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019 Time: 4 p.m. Arena: Pinnacle Bank Arena Broadcast: BTN

Steve Kerr, Brad Stevens, Doc Rivers, Phil Jackson, Pat Riley, Red Auerbach, Don Nelson, Larry Brown, Fred Hoiberg, George Karl, Jerry Sloan, and on and on. There seems to be a lot of aberrations

Huskers 72 Illinois 67

Gotta disagree. Coaching in the NBA is greatly disrespected. They are much better x and o coaches then people give them credit. I would hire Pop at any level and at any time.

Yeah, that was said after Joe passed away, after Moe walked out after a tournament appearance, after Danny loss favor with the masses, after Barry left for greener pastures and after Doc was fired. Trying not to be an **hole, but I have heard the same rhetoric over and over. Coach K isn't going to walk in here and raise the dead. We are likely going to hire a coach and he will be a good coach (if Miles is fired) and we will have a split fan base again. Where you are optimistic that the next guy has to be better, I have lived the whole Groundhog Day experience over and over and over again. So excuse me that I am a bit pessimistic that our great coaching savior is just around the corner. Miles has his flaws, but he has brought in Big Ten level players and assistant coaches. We had this town and the state on fire until the last two and a half weeks transpired. So...crap.

That's fair. His overall coaching record is: 100–30 (NCAA) 108–138 (NBA) 270–122 (CBA) 53–3 (USBL) 77–30 (D-League). So he has a good overall record. But I guess I really struggled making my overall point. At certain times in his career, he didn't win. But that did not make him a bad coach. The original post indicated that Miles wasn't a good coach. I was attempting to indicate that Miles would not have made it to this level if he couldn't coach. I was attempting to draw a parallel to Musselman, in that he is considered a good coach, despite having periods where he didn't win.

Another thought on the thought of some that Miles isn't a very good coach. One of the names being brought up by "fans" is Eric Musselman. He is the current head coach at Nevada. Eric had the good fortune of having a Dad that provided him an in to some jobs. He became head coach at Golden State and was fired by Chris Mullen due in part to a winning percentage of .457 and finishing runner up to Pop for coach of the year after his first year. He went to the Sacramento Kings, and after getting a DUI was fired after a .402 winning percentage. His overall record as a head coach in both the pros and in college, entering this season, was 208 wins and 168 losses. I would classify Eric Musselman as a good coach, but is he?

Sorry, you don't make it the level that Miles is at without being a good coach. He may or may not succeed, but he has done a lot right. As far as transfers, yes players have walked...600 to 800 players a year across all colleges and universities transfer, that is the age we live in. But if he is a bad coach, then why are players choosing to transfer to UNL? Does the fact that players transfer here, make him a great coach...absolutely not. By the way, if he "isn't a very good coach" then how prey-tell did he ever win the Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year after the 2014 season? At some point Miles and Nebraska will part ways, until he does, I, any many others will support him and do so without casting aspersions. https://huskercorner.com/2014/04/04/tim-miles-named-national-coach-year-continues-pave-new-trail/

No question in my mind. By not extending, you are painting a picture of "dead man walking." You either extend or terminate. By playing the middle ground, you are going to lose recruits, and perhaps current players. As far as Moos's role, I am not convinced he cannot find a quality coach, but much depends on the individuals he leverages in his process. Question, does Moos land Frost without assistance, especially from Matt? I do not want to leverage the above to indicate our Director of Athletics is inept. Because quite the contrary he may be exceptional at his job. But he did leverage a bad tactic (in my mind) with his actions on Coach Miles. Yet he was an an excellent tactician in landing Frost. So...