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IMO....the biggest thing we will have...or appear to have next year...will be options (assuming Walker returns). You'll have flexibility to do something different with Walker depending on the opponent. You'll have Keita. Oleg won't be redshirting and even if it's spot time....it's still time. Possibly Andre if he comes back and he'll be a year older and a tad stronger. Wilhelm will be back at the 4. Edwards could play a stretch 4 role. There's no doubt we need to be a lot better. Step 1 in that is getting bodies that are capable. It remains to be seen if they actually are...but it at least appears as of now to be more of them.

More than being a good basketball player, I think he is a good person and good teammate as well. Which is what this program needs more of right now.

I'd be a bit surprised if there aren't at least two departures from the Tominaga, Kojenets, Andre, Edwards group. My guesses are Tominaga and Andre. Which would leave us room for 3 additions assuming both McGowans and Lat are gone.

They are set to be here. And will have to transfer when they enroll. If there is a charge, they’d get out of their LOI and still preserve their free transfer. One is better than the other.

I agree tge transfer rule hurts. But I think it’s easier to try to get one to stay (especially if they are already contributing) then to try to find someone new on short notice.

He probably won’t be walking into a good situation. But I’d rather be inheriting guys like Wilcher, Keita, Briedenbach and the 3 guys we have coming in over guys like Amir Harris, Brady Heimann, Karrington Davis and Thor.

All I’m saying is if you fire him before these guys get to campus, you’ll never see them. If you give him a shot next year, maybe he succeeds. Probably not. But at least the next guy has a better core to start with so the next guy isn’t walking into the same situation Hoiberg did.

Maybe. But one was a guarantee. The other there is at least a faint hope. You also save millions in the process. And give the next guy a slightly better foundation to start with.

Maybe so. Not saying a lot of that isn’t true. But id still rather have the recruits we appear to have than scramble

We’re going to add 2-3 thus April. Not 7 or 8 like we would’ve otherwise.

Maybe it won’t be. On paper it’s good for us historically. I’ll take that over the alternative of trying to reach to build a roster over 3 weeks in April again.

Not in this amount.

I’d rather have 3 top 150 players than not.

I gave Miles 4.5 years too.

Maybe so. But we were going to be awful next year regardless of coach. At least this gives us a fighting chance with a good recruiting class. And we save money in the meantime.

I'm not saying he's going to win. I'm just saying making a move next year is much better for the long term picture for Nebraska then making it now. Odds are we'll move on after next year (though I do think we'll be better than 7-25). But we just saved ourselves over $8M and added a Top 25-30ish recruiting class to the roster.

Good. It's the right choice. Worst case scenario...we fail again, which we'd do with a new coach anyways, and fire Hoiberg...saving $7.5M and bringing in some talent that looks good on paper that we could theoretically keep. Best case scenario....the talent pans out.

He did. But you're going to have a hard time convincing me that was 100% Frost's choice. I know the public coach speak comments from Frost and Alberts indicate as such...but I think that was as much Frost saving his own neck rather than some noble move and actually seeing the issue. And I think Hoiberg should be allowed to do the same.

Which is a concern for me. Money was supposedly an issue with football. But now we can easily afford $18.5M for basketball. Quite the double standard there. And I'm not saying that Fred deserves to keep his job...but I don't like the moving goalposts.

I'm assuming we'd pay it out in installments. If so...we're essentially paying two coaches for another year. On top of that...we may be doing that in football as well soon too. Saving a few million maybe needed. It also may be more than a few million if you can negotiate a lower buyout as well.

I think he's willing...which is step 1. Of course....when he has to defend the 4 in the Big Ten...it's not going to go well, no matter how willing he is.

I guess for me...the money. Because firing Hoiberg and having another massive gut job is another pretty big step towards a 20-loss season. We might hit again with Hoiberg anyway....but for me....I don't have a lot of hope that it turns with Hoiberg next year. But I know it won't turn next year with a complete changing of the guard. I can risk another year of failure to know for sure. Plus you save money in the process.

Understand the point on availability. I just find it hard to believe though that you can't periodically do it. Even for a few minutes at a time in select moments. I know you can't do it full time. And I wonder if playing alongside another capable big guy helps Andre out at all. When Andre's counterpart in the post is CJ Wilcher....he's kind of behind the 8 ball already. I like Wilcher as a SG. I don't like him having to guard Keegan Murray

That's one year of salary to the new guy at the very least. And again...considering we may have some huge payouts coming for football too....$3.5M can matter. That's also assuming there is no reduced buyout.

I can see Walker at the 5 again as well. Body wise he's probably more suited for the 4. Skill wise for the 5. I do think he can defend the 4 better if he actually gets set in that role with another viable big next to him. One thing I have been disappointed with Fred in, is the fact that we refuse to try different lineup combinations in the frontcourt. I get that it isn't ideal and depth wise we certainly can't do it all game....but you really can't try to put a Walker and Andre combination on the floor at the same time just for spot minutes against bigger teams? I'd be all for a PG too. Just don't know if the type of PG that we need will be willing to come here. I'm somewhat skeptical of a 6'6" PG but Lloyd has played it some through AAU and high school in addition to being you traditional wing.