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Strickland would be interested. He even used to play here, so we would never lose another game if we hired him. Not sure what the hold-up is.Probably won't be announced until after the NBA finals.
Miles needs to get it right....but we also have 3 schollies open...still. It would be great if he could fill out a roster for once. I know that's asking alot, but hey...I figure once every 5 years is doable.
To me this hire is huge. We don't seem to be trending in the right direction with the way things have gone lately. We need some stability from both the coaching staff and player's. Hopefully he can get a great coach and recruiter in b/c his job may be on the line soon
His job is not even remotely in jeopardy. It would take a monumental debacle for him to lose his job and even then if he lands a good post player this cycle I believe he would get more time.
4 Schollies if White doesn't come back. But realistically I don't see White leaving for the NBA, no way he gets drafted. Maybe leave for Europe but not NBA.
He said soon. I'm not sure what he means by soon but if he means in the next two years that's plausible. If next year is like his last two...his job may very well be on the line in year 6.
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Doesn't matter who he brings in, unless we know where he sleeps.Don't know, but if he can get us a really good athletic big man, I'll help him move.
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http://journalstar.com/sports/huske...cle_54afa410-650a-51c3-99c8-e1dfc72a6d11.html
http://journalstar.com/sports/huske...cle_54afa410-650a-51c3-99c8-e1dfc72a6d11.html
Not sure what this is getting at, but Miles can recruit and relate to kids. I hope Coach Lewis can bring some offensive X's and O's, which we have really missed since Coach Smith left. Butler is also known for their use of advanced stats, which could benefit our program.
I believe Nebrasketball already using advanced statistics.
Good hire to a good assistant, kind of surprised he took the lateral move, but I'm sure it's not lateral $ & BIG basketball.
I'm admittedly not very good with BB. Can someone give me a Cliff's notes version of why we are having such a hard time turning this Program around. You really need 6 pretty good players and a decent bench. Kids, I THINK, want PT...we can certainly provide that. With the # of kids out there, how hard can this be?? Fan Support, Facilities, good Conference...what am I missing in this?
No tradition (don't underestimate how much that is used against us), no recent success, our state doesn't produce enough talent to stock our roster (I watched some games at the Jayhawk Invitational last weekend in KC, our state is way behind), and we don't border states with a lot of talent.
Compare every state in the BIG and the states they border, and then look at Nebraska. We border Wyoming, South Dakota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, and Colorado. Not exactly a bunch of states that produce a wealth of D1 talent. Our closest major metro area with basketball talent is Kansas City.
Now take Kansas. They have very few players from the state of Kansas on their roster. 2 of them were walk ons with the last names of Self and Manning. Hmmm. If it were not for their tradition, would Kansas be an elite program?
Look at Iowa. 4 D1 schools and only one isn't very good. Northern Iowa had what 9 home state players on their roster. Can Nebraska be relevant with 9 home state players? Iowa and Iowa State are in close proximity to KC, Twin Cities, Milwaukee, and Chicago.
As you go east, it just gets easier for coaches as far as being in states stocked with D1 talent, and and closer proximity to major metro areas.
Look at the one state in this country that is very close to Nebraska in numbers and D1 schools. West Virginia. About the same population and 2 D1 schools. Why are they relevant? Close proximity to numerous major metros NYC, Philly, Pittsburgh, DC, etc, and borders the state of Kentucky.
Playing time? If you are an elite player, you aren't afraid of competing for playing time. If playing time was a scare, why do great players keeping going to Duke? For most of the high ranked recruits, playing time isnt an issue until after they get to where they signed and find out they aren't getting any, and then...transfer.
Fan support? Great, we've joined everyone else now and embraced basketball.
Facilities? Great. Do you go to the Big Dance every year???? It's not like these other major schools don't support their teams. Do you produce NBA talent??? Who's your last former player to have a long NBA career???? Uh, Mikki Moore.
Conference? Yes it's good, but only 2 schools have a tradition level in the range of Nebraska (NW and PSU), and again, the have a closer proximity to much more talent.
There's players all over, but the great players seem to only go to so many schools. The very good players still have multiple choices.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, until Omaha produces and routinely sends a legit D1 player to Nebraska almost every year, Nebraska will struggle. Nebraska doesn't have the ability like Kansas to rely on being able to recruit at an elite level nationally.
If this wasn't hard, then why has Nebraska NEVER won a tourney game?
Not trying to be doom and gloom here, but we are paying for the lack of dedication to the sport for decades. A nice new building with lots of butts in seats isn't going to automatically change things.
Monumental debacle? Like say...maybe...I don't know...another losing season?
Well that's depressing. However...what I still don't get is that of the thousands of kids that play and are available, and some of the oddball schools that make the Tourney...can it really be that hard to capture some of that market of players? I watch some of those teams and Tradition is not a word that comes to mind.
I'm sure the past history is a big deal but, again, we just need 7 pretty good players at a time with a decent bench to be a pretty fair team.
I see people talk about an AAU(?) circuit or something. Not sure how all that works but it seems lots of guys get signed from that. I'm sure there is some sort of order to that.
it's just frustrating that we can cycle thru so many Coaches with the same result when it doesn't seem, on the surface, to be that difficult.
Very good point. I thought about that when I found out he was last at Butler. Was not exactly the school I expected Nebraska to get an assistant from.
As far as the elite D1 recruits, AAU ball is going on now (spring/summer). It is basically club ball and there are regional/national tournaments going on like Jayhawk Invitational this past weekend in KC, all over the country. They'll go on until the end of aummer.
If I understand the rules correctly, a player who lives in one state, can play for a team based in a bordering state. Chauncey Billups runs a program that players from Denver and Omaha areas play together. I saw a really good KC area team this weekend, that I'd assume there were players from Missouri and Kansas on it. Basically it is a way for some of the best players in an area to play together against the best from other areas. Not all AAU teams play at that elite level.
There will be numerous individual AAU teams each summer that will have more D1 recruits than the state of Nebraska will.
AAU in my opinion, is good, and it's bad. It's beneficial as far as exposure, but some argue that it is detrimental to fundamentals (Miles has expressed similar setiments).
AAU coaches can have easily as much if not (much) more influence on a recruit. It can be downright dirty, but it is here, it aint going anywhere, and coaches have to deal with it.....like it or not.
Jeans, anything innacruate?
