I really hope he's looking at some graduate transfer guards who could provide immediate help. A guy like Sterling Brown at SMU would be a dream candidate - he will probably try his hand at the NBA even if he's not drafted. But someone similar to Brown, a rung or two lower, would be a huge addition for a team with only one ball-handler and that lacks outside shooting.
You left out the "roll eyes" emoticon. There's only 150 teams in the country that would love to get a 5 that could "step right into" the B1G. The need for guards depends some on Palmer. I'm hoping that Miles saw some of this coming and has some options.
Miles can't shoot for them! (Or allow them to develop offensively, because beating them down about defense matters more)
Thank you for being educated on this. I get so tired of Husker Hoops fans posting about players and having such unrealistic expectations of players because of their size, not bewing realistic since they are coming off major surgery or where they are transferring in from. We are a terrible outside shooting team and many are expecting the 3 listed above to really help with our outside shooting. Unfortuantely those transfer players have not shown during their stops at other colleges that they are good outside shots. Plus Gill and Copeland are coming off surgery from very serious injuries, who knows what level they will be at physically.
IF Copeland and Gill are ready to go (and all signs point to that being the case) that gives us a pretty solid 8. Most teams only play 8 guys. On top of that we have a true freshman coming in that supposedly is ready to play right away. Ed and Horne would have helped for sure, but I want to see Roby, Jordy, Watson and Palmer playing every minute they can because those are 4 really talented guys. Jordy is going to have to play more minutes and Jacobsen is going to have to play bigs which IMO he can do better than Ed could.
Just gonna saw "Wow" on this one. You are definitely a Glass is Half Full kinda person to be able to look at this team in this positive manner. More power to you for being optimisitc that we can play players out of position plus not have any shooters and have a good season. Also guessing you have never seen Palmer play, do yourself a favor and check his stats from Miami. There was a reason he was not playing plus we have heard concerns that he might have grade issues.
I just don't think Morrow was near the player the lynch mob wants to portray him as. Tai is a much bigger loss and our only hope is that the newcomers and Gill can take up the slack there. While he'll be missed, I would rather see Copeland, Jacobsen and Jordy play Ed's minutes. JMHO.
I agree, never thought Morrow was great but he was our only aggressive inside post player. Very limited offensive game but Physical on defense and had that attitude that you need to battle in the paint. Plus was a quick jumper that could rebound and block shots well for his height. He brought the physicality. Copeland and Jacobsen are different kind of players and not physical like Ed. If we had more depth in the post it wouldn't be a big concern but right now we are thin and only really had 2 physical players on the roster with Jordy and Ed, but Ed is gone. Need some muscle in the middle to battle in the B1G.
Jacobsen put on a lot of muscle this past off season. IMO, it hurt his shooting touch but he did it to try to bang in the trenches. Ed was physical but at his weight and height it had its limits. IF you're gonna be 6-6 to 6-7 and try to play the 5 in the B1G, you had better have an ass like Charles Barkley and Ed doesn't. He's strong but he's not big. He ate a bunch of his shot attempts.
Gill's going to have to play much better coming off the major injury than he did this past season before he got hurt. As for Morrow, he's going to be much better in his final two seasons than his first two. This is true of most big men. With Morrow, it's best to focus on what he CAN do well than what he doesn't do well. And what he can do well, he will do exceptionally well as a jr and sr. A role player? Yes, a damn good role player and someone that a struggling program cannot afford to lose.
Morrow wasn't great yet, but he had the ability. He was also the prized recruit, a legacy, and a motor that kept going.
Taylor = SG/SF WTF are you smoking?
On the day that I get a bad prognosis from my doctor, I want YOU by my side, because you are the most incurably optimistic person I have EVER encountered...I like that!!!
Keep your eyes and ears open for this guy, because I think he is most likely who we are after the hardest right now
