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Fred should be fired today

I am a big fan of Ben McCollum, as you watch his style of play and how he runs the team I think he would be a solid hire.

McCollum would not take the Nebraska job. He will be the next Iowa coach whenever Fran retires/gets fired.

He also brought basically his entire starting lineup from NW Missouri State to Drake. That was good enough to win the MVC, but that level of talent is not going to win anything in the Big Ten.
 
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It would cost more than $10 million to get rid of him. Last March, his contract was extended through the 2028-2029 season, which means that he has four more seasons left on his contract. His salary for the 2024-2025 season was increased to $4.25 million, and his salary increases by $100,000 each year thereafter. That means his salary for the next four seasons is as follows: $4.35 million for the 2025-2026 season, $4.45 million for the 2026-2027 season, $4.55 million for the 2027-2028 season and $4.65 million for the 2028-2029 season. Plus, he gets a $500,000 bonus if he remains at Nebraska through March 31, 2027. According to the article below, his contract does not include a reduced buyout if he is fired. Instead, he would be entitled to his remaining salary plus the unearned stay bonus. So, it's essentially a guaranteed contract. As I calculate it, if he were to be fired now, Nebraska would owe him $18.5 million, less any amount he gets from a new job before the end of the 2028-2029 season.

Nebraska basketball coach Fred Hoiberg agrees to contract extension through 2028-29 season

stockholm syndrome Case study #2

Sounds like your post is the reason we need to fire the leadership and people making these poor financial choices. Not a reason Fred will succeed. Maybe the next time a coach just takes us to the dance, we don’t do a massive extension when he gets smacked in the first game. Maybe the dance should be expected. An extension shouldn’t

NCST just fired their coach that went to the final 4 last year.
 
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Watching Fred’s news conference replay. Is there anyone in the local media with the guts to ask tough questions or is the fear of being blackballed by the only show in town too great?

What would I ask? Whether he thinks he has accomplished enough to continue as coach, at a minimum.
Local media= lapdogs. The only loser in all of this crap are the fans. They deserve it, though.
 
I wish everyone would just stop supporting this shit in Lincoln. The players, coaches and administrators don't give a shit, why in the hell should we.

Stop spending your money on less than mediocrity. All they do is take your money and serve you shit.
Sadly this is pretty accurate. The admin cares about dollars and attendance, that's what will get their attention.
 
Nebraska basketball will never get elite players. We just need a better supporting cast around the good players we had . Fred didn’t do that this year after a the NCAA team last year. Now with h Williams and Gary gone we literally have to start over. So if you have to start over on the roster you just as well let a new guy do it.

Maybe not "elite", buy if you're willing to pay 5 studs $1 million/year each, you'll get enough talent to go Dancing. I agree that Fred did a poor job in the transfer portal this offseason, but I don't think he was given much NIL budget compared to most of the rest of the Big Ten teams.

What coach do you think would come to Nebraska and be able to win without having much NIL money to work with?
 
Dannen probably has some feelers out and if anyone promising is interested I think Fred can get up on out of here. He hasn’t done enough in other seasons to get a pass on this meltdown. This team over-looked bad teams on the schedule and didn’t show up, then they overlooked losing their way out of being a lock for the tourney. They just don’t appear to care about winning.

Will we still be the first ever team with 6 quad 1 wins to be left out of the dance? The amount of horrifying records this school compiles in the two biggest sports is quite miraculous.
 
I'm not a basketball fan but from the snipits I do see/hear it's obvious he's completely lost the room... anytime the team is checked out to this level that's 100% on the coach. This has strong potential to carry over so if there's going to be a change, rip the bandaid
 
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Dannen probably has some feelers out and if anyone promising is interested I think Fred can get up on out of here. He hasn’t done enough in other seasons to get a pass on this meltdown. This team over-looked bad teams on the schedule and didn’t show up, then they overlooked losing their way out of being a lock for the tourney. They just don’t appear to care about winning.

Will we still be the first ever team with 6 quad 1 wins to be left out of the dance? The amount of horrifying records this school compiles in the two biggest sports is quite miraculous.
To be fair 17-14 record is far better than the 7, 7, and 10 win seasons he has put out here.
 
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McCollum would not take the Nebraska job. He will be the next Iowa coach whenever Fran retires/gets fired.

He also brought basically his entire starting lineup from NW Missouri State to Drake. That was good enough to win the MVC, but that level of talent is not going to win anything in the Big Ten.
Had Nebraska won, Fran likely would have been fired by sunset today.
 
I'm not a basketball fan but from the snipits I do see/hear it's obvious he's completely lost the room... anytime the team is checked out to this level that's 100% on the coach. This has strong potential to carry over so if there's going to be a change, rip the bandaid
Or open the checkbook and overturn the entire roster
 
Playing his son so much hurt you guys much more than helped you
I do not agree. Sam plays hard, gets a lot of loose balls and rebounds, but most importantly makes up for the mistakes made by other players. He can score, but do I ever think he will be a big scorer? No. I just think he is a great "Glue" player. Does the dirty work for the team.
 
Agree with others, unless the Peed family decided to write a huge check, the admin is just not going to eat Fred's enormous buyout. We're stuck. Maybe after Sam graduates, Fred will decide to "walk away" like Erstad. I guess on the good side, since he doesn't recruit high school players, we shouldn't have to worry about keeping him on a 4/5-year contract cycle.
Same with Ruhle. His buyout on December 1 of this year will be $49.6 million. Because of the huge buyout, I don't see Nebraska firing him if we have a disappointing season - unless there is a total collapse where we win only 2-3 games.
 
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I do not agree. Sam plays hard, gets a lot of loose balls and rebounds, but most importantly makes up for the mistakes made by other players. He can score, but do I ever think he will be a big scorer? No. I just think he is a great "Glue" player. Does the dirty work for the team.
I agree. He is a far more effective player than Worster and Uhlis
 
I hate to admit it, but I think I agree. This is a catastrophic meltdown coming off of last year. A complete failure on the recruiting trail. And I will beat the dead horse: if you are starting your walk-on son the team better be playing lights out. He deserves even more criticism for even having to consider that option. How can one of the best shooters of his generation not be able to recruit….guys who can shoot!!!!!!’
The three Bigs were not good on this year's team. Morgan gets down so low he makes himself into a 6'5" player. Berke probably has the most talent. Sees the floor well, but an inconsistent scorer and not a good enough rebounder for his size. I think the team went into a funk after he was hurt. If Meah were 3 inches shorter, he would never had played Div. I basketball. Has absolutely no understanding of the game and has no skills. Takes himself out-of-position on the defensive end. He is just a big guy running up and down the court with no clue. I bet 6'0" Sam Hoiberg blocks him out from getting rebounds in practice all the time.
 
I wish everyone would just stop supporting this shit in Lincoln. The players, coaches and administrators don't give a shit, why in the hell should we.

Stop spending your money on less than mediocrity. All they do is take your money and serve you shit.
Agree, football has done nothing the last 25 years, and we are wasting NIL on the worst mens program in the athletic department. We need to use that money on some high profile basketball players.
 
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Sam plays hard, gets a lot of loose balls and rebounds, but most importantly makes up for the mistakes made by other players.
Well that’s good. Because every time Sam drives into the lane, picks up his dribble and turns his back to the basket with nowhere to go, it takes four guys to get him out of that mess.

But it isn’t Sam’s fault he’s playing 30 minutes per game. That’s happening because there aren’t enough legitimate power conferences players to fill the rotation.
 
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McCollum would not take the Nebraska job. He will be the next Iowa coach whenever Fran retires/gets fired.

He also brought basically his entire starting lineup from NW Missouri State to Drake. That was good enough to win the MVC, but that level of talent is not going to win anything in the Big Ten.
I get the McCollum love as the guy wins, but man, his teams are super boring to watch. Its a very slow paced half court game that emphasizes defense and making the other team guard the whole shot clock. It definitely works for him but its definitely not the most entertaining product
 
McCollum would not take the Nebraska job. He will be the next Iowa coach whenever Fran retires/gets fired.

He also brought basically his entire starting lineup from NW Missouri State to Drake. That was good enough to win the MVC, but that level of talent is not going to win anything in the Big Ten.
Fran will be gone with his next loss.

McCollum is their top choice BUT their NIL sucks really bad and it is a bottom tier Big Ten gig.

There will be some dominos that start to fall and it will be interesting to see what happens.

Will Wade is probably going to end up at NCState

Minny is gonna **** up and fire Ben and quickly realize they are ****ed.
 
I think fans are worried about the wrong things.

NU is a good job, especially now, with NIL.

Honestly a guy they could get...Sean Miller. Xavier is an okay gig but in a lame conference with lame NIL.
 
I get the McCollum love as the guy wins, but man, his teams are super boring to watch. Its a very slow paced half court game that emphasizes defense and making the other team guard the whole shot clock. It definitely works for him but its definitely not the most entertaining product
It is a little "Tony Bennet" that is for sure...but it can work.
 
I think fans are worried about the wrong things.

NU is a good job, especially now, with NIL.

Honestly a guy they could get...Sean Miller. Xavier is an okay gig but in a lame conference with lame NIL.
Lame conference? Doesn’t the Big East have 8 Nattys in men’s basketball since the B1G won their last? Didn’t the Big East have 3 sweet 16 teams last year to the B1G 2? Didn’t the Big East smoke the B1G last year in the Natty?

BIG doesn’t have any dam basketball history for kids playing today. You won’t find any kids playing that remember the 2000 Michigan State team

Big East is loaded with top tier coaches cause they like to play that style of basketball. It’s the purest basketball around from a play calling standpoint and when they have the horses, the win Nattys
 
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I think fans are worried about the wrong things.

NU is a good job, especially now, with NIL.

Honestly a guy they could get...Sean Miller. Xavier is an okay gig but in a lame conference with lame NIL.

No way. If he wanted to leave Xavier he'd go to Indiana. Xavier is a better basketball job than Nebraska in every way.
 
Lame conference? Doesn’t the Big East have 8 Nattys in men’s basketball since the B1G won their last? Didn’t the Big East have 3 sweet 16 teams last year to the B1G 2? Didn’t the Big East smoke the B1G last year in the Natty?

BIG doesn’t have any dam basketball history for kids playing today. You won’t find any kids playing that remember the 2000 Michigan State team

Big East is loaded with top tier coaches cause they like to play that style of basketball. It’s the purest basketball around from a play calling standpoint and when they have the horses, the win Nattys
It is a lame conference now because of the lack of NIL

It is why Cooley jumped from Providence to the Hoyas.
Seton Hall will never make the dance again, they have no NIL. Butler is done. DePaul hired their best coach since Joey Meyer and they will be LUCKY to ever win 18 games. Nova is a shit show with no NIL too.

STJ has crazy NIL as long as Rick stays. Uconn is set and the Jays have good NIL. Marquette is "okay"
 
No way. If he wanted to leave Xavier he'd go to Indiana. Xavier is a better basketball job than Nebraska in every way.
Indiana is not looking at him right now. They are totally kicking the tires on Beard but they are worried about that fight with his lame ass girlfriend while at UT.

Xavier has good NIL but not like NU.

And I agree with you, Miller to IU would be an AMAZING hire for IU.

But right now

Hearing Mark Byington, Josh Schertz, Micah Shrewsberry, Ben McCollum …

Sleeper name … Brad Brownell …
 
I get the McCollum love as the guy wins, but man, his teams are super boring to watch. Its a very slow paced half court game that emphasizes defense and making the other team guard the whole shot clock. It definitely works for him but its definitely not the most entertaining product

Yeah McCollum would be Barry Collier 2.0 here.
 
I think fans are worried about the wrong things.

NU is a good job, especially now, with NIL.

Honestly a guy they could get...Sean Miller. Xavier is an okay gig but in a lame conference with lame NIL.
The Big East is a lame conference?? Last two natty’s came from there and St. John’s is one of the best teams in the country with a legend coach. They’ll probably get 5 teams in. It’s not a lame conference.
 
The Big East is a lame conference?? Last two natty’s came from there and St. John’s is one of the best teams in the country with a legend coach. They’ll probably get 5 teams in. It’s not a lame conference.
It is lame and I explained why in the post above. Most of those schools have zero NIL.
 
As i said on a previous post Fred should be fired.

UNO men...NCAA bound
Creighton men...NCAA bound
Nebraska Women...NCAA bound
Creighton Women....NCAA bound

Nebraska men...some loser tournament bound.

Yes, it would be absolutely hilarious is UNO wins a game!

The results of the last couple weeks speak for themself. Uninspired...poorly prepared ....terribly coached...how else can the Huskers be described. Should Fred be fired....ABSOLUTELY!
 
I think fans are worried about the wrong things.

NU is a good job, especially now, with NIL.

Honestly a guy they could get...Sean Miller. Xavier is an okay gig but in a lame conference with lame NIL.
Lame conference lame NIL? Hmm, last 2 seasons the national champ came out of there plus didn’t Nova win a pair of them less than a decade ago.
 
Lame conference lame NIL? Hmm, last 2 seasons the national champ came out of there plus didn’t Nova win a pair of them less than a decade ago.
NIL just started and UCONN looks like ass this year compared to the last two years.

Most of the schools in the Big East just don't have the NIL.
 
Lame conference? Doesn’t the Big East have 8 Nattys in men’s basketball since the B1G won their last? Didn’t the Big East have 3 sweet 16 teams last year to the B1G 2? Didn’t the Big East smoke the B1G last year in the Natty?

BIG doesn’t have any dam basketball history for kids playing today. You won’t find any kids playing that remember the 2000 Michigan State team

Big East is loaded with top tier coaches cause they like to play that style of basketball. It’s the purest basketball around from a play calling standpoint and when they have the horses, the win Nattys
He is just trolling, he sounds rather jealous to be honest about it. Those big east schools are all high quality and have a lot of successful graduates. For him to say most of the schools have zero NIL is a lie. He might be thinking of the Missouri Valley?
 
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I guess it’s all perspective. If lack of nil makes a conference lame in your opinion, so be it. But in terms of talent and competition, it’s as good as any.
They are already dropping way off because of lack of NIL. It is not their fault, they don't have the boosters and/or football fans to help.

If not for Pitino at STJ their highest seed this year would be like a 6.
 
As i said on a previous post Fred should be fired.

UNO men...NCAA bound
Creighton men...NCAA bound
Nebraska Women...NCAA bound
Creighton Women....NCAA bound

Nebraska men...some loser tournament bound.

Yes, it would be absolutely hilarious is UNO wins a game!

The results of the last couple weeks speak for themself. Uninspired...poorly prepared ....terribly coached...how else can the Huskers be described. Should Fred be fired....ABSOLUTELY!

UNO will be a 16 seed, they aren't going to win a game. But good for them for turning it around this year. They started the season 3-7 with losses to Alabama State, Abilene Christian, Southern Utah, and Montana State. They are also lucky that St. Thomas is ineligible for the NCAA Tournament.
 
He is just trolling, he sounds rather jealous to be honest about it. Those big east schools are all high quality and have a lot of successful graduates. For him to say most of the schools have zero NIL is a lie. He might be thinking of the Missouri Valley?
I guess we will see.
 
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