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Hoiskers invade Madison as 7.5 underdogs

Juwan Gary should not be allowed more then 2-3point attempts per game. Connor Essegian should touch the ball on every offense possession.
 
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Well the Big Book of Basketball Coaching says your starting five MUST start the second half . So naturally Fred runs the same group out there that got off to a 2-19 start. Way to think on your feet, Fred. Got you one basket in four minutes.

Can’t believe he ran that same line up out. Same line up, same results…
 
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For some reason Williams has got into a funk offensively and we’re just not good enough without him.
Yeah he’s going against power 4 teams now He padded his stats against Omaha Balloon University and now is exposed for the crap he is.
 
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Wasn’t expecting winning in Madison but I didn’t think we would lose by double digits and more likely blown out of the gym yet.
 
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Can’t believe he ran that same line up out. Same line up, same results…
Most coaches seem to think they’ll be struck dead if they don’t run the same five out there to start both halves, so it wasn’t a huge surprise. But in this case you would think someone on the staff might have pulled Fred aside and said, “You did see the first 6 minutes of the game, right?”
 
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This team won’t win another game till Super Bowl Sunday and even that is a reach now after looking at their next 4 games.
 
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Anyone know the Vegas line/number was for total wins on the season? Well, whatever it is I’m guessing Brice Williams has the unders…
 
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16 of 33 on 3s. At some point, you have to change your defense and do something different.
 
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Most coaches seem to think they’ll be struck dead if they don’t run the same five out there to start both halves, so it wasn’t a huge surprise. But in this case you would think someone on the staff might have pulled Fred aside and said, “You did see the first 6 minutes of the game, right?”
All depends on how well the head coach takes feedback from staff. If he typical ignores them then no one will pull him aside
 
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16 of 33 on 3s. At some point, you have to change your defense and do something different.
They can’t. If they did, teams would be driving on us and dunking on us all day.

Off topic: Have you notice how Wisconsin isn’t even into this game?They’re laughing. Hell, Klesmit was looking into the crowd and not even guarding when we had the ball. So embarrassing!
 
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If/when does the heat turn up on Fred? This team has the look of one that has Q.
The heat may turn up some this season. But once again will need to pull in 10 or so transfers and hope they somehow gel together next season. The transfers have been underwhelming this year and if not for Gary and Williams return I’m not sure we would have a winning record.
 
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I now there are a lot of "But but Fred just needs more time" and "But but he made the dance last year" fans but, come on.
 
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The fact that there are fans that think it is okay if NU misses the BTT, well that is insane.
 
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I don’t think Fred is under any real heat from our AD. I’m guessing he gets at least 2 more years at minimum.

He’ll get another year despite this dumpster fire. But back to back years missing the B1G tourney… if he’s not fired after that then Dannen should be gone.
 
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I wouldn’t be so sure about that..
It will be tough to make a change any sooner than that, given that the interim AD decided to Santa Claus him an extension through 2029.

I get that last season was fairly successful. But most places that would fall under the category of doing your job, not grounds to a ticker tape parade.
 
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I don’t think Fred is under any real heat from our AD. I’m guessing he gets at least 2 more years at minimum.
it depends on how this year ends up . Right now it’s not looking good. But if we don’t make the conference tournament this year . Fred has to be on Notice next year to make some major improvement or else.
 
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Yes he is!

I guess I don't understand why some fans are up in arms about Fred possibly getting canned, like, are they worried a new hire would also not make the BTT and the dance?
I think there's always the fear of rebooting and the lack of consistency within the program hurting long term efforts to make this program successful. Especially in light of how poor the result for doing so has been across both basketball and football over the last 20 years.

3 weeks ago I was all in on Fred staying and developing this program. But man it's getting hard to back him when we are getting blasted on the road, and can't protect our home turf.

If the season continues to crumble for this team, I'm not sure how much longer he has here.
 
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I think there's always the fear of rebooting and the lack of consistency within the program hurting long term efforts to make this program successful. Especially in light of how poor the result for doing so has been across both basketball and football over the last 20 years.

3 weeks ago I was all in on Fred staying and developing this program. But man it's getting hard to back him when we are getting blasted on the road, and can't protect our home turf.

If the season continues to crumble for this team, I'm not sure how much longer he has here.
I just can't see how you keep him if you don't make the BTT. That is 100% embarrassing.
 
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Yes he is!

I guess I don't understand why some fans are up in arms about Fred possibly getting canned, like, are they worried a new hire would also not make the BTT and the dance?

I could live with this season being disappointing if Fred had brought in some good young talent and it just wasn't coming together yet. But my God, once Williams and Gary are out the door, this roster will be hard-pressed to compete in the Summit League.

But hey, we have to let our interim AD sign Fred to a big extension through 2029. Otherwise, sixth-year seniors looking for a 3rd program to play in will never want to come here!
 
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I just can't see how you keep him if you don't make the BTT. That is 100% embarrassing.
It is for sure. And if this was year 3 you might say....well he's still building.... but this is too far in to use that excuse so who knows from here.

I think if Fred fails one can look back at the number of quality players coming out of Nebraska over the last 5 years and say, that not keeping them here was eventually his downfall.
 
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