We have struggled with zone defense and the press every year under Miles. Experience has zero to do with it. We were an "experienced" team last year. Didn't end well.
Every basketball team is young. Dumb excuse. This is a B1G team and they have never handled the press.
It won't matter if we have 5 seniors starting. Until Miles can find an solid big man it will be no postseason for us under him. Whatever he's preaching this team isn't buying.
When you run a "motion" offense and never run the ball (at least a token look) through the middle... what exactly are you going to accomplish? We have seen it before. Clear out and let the main guy drive wildly.
No, tonight was about Tai and Benny turning the ball over and everybody but Shields not being able to throw it in the ocean. I don't think a big man would have mattered much tonight. When White can't hit his shots consistently we're screwed. Good heavens we started 0/8 from the line. Webster and Parker stunk it up tonight big time.
exactly. We've got to get more guard talent. Watson is going to be an upgrade I think but he can't play the whole game and that still leaves Tai or Benny in the game. I had hopes after watching them go toe to toe with Miami but man they have really hit a rough patch.
Some nights the ball just won't go in. When we started 0/8 from the line I knew we were in trouble. That kind of thing is infectious no matter what the score is at the time.
We have been a bad offensive team every year under Miles. Unfortunately for him...and the fans, the ball fails to go in the hoop quite a bit. Hero ball works sometimes...but won't get you many wins.
AD's always have a list but we are not remotely close to that. SE knows what the deal is with Husker bball and he has realistic expectations for how long its going to take to build a program here. Miles would have been better off to have not gone on that run two years ago. Baby steps. This year's recruiting class was the start.
You are helping make the case why NU needs to start considering a HC change. Padgett looked like he knew what his team could do well and where they could expose NU.
We've recruited much better offensive players than we've had for a while. That's obvious. We had a bad night. That was obvious. Webster and Parker are consistently inconsistent and turn the ball over way too much. You get one good game from them and then 3 bad ones. We have to have guards that can take care of the ball and consistently make shots.
So shall we wait 7 years? 10 years? Recruiting is getting better but we see the same problems regardless of the Jimmy and Joes
We have...not sure it's enough. Watson is the only young guy proven thus far he has an offensive game. Don't look now...but other Big Ten programs can recruit. Regardless, it's rinse and repeat as to what we struggle with under Miles no matter who is on the floor.
My point is that somebody made a snide comment about being outcoached by Samford's coach. He is obviously well qualified to have his job. I dunno if we were out coached so much as outplayed. You can't shoot as poorly as we did and expect to win.
Yes we got out coached. We gave up 43 points in the second half to freaking Samford.
McVeigh and Jacobsen have shown flashes too. That's 3 freshmen that look like they could wind up being pretty good players. We need better players than Benny and Tai. Good kids but not consistently capable of playing at a high level. IF we can recruit 3 more guys this cycle with the upsides of the 3 freshmen playing now we'll be okay.
McVeigh is always going to struggle with white mans disease. He may be an okay role player when we need a shooter but his foot speed have to be some of the worst in college basketball. I think Jacobson may end up being solid...but, as I said...we aren't the only ones recruiting wel. Nor do I know if Miles can develop the youngsters.
They had guys hitting threes that normally don't. Sh## happens and they have better talent than we gave them credit for.
Its hard to say on where a 6-5 to 6-9 guys is going to wind up by the time they are done. They can change a bunch physically in a couple of years of college. We need better athletes at the 4 and 5 but we are probably going to have to develop bigs.
