I'd have to admit, I'm somewhat of a casual Basketball fan. I watch them when their on, as I do most Nebraska athletics.
I really don't think Tim cares about an extension right now. He knows that if we win he'll get rewarded. If he falls short and gets canned, he'll pack his bags and somebody else will get a damned good coach. I'm betting he's in Lincoln a long time.
I think this is probably true. Last year was so miserable it kind of erased the brief excitement we all felt after our invite to the dance. I hope he turns it around this year. I like him and hope he succeeds. But damn... the time is over for excuses. There is no good reason Nebraska can't field a competitive basketball team
See that's where I see things differently than many on here. I think we WERE competitive last year. Yeah we lost some games we shouldn't have but man we played some really good teams closer than we have since Nee and beat some really good teams. Then in the B1G tournament at the end of the season we maybe played some of our best basketball of the year. I just think we're really close. I see more young talent on this team than I've seen in a long long time. Hopefully they win enough this year for Miles to get to coach them til graduation.
I like your optimism. Gosh I hope you are right. I would love to see NU hoops take off.
As much as I didn't like his passive attitude losing our former 2 guard probably costs us a game or two. We need our freshman big man to contribute quickly. I think we're going to have enough scorers if we can rebound and defend effectively enough.
Year 3 we finished with 13 wins...we went 13-18. A team that was preseason top 25 won 13 games. I keep seeing people say it was a mistake that we won in year 2. But in all reality, that may be the only thing that saves Miles because we weren't landing some highly rated recruits without the NCAA tournament run. Of course, with that...the wins have to eventually start happening.
Miles is making over 2 million a year and Nebraska has finally invested in its basketball program. If we plan on having zero expectations then we should have kept Doc around at half the price. Luckily, it appears our AD expects our basketball program to be at the very least...solid.
We went 2-14 against top 100 RPI teams last year. Not saying we weren't competitive in most games....but 2-14 is dismal. Sure, we were competitive in a lot of those losses...this also won't be the same team as last year. We have some new parts...but we also lost two 16-17 PPG scorers. Miles is going to have to work his magic like in year 2.
There is the same reason why Penn State doesn't field a good basketball team. Why Illinois, Purdue and Indiana don't field good football teams. Why Kansas fields an amazing basketball program but a broken football program.
Good post. Thanks. But I have a question. Wouldn't you say it is easier to build a basketball program rather than football? Serious question. I am presuming it would be easier but maybe that is the basic flaw in my approach to Miles.
You can't have ever played or coached basketball if you really believe what you just posted. Sadler could coach mugging the other team and running the shot clock out without getting off a shot. Sh##ty basketball. Horrible basketball. Sadler's coaching (screaming and swearing with ridiculous substitution patterns) Sadler basketball was virtually unwatchable. At least we have some guys now that are a threat on offense. Consistency isn't there but there are stretches where Miles's guys play really good ball.
Agree or disagree but it obviously is a warning shot fired by the AD. Miles should officially consider himself a candidate for the hot seat if he doesn't have a better season this year. The pressure is on.
It'll change if/when we spend the bucks to hire a proven head coach from a major program. If Kansas can do it, there's no reason whatsoever that Nebraska can't also do it.
