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Just wait for the transfers to come in next year, give the guy time to develop his players, he's an Osborne hire..... etc etc etc.
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Extenuating circumstances. He needs at least 3 years to see what next years Freshmen can do.
This is good news. Now the freshman can get extensive playing time and experience instead of sitting on the bench. That will pay off for us down the road.
Maybe we can fill those open scholarships with some 16 year-olds who are graduating high school early. Then we'll we'll totally have the youngest roster in the BIG and if Miles manages to win 5 games he definitely deserves that elusive extension.
Yes, true true. Also, consider everyone that is leaving was a cancer and we will be better off without them.
This bears such a hilarious resemblance to the Andrew White situation. First we have plenty of shooters who can replace him and who, unlike White, have definitely bought into the program. Until the team goes 12-19 and ends the season with a whimper - then White's sudden departure is absolutely one of the reasons it was such a crappy season.
Another MAJOR factor in that crappy season was that Ed Morrow missed 7 games with an injury and the Huskers went 1-6 in that stretch. Until about five hours ago - when Morrow became a liability who wasn't going to get as much playing time next year and that's totally why he's transferring.
If Morrow was a stock, I would be cleaning out my 401K and buying him right now. Because next year at this time, he's suddenly going to be the missing piece that Miles couldn't possibly be expected to replace on such short notice.
Hopefully that 5 star Copeland recovers fully and gets cleared for next year. With Morrow gone we will need him in a huge way. And our first 5 star in basketball?? How fitting.
https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/1040
Hopefully i did this right. This is our new guy comming in and we will need him in a big way now
Hopefully i did this right. This is our new guy comming in and we will need him in a big way now
We were not as good at the end of the year when Ed was on the floor. Period. He was a liability on both ends of the floor. He couldn't guard other bigs and he couldn't score on them. He did manage to get to the line some but couldn't make his free throws when it mattered. He's undersized and unlike most undersized 5s he can't shoot or dribble. He's a good effort rebounder and energy guy but we would never be able to compete at the level people want with him playing as many minutes as he has. I don't care who the coach is. I wish he would have stayed to give us minutes off the bench but Jordy should be getting all we can give him. I do think we struggled when he got injured just trying to figure out how to play without him but he wasn't going to get us to the dance. He got used in the paint.
I think it is Miles' presence keeps us out of the dance. I don't think we make it with or without Morrow next year.
I guess Ed being on the floor was the reason why we stunk it up so bad early in conference...and started off 3-0. Sigh..
I don't disagree with that, but the team isn't better off without him - unless you believe the undiluted nonsense now being spewed by the president of the Dakota Timmy Fan Club.
No I wasn't saying we are better without him. I just am surprised at some posts on both boards which seem to make him a far far better player than what he is or was here at Nebraska. RSS is having a mini meltdown over this. Smh
We are sort of discussing different layers to the same onion.
I don't believe Morrow was an elite player. I have said all year that he was limited offensively. That doesn't mean he wasn't vital to the relative success of the team.
Morrow may or may not be the best player on the Nebraska basketball team. He is not a great player or isnt capable of starting at Michigan St or Kansas. However, with him on the floor Nebraska beat teams that he wouldn't start for. When he went down, they lost to teams, that if he were on, he would be a starter and maybe the best player.
Plus, at this point in the game...does anybody see Miles finding a guy who is a potential double digit scorer and 7+ rebounds in the paint? Probably not. Now, rebounding will be an excuse next year and it will be ...."Miles can't rebound for them!"
Morrow is an undersized post player with a very limited offensive game - there is little doubt about that. And yet, he managed to put up 9 points and 8 boards per game while being the only player on the roster who even sniffed 50% from the field. Despite Morrow's clear limitations, the only guy whose departure would have a more severe and immediate impact on the team's success is Watson, and that's largely because Watson is the only player on the roster who can knock down a 3 with some degree of regularity or dribble the ball against his own shadow.
So yeah, there are people who are making Morrow out to be better than he really is, just as there is now a lot of nonsensical shouting about how he was going to struggle for playing time next year and that's why he's transferring (Posting tip: repeat this 5,000 or so times and it can be stated as fact, just like the feelers NU put out for a new coach, but NOBODY would take the job...)
In reality, do you think Miles presence gets Nebraska to the Big Dance next year? I don't
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