But I have been told by the experts on here that the grass is greener and that we need to fire KF and McCaffery and bring in new blood.
The experts are never wrong on here, btw.
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But I have been told by the experts on here that the grass is greener and that we need to fire KF and McCaffery and bring in new blood.
The experts are never wrong on here, btw.
Overall Records:
5 years: 115-56 (.673) at Clown U
3 years: 21-63 (.250) at Little Debbie
Conference Records:
5 years: 49-39 (.557) at Clown U
3 years: 6-47 (.113) at Little Debbie
Just found this article (link below). Hoiberg even got an extension and has a $18.5 million buyout. He is probably going to be there for a while.
Fred Hoiberg Received An Unannounced Contract Extension in 2020
The Omaha World Herald reported today that Nebraska Men’s basketball coach Fred Hoiberg was given a contract extension and money added to his buyout under former athletic director Bill Moos’...www.cornnation.com
I'd like to know the tab for former football, basketball and AD's at Nebraska paid in the last handful of years + future payments. I just know it's a freaking big number.
Hoiberg is a better, classier version of Alford. I'm not sure how well he can coach, but he's usually done a pretty good job of assembling talent. Maybe not so much lately.
Hoiberg is a better, classier version of Alford. I'm not sure how well he can coach, but he's usually done a pretty good job of assembling talent. Maybe not so much lately.
The stature of Nebraska athletics right now is flat out embarrassing.
The B1G made a monumental mistake inviting them to join.
The B1G made a monumental mistake inviting them to join.
I subscribe to the view that Hoiberg was an early adopter of the transfer strategy, but that everyone else caught up to him during the time period that he was in the NBA. When he came back, there was nothing unique about his approach to roster building, and he wasn't able to attract the high level transfers needed in order to compete in the B1G.
I think that he was overly aggressive in turning over the roster he inherited from Tim Miles, anticipating that his name recognition would allow him to get better transfers than he did. In particular, he has struggled to get the kind of big men and point guards that you need to compete.
At this point, entering year 4, I do not think that he will be able to turn the corner and compete at Nebraska. I am not sad about that fact. I do think that the $18.5 million buyout means that there will be a year 4 for Hoiberg in Nebraska. But I expect that will be the end of the road.
I think that he was overly aggressive in turning over the roster he inherited from Tim Miles, anticipating that his name recognition would allow him to get better transfers than he did. In particular, he has struggled to get the kind of big men and point guards that you need to compete.
At this point, entering year 4, I do not think that he will be able to turn the corner and compete at Nebraska. I am not sad about that fact. I do think that the $18.5 million buyout means that there will be a year 4 for Hoiberg in Nebraska. But I expect that will be the end of the road.
Didn’t they spend nearly $200M on a new on-campus arena not all that long ago?
I know Nebby is not a successful hoops program, but they should be at least shooting for NIT berths most seasons. There is some talent in KC (KU’s traditional recruiting grounds) and Omaha isn’t completely devoid of B1G caliber players. They won’t be perennial contenders like MSU or Purdue, but they can do a hell of a lot better than this.
I know Nebby is not a successful hoops program, but they should be at least shooting for NIT berths most seasons. There is some talent in KC (KU’s traditional recruiting grounds) and Omaha isn’t completely devoid of B1G caliber players. They won’t be perennial contenders like MSU or Purdue, but they can do a hell of a lot better than this.
So Tim Miles gets fired after winning 6 B1G games in 2018-19, despite the team tying for fourth in 2017-18, and Fred has won 6 B1G games over three seasons combined. Maybe he stays to make hiring Frost look better.
The fact of the matter is they could still play. Nebraska would let him recruit the same guys, he’s just not getting them.
Correct. His effort so far at Nebraska is borderline stealing money. They play with so little passion it's quite remarkable. As others have said, everyone is in the transfer game now so it's similar to high school recruiting, in that the best transfers are going to the best schools just like the high school players.
But yes, Nebraska would have zero problems with him bringing in whomever as long as they could play.
You beat me to it Perryhawk. Before Fred was hired at Nebraska I heard fire Fran hire Fred numerous times on this board. Another one our expert posters fawned over on here was Bobby Hurley. He hasn’t exactly set the world on fire at ASU.
Evidently Neb has a transfer PG set to join next year's team along with some decent big men recruits.
The fan base is growing impatient so he better show significant improvement next year. Does not help that McDermott has sustained success just up the road at CU. Lot of husker fans wonder why PG Hepburn out of Omaha landed at Wis...good player.
The fan base is growing impatient so he better show significant improvement next year. Does not help that McDermott has sustained success just up the road at CU. Lot of husker fans wonder why PG Hepburn out of Omaha landed at Wis...good player.
Again, I don’t care who he’s got coming in. We’ve heard that for 3 years. Not only have they not improved, they have regressed. 4 wins next year would be marked improvement. Who can they possibly hope to pass besides possibly Minnesota, and at least Minny has big time high school basketball there. There’s no way they bring him back.
I'm fine with them getting rid of Miles, because f*** Tim Miles.
Also Hoiberg never should've left ISU, even for the Bulls.
I’m sure Nebraska would, but is the Lincoln PD on board the way the Ames PD was?
Fred's not behind schedule,.. 4-6 years from now,.. this is Nebraska after all.
Yikes. Even Lickliter didn't reach those lows, bad as he was. Lick's worst team won 10 games. Hoiberg hasn't had a team win more than 7 (so far). Let that sink in for a minute.
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Fred said he does not like recruiting....Fred is "people".
He said it in an interview when he took the Bulls job leaving ISU.
The point with all the transfers they don't have too much production from underclassman which doesn't bode well for long term if you are so bad now and not playing a lot of young guys. Except the one freshman who is putting up big #s won't be there to develop because he's most likely going pro.
I think little Debbie moving to the Big Ten really shows how the Texas Ten is not as awesome as people think it was regardless of sport.
At least they still have women’s volleyball and women’s bowling to puff out their chests over.
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