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OWH: The Case For - And Against - Tim Miles


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Reasons to believe, baby:

1. Nebraska’s rotation is stocked with young players.

2. The Huskers were 3-1 in Big Ten play when Ed Morrow’s injured foot knocked him out of the lineup.

3. Nebraska has played one of the three toughest schedules in the country, including six non-conference foes ranked in the top 60 of KenPom’s ratings.

4. Miles, inheriting a weak roster, took Nebraska to the freaking NCAA tournament in his second year.

5. Interest and effort are strong, both on the floor and in the seats.

 

Why it’s hard to believe:

1. Since Joe Cipriano took over in 1963-64, only one coach has produced three consecutive losing seasons. That was Barry Collier and it came his first three years on the job.

2. For all of NU’s inspired efforts against good teams, Miles loses too many games to bad teams.

3. Yes, Miles is playing young guys, but he’s in this position because he recruited so poorly his first few years.

4. The old excuse for Nebraska was the Devaney Center. Pinnacle Bank Arena and the Hendricks complex were supposed to make NU competitive.

5. Nebraska isn’t the only young team in the Big Ten. This is a point often overlooked by Miles’ supporters.

 

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The "young" excuse is a lame argument because it goes hand in hand with good recruiting. If you recruit well, you will be playing young guys because the guys you bring in will be good players. So...it is a wash.

 

The Big Ten is horrible this year...Crean is getting canned...MSU has their worst team in Izzo's career...Iowa is lame...Illinois is down big time...Minny sucks...Rutgers is horrible...this is Matta's worst team since his first year (I think),

 

Wisconsin is solid and NW is "good" Purdue is about where they normally are or where they have been for the last 10 years or so.

 

Will NU be better next year? Maybe...they lose their best player.

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The "young" excuse is a lame argument because it goes hand in hand with good recruiting. If you recruit well, you will be playing young guys because the guys you bring in will be good players. So...it is a wash.

 

The Big Ten is horrible this year...Crean is getting canned...MSU has their worst team in Izzo's career...Iowa is lame...Illinois is down big time...Minny sucks...Rutgers is horrible...this is Matta's worst team since his first year (I think),

 

Wisconsin is solid and NW is "good" Purdue is about where they normally are or where they have been for the last 10 years or so.

 

Will NU be better next year? Maybe...they lose their best player.

The "young" excuse is lame but true. Lost their best player last year in Andrew White and have arguably been more competitive. Add Copeland and Palmer next year to the freshman/sophomores and it's at the very least a very intriguing team.

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The "young" excuse is a lame argument because it goes hand in hand with good recruiting. If you recruit well, you will be playing young guys because the guys you bring in will be good players. So...it is a wash.

 

The Big Ten is horrible this year...Crean is getting canned...MSU has their worst team in Izzo's career...Iowa is lame...Illinois is down big time...Minny sucks...Rutgers is horrible...this is Matta's worst team since his first year (I think),

 

Wisconsin is solid and NW is "good" Purdue is about where they normally are or where they have been for the last 10 years or so.

 

Will NU be better next year? Maybe...they lose their best player.

The "young" excuse is lame but true. Lost their best player last year in Andrew White and have arguably been more competitive. Add Copeland and Palmer next year to the freshman/sophomores and it's at the very least a very intriguing team.

 

Lots of people - inside and outside the program - said we'd be better without him. :dunno

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The "young" excuse is a lame argument because it goes hand in hand with good recruiting. If you recruit well, you will be playing young guys because the guys you bring in will be good players. So...it is a wash.

 

The Big Ten is horrible this year...Crean is getting canned...MSU has their worst team in Izzo's career...Iowa is lame...Illinois is down big time...Minny sucks...Rutgers is horrible...this is Matta's worst team since his first year (I think),

 

Wisconsin is solid and NW is "good" Purdue is about where they normally are or where they have been for the last 10 years or so.

 

Will NU be better next year? Maybe...they lose their best player.

The "young" excuse is lame but true. Lost their best player last year in Andrew White and have arguably been more competitive. Add Copeland and Palmer next year to the freshman/sophomores and it's at the very least a very intriguing team.

 

Lots of people - inside and outside the program - said we'd be better without him. :dunno

 

And next year they will be better without Webster!

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The "young" excuse is a lame argument because it goes hand in hand with good recruiting. If you recruit well, you will be playing young guys because the guys you bring in will be good players. So...it is a wash.

 

The Big Ten is horrible this year...Crean is getting canned...MSU has their worst team in Izzo's career...Iowa is lame...Illinois is down big time...Minny sucks...Rutgers is horrible...this is Matta's worst team since his first year (I think),

 

Wisconsin is solid and NW is "good" Purdue is about where they normally are or where they have been for the last 10 years or so.

 

Will NU be better next year? Maybe...they lose their best player.

 

The "young" excuse is lame but true. Lost their best player last year in Andrew White and have arguably been more competitive. Add Copeland and Palmer next year to the freshman/sophomores and it's at the very least a very intriguing team.

Lots of people - inside and outside the program - said we'd be better without him. :dunno

Shavon Shields was so much a better player than White

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The "young" excuse is a lame argument because it goes hand in hand with good recruiting. If you recruit well, you will be playing young guys because the guys you bring in will be good players. So...it is a wash.

 

The Big Ten is horrible this year...Crean is getting canned...MSU has their worst team in Izzo's career...Iowa is lame...Illinois is down big time...Minny sucks...Rutgers is horrible...this is Matta's worst team since his first year (I think),

 

Wisconsin is solid and NW is "good" Purdue is about where they normally are or where they have been for the last 10 years or so.

 

Will NU be better next year? Maybe...they lose their best player.

The "young" excuse is lame but true. Lost their best player last year in Andrew White and have arguably been more competitive. Add Copeland and Palmer next year to the freshman/sophomores and it's at the very least a very intriguing team.

Lots of people - inside and outside the program - said we'd be better without him. :dunno

Shavon Shields was so much a better player than White

 

I still think SS was one of the top 5 or 10 Huskers of all time.

It shocked me when people thought they would be better without him

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The "young" excuse is a lame argument because it goes hand in hand with good recruiting. If you recruit well, you will be playing young guys because the guys you bring in will be good players. So...it is a wash.

 

The Big Ten is horrible this year...Crean is getting canned...MSU has their worst team in Izzo's career...Iowa is lame...Illinois is down big time...Minny sucks...Rutgers is horrible...this is Matta's worst team since his first year (I think),

 

Wisconsin is solid and NW is "good" Purdue is about where they normally are or where they have been for the last 10 years or so.

 

Will NU be better next year? Maybe...they lose their best player.

 

The "young" excuse is lame but true. Lost their best player last year in Andrew White and have arguably been more competitive. Add Copeland and Palmer next year to the freshman/sophomores and it's at the very least a very intriguing team.

Lots of people - inside and outside the program - said we'd be better without him. :dunno

Shavon Shields was so much a better player than White

I still think SS was one of the top 5 or 10 Huskers of all time.

It shocked me when people thought they would be better without him

For the record he was also a better player than Petteway

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The "young" excuse is a lame argument because it goes hand in hand with good recruiting. If you recruit well, you will be playing young guys because the guys you bring in will be good players. So...it is a wash.

 

The Big Ten is horrible this year...Crean is getting canned...MSU has their worst team in Izzo's career...Iowa is lame...Illinois is down big time...Minny sucks...Rutgers is horrible...this is Matta's worst team since his first year (I think),

 

Wisconsin is solid and NW is "good" Purdue is about where they normally are or where they have been for the last 10 years or so.

 

Will NU be better next year? Maybe...they lose their best player.

The "young" excuse is lame but true. Lost their best player last year in Andrew White and have arguably been more competitive. Add Copeland and Palmer next year to the freshman/sophomores and it's at the very least a very intriguing team.

Lots of people - inside and outside the program - said we'd be better without him. :dunno

Shavon Shields was so much a better player than White

I still think SS was one of the top 5 or 10 Huskers of all time.

It shocked me when people thought they would be better without him

For the record he was also a better player than Petteway

 

Totally agree. I really think SS is, for some reason, very underrated.

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The young argument works if you had previous years of success and have a year of rebuild. Nebraska under Miles hasn't had much success but that year he took NU to the tournament. This team is young, and he has been here plenty of years to see a recruiting class through so this young team is on his shoulders.

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I agree...the thing is, if you are recruiting "well" like many say Miles is...then those young guys SHOULD be playing.

And basketball is one of those sports were one great player can make the team great, and you can get those great players as Freshman. Although I am not a fan of the one and done, look at Kentucky. If you can get just one of those players on your team you have a great chance of being very good.

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