Jeriah Horne

[SouthLincoln Husker]

I wouldn't have given up on a true freshman and his lack of defense.

What should Miles have done differently?

Obviously I can't speak for what went on in practice or in meetings. I can only speak on what I witnessed on the court. Some players are offensive minded. Some are defensive. Some can do both.

Horne was obviously an offensive minded player. And a threat to score when he was on the court. But Miles kept pulling him and reducing minutes for "lack of defense." No one on the team played consistent defense every game.

We had stretches of games where we wouldn't score for 5,6,7 minutes or more. And Horne, who was pretty good at stretching the defense, was left on the bench.

So What Miles could have done, was continue to use Horne offensively while still working with him to play better defense. Like I said, he was just a freshman. And as we have just seen with Webster, maybe giving up on someone too soon isn't the answer.

Lol... so limiting a guys playing time as a true freshman is giving up on someone?

Because he wasn't good at defense? Yes. There were plenty of guys playing sh**ty defense that wasn't the offensive threat Horne was.

It was more about his effort on defense than his ability to play. I think he seen the writing on the wall. Gill will be back along with Painter & Copeland.

Gill the guy who was abysmal at shooting and scoring before he was hurt?

Copeland the guy who just had back surgery?

And who is Painter?

That doesn't appear to me to be what i would hang my hat on just yet.

Sorry, Palmer Just saying he was leaving because he was seeing playing time diminish. Only speculation!

 

[seaofred92]

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[Cdog923]

I wouldn't have given up on a true freshman and his lack of defense.

What should Miles have done differently?

Obviously I can't speak for what went on in practice or in meetings. I can only speak on what I witnessed on the court. Some players are offensive minded. Some are defensive. Some can do both.

Horne was obviously an offensive minded player. And a threat to score when he was on the court. But Miles kept pulling him and reducing minutes for "lack of defense." No one on the team played consistent defense every game.

We had stretches of games where we wouldn't score for 5,6,7 minutes or more. And Horne, who was pretty good at stretching the defense, was left on the bench.

So What Miles could have done, was continue to use Horne offensively while still working with him to play better defense. Like I said, he was just a freshman. And as we have just seen with Webster, maybe giving up on someone too soon isn't the answer.

Lol... so limiting a guys playing time as a true freshman is giving up on someone?

Because he wasn't good at defense? Yes. There were plenty of guys playing sh**ty defense that wasn't the offensive threat Horne was.

Maybe he wasn't buying into it, or even attempting to work at it?

So many unknowns, yet you and your +3's want to just throw Miles under a bus for it.

+4 now.

 

[BigRedBuster]

Wait...why are people pretending like the Huskers defense was solid this year and that Horne was jeopardizing the team?

The defense sucked and the team had a horrible record. It sort of seems like it would have been a great season to play dudes like Horne and Roby a lot more.

I am not a Jordy fan (as most of you know) but with all the tick he got...you can make an argument that he went from horrible stiff to just a stiff.

So why not let some of the others learn from their mistakes ON THE COURT.

I'll go the other direction with that thought.

We were one of the worst teams in the country with 3 point defense. Obviously, Miles thought there were better defenders on the team. Everyone was bad enough at defense that he probably couldn't risk taking out someone who is better on defense with the thought that maybe he would score more and not be offended that he wasn't getting major playing time as a true freshman.

I guess I don't have much sympathy for kids who aren't happy with enough playing time as a true freshman.

If it's not a good fit...then it's not a good fit. Everyone just needs to move on. This happens all the time at pretty much every basketball program in the country. It's not something to get alarmed about.

 

[seaofred92]

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[Cdog923]

Look, I get that playing time has to be earned, but sometimes a bone needs to be thrown. Horne could have been a very versatile piece had Miles used him: he could have played a stretch 4 when paired with Morrow/Jordy/Jacobson, or a bigger 3 when Tai/Watson/Turner needed to sit. Miles is comfortable with a shorter rotation/bench, but he's got pieces here that he could have played around with, especially in a year when the team was going nowhere.

 

[ScottyIce]

And MattyIce hits the nail on the head....

Horne admitted little playing time was because of substandard practice habits. I give Miles kudos for not handing out playing time to kids who aren't working hard. Lord knows Fuller was busting his a$$ and rarely played.

 

[Cdog923]

And MattyIce hits the nail on the head....

Horne admitted little playing time was because of substandard practice habits. I give Miles kudos for not handing out playing time to kids who aren't working hard. Lord knows Fuller was busting his a$$ and rarely played.

So, whose job is it to motivate the kid to practice harder?

 

[BIG ERN]

 

[ScottyIce]

And MattyIce hits the nail on the head....

Horne admitted little playing time was because of substandard practice habits. I give Miles kudos for not handing out playing time to kids who aren't working hard. Lord knows Fuller was busting his a$$ and rarely played.

So, whose job is it to motivate the kid to practice harder?

LOL THE COACH! WHICH IS WHY HE USED PLAYING TIME AS THE MOTIVATING FACTOR.

Have you ever coached, played or watched a sport before?

 

[Mavric]

And MattyIce hits the nail on the head....

Horne admitted little playing time was because of substandard practice habits. I give Miles kudos for not handing out playing time to kids who aren't working hard. Lord knows Fuller was busting his a$$ and rarely played.

So, whose job is it to motivate the kid to practice harder?

The answer depends on whether you like the coach or not.

 

[ScottyIce]

And MattyIce hits the nail on the head....

Horne admitted little playing time was because of substandard practice habits. I give Miles kudos for not handing out playing time to kids who aren't working hard. Lord knows Fuller was busting his a$$ and rarely played.

So, whose job is it to motivate the kid to practice harder?

The answer depends on whether you like the coach or not.

Mav, I just said it is the job of the staff's to do that.

Do you not agree that using playing time as motivation is a fair approach by a coach?

 

[Mavric]

Horne admitted little playing time was because of substandard practice habits.

Where is this? Haven't seen it.

 

[Cdog923]

And MattyIce hits the nail on the head....

Horne admitted little playing time was because of substandard practice habits. I give Miles kudos for not handing out playing time to kids who aren't working hard. Lord knows Fuller was busting his a$$ and rarely played.

So, whose job is it to motivate the kid to practice harder?

LOL THE COACH! WHICH IS WHY HE USED PLAYING TIME AS THE MOTIVATING FACTOR.

Have you ever coached, played or watched a sport before?

Enough to know that if a kid isn't being motivated by the method you are using, you try something else.

There's enough smoke around all of the players (and assistants for that matter) that, for one reason or another, have left the program to surmise that Miles may not be the best at using different forms of motivation. Even a layman can see that.

 

[BigRedBuster]

And MattyIce hits the nail on the head....

Horne admitted little playing time was because of substandard practice habits. I give Miles kudos for not handing out playing time to kids who aren't working hard. Lord knows Fuller was busting his a$$ and rarely played.

So, whose job is it to motivate the kid to practice harder?

Quite honestly.....once you are on a Div 1 basketball roster, if you don't have the motivation to work your holy a$$ off then that falls back on you. Even though the end results are not what anyone expected, there were kids busting their butts on the court to get results. Horne was man enough to admit he wasn't one of them.

Again...nothing alarming here.

Believe it or not, Tom Osborne even had players who didn't decide to bust their asses in practice and they didn't have success on the field.