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The Moos Dome, after he builds it. Even as a UNL grad I never fell into the misery of following Nebrasketball and used family ties to Kansas to be a Jayhawk "fan" which consisted of watching a game or two in March. With KU involved in the shoe scandal and the hiring of Hoiberg I hereby renounce being a Jayhawker and will become an avid Nebrasketball fan. Thanks Moos for adding another sports distraction to my life Exciting times in Lincoln.

There was a Republican controlled congress for 6 of the 8 years of both the Obama and Clinton administrations, and they were relentless. Not sure what game you were watching.

Get lost in this for a few minutes! Take in the exotic harmonies of our beloved Athletic Director.....

Fred Hoiberg= Sucks for Creighton

And as a private company, I basically have no say in what they decide. I'm tied in, usually by my employer's choice, not mine, and there's no advocate on my behalf for any issues I may have. Whereas, if government is involved in healthcare, I have local, state & national representatives I can appeal to - people who represent me, not the insurer. Further, the government isn't designed to make a profit off my healthcare, while health insurers make a tidy profit off me.

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Can you remember all the way back to the football coaching search of 2017?

Can Hoiberg's first game possibly be interrupted by lightning? Just curious. Moos is an undeniable, unstoppable pimp, btw.

Boom

Any sets with three guys moving at the same time is considered a win after the last couple of years

Arguably the greatest accomplishment in the history of Nebraska Basketball was winning the NIT. That happened in 1996, 23 years ago. Since that time Nebraska has gone through three head coaches (Barry Collier, Doc Sadler & Tim Miles), only made the NCAAs twice (1998 & 2014), and has nine NIT appearances, going 7-9 and failing to advance past the second round. The combined records of Collier, Sadler & Miles are 306-294 - a .510 winning percentage over 19 seasons. It's a history of futility. We're the only major conference team to never win an NCAA game. We haven't won a conference tournament in over two decades, and haven't won a conference regular-season championship in almost seven decades. So, enter Fred Hoiberg. Took Iowa State to the Sweet 16 in 2014, and finished with a record of 115-56 (.673) for the Cyclones. Four NCAA wins, which may be the most exciting thing. Fastest coach in Iowa State history to win 100 games (out of 148). He's bona fide. So he takes over for Nebrasketball, a program with excellent facilities, deep pockets and dedicated fans. He won't lack for resources here, and he won't lack for support. What should we expect from all that? I'm setting the bar low with my votes. I think he should get us an NCAA win in two years. That depends a bit on who he keeps/recruits, but the resources are there. I see no reason why that can't happen.

I get what you're saying, but private insurance companies do that too.

I went with the reasonable choice- win a NCAA game within 3 years. Long term, hopefully with a competent coach we can have sustained success over a long enough period to change the perception of what UNL is. In discussion about basketball it would be cool that people's first thought when they hear Nebraska is that we have a legitimate basketball program and not just "football school". We'll never be considered a top basketball school and football will always be king but elevating the program from being a sport we also participate in to more often than not making the tourney would be amazing.

It's silly to compare the ethical violations of the two parties, as if one is better than the other. But I'm going to do it anyway.

Build it wide, build it tall. He’s done more good in the last 18 months then the previous AD’s in the last 5 years.

My family has been on Obamacare for 3 years. Really grateful for the option, as I'm self-employed with wildly varying income month to month. Last year my wife got a job with full benefits from a private company. Turns out the coverage was worse and more expensive. It forced my wife to go with her company's plan or lose any benefit, while the rest of us stayed on Covered California (the state version of Obamacare -- one that wasn't sabotaged by Republican governors). My monthly check still goes to a private health insurer. I have all the bad choices I had before Obamacare. I'd say the hatred of Obamacare is a mystery to me, but it's not. If the vindictive little narcissist gave ACA the basic support it needed and rebranded it Trumpcare, he would save lives, money and be a legitimate hero. Of course he would never do such a thing.

God willing the 2016 election wasn't unique to Hilary. There is absolutely no grievance listed against Trump that the Clintons didn't do worse.

LOL

Head Coach Fred Hoiberg: @CoachHoiberg Assistant Coach Matt Abdelmassih: @mabde33 Assistant Coach Bobby Lutz: @bobby_lutz Assistant Coach Armon Gates: @coachagates Assistant Coach Doc Sadler: @coachdocsadler Updated for new handle for Hoiberg as well as confirmed assistants

He's Eeyore Other than tradition, I'd say Nebraska has every other advantage.

Yep...there is not really the old senior jump anymore. If anything, to the NBA it just makes him a year older. The NBA, more than any other league, drafts on potential and pre-draft workouts.

Hence the 7 year contract. This guy just got a great job in my opinion. Top 10 pay and not top 10 expectations. All the pieces in place to succeed like a top 10 program but no history at the program to have high hopes. If the guy gets us to a sweet 16 he. Could retire here a legend haha

I voted NCAA tournament win in 3 years. Fred's been out of the college game for a few years, and may need to adjust/tweak his system to the way the Big 10 plays and is officiated, stuff like that. Nebraska basketball isn't in a position to demand instant gratification, give him some space and time.

I would think that every junior in a power conference would do the same thing.

Time to re-recruit Isaiah Roby!! A couple of salient quotes from the article:

Here's the official word on Huskers.com, formal intro on Tuesday: http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=211797823

This is an exciting time for Nebraska athletics.

I expect next year to be about the same as this past year. Sorta mimic the football team. Some growing pains to be experienced. Hopefully roby stays and Allen decides the greener pasture is in Lincoln. What I’m excited about is players learning and getting better as the year goes along. Something miles failed to do. Years 2-3 could be special for us fans.

Straight from the horses mouth:

Probably the same people who said Frost hated recruiting and that’s why he was gonna stay at UCF

Hey let’s be fair. Miles would have them run the three man weave occasionally......8 feet outside the arc

No. I don’t think they should try to stop people at the border unless they have a manhunt going on. Like RedDenver said that’d make it a prison. And like NM pointed out a lot of these people are from other countries than Mexico. I don’t think the US should bother stopping anyone entering Canada illegally either. If they want to leave that’s their prerogative and they can face the consequences they get if they’re caught by Canada. And lastly there’s no financial incentive to do so. I wonder if you’ve heard Trump too many times saying Mexico is sending people over the border. These are individuals deciding to leave. We have every right stopping them entering but it would be a waste of $ and in my opinion wrong for Mexico to forcefully stop them. They aren’t breaking Mexican laws by leaving and there shouldn’t be laws for leaving a country (unless you’re wanted and trying to escape punishment).

which of the hundreds of republican led investigations convicted the clintons? there were 33 investigations and congressional hearings on jsut benghazi. biggest fault they found was that budget cuts (led by republicans) led to understaffing of the embassy security details. and some spin that hilary could have done more. maybe she could have boarded a jet and flown over there and rode her velociraptor and carried some m-16's into battle and saved the embassy like donald would have done?

If I steal a million dollars can I get off on the defense that OJ did worse?

After he left Miami. Ha!!! Tyrone Williams shot a guy and Osborne hid the gun from the police. Riley Washington faced attempted murder charges while at Nebraska. Abdul Muhammad was shot in the butt as a result of being a gang banger in Compton.

He often does the opposite of what he says he stands for. He’s smarmy as hell and always has been since the first time I saw him with his grade school girls about to burst into tears about how terrible Obama and his health care plan are for the country and how their daddy was going to fix it. I also in general don’t think university presidents should have that strong of a political leaning, at least publicly, and I don’t trust staunch Republicans to make good decisions when it comes to scientific research. He’s said some decent things when it comes to climate change (at least he believes it’s happening) but that brings me back to the first sentence of this post.

phew im glad ive got enough!

The only one I can think of is Armon Gates. He makes the most sense because he has little ties to Miles and has great recruiting ties. Outside of him, I doubt we keep any of the other assistants. I also believe Hoiberg will bring in three assistants he trusts.

We can dream right? (Or maybe it's possible?!!!!) I voted for "Sweet 16", and "three years". I think that would be plenty of time to get the players he wants into his program, and develop the culture he wants inside the walls. I considered voting for "two years", because turnarounds can happen much quicker in basketball. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if they made the tournament next year if Roby, Allen, and the current commits hang around (assuming he'd bring in some JUCO help immediately). I don't think I've ever been so excited for Nebrasketball. I don't know that I'm on the "Jack Mitchell" level of Nebrasketball fandom, but I've always felt like me and my dad have followed it closer than most Husker fans. There have been way too many lows, and I'm excited that the payoff looks to be within reach for the fan base. How sweet would it be if the football, and basketball programs took off at the same time? I can't wait for the two programs to prove national pundits wrong on what our university, and state are capable of in college athletics, in the new millennium. GBR!!!!

An yet the same people so appalled by the Clintons hold up Donald Trump as a Great Man, demanding that we not be so petty and partisan in our judgement. Funny, that. We could try to parse the severity of grievances between the Clinton's and Trump. Just remember that in the 4 year-long Starr Investigation Bill Clinton literally had to give blood, and the entire unredacted report was released to the public within 48 hours. Since Whitewater had already been settled, the entirety of the Republican's expensive and exhaustive investigation yielded a clear case of improper sexual relations, the only legality being President Clinton trying to deny them under oath. Or what Donald Trump would simply call "Tuesday." It's weird, because an extensive New York Times investigation last fall, built on 50 years of conventional wisdom in New York financial circles, came up with more than enough evidence to investigate Donald Trump on the kind of financial fraud and tax evasion that sends you directly to jail, not merely the court of public opinion.

when he talks to crowds of 4....he sees 10,000 maybe more

You know he’s talking about stopping people leaving. Not stopping people entering. They’re very different things.

Well, this is an interesting idea...