Blackshirts007
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Let me start first and foremost that I am a Tim Miles fan and an avid Husker fan year round no matter the sport. I want to make some comparisons to previous coaches as far as performance. It might be surprising, maybe not. I think everyone knows the investment the university has made toward basketball is astronomical and with that should come high(er) expectations. Let's face it, we aren't a basketball school, never will be, but there are countless numbers of football schools that have good basketball programs or spans of greatness. What has to happen, because the state of the program right now is not anything special. When was the last time a GAME THREAD hit over 100 posts? I didn't see any on the 1st page including MSU upset and Creighton. So what it is, is no one that interested in basketball, stop caring as much when we start losing (guilty)? The fan support is there at the arena. 16k sold out the past few years is pretty impressive. As mentioned, I like Tim Miles and really hope he can succeed. I love that he fights for his players, gets a ton of T's, straight forward, gets along with the media. He's an unhateable guy, but i don't think that means he should be given slack because of his personality. Also, I don't think the B1G being a "tougher" conference means jack. Big 12 was loaded as well at the time. When going through non-con schedules they are very comparable year after year, a couple great teams, some good, multiple crappy. That pattern is consistent. With that in mind here are some number for previous coaches.
Doc Sadler
Doc kept us consistently in the middle of the pack with a couple low end finishes. He was notorious for bringing in Juco guys and having a lack of chemistry to begin almost every season. There were never any big name guys or highly ranked/recruited. Doc finished his time at Nebraska 12 games over .500 and about .350 in conference. It was clear Doc was never going to get us over the hump but his defenses were fun to watch, recruiting offense was the big issue here.
2006–07 Nebraska 17–14[14] 6–10[14] 7th[15]
2007–08 Nebraska 20–13[16] 7–9[16] T–7th[17]NIT 2nd Round[16]
2008–09 Nebraska 18–13[18] 8–8[18] 8th[19]NIT 1st Round[18]
2009–10 Nebraska 15–18[20] 2–14[20] 12th[21]
2010–11 Nebraska 19–13[22] 7–9[22] T–7th[23]NIT 1st Round[22]
Nebraska Cornhuskers (Big Ten Conference)
2011–12 Nebraska 12–18[22] 4–14[24] T–11th[25]
Nebraska: 101–89[4] (.532) 34–64 (.347)
Barry Collier
I don't remember much from the Collier era, but as the stats indicate we were consistently in the middle to middle lower pack of conference play. Barry finished with an overall record 2 games under .500 and .375 in conference play.
Nebraska Cornhuskers (Big 12 Conference) (2000–2006)
2000–01 Nebraska 14–16 7–9 7th
2001–02 Nebraska 13–15 6–10 7th (tie)
2002–03 Nebraska 11–19 3–13 12th
2003–04 Nebraska 18–13 6–10 9th NIT Second Round
2004–05 Nebraska 14–14 7–9 8th (tie)
2005–06 Nebraska 19–14 7–9 6th NIT First Round
Nebraska: 89–91 (.494) 36–60 (.375)
Tim Miles
Tim Miles had shown great improvement from year 1 to 2 with some dynamic shooters and good defense. He took us to the first NCAA tournament in decades, however we were not competitive. Almost to the end of year 4 with a couple more games that more than likely will be losses, he is sitting 3 games under .500 and .386. He has the best conference percentage of the pack but most of that is contributed to the year 2 run and the smaller sample size (4 years instead of 6).
Nebraska Cornhuskers (Big Ten Conference) (2012–present)
2012–13 Nebraska 15–18 5–13 10th
2013–14 Nebraska 19–13 11–7 4th NCAA Second Round
2014–15 Nebraska 13–18 5–13 12th
2015–16 Nebraska 14–15 6–10
Nebraska: 61–64 (.488) 27–43 (.386)
***It did not display the initial charts like i expected.
The stats indicate thus far, that Tim has produced the lowest results in exception to year 2. Keep in mind, Tim has brought in some big time recruits that are more athletic and highly rated than anyone we've had with the past two coaches. I normally would be optimistic about next year with the young guys, but year 2 to 3 was a disaster with practically the same team. On top of that, Tim has not been able to get a big guy in the gym since he stepped foot in here. Next year looks like the same, yay Hammond. I feel like with past coaches there was obvious heat at times and ultimately it sparked change. Is Miles an exception because of his personality and positive/happy character that makes the university look good media wise? I think with the amount of $ the university dedicated to be competitive in Basketball we should not expect less than middle of the pack in the conference, is 7th too much to ask? With occasional breakout years where we hit top 5 and start sneaking in the tourney. I don't think that's unrealistic at all. We had NBA scouts getting facility ideas by visiting Nebraska! It's almost inevitable we have top 5 college basketball facilities, if not the highest. Tim is getting better players in here than we've had under previous coaches, but the results are not meshing with that fact. Why isn't the seat a little warm, why does the media not expect high basketball results, why don't we on huskerboard, showing that game threads have pathetic numbers? It would be nice to get some decent insight on members perspective and what the deal is. We had a big injury this year that may excuse some recent losses but there were many earlier, and will be in the next couple week, and i've heard the B1G conference is tougher line (not true at all per conference rankings since 2000). Sorry for the long post but it would be nice for some decent discussion.
Doc Sadler
Doc kept us consistently in the middle of the pack with a couple low end finishes. He was notorious for bringing in Juco guys and having a lack of chemistry to begin almost every season. There were never any big name guys or highly ranked/recruited. Doc finished his time at Nebraska 12 games over .500 and about .350 in conference. It was clear Doc was never going to get us over the hump but his defenses were fun to watch, recruiting offense was the big issue here.
2006–07 Nebraska 17–14[14] 6–10[14] 7th[15]
2007–08 Nebraska 20–13[16] 7–9[16] T–7th[17]NIT 2nd Round[16]
2008–09 Nebraska 18–13[18] 8–8[18] 8th[19]NIT 1st Round[18]
2009–10 Nebraska 15–18[20] 2–14[20] 12th[21]
2010–11 Nebraska 19–13[22] 7–9[22] T–7th[23]NIT 1st Round[22]
Nebraska Cornhuskers (Big Ten Conference)
2011–12 Nebraska 12–18[22] 4–14[24] T–11th[25]
Nebraska: 101–89[4] (.532) 34–64 (.347)
Barry Collier
I don't remember much from the Collier era, but as the stats indicate we were consistently in the middle to middle lower pack of conference play. Barry finished with an overall record 2 games under .500 and .375 in conference play.
Nebraska Cornhuskers (Big 12 Conference) (2000–2006)
2000–01 Nebraska 14–16 7–9 7th
2001–02 Nebraska 13–15 6–10 7th (tie)
2002–03 Nebraska 11–19 3–13 12th
2003–04 Nebraska 18–13 6–10 9th NIT Second Round
2004–05 Nebraska 14–14 7–9 8th (tie)
2005–06 Nebraska 19–14 7–9 6th NIT First Round
Nebraska: 89–91 (.494) 36–60 (.375)
Tim Miles
Tim Miles had shown great improvement from year 1 to 2 with some dynamic shooters and good defense. He took us to the first NCAA tournament in decades, however we were not competitive. Almost to the end of year 4 with a couple more games that more than likely will be losses, he is sitting 3 games under .500 and .386. He has the best conference percentage of the pack but most of that is contributed to the year 2 run and the smaller sample size (4 years instead of 6).
Nebraska Cornhuskers (Big Ten Conference) (2012–present)
2012–13 Nebraska 15–18 5–13 10th
2013–14 Nebraska 19–13 11–7 4th NCAA Second Round
2014–15 Nebraska 13–18 5–13 12th
2015–16 Nebraska 14–15 6–10
Nebraska: 61–64 (.488) 27–43 (.386)
***It did not display the initial charts like i expected.
The stats indicate thus far, that Tim has produced the lowest results in exception to year 2. Keep in mind, Tim has brought in some big time recruits that are more athletic and highly rated than anyone we've had with the past two coaches. I normally would be optimistic about next year with the young guys, but year 2 to 3 was a disaster with practically the same team. On top of that, Tim has not been able to get a big guy in the gym since he stepped foot in here. Next year looks like the same, yay Hammond. I feel like with past coaches there was obvious heat at times and ultimately it sparked change. Is Miles an exception because of his personality and positive/happy character that makes the university look good media wise? I think with the amount of $ the university dedicated to be competitive in Basketball we should not expect less than middle of the pack in the conference, is 7th too much to ask? With occasional breakout years where we hit top 5 and start sneaking in the tourney. I don't think that's unrealistic at all. We had NBA scouts getting facility ideas by visiting Nebraska! It's almost inevitable we have top 5 college basketball facilities, if not the highest. Tim is getting better players in here than we've had under previous coaches, but the results are not meshing with that fact. Why isn't the seat a little warm, why does the media not expect high basketball results, why don't we on huskerboard, showing that game threads have pathetic numbers? It would be nice to get some decent insight on members perspective and what the deal is. We had a big injury this year that may excuse some recent losses but there were many earlier, and will be in the next couple week, and i've heard the B1G conference is tougher line (not true at all per conference rankings since 2000). Sorry for the long post but it would be nice for some decent discussion.
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