Head Basketball Coach Search
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swmohusker
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I think miles has done well enough this year that he has to be given another year. If not then it must be a slam dunk hire to replace him. Don't see that happening.
HS_Coach_C
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He's not getting fired this year. His seat went from hot to lukewarm, but a step back next year and the pitchforks will be out in full force.
VectorVictor
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Dunno. Depends on what Moos has set in his mind for criteria. If Miles needed to make the NCAA tourney to keep his job safe, he most likely didn’t do that. Yes we had substantial improvement, but history shows that won’t be sustained next year.
Frankly, I’m to where I am indifferent about giving Miles another season. We’ve been flirting with competence under Miles but whenever the big games happen, we typically show little in the way of preparation, progress, or a positive/loose mindset. Don’t know that Miles has the basketball mind to make the improvements necessary for sustained success.
It’s as if Miles is a much nicer version of Bo Pelini—he can build up win totals and occasionally steal a game from a better team, but when the spotlight is on the team, they usually crap the bed (unless we’re at home).
Bottom line: Nebraska basketball and its fans deserve measured, sustained progress and a coach that can make the adjustments and win the big games away from home. I don’t think we have that, sadly. :dunno
Xmas32
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huskersrule95
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To me it is going to depend if the underclassmen stay or we have a bunch of players leaving again. If players are staying then Miles should get one more year, if we have another year of a few players leaving then maybe it’s time to move on from Miles. He has to be able to keep the key players here.
VectorVictor
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huskersrule95 said:
Why? We had all of our key players back after the last NCAA Tournament visit, we were pre-season Top 25 in a few places even...and Miles got read like a picture book by opposing coaches. There’s nothing to suggest he’s upped his coaching acumen since then, or we’d be talking about the upcoming B1G Tourney title game.
BTW, don’t get me wrong. Miles is a great person and has been a positive media presence for our program.
But then again, so was Doc Saddler.
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VectorVictor
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In all fairness, the Doc Saddler wins were in a decidedly easier basketball conference. But yeah, I didn’t even realize the records were that similar.
desertshox
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Are you sure about that? Big 12 usually had 4-5 teams ranked. His non-con was usually fluff though.
That seems to be the narrative. But I did some research on it last year and it doesn't really turn out to be the case:
VectorVictor
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Duly noted. So conference strength doesn't paint either W/L record in a flattering light, to be honest, since the difference is so negligible, right?
In all fairness Doc Sadler defeated Kevin Durant and Micheal Beasly in the same season, I believe.
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VectorVictor
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While that’s well and great, Mavric already ran the data, and the difference between conferences is negligible at best.