I think it's a balance, I agree that it's really important that Fred has someone running the offense who isn't selfish. I also think JL could have hunted his own shot a lot more than he did. I'm not too worried that Fred is going to bring in a ball hog who doesn't fit the team identity. He lived through Teddy Allen and I don't think we'll see that again.
I did watch it. Frager has some ability, but he’s not a pg, and isn’t looking to pass. No, we don’t want ball hogs, everyone agrees.
LOL. You totally misunderstood and that's OK! "Create for himself" is a code for ball hog. We don't want some other team's cast off. Believe it or not, there are a lot of guys out there who can create for themselves AND set up their teammates. I know that this team needs someone who can get to the rim, hit a pullup or just consistently force help defenders to leave their man and find the open man.
You most definitely want a guy who is athletic enough to create scoring opportunities when things aren’t working.
Pretty close to impossible to define in black and white what Sam did for this team. I mean.... everything? Ok maybe not much in the shot blocking department!
Yeah I always felt like the TV talking heads just saw a short white guy with a headband and declared, "starting point guard!" - even though he wasn't.
My bad, and thanks for telling me it is "ok." I don't want to totally misunderstand you again, so please clear it up for me if I get it wrong. What Nebraska needs is less guys that can "create for himself," because they are ball hogs, and instead we want are guys that can "create for themselves" (aka ball hogs) AND set up their teammates. So being a ball hog is ok if they set up their teammates? Kinda seems like a contradiction in terms. I'm just really confused on whether or not this create your own shot guy is a benefit to the team. It has this feeling of being something every coach in America would want, but you make a strong argument against a guy like that.
It's about when and how often. Sometimes, yes. Every time. No. A guy who can break people down and create for himself or others is fine if they are not ball dominant or ball stoppers. Fred's offense works better with the ball moving side to side. So if a guy drives to the basketball it's right away against a close out with help side out of position. Or it's off a quick on ball screen. But other times he keeps the ball moving and moves. That's the offense in a nutshell.
I want to play against guys like Alonzo Verge and Teddy Allen. There's a reason guys like this are still available to transfer in July or play for five teams. But someone will eventually take them. I think Fred taking Verge was one of those times. He needed a guy, took a chance. Still lost 20 games.
You know what he did at Iowa in 24-25 right? Averaged 16 and 7, had 15 and 8 against Nebraska. He definitely sucked at Creighton this year, but so did everyone else. No clue if Fred and Loenser could get him to play in our team concept, but if he went back to 24-25 form he'd be exactly the kind of post we badly need. Could be an opportunity to buy low. Obviously I believe Fred when he says the most important thing in he portal is to find guys that fit in the locker room. No turds allowed.
Yeah for the life of me, I don't know how McDermott ever got sold on Ty Davis. Would be a bench player at a lot of DII schools.
