Chucky shot 35% from 3, 44% overall from the field and 85% from the line this past year.. Couple that with his handle and ability to penetrate and I think he would have helped.
Not saying he wouldn’t have.. But our perimeter shooting this year was a far cry from last year’s tournament team.
Did you see our point guard play this year? 100% we’d be in both the B1G and NCAA if we had Chucky this year.Rollie shot 22% from 3 and 71% from the line. One of the reasons our perimeter shooting was so poor was Rollie. Nobody had to guard him tight. Couple that with the fact that he was trying to draw fouls on drives and would throw up wild shots and not get a call. We had too many guys who weren't a threat to shoot and it allowed opponents to focus their D the other guys on the floor. Chucky shot 35% from 3. How many more games would have 2 more 3s per game have won us?
I guess that would make it moot point if he had zero interest wanting to play for Nebraska..
Last year, we had 10 players shoot 32% or better from three. This year, we only had three players shoot 32% or better from three. Funny thing is they weren’t three point shooters at their previous schools. Fred had to know that. What was he thinking?
Yeah, see, I can forgive Fred for not bagging Chucky Hepburn. He was leaving a program better than Nebraska's and ended up at a program better than Nebraska's. The only reason NU even comes up in a conversation about Hepburn is because he's from Nebraska, so I had no expectation that he would land in Lincoln.
The issue for me is that I don't know who he tried to get. I mistakenly thought with the bigs we took that we would have a deeper roster without really thinking hard enough about what we lost with Mast and Tominaga. I thought Essegian might be an upgrade from Kesei but I'm not done with Essegian. I think he can be a valuable tool but there has to be other guys on the floor with him who are an offensive threat. The other thing Rollie lacked was enough foot quickness to stay with opposing guards. We really got exposed when the opposition had 2 or 3 guys on the floor at the same time who could shoot 3s AND take you off the dribble.
If Fred could not pull a single PG out of that portal class, but he gets a hall pass because he "might have tried, we don't know" - then the head coach of Nebraska basketball is the single greatest job in the history of sports.
Gillespie from Belmont was a good example of a productive mid major. Ends up at Maryland and has a great year. I think Fred was just plain lazy in the portal. I think he settled for a bunch of big ten subs. I think Fred deep down doesn’t have the drive to be an elite recruiter. His assistants aren’t good recruiters either.
That was his knock at Iowa St, heard recruiting wasn’t something he enjoyed..
Easiest gig in big ten:
Ahneman is not a good outside shooter. Hasn’t hit a 3 all year, literally.
Not much expectation from fans either until the meltdown. That’s the only reason an admitted non-fan was commenting. Nothing was Fred’s fault until the end.
Truth, though the only expectation from admin is high attendance and concessions income
Probably didn’t help when he got booed by fans when he came to Lincoln with Wisky.
Yes, Bolt as well. Got slapped again yesterday at UCLA. AD going to have some decisions to make next year.
Memory must be short. Huskers won the B1G tournament last season..
I agree. Everyone knew baseball was going to take a hit when we joined this league. Hoping that adding the PAC schools will actually bring the quality up quite a bit and allow us to get some more West Coast/South recruits in here. There’s a lot of season left. And this team has already got some really good wins.
