Huskers pounding Michigan
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You seem convinced that you were blessed with some special gift for telling everyone what they really think, and that people are dying for you to share these keen insights.
You weren't and we aren't.
Still a good series win. Not counting yesterday's split, NU's RPI is at 34 which should be regional-worthy.
Where are the Hawkeye trolls? Iowa's RPI had sunk to 86 before they took it on the chin yet again from a bad Maryland team. Get swept today and they'll be in the 90s.
Where are the Hawkeye trolls? Iowa's RPI had sunk to 86 before they took it on the chin yet again from a bad Maryland team. Get swept today and they'll be in the 90s.
Get swept today and they may be in danger of making the conference tournament especially if Northwestern upends Minnesota..
Yeah kind of hard to "kick down the door" and win the conference tournament if you're not playing in it.
And in case anyone is wondering, none of the trolls have taken me up on that $1,000 bet on Iowa making "return visits" to the College World Series. Maybe they're busy making alternative travel plans for the weekend regionals are played, because Iowa's likely staying home.
scheule I think it's just that some of us get a little tired of the endless complaining about our coaches. You have to admit that it's been a loooong period of negativity running down the line from Riley to Miles and now Erstad. Riley rightly so, Miles maybe less rightly so and some of us think the Erstad bashing is not very warranted. Firing Miles was a borderline decision IMO that happens to appear to have been a good move now with Hoiberg's hiring. Firing Erstad at this point would IMO be maybe worse than when we fired Frank.
And some of us, especially those who haven't called for Erstad to be fired, get tired of being told what a fantastic coach he is when the facts clearly say otherwise. Saying that his teams "turn it on when it really matters" has to be one of the absolute dumbest bits of fanboy drivel I've read in a long time. Although, it was rivaled by the statement that we should all be impressed by the Huskers exceeding their 6th-place preseason conference prediction.
I've never called for Erstad to be fired because he's achieved pretty much exactly what I expected when he became head coach - just enough wins to keep the job for as long as he wants it. What I don't understand is why the people who assured us that he was going to absolutely dominate the Big Ten - and there were many of them - remain thrilled with these results.
Yeah. I’ve never really understood the “turns it on when it really matters” comments either. I guess the postseason doesn’t really matter since he is 1-10 since 2015.
I really don’t have much confidence in Erstad, but it doesn’t mean I will ever root against them. Hell, I stayed up till 1:15 watching last night hoping they would come back.
Yeah it's a damn shame those three straight series losses to Iowa, Illinois and Northwestern came at a time that didn't really matter. If only they had really mattered, NU could have won one of those series and probably secured at least a share of the conference title.
I haven't seen anybody who has been "thrilled" with the baseball results. What I see going on here is some people getting defensive when SOME posters call for his head. I haven't seen you specifically say you want him fired but you most certainly have been a vocal critic. When people use terms like "Ersdud" etc to reference our coach I find it a little disrespectful. So then some people feel compelled to defend him against the criticism. It's just so easy to ***** and complain about a coach to vent frustrations and it's contagious. JMHO. Nobody was happy with missing the B1G tourney last year. Nobody was happy about losing 2 of 3 to Iowa this year. So far though this season is playing out about where most of us want us to be most years, in the hunt for the regular season title and playing good baseball heading in to tourney time. Now let's finish this season out on a positive note. That has been our problem. Time for Erstad to beat OU.Winking
Probably not. For one thing, Solich was at least in a more difficult conference to succeed in. But also, Frank had the sense to remove assistant coaches, albeit it took the first .500 season in forever to realize it.
Mike Kirby is a long-time, very successful baseball assistant. But to my knowledge, he isn't involved much in the batting instruction if at all, beyond the third base coach duties. Nebraska finished the regular season with a .258 team average, more strikeouts (438) than hits (418), slugging .363, 423 runners left on base, etc. etc. The numbers have been consistently stagnant since Bolt left, despite some pretty talented guys coming through the program (Meyers, Schreiber, Wilkening, et al). Erstad has stated he will not "take the easy way out" and replace assistants. It's not much different than Tim Miles losing Craig Smith and not replacing him with an offensive-minded guy, Bill Callahan refusing to fire his buddy Cosgrove, and so on. Nebraska doesn't need to make the CWS ever again, but conference titles were winnable in 2016 and this year, and Nebraska's inability to scrape across more than 2 or 3 runs in multiple games cost them. Stubbornly thinking you're the guy to fix it after 5 years of average results? Meh, something about the definition of insanity.
I watched until the bitter end last night (this morning), midnight California time. After the loss I was thinking about the series you mention and was in the "woulda, coulda, shoulda" mode. We were so damn close to taking the conference with just a couple more wins.
You seem to take a lot of offense to my post. Why does it bother you so much? I didn’t call you out individually. Actually I didn’t call anyone out. I suggested that fans should practice supporting a team and not complaining so often. Let an AD do his or her job.
Why you took this as a jab to you is your own thing to figure out.
Question, how did Michigan get the record the have??? And come on....give me credit...I mean how does Michigan have that more games played then us...?
Michigan is 38-16
Huskers 28-20?!?! Wait what...!
Michigan is 38-16
Huskers 28-20?!?! Wait what...!
No! I need you to tell me what I'm really thinking! I can't possibly get through the day without it.
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I actually agree with this. It does get old seeing our fans complain so much. I’m always trying to push for us just to support the team and coaches. But I swear, it’s like we’d rather rag on the team and coaches then support them.
By playing the 151st most difficult schedule in the country.
Nebraska's schedule is ranked 42nd. As I've said before, I do think Erstad makes scheduling quality opponents a priority, and he deserves credit for that. He could probably pad his record with a lot more easy wins than he has.
It's only six more games, and Nebraska lost six to bad weather. Not sure how many Michigan lost.
EDIT: Looks like Michigan only lost two. They had a couple of others postponed, but made them up later.
Ok there it is...I forgot about games canceled due to cold weather or what ever. We good now.
To me there is a big difference between a coach who is in their first 3, maybe 4 seasons. In that case, you can say they need to be given a fair chance. When a coach is in their 8th season, they've been given plenty of a fair chance and judging them more harshly when they aren't living up to the program's standards in fair game.
The truth was this team looked pretty bad a couple of weeks ago and seemed to be playing themselves out of a regional. I don't think it was unfair or out of line to point that out. To the team and coaching staff's credit, they have turned that around the last two weeks and have probably secured a regional berth. However, it is also important to point out that getting to a regional, while important is just one step. We need to do better in the postseason-at the conference tournament and at a regional. We haven't won more than one game at the tournament since 2014. Especially with the tournament in Omaha, we need to do better than that. And our record at regionals has to get better too. Going 1-6 with the only win barely eking it out against Binghamton and some of the losses being against teams with far fewer resources(some which don't even offer scholarships) is really not acceptable. It's not only that we've lost some of those games, but we've looked downright weak and lethargic in some of them. Make some noise at the conference tournament and win just a couple of games in a regional this year, and that would go a long way towards quieting the critics.
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And the Husker record is about 66% in conference but not the season record. Contrary to some beliefs it is totally possible for a person to think a coach needs to be replaced and still root for the team to win. I personally would love for this team to go on a run starting now in the Conf tourney and extend it to the regionals. No I am not saying Erstad has to win regionals but my feeling is that he has to be very competitive in the tourney and win a game or two in regionals or think maybe we need to change if it is anything less!
Yeah, heaven forbid if we should ever criticize the coaching on a sports board. 
The OWH had an article last week reviewing our chances of making a regional. Winning the series against Michigan helps, but I don't think it quite 'seals the deal.' Going 0-2 in the BiG TeN ToUrNaMeNt should be avoided.
RPI “snubs” happen every year (we’ll get into why shortly). Kentucky missed at 30 last year. The first four teams out, according to the committee, were Northeastern (35), Dallas Baptist (36), Troy (39) and Oklahoma State (41). The first four missing in 2017 were South Carolina (32), Connecticut (38), Miami (41) and Old Dominion (50).
Recent Big Ten schools to fall short despite competitive selection-day RPIs were Illinois (47 last year), Michigan (38 in 2016) and Ohio State (41 in 2015). League schools to earn at-large bids include Ohio State (37 last year), Nebraska (44 in 2017 and 47 in 2016) and Minnesota (50 in 2016).
Nebraska is third in nonconference SOS and 11-18 against top-100 RPI clubs ahead of the series with Michigan (41 RPI).
The record against top-100 RPI teams hurts, especially 4-8 against squads in the 51-100 range (see: series losses to Minnesota, Iowa and Northwestern). And the Huskers aren’t exactly hot, having lost nine of their past 15 games.
The OWH had an article last week reviewing our chances of making a regional. Winning the series against Michigan helps, but I don't think it quite 'seals the deal.' Going 0-2 in the BiG TeN ToUrNaMeNt should be avoided.
RPI “snubs” happen every year (we’ll get into why shortly). Kentucky missed at 30 last year. The first four teams out, according to the committee, were Northeastern (35), Dallas Baptist (36), Troy (39) and Oklahoma State (41). The first four missing in 2017 were South Carolina (32), Connecticut (38), Miami (41) and Old Dominion (50).
Recent Big Ten schools to fall short despite competitive selection-day RPIs were Illinois (47 last year), Michigan (38 in 2016) and Ohio State (41 in 2015). League schools to earn at-large bids include Ohio State (37 last year), Nebraska (44 in 2017 and 47 in 2016) and Minnesota (50 in 2016).
Nebraska is third in nonconference SOS and 11-18 against top-100 RPI clubs ahead of the series with Michigan (41 RPI).
The record against top-100 RPI teams hurts, especially 4-8 against squads in the 51-100 range (see: series losses to Minnesota, Iowa and Northwestern). And the Huskers aren’t exactly hot, having lost nine of their past 15 games.