After a 0-6 start.. bring him back as a head coach in waiting lol... this guy didnt get a chance after lebron left.. what did they expect? Honestly
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Bring him in to replace Miles if the year goes poorly
I was gonna say, I'd love for him to replace Miles.
Next Nebraska coach...would be cool, might be able to recruit because he won an NBA championship and coached Lebron and Kyrie. But as a huge Lebron fan I never heard tlue talk about nebraska, he talks about Missouri alot, never nebraska.
Just because he coached LeBron James doesn’t mean he would be a hit in college Basketball not too mention Nebraska basketball..
No, but given Lue's stature in the game, if NU were looking for a coach and he actually wanted to come back (massive IF... really don't think he wants to leave the NBA), Nebrasketball has to take that chance every time.
Poor guy... made millions, and has unreal connections and respect from NBA players. He’ll land on his feet somewhere else.
There have been quite a few former NBA players come back and try to coach in college and in most cases it has not gone well. Miles has his team preseason ranked and Lue has stated that he has zero interest in coaching in college.
They did him a freaking favor! Bigly.
Lue can get a much better job than Nebrasketball. He'll take an NBA assistant job for a while and get another head coaching opportunity somewhere in the NBA if he wants it.
He's set for life financially now. An NBA assistant job will have far less stress than a college job where you have to recruit.
He's set for life financially now. An NBA assistant job will have far less stress than a college job where you have to recruit.
Are you dumb? You don't think Lebron putting a NebraskaBall logo on his twitter feed would have an impact for recruiting? You may not like Lebron, but you are not being recruited to play college basketball either, the talent we need would say Tlue would have some insight into greatness and what it takes to get to the NBA. Hell, in theory Lebron and Dwade could show up to an NU game...
Frost also could have gotten a much better job than Nebraska...there is a 1% chance that tlue has loyalty towards NU...and that is also the same chance NU has of ever being good at basketball...
No not at all. But this is after all Nebraska basketball so there are limited expectations. I mean damn, Miles is on year 50 and hasn't done a damn thing, might as well throw more BS at the wall and see what sticks. Better strategy than doing the same thing over again and expecting different results.
I have no idea why that's funny, it just is.
Your bias led to you making a false statement. Nebraska has made the NCAA tournament seven times in the history of its program. Miles has one of those in his first six years, narrowly left out last season after a 13 conference win season. This year the team is ranked in the preseason and is poised for another NCAA appearance - which would be the second in seven seasons. Not eye popping results but when you look at the history of the program, it is not “hasn’t done a damn thing”.
Hiring your most famous pro alum to be head coach only works in college baseball.
Just curious if Lee Barffy will now go in a Twitter parade asking why we ever retired his jersey? I won’t know since I stopped following him.
And you are already counting preseason expectations as though it will play out exactly as speculated. So it looks like your bias is showing as well.
Miles one NCAA appearance is a blip on the radar of his terrible career as HC at NU. Just as those other appearances were blips on the radars of past coaches. It's not indicative of anything more than a chance anomaly and has zero to do with him being a good HC.
In fact it's indicative of the coaches before him who did it as being much better than him. They had much less to work with than he currently has.
So when looked at in the correct context, No he hasn't done a damn thing.
A 22 win season with 13 wins in conference is more than “not a damn thing”. What in the history of the program do you look at that suggests a turnaround at Nebraska should be easy?
There are programs all over the country outside of the 15-20 blue bloods who are looking for the magical fix.
There are two ways to get there:
Pay players to get them here
Or
Get a guy who can coach and who players like to play for and let it build.
Obviously this is a big year for Miles but I’m seeing a higher quality of athlete here than we’ve seen sans Nee years and maybe this year matching Nee talent. I’d like to let it play out and be optimistic. Be an actual fan who wants our coach and team to be successful this year.
Billy Donovan is the next NBA coach to get canned. He is the one Moos should throw the bank at if he fires Miles. Doubtful he would come either, though. I could see him landing at Texas if Shaka can't win an NCAA tourney game this year. Then we should hire Shaka.
so are you saying this NBA is an actual thing? it's been garbage for years as I recall, from refs jobbing games to teams tanking seasons for picks...just say no and move along
It is the only sport currently increasing in popularity, whether you like it or not. It is the only sport with some what decent personalities and story lines...and doesn't involve huge amounts of domestic violence, racism, and politics. So for some reason you have a problem with an ever increasingly popular league that also promotes peace and tolerance. Yay for you! As far as I can tell, it is a predominately african american sport that does not have anyone kneeling for the anthem, despite the fact their coaches, owners, and administration have come out in support of CK...funny how that works out. Give human beings some leeway to be honest about their feelings, open up dialogue, and it doesn't blow up in your face.
Sure, the idea of Lue coaching at Nebraska is "fun". I get it. But, in order for that to happen we'd have to have a bad year in which the team falls on it's face. It seems like some would rather that happen, but I just want to have ONE season that is exciting and successful and ends with a tourney win. I'm not willing to just let that go and hope we get a better coach. We have a chance to be good this year, I'm not looking any further than that.
The NBA used to be garbage 15-20 years ago. Too many thugs, too much iso ball, etc. Incidents like Malice at The Palace and Latrell Sprewell choking out PJ Carlesimo didn't help. Portland was referred to as the JailBlazers, Denver was referred to as the Thuggets, etc. It was a dark time for fans that grew up on Magic vs. Bird.
The league really struggled post-Jordan for about 10 years to turn out a good universal product again. Over the last 10 years, though, the NBA has really found its stride again. For the longest time, the Spurs were about the only team in the league that played like a team consistently. Now there are exciting, cohesive teams and young talent everywhere you look.
As for "refs jobbing games," that was ONE guy and he went to jail, not some league-wide conspiracy. And teams tanking for picks? Gee, it's a good thing NFL and MLB teams would never stoop so low. Laughing
I don't even like the NBA and I felt like I had to like that post...nice.
Thanks, litespeed. I know I probably didn't make a dent but whenever I see someone dismiss the NBA on this board, it seems based on the assumption that the league is still operating like it's 2003.
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Goes to show you how much more progressive Adam Silver is as a commissioner. By far the best commsioner in all of Pro Sports
Agreed. He may be the least-athletic looking commissioner of all time, but he definitely knows his ****. The Donald Sterling thing happened just a few months into his tenure. He showed real leadership and decisiveness in dealing with that quagmire. Not one ounce of hesitation in kicking that POS to the curb for life.