I guess Fred Hoiberg might really be going to Nebraska.
That's a good guess.
Oh.....you said HOI dberg.....
I'll show myself out...
Yep, and Miles will get immediately picked up as Wash State HC. Book it.
Flushed
Should have gone by Tim Meils and he'd still have a job #eB4i #english
The sports world loves a good Glen Mason dilemma.
or bill mallory, if you want to make a more UM reference.
His tenure went down the toilet quickly
#foreshadowing at its finest
Schaedenflush
make sure to wipe after you schefter
Clogged drein maybe?
THIS is what I came here to see!! The Tim Miles shitter/TV clip!
Perhaps a better clip for the occasion?
Too bad, such a likeable guy. Unlike Scott Frost's mother. Hope Hoiberg is a miserable failure at that basketball mecca in Lincoln.
Yeah but are they still gonna pay him?
As was expected. It was pretty much an open secret that Miles was toast as soon as Nebraska bowed out of the NIT.
Will be interesting to see how quickly Hoiberg leaves if he has any success (though it won't be next season -- NEB is gonna be bad). Can't imagine he sees Lincoln as his final resting place.
Hoiberg will bring in a ton of transfers, I am guessing they will be decent.
I am shocked, SHOCKED, I tell you, to hear of this man's dismissal from this establishment!
Bye Timmy
March 27th, 2019 at 12:21 AM ^
TIMMAY
I liked having Miles in the Big Ten. I'm not sure what to think of him as a coach, but he definitely improved Nebraska's program.
I thought Hoiberg said he didn't like recruiting. I guess Nebraska will be happy if he can bring in transfers as well as Miles did. It won't be hard to match his recruiting otherwise.
It wouldn't be a proper farewell without a look at his signature photo
Seems like a tough gig. A school with little basketball history in a very tough league.
They have a nice new arena though
Kind of a raw deal for him imo. He had a great year last year, should have been a tourney team. Was trending good this year as well until the Copeland injury. They had some issues but he seemed to get those turned around at the end of the year and the team was playing good again. Nebraska really doesn't have much patience with their coaches.
The Copeland injury didn't help but the Huskers were already starting to fade when he tore up his knee in the loss to OSU. That defeat put them at 13-7 (3-6) with games left against Wisconsin, Maryland, Purdue x2, Michigan, MSU, and Iowa. They went 1-6 against those teams down the stretch with the lone win against Iowa in a total collapse by the Hawkeyes. Does Nebraska win a few more of those games with Copeland? Perhaps, but I already think they were on the wrong side of the hill.
I guarantee that any school willing to pay what Hoiberg will command doesn't consider a season where they miss the tournament as a great year. And that wasn't a rebuilding year. Nebraska was as loaded as they've ever been.
It's easy to lump them in with Penn State as a tough place to win, at least based on their history. But Penn State is content to be cheap and have little fan support. Nebraska wants to win. They have the fans in place, they're willing to spend and they're not going to settle for being on the bubble as a good result.
The comments on the article are mostly "thanks for trying coach. You were a class act while you were here" and so on. One had a good story:
"Side note. My father in law who follows everything UNL. Bowling, Volleyball,Football,etc….this past year overcame cancer and it was close to him not being with us and I emailed the University completely expecting them to ignore me asking how much for an autograph photo from Frost. While we didn't get anything back for Scott Frost. Tim Miles wrote him a hand wrote get well note and autographed photo that my Father in Law still has."
Seems to be a great dude. Hope he lands a good gig somewhere.
Someone will nab him. Might have to settle for a mid-major job but I think he'll still do well somewhere.
He won't be unemployed long.
maybe he lands at one of the schools that is about to get toasted for the shoe money scandal
Who are they bringing back? Fred Hoiberg is perhaps a better coach and with a full roster may perform well. But I am not optimistic that it will be sustainable. Fred Hoiberg did not impress me at Chicago and have to wonder whether his Iowa State performance was more luck than coaching.
That is the smile of a man on his way to deposit a very large check.
Seems like he was the bright, shiny object a few years ago. Shame he couldn't parlay some moderate success at Nebraska into a better job.
this is a team at a traditional doormat that, under miles, would go 10-10 in an average B10. Not the monsterous best conf in the nation the B10 was this year that chewed up and spat out IU, PSU, Neb and an up and coming Ill team, but an average B10 this team with Copeland would ahve been 10-10ish.
Not sure Neb can do better
Nebraska fans are among my most favorite sports fans outside of Ann Arbor, but they seem live in their own world in many respects. Their football delusion has apparently bled into basketball.
I don't think it's unreasonable for them to want to make the tournament more than once in seven seasons.
March 27th, 2019 at 12:04 PM ^
It is when they've only made the tournament seven times in the entire history of the program.
And Johnny Dawkins is IN at Vanderbilt!
Anchor Down!
Thought they were trying to land Avery Johnson?
I feel like Johnny could do better than Vanderbilt.
March 27th, 2019 at 10:11 AM ^
Not likely. UCLAis a shit show and even if it weren't, isn't an option.
Bama, St. Joe's, A&M, and Arkansas are not better jobs.
Cal is likely to hire Kidd unless he gets the Lakers job. Washinhgton St is a no. BYU is a no.
You might make a case for UNLV, but with its conference, location, incoming recruiting class, brand-new AD and endowment Vandy is an extremely desirable job.
Aubrey going to follow him? He has to be eligible for a grad transfer
March 27th, 2019 at 10:02 AM ^
Yeah, but he's also 24, so he might try to start getting paid.
Good coach that would’ve gotten some leeway if they would’ve made the Big Dance last year.