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Hoiberg gives upbeat report on his new-look Husker team
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There's reason for skepticism with all of our major men's teams. We can choose which team we believe may be better going forward, but there's very limited historical evidence to support it.
For me, it's all about needing to see it first to believe it -- football, basketball, and baseball. Each of them will have enough talent to believe they could be better next season, but it's not like we've seen a bunch of evidence of coaches maximizing talent. All three teams will have significantly different rosters and starters -- so it's tough to gauge building chemistry quick enough to win.
Here's Jimmy Watkin's Take in the OWH on Coach Hoiberg's comments on the Huskers Radio Network:
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Fred Hoiberg and Nebraska basketball staying busy amid retooling of roster
Fred Hoiberg said he was “almost busier than you ever are” this offseason. The Huskers have added six players (three transfers) and a new assistant since the 2021 season ended.
Here's another Jimmy Watkins article in the OWH"
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Fred Hoiberg and Nebraska are 'laying the foundation' as summer workouts begin Thursday
Sam Griesel and Derrick Walker say success starts with habits they build this summer. “We’re building team camaraderie. Setting the culture for the fall. Learning, teaching, we’ll do it all
The baseball team won a championship under Bolt. Is that not seeing it? Or is it truly "what have you done lately?".
just like Mike Anderson went to the CWS... oh wait, he was fired a few years later.
The point? it is much easier to win when using another coaches recruited and coached players.
Time for coach to stop turning over his roster and start building a team. I hope this is the start!
It is? I'm not sure how you would prove or quantify that assertion. Many people believe it is more difficult to win with players not recruited to fit "their system".
As for the point, the poster said he wanted to see success first....Bolt had success. Most people would see winning a conference title as success.
Well, we have had two coaches that came in and won right away, but then after those players were gone fell flat. What everyone else talks about is irrelevant, we have seen it twice at NU.. once with Anderson and then again with Bolt.
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Figured I'd put this in here. Might start an off season news thread for items like this...
I'm more inclined to believe that a coach in his/her first two years has it as easy as it gets. I think the "system" argument is an excuse for early underperformance. In the first two years, you have the ear of experienced players, typically coming off losing seasons, who are eager to learn something new and the messaging from their coach more easily captures their full attention. I believe that is why we see so many new coaches take terrible teams to HUGE improvement in one season. Think John Blake to Bob Stoops. Similar things can occur with position coaching. Think Craig Bohl to Bo Pelini.
Coaches who struggle to change their messaging to maintain player attention will struggle beyond Year 3 regardless of their X and O knowledge base. This is especially true if the team struggles to get results on the field.
Reasons for both hope and despair when setting expectations for 2022 and beyond.
Very good point...anything that happens twice should be universally accepted as the norm going forward. Two times is all the proof I need.
