Nicely done, but............ "if James Palmer doesn't do what he does last night, NU loses". OK, but that is something you can say about a lot of wins, no matter what team is playing. It goes with the territory of being an mvp for the game. You need heroes to be a successful, winning team. Just saying.
certainly you need heroes, and yes, every bball team needs guys who can score points. the difference is what sort of table is set in order for that player to succeed and get his points. Watch Villanova play. They aren't just doing a harlem globetrotter dribble handoff for the first 8 seconds to get the ball to "their guy" and then just letting him go 1 on 1. Nebraska is. MSU state has a player that is 10x better then anyone on NU's team, yet they don't just give him the ball and watch him do his thing. there is a purpose, and design to what they do and IZZO fits better players then NU has into a structured system. Sure NU is having success now, but its no coincidence that the only 2 successful seasons Miles has had in the 7 years he's been here didn't actually start producing wins til midway through the season, give or take. Miles run's a style that is very free flow, player dependent, and depends greatly on team chemistry. if guys don't like each other and don't want to share, then they don't really have to. play that way for Izzo and you ruin the system, and the system ain't gonna change for you. so you sit. thats not how it is with Miles.
I'm really not trying to whine about the fact NU is winning. I guess people jsut need to understand that the type of offense Miles runs is a high risk, high reward type philosophy. its great and super fun to watch when dudes are hitting on all cylinders. but its awful when its not. (Gardner Webb anyone?) there isn't a ton of middle ground. I would prefer a coach whose plan isn't so heavily dependent on the singular output of fantastic players. Thats why Miles makes me nervous. BUT, what he's doing CAN work. i think its harder to build a consistent winner that way, but nonetheless.... if he can keep momentum going, and continue to get Roby, Palmer type players, and get them to play unselfishly (TP was a great player but an awful teammate) then I'm all for it. when i see it done consistently for 2 + yrs, i will officially shut my trap about Miles.
