[Husker] Collier

[richards todd]

Collier stays, Collier goes.  I don't care.  What I do
care about is how anywone can think in the remotest
sense that this is "a program with a winning if not an
impressive season."  Winning record?  Maybe, Barely. 
Impressive?  Not in the slightest.

We've been taught to accept this averageness in the
basketball program for as long as I can remember which
is 46 years.  Ergo, this university has won a total of
(0) NCAA tourney games in its history.

We've been taught that a NIT bid is a result of a
successful season.  65 teams are invited to the big
dance every year.  The NIT every year or two means
that your program sucks.

I go back again to the exmple of first year coach
Bruce Pearl at Tennessee.  This years starters are the
same starters the previous guy had on the court the
year before and couldn't even finish with a winning
record or an NIT bid.  Now they look to be a 3 or
maybe 2 seed in the NCAA and look to win the SEC
outright.

I know I can expect all kinds of replies that disagree
with my position.  Whatever....  Keep thinking the way
you think about the basketball program and you can
expect the same results forever.  Another 46 years
without a NCAA Tourney win  would not surprise me one
bit.

Todd in Tennessee
--- dryter at inebraska.com wrote:

> Quinn Snyder is out there.  Why not hire a coach
> forced out of MU to take over a
> program with a winning if not impressive season? 
> He's a Duke boy, he must be
> good.
> 
> I have been rather disappointed with the atmosphere
> in NE and among fans.  Very
> fickle and impatient.  The team looks good and maybe
> Collier can stay.  They
> drop a game they should have won and you can stick
> the proverbial fork in him.
> Granted, Collier's tenure here isn't impressive, but
> when the team has a couple
> bad games talk starts about firing the coach.  MU
> needed a new coach.  OSU may
> need a new coach for different reasons.  But NU?  To
> me, immediately wanting to
> fire the coach and looking for a replacement that
> will cost more than the annual
> budget of the Lincoln Public Schools is giving up on
> the season and the players
> and entering dangerous territory for a school
> talking about more vertical
> program cuts and tuition increases.  Then again, we
> could use the tax revenue
> from that lottery ticket purchased in Lincoln.
> 
> Collier has two very good players lined up for next
> year: Toni Soda, the 7-foot
> Croatian and Ryan Anderson the a 6-4 shooting guard
> from Seattle.  With the
> development of Maric and Jamel White picking up his
> game there is the
> possibility that the team could improve next year.
> 
> My questions are as follows.  Does Collier develop
> players to be the best that
> they can be?  Is he recruiting fundamentally sound
> players?  Is he a good game
> coach? Is he getting the most out of his players? 
> Would a new coach attract a
> couple MacDonalds All-Americans away from Duke, UNC,
> KU, UCLA, Memphis,
> Illinois, etc?
> 
> There is evidence that the answer to the first two
> questions is "no".  The
> number of turnovers by Huskers in a one-on-one
> situation is appalling.  I have
> seen it with the freshman Jamel White and seniors
> Wilkinson and Dourriseau.
> This could also be a function of a poor offense, but
> there are too many
> giveaways.
> 
> It was apparent against TX, and down the stretch
> against TT that this team just
> isn't that good.  They have gotten wins when Maric
> has a career night, or White
> comes out of nowhere, but as a team they just aren't
> that good.
> 
> According to Steven Stipple, Collier is not a good
> game coach, and pulling Maric
> in the TT game may not have been a good idea, though
> if he leaves him in and he
> fouls out, they lose by 30. I don't have a strong
> opinion on this.
> 
> At times it seems that Collier doesn't get the most
> out of his players.  He lost
> McCray--which is bound to happen sometimes.  But
> then the players speak as if
> they have pride in the team and work hard.  If this
> is the case, it could be
> that Collier's offense is poorly designed and he
> just doesn't have a good
> system.
> 
> Can Collier pull in top tier players?  I don't know.
>  He has one so far and he
> didn't work out (McCray). Though there are a lot of
> good athletes out there,
> there aren't that many fundamentally good players
> out there.  I was at a grade
> school basketball game recently and these little
> guys dribble a few times,
> maybe make a pass and launch a 3.  In our game, you
> want to do two things, dunk
> and swing around on the rim, and shoot the 3
> baaabyyy!  (IMO the 3-point line
> should be removed for all levels below college.)
> 
> Look at the game and the players.  Look at what
> their chances are in the league.
>  And replace the coach after the season is over.
> 
> Derek
> 
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