[Husker] Basketball: Tim Miles vs John Groce

[Mike Jaixen]

I think I can effectively counter the apathy angle by showing the crowds that Husker volleyball and baseball draw.

Then pull out some mid-90's highlights of a sold out Devaney Center with Beau Reid and Eric Piatkowski upsetting Kansas.

Then call up the NCAA attendance where Creighton, a Missouri Valley team, has quadrupled their season ticket base and now ranks in the top ten nationally.

I don't think it's fan apathy at Nebraska.

I think it's the fact that nobody has been able to win an NCAA tournament game at Nebraska, and they assume the cards are simply not aligned to ever do that.  It's a self-fulfilling prophecy, mind you.

 
Mike Jaixen
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 From: Scott Stewart <fourtwophd at gmail.com>
To: Jon Johnston <jon.johnston at gmail.com> 
Cc: “Husker List“ <husker at tssi.com> 
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 3:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Husker] Basketball: Tim Miles vs John Groce
 
Not a BB guy, in fact I don't even watch the sport. Even if all the other
channels are filled with a Little House on the Prairie Marathon.

However, I find it interesting how people are interpreting the pay thing
with Groce and Miles. My read was Groce was not interested in NU, even for
more money. I know that NU is spending a lot of money on BB, but maybe the
problem is not money.

I attended Auburn in the late 1980's. They had a run at BB (the ground
round of rebound played there, or something like that LOL). However, it
couldn't compete with football, and really nobody cared about it. Tickets
were free to students...still are, and they couldn't put butts in seats. So
all the players and coaches went away.

My point being, I wonder if it is the lack of a large passionate BB fan
base that makes a major college BB coach think twice about risking his
reputation on developing a program at NU. Maybe it ain't just about
money...I know I am naive.

Scott

2012/3/29 Jon Johnston <jon.johnston at gmail.com>

> Hmmmmmm.....
>
> Well, when the hire came across, I made an apathetic comment on twitter,
> and received some emails from guys I know who know basketball a lot better
> than I do who told me that Miles was a good hire and Nebraska was lucky to
> get him. (The references came from a couple basketball schools that
> Nebraska doesn't play). So... based on their feedback, I'll reserve
> judgement.
>
> However.... I find it strange that people make the comment "I trust
> Osborne" when Osborne hisself stated he didn't know much about basketball.
> Perhaps he had advisors, then, right? Like Marc Boehm, who does something
> apparently worthwhile and collects a paycheck. There was no indication nor
> leak that Nebraska had hired a search firm.
>
> So... here we are having hired a "nice guy" who "does it the right way"
> and all that stuff - things we haven't heard since Doc Sadler was hired.
>
> With regards to someone who wants to be here.... I really could give a
> shit if they want to be at Nebraska or not. We don't have that luxury. If
> we hired a gunslinger for $3.5M a year and he got us into the upper
> eschelon of the B1G, he could leave and we'd be better off than we are
> right now.
>
> I'll reserve judgement on Miles because, really, what other choice is
> there?
>
> But, gee, we maintained the status quo apparently without much effort.
>
> OH, YAY!
>
> Jon Johnston
> Corn Nation
>
> On Mar 29, 2012, at 1:18 PM, Steve Cornelius wrote:
>
> >
> > We cannot accurately judge either hire for 3 to 5 years down the road. I
> > trust Osborne and I would also rather have someone who WANTS to be here,
> > rather than someone who would rather be somewhere else.
> >
> > --
> > Steve Cornelius
>
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