What more fans are angry about on this message board regarding Griffiths is the fans on this board who DEFEND Griffiths, who blame Pikiell, etc. I think THAT is where the anger flows from, and then gets redirected onto Griffiths himself.
Plus his family (father in particular) has been active on social media bashing Pikiell , RU - and see above denigrating and dissing Dylan Harper!! Like what on earth are they thinking, and why on earth do they care about Harper? Seems like thewy think RU should have developed Griffiths into what Harper was rated - and is performing at.
Also, it is pretty clear Griffiths' family was the driving force behind him leaving RU to go o Nebraska.
For the record, before last season started, I did believe Griffiths could do well, and had a chance to average 10-12 ppg as a freshman. I felt from his tape he had 3-level scoring (excellent range from 3, driving capability to both finish at the rim and to pull up mid-range makes). And it appeared he was a good passer, with good court vision. He was tall and athletic, so I thought he could be coached to be a defender as well.
I was wrong. But I am not angry at Griffiths ... jst bummed for RU he performed so poorly - and was such a bad defender he could not stay on the court for RU - and when he did, until the last 4-5 games was awfull offensively as well.
Also, for the record, as soon as he announced for Nebraska, then over the Summer, I felt strongly (and posted this), that he would be buried on the bench for Nebraska. Nebraska never made sense, from the star:
1) Nebraska's coach believes in tough, physocal defense from his players ... Griffith does not fit that mold. Not sure wht Hoiberg was thinking, frankly - Griffiths never made sense for his coaching style.
2) More importantly, from Griffiths' perspective, what was he thinking? It was pretty clear there was no obvious role for Griffiths given the players Hoiberg brought into the program. Nebraska had, and brought in, a large number of WF/2G types - all of whom had better records of performance at the P5 level than did Griffiths. They returned Gary (who is an under-sized PF, but plays WF most of the time for Nebraska) at WF, brought in Essegian (a tough sophomore year last year but a MUCH better freshman year than Griffiths had - indeed, the type of year I had hoped for from Griffiths, but did not get: 12 ppg, 35% 3-point shooting, 4 rpg), Ulis as a tough-nosed defender, the coach's son Hoiberg as reserve guard, Worster from Utah (to be the PG) ... and Brice Williams - their star, at 2G, or maybe WF. So Nebraska had Williams, Essegian, Worster, Gary and Hoiberg clearly ahead of Griffiths, 5 players to play 3 WF/G positions ... they had brought in as new transfers Meah, Morgan and Butuktuncel to man the 4/5 position. So .. where was Griffiths? Fighting it with Ulis for being the 9th and 10th players. Griffiths' best case was being the 9th player in the rotation - or MAYBE the 8th player if Essegian blew up like as a Sophomore.
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