GAME 18 NEBRASKA: Step by step, one by one

[Degaz-RU]

Agree to disagree. I don’t see this great defense. I didn’t think he was particularly effective on d yesterday. Burned on threes and switches. And Simpson never got this benefit of the doubt as last year it was nonstop Simpson bashing and JMike could do no wrong. There’s an active Derkack must be benched string. Is there a JMike must be benched string? Asking for a friend?

I will just say this —

 

[runrutgersrun]

" Put one foot in front of the other and soon you'll be walking out the door. If you want to change your direction. If your time of life is at hand. Well don’t be the rule be the exception. A good way to start is to stand."

What a great write-up (as usual)...thank you! I just started some physical therapy recently and I quoted some words from your write-up in bold above- it is almost word-for-word what the therapists tell us walking wounded during the therapy sessions. Seems to be working out pretty good for me and Rutgers! Even 5-star athletes sometimes have to walk a little before they run, I guess. GO RU!!!!!!

 

[bac2therac]

What a great write-up (as usual)...thank you! I just started some physical therapy recently and I quoted some words from your write-up in bold above- it is almost word-for-word what the therapists tell us walking wounded during the therapy sessions. Seems to be working out pretty good for me and Rutgers! Even 5-star athletes sometimes have to walk a little before they run, I guess. GO RU!!!!!!

thank you for reading and best of health to you!

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

Is there a JMike must be benched string? Asking for a friend?

i think you just might find one if you look...i helped you out a bit to make it easier

 

[fluoxetine]

Some observations about Nebraska in general, since this summary gave us blanket coverage on the RU victory.

Pike is actually a good coach....I know there are detractors and people who truly believe he doesn't know offense but the staff understands the game.....and the game was an agreement of sorts. The agreement was Nebraska was married to a specific style of team defense and Pike exploited it AND had the audacity to use Hoiberg and his gameplan against him.....what does that mean.

1) First of all, there was another poster who commented about how excellent Nick Bahe and Kevin Kugler were as announcers of the game. They continued to feed the broadcast with important information about how excited Pike was and one important point....Nebraska was dedicated to double teaming the post. Why was that important??

A) Nebraska really built their home winning streak on post defense last year and (to me) they did a GREAT job vs Purdue in the last couple of years, defending Zach Edey and Purdue.....and Purdue was dedicated to running their entire offense through Zach Edey and eventually Edey not only became a dominant low post scorer, Edey last year expanded his game to becoming a capable and GOOD passer out of the post.....so Nebraska just perfected that defense and ran it against Iowa (some success), Illinois and it became their baseline defense.....and Pike used that against the Huskers.

B) How did Pike exploit this?? He DID NOT run any isolated wing post ups for 6'10 Ace Bailey.....Bailey on a wing post up, is lethal....if you don't double or send help, he can drive, pull up mid range, step back 3.....it gives Ace Bailey shots AND the ability to make passes. But that is not the best way to get Ace Bailey shots, just because he's 6'10.....the Huskers and Hoiberg were dedicated to doubling ANY player in the post.....

C) If you double Ogbole on the low block, does that make sense to ME.....?? Absolutely not, if Ogbole is fed the post, I'm not doubling him, if he scores, so be it.....But Pike never posted him or Lathan or Ace.....those are not your best passers.....Instead, he allowed JWill to drive baseline. Which draws a double team, just like a post up and JWill whipped passes to Dylan Harper......THREE......Found Zach Martini in corner, another open 3 missed, but WIDE open looks...

D) So Pike sees this and he takes Dylan Grant out of the game and subbed in Zach Martini.....AND Pike had to test the theory that Hoiberg would even double OR run a double team in the post to Martini.....So Pike had the guard, feed Martini in the post, who has no intention at all on driving and scoring.....Zach Martini was coached to go to the post and turn and look for an open teammate AND Nebraska ran a double team at Martini, who is not a post scorer, driver or slasher......Martini makes the pass, hits open player, that player drives and hits another open player.....SWISH.

The announcers mentioned that Nebraska is 100% going to double ANY post up.....but Pike outsmarted and outcoached him by NOT posting Lathan Sommerville, Ace Bailey, Ogbole.....he fed Dylan Grant, JWill, Martini and let those players "playmake". And it killed Nebraska.

Once that adjustment was made on WHO RU posted up, they could get a clean pass made, by a guard or better passer and your shooters are Ace Bailey and Dylan Harper, who are not posting up.

Add in the ability to grab rebounds by Ogbole.....add in a sneaky efficient game by Dylan Grant......and Nebraska NEVER adjusted, so much so thst once Martini posted and just relocated after he made a pass, he was WIDE OPEN every time he shot the ball.

I hope this coaching concept of replacing who the forwards and guards are within the offensive scheme, gets recognized.....because if Pike wanted to post up Dylan Harper on Hoibergs son at 6'0, we would have scored anyway.....If Ace posted, he would have scored or gotten a clean look.

Add in the ISO ball, which is GOOD offense, if an opponent cannot stop the ball and you really should have seen a 100 point performance.....if Martini or JWill hit those other open looks from 3 which were WIDE OPEN and RU makes some FTS, RU is in the high 90s to 100 points......I believe that's good coaching folks, but what do I know......

Onto Penn State!!!

Good post, although I would note that Nebraska did adjust towards the end of the game but it was too late.. and at that point Dylan just started driving past them.

 

[fluoxetine]

Agree to disagree. I don’t see this great defense. I didn’t think he was particularly effective on d yesterday. Burned on threes and switches. And Simpson never got this benefit of the doubt as last year it was nonstop Simpson bashing and JMike could do no wrong. There’s an active Derkack must be benched string. Is there a JMike must be benched string? Asking for a friend?

Jesus ****ing Christ man you must be absolutely insufferable in real life

 

[G- RUnit]

Jesus ****ing Christ man you must be absolutely insufferable in real life

Can you stalk someone else please?
You are free to put me on ignore.
Insufferable? Look in the mirror?
Standing up for a player and pointing out hypocrisy by many posters like you and last year vrs this year is fair game. So is comparing players. So is wondering why we had our most efficient offensive game of the season. So is comparing defense from last year to this year.
It appears you go into a hissy fit when someone has an opinion other than yours.
Does your blood pressure really go up because a fan calls it’s the RAC rather than Jersey Mike’s? What about poor Louis Brown? Grow a pair.
If it’s too much for your delicate sensitivity then frankly you shouldn’t be on this board.

 

[fluoxetine]

Can you stalk someone else please?

You think reading bac’s thread is “stalking you”?

You are free to put me on ignore.
Insufferable? Look in the mirror?
Standing up for a player and pointing out hypocrisy by many posters like you and last year vrs this year is fair game. So is comparing players. So is wondering why we had our most efficient offensive game of the season. So is comparing defense from last year to this year.
It appears you go into a hissy fit when someone has an opinion other than yours.
Does your blood pressure really go up because a fan calls it’s the RAC rather than Jersey Mike’s? What about poor Louis Brown? Grow a pair.
If it’s too much for your delicate sensitivity then frankly you shouldn’t be on this board.

No idea what most of this gibberish means and I’m not masochistic enough to read it but is it really too much to ask that you keep your weird Simpson obsession posts in your weird Simpson obsession thread.

No one mentioned Simpson in this thread because he plays for Saint ****ing Joseph’s and this is a thread about a game between Nebraska and Rutgers.


It is an interesting bit of human psychology because when I see people like you ranting on street corners in NYC or camped out in front of the WTC with an “inside job” poster on 9/11 I know better than to, like, engage with them but here it’s different.

 

[RUChoppin]

You think reading bac’s thread is “stalking you”?



No idea what most of this gibberish means and I’m not masochistic enough to read it but is it really too much to ask that you keep your weird Simpson obsession posts in your weird Simpson obsession thread.

No one mentioned Simpson in this thread because he plays for Saint ****ing Joseph’s and this is a thread about a game between Nebraska and Rutgers.


It is an interesting bit of human psychology because when I see people like you ranting on street corners in NYC or camped out in front of the WTC with an “inside job” poster on 9/11 I know better than to, like, engage with them but here it’s different.

Simpson has to have another good game before that thread can be resurrected. VCU wasn't it.

 

[G- RUnit]

You think reading bac’s thread is “stalking you”?



No idea what most of this gibberish means and I’m not masochistic enough to read it but is it really too much to ask that you keep your weird Simpson obsession posts in your weird Simpson obsession thread.

No one mentioned Simpson in this thread because he plays for Saint ****ing Joseph’s and this is a thread about a game between Nebraska and Rutgers.


It is an interesting bit of human psychology because when I see people like you ranting on street corners in NYC or camped out in front of the WTC with an “inside job” poster on 9/11 I know better than to, like, engage with them but here it’s different.

You’re free to place me on ignore.
Please do! Problem solved.

If you don’t understand comparing this year and last year, you may have a reading comprehension issue. Maybe you could go back to grammar. If you also don’t like fans being called out for hypocrisy well it’s a fair topic for a message board.

As to your political rants about political conspiracies please take it to the current events board. If you want to believe Covid originated at a wet market go get your jollies there.

 

[fluoxetine]

As to your political rants about political conspiracies please take it to the current events board. If you want to believe Covid originated at a wet market go get your jollies there.

Wtf are you talking about?