I'm bumping this thread. But my intention is not to call out
@HerbRedman. Instead, I wanted to have a real debate without starting a new thread.
I mean this with complete sincerity:
I seriously don't count the 19-20 and 20-21 seasons for Fred Hoiberg. Am I being irresponsible or logical? Here's why I want to bring up this debate:
1. Season 1 was always going to be dumpster fire for any Coach who took over Nebraska. Hell they could've hired Pitino and he would've struggled that season. Its beyond comical that he had to add two kids from the football team that wouldn't have started at Wayne State, just so they could have enough players at the Big Ten tournament.
2. Then the World changes during the 2020 postseason. Hell. the Sports World thought Fred Hoiberg was going to die and spread Zombie like symptoms to the rest of the Big Ten, thus wiping out the City of Chicago.
3. This meant recruiting and especially the transfer portal was almost completely wiped out in 2020.
4. The 2020-21 roster was a joke due to the pandemic and restrictions laid down. And many of those restrictions even halted Fred's ability to build something for the 21-22 season.
5. The man didn't get the chance to build a roster for legit 2nd season until the fall of 2021.
6. The first legitimate team the man could build didn't take the court officially until 2022-23.
7. Since that time, Hoiberg has gone 36-26, and he's primed for an NCAA tourney build.
At no time from the Spring of 2019 to the Summer of 2022 did Fred Hoiberg make a single excuse about the challenges he faced building a roster. When we look back at The Tim Miles and Doc Sadler tenures, there was never a time when either team made any type of a positive two year trajectory where you could legitimately see positive progression like what has been shown over the last 13 months.