1) He's not going to be the offensive focal point on your team next season.
Finke and Leron hurt, but the other two weren't good. Look at how little interest they received on the market. We're replacing those two with Ayo. Leron is playing in Europe not the NBA. Underwood is known for his X's and O's, not his recruiting.
Everything you said and everything everyone else has said can be boiled down to this word - RUMOR.
Nope. He touched on the negative recruiting that other coaches were telling big men that Purdue throws their big men down in the post. He never even mentioned Okoro being confused on his role at Purdue. You're spending a lot of time here which speaks volumes. What's odd is that you're here beating your chest about a player who hasn't even said he's going to visit your school. We'll all find out in a couple of weeks. Peace!
Not beating my chest about anything. Brian mentioned the style of play comments, and Illinois insiders got quotes from Okoro about them. He "loves" to play the way that Oregon and Illinois do, butHe'd have to "adjust" to how Purdue wants him to play. Think that validates what Brian has talked about.
Pretty much sounds like he thought it was a really good visit to Purdue. Especially with him taking a couple "unofficial" visits and he seems to like the ability to play the 4.
Great post, I don't get why some fans become so emotional about recruiting. No one really knows what the kid is really thinking, not even the so-called insiders.
Does Langford announce for Boilers? Wait, they are not in the hunt. Just playing but, gotta be scared of Archie
Was Bill Self the special guest, who ended up not being able to make it?
Not only are Crystal Ball predictions crap, most of the so-called insiders don't have any idea with most kids. What is the incentive for any kid and/or his family to confide in a complete stranger who he most likely won't have any contact with after his commitment?Wait a minute - you're telling me that the "Crystal Ball" is crap?
Lol, Archie is just a slightly better version of Crean. And maybe with Romeo you can actually make the tourney now. You'll only make it to the round of 32, but hey it's progress! And then when Romeo leaves, you'll be right back in the basement where you belong.
Oregon: 53% to 47% female to male student ratio
Being a fan of Purdue, a traditional B1G power and arguably a historical top 20 program...as a fan I don't fear any team. Purdue, with CMP as coach, should be able to recruit and compete on a yearly basis with any program in the country. Whether it leads to more victories than loses over those programs is inconsequential in my books...because whether the program wins or loses those games will not change my love for it. I, like many other fans, believe that Purdue can win any contest on any given day...and that includes IU's basketball program which hasn't been elite in over 30 years.
Agreed...but definitely something worth noting, IMO. It is something that I know personally impacted the decisions of some athletes who attended Purdue. I had friends of mine on the football team say they loved Purdue when their visit was here and while digging deeper, were turned off a bit by the low number of women compared to men. Can't discount the increase in numbers of women from a young man's perspective...especially one that I know from first hand accounts to be a rationale while being recruited. I know it isn't the same for everyone...but for those three guys, it was a small part.
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I didn't say athletes have a problem sexually in college....but they mentioned the perception (real or not) about girls on the west coast vs. girls at a place like Purdue.
I also noted that it was a bit of sarcasm and TIC humor...I just tried to relay a bit of information that I know personally about. I said it was a small aspect but one that was mentioned by actual D1 football players in their decisions.
This is not humor, but fact. If you polled the sophomore class of football players (II know, this is a BB forum, but there are a lot more FB players) about the things they most dislike about PU... it will be 1. "No Church's fried chicken," and 2. "Can't find yellow rice anywhere to buy." 3. "The women here don't fall down and idolize the FB players." 4. "The FB players have to do homework."
Josh played baseball for me when he was 7-12 was a good catcher just wouldn't stop growing .
You're actually talking ncaa tourney smack?? Painter hasn't been able to get any of his very best teams past the sweet 16.
If they want more female attention they can get there by being on a winning team consistently.
true, but reality is that FB will never be what it is in FL/GA .... the whole culture is so very different regarding education and athletes and male/female .... IMHO
