Next year may look very different that what is on this list. A lot can happen in a season.
Dre Davis recruitment
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You may be surprised this season I’ve watched them all they all look totally different than what the naked eye can see. Soon all of you will see what I’m talking about.
He can shoot he’ll get some opportunities to do so. Got a nice outside shot too
Yea, with the offer to the younger brother this might be a 2-1 deal for Louisville....CMP trying it seems, but who knows this might be done & go to the ville.
My comment was meant to infer Brohm didn't need another WR AFTER Carr gave us his expected commitment. Maliq's gonna be one of the most fan-favorite guys we've had in a while.
From several Painter quotes, he is giving Wheeler the opportunity to play the 3 and Tre the opportunity to play the 4. In both cases, the challenge and deciding factor will be on the defensive end. I really, really hope these guys can rise to the challenge. If they can, their NBA dreams will be fulfilled and it will be johnwoodhead00's worst nightmare come true.
You might be surprised this season both will be worthy of that challengeFrom several Painter quotes, he is giving Wheeler the opportunity to play the 3 and Tre the opportunity to play the 4. In both cases, the challenge and deciding factor will be on the defensive end. I really, really hope these guys can rise to the challenge. If they can, their NBA dreams will be fulfilled and it will be johnwoodhead00's worst nightmare come true.
Nothing about these guys surprise me anymore. They only exceed my high hopes for them.I truly believe a year of playing basketball after his high school injury that tre could and will become a dominant and successful 4. and wit h Wheeler's perimeter game, he could easily become a successful 3. and leave Haarms and Dow in the paint. Many here think of Dow as a project, but he would have played for a lot of other division 1 teams last year. The guy does have talent.
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Not really but with Jay Simpson on the court he wasn't the worst .
I like these 6'6 athletes that can play a bunch of positions and do a lot of different things. If he's talented enough and can produce, he'll get his playing time.
From several Painter quotes, he is giving Wheeler the opportunity to play the 3 and Tre the opportunity to play the 4. In both cases, the challenge and deciding factor will be on the defensive end. I really, really hope these guys can rise to the challenge. If they can, their NBA dreams will be fulfilled and it will be johnwoodhead00's worst nightmare come true.
We'd have an NBA size line up if this pans out.
Haarms 7'3
Williams 6'10
Wheels 6'9
Nojel 6'7
Hunter 6'2
Some serious high-low action with Matt and Tre out there together...like we had back with cardinal and Brad Miller.
I think you guys go a little overboard on guys leaving early off this team. Now I do think we got some talented players that can play in the NBA But leave early I don't see it. If we have 2 guys on this team that can leave early we are winning the championship this year with the way painter coaches.
Along with Do Da Days thoughts. Haarms and Tre can play the 4 and 5. Don't limit the type of teams Matt can put out there into thinking that a stretch 4 is the only way Matt can play. There could be years (maybe this year?) where Matt plays two bigs together and neither is a "stretch 4" type player...we may see two 4.5 players.
Second, I doubt Ivy will see the 3 spot. I can see Newman as a 3 and Gillis and wheeler playing the 3 and 4 depending on how the previous 4 adn 5 players are doing. I'm also leaning to Sasha as a 2 or 3 depending.Being able to play finesse AND smash mouth basketball has its advantages and I think Matt can do that. I just wish I could see the scrimmage Saturday. Had Purdue been able to play big more often last year, Purdue might ave picked up two more wins against Minny and slowed down the bigs of Virginia as Carsen was lighting it up.
After Ray became a high level defender the coaching staff and he both laughed about what a horrible defender he was in hs and when he first came to Purdue.
God luv him. He was a better defender than Woody coming out of Richmond
As a parent of one of the players on the team these those decisions right or wrong will be there’s those are facts and your opinion is just that and winning a championship has no bearings on there future plz know that. You have absolutely no idea what goes on in the lives of these players and who there talk too so to suggest you don’t see it is premature but hey it is your opinion just not FACTS. A lot of season to be played we’ll see what happens moving forward.
Painter's best teams have had a stretch 4 (Hummel/Vince/Grady). I'm not convinced Haarms and Williams can play together at this point more than spot minutes. I hope I'm wrong as they are two of our best players, but I don't see Williams being able to guard an opposing 4. Sure Haarms could probably guard an opposing 4, but his greatest strength is shot blocking, and pulling him away from the basket would be a win for the opposing team.Along with Do Da Days thoughts. Haarms and Tre can play the 4 and 5. Don't limit the type of teams Matt can put out there into thinking that a stretch 4 is the only way Matt can play. There could be years (maybe this year?) where Matt plays two bigs together and neither is a "stretch 4" type player...we may see two 4.5 players.
Being able to play finesse AND smash mouth basketball has its advantages and I think Matt can do that. I just wish I could see the scrimmage Saturday. Had Purdue been able to play big more often last year, Purdue might ave picked up two more wins against Minny and slowed down the bigs of Virginia as Carsen was lighting it up.
They good thing about this team if it don’t work with Tre playing the 4 he has options at the positions for sure. This team is very deep at each position all are different in there skill sets but all will be very effective at what they do. Playing Tre and Haarms together will cause problems for teams offensively bcuz both are very different in what they do but together so many offensive possibilities. You may give up some defensive advantages but that is yet to be determined gotta way and see how it works. From the sample size I saw both could be effective on both ends just depends on the teams you play too. Saturday we all gonna get a glimpse of what this team identity could be and I think from what I saw will all gonna enjoy watching this very athletic fast long defensive minded team cause teams problems when you have to guard 5 players on the court every possession. They gonna make defenses guard 5 players that will be a tall task to do
Treed, will you be able to attend the scrimmage? I thought it was closed, but probably open to certain folks.
I’m sorry the I’m attending the Fan Day scrimmage this Saturday I am not able to attend the private scrimmage against providence next week.
First, what type of play Matt's teams in the past have done is no way inclusive of all the ways Matt can play, I do NOT know if Haarms and Williams can play together, but I think they could...and better be able at least for spots or Purdue will have a huge limitation in how they can play. People talk about guarding the opposing person and that is true, but the reality is the net effect. Does your team gain more with an increase on one side of the ball than the other. Can your team be better with a player having more D than O and the other way around...certainly. Too many fall into a trap of thinking this is what Matt has done and therefore this is how it must be.
That used to be a selling point other coaches would use against Matt and his guards, but we all saw with Carsen that isn't true. Whether Matt plays a bigger lineup or not this year...I hope Purdue is able to do it if needed because there will be games and teams it will be needed.
I find it interesting and positive Painter gave Dre an offer knowing he was an AAU teammate of a current commit. That's using your resources and connections. that was a factor in the recruitment of the three amigos. I also like the strategy of announcing the offer right before the official visit of Edey. it kind of forces Edey's hand to make a quick decision.
I also like the idea that Painter doesn't seem to want to bank this scholarship. he's going all in !
I also like the idea that Painter doesn't seem to want to bank this scholarship. he's going all in !
I never said Painter couldn't adapt his offense to play two bigs. We have seen him play Biggie and Haas/Hammons at the same time. In the end, he ended up moving Biggie to the 5 and Vince to the 4, because it was better offensively and defensively.
I have no doubt that Haarms and Williams would be good offensively, however, I think we would lose more defensively than we would gain offensively. Net Loss.
We need Wheeler at the 4, because that opens up another guard/wing spot for a shooter. Playing Eastern, Williams, and Haarms together would make us easy to guard (at least that's my opinion until I actually see one or more of those 3 be a consistent 3 pt threat).
I believe our best lineup, and the lineup we will see starting game 1 is:
Eastern
Proctor
Sasha
Wheeler
Haarms
This assumes that Wheeler is much improved defensively this year. Wasn’t so good last year.
I was at a few of there practices I seen all 3 play together and it worked. How effective it will be depends on teams they play. Tre can moving much better and can hit 3s so can Matt and Nojel. This isn’t last years teams each of these players have worked hard in the off season to work specifically on other areas of there games and it will be on full display this season. The offense will look totally different and remember who is now running the offense an ex NBA assistant and he knows his stuff. I watched him draw up 2 plays on the spot and it worked. Season around the corner we all gone find out what each of these players can do but from what I saw with my own eyes I like what I see from Tre and Haarms and the rest of the team
He is more improved he wants more minutes he knows he has to be very solid in that area we saw it coming together last season in big ten play I expect it to be even better from what I’ve seen. Saturday they have open scrimmage check it out for yourself
This was my thought too. With the late decomit and immediate OV to Louisville, he likely already knows where he is going.
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