The assumption is very easy to make. You say Painter recruits players who are loyal to Painter and to Purdue and would never, ever think of leaving. Yet, every year we see those loyal players leave via the portal.
Who knew Martin would not accept a roll as a bench player and would leave for Notre Dame?
Who knew Eastern and Haarms would leave?
Who knew Stephen’s or Newman would leave?
Who knew that Hunter and IT would leave when Smith and Loyer arrived rather than being their mentors?
Who knew Gillis and Morton would leave?
Who knew Ivey and Carsen and Tre and Swanigan would leave early
Who knew Edey would choose the NBA over staying one more year?
You criticize posters for speculating the obvious! You say Painter only recruits loyal players? Well we sure have witnessed a lot of those real loyal players leaving. So it seems pretty logical that some new loyal player will change his feelings towards Purdue next year and leave.
Look around! Players leave all the other schools too. My guess is they were also very loyal to the schools they signed with until they left. SIU fans thought they were going to have an awesome season this year until their two best players Jones and Domask both decided to leave. SIU fans were positive they would stay at SIU.
loyalty? Ha ha ha ha!
Who knew Martin would not accept a roll as a bench player and would leave for Notre Dame?
Who knew Eastern and Haarms would leave?
Who knew Stephen’s or Newman would leave?
Who knew that Hunter and IT would leave when Smith and Loyer arrived rather than being their mentors?
Who knew Gillis and Morton would leave?
Who knew Ivey and Carsen and Tre and Swanigan would leave early
Who knew Edey would choose the NBA over staying one more year?
You criticize posters for speculating the obvious! You say Painter only recruits loyal players? Well we sure have witnessed a lot of those real loyal players leaving. So it seems pretty logical that some new loyal player will change his feelings towards Purdue next year and leave.
Look around! Players leave all the other schools too. My guess is they were also very loyal to the schools they signed with until they left. SIU fans thought they were going to have an awesome season this year until their two best players Jones and Domask both decided to leave. SIU fans were positive they would stay at SIU.
loyalty? Ha ha ha ha!