bonefish1 said:

Bu

Bullshit. Yes, in the private sector, people are let go for cause or performance. But, it’s very common for large layoffs to occur in response to economic conditions. This includes everyone from the top, tenured performers to new people and bottom performers.
My company recently did an across the board 10% headcount reduction. Very few people were safe.

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100% true.

However, many in government forgo pay and private sector style opportunity for relative security of public sector jobs.

Good luck hiring quality people for public sector jobs.

tjreese said:

You still don't understand and that is okay. You keep conflating what you saw with intent and for the record Purdue's intent is to win every game, but you may not see that. It doesn't mean the intent is without merit. You do not need me to agree with you. Your thoughts are yours and you are entitled to them. I seek no justification and perfectly fine with you holding whatever thoughts you have. This is a forum where everyone can express their feelings and/or thoughts. I'm not looking for confirmation and other opinions are fine

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Good grief

TopSecretBoiler said:

Puhlease. See Elon Musk. You think it's nicer in the real world? My job was threatened over the weekend.

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Do you and your colleagues work from home or go in the office?

Old Gold n Black said:

The officiating has been horrible league-wide. It wasn't just against us, and it wasn't just one game.

A recent example is Oregon - Wisconsin. In that game Wisconsin was in complete control. It was like clockwork...Wisconsin drove the lane, foul on Oregon. On the other end Wisconsin was able to body up on D without a whistle. Fast forward to the final five minutes in regulation, and this all flipped. It's almost like the zebras forgot what that shiny silver thing was hanging around their neck. The wild reversal in how the game was called up to that point absolutely allowed Oregon to get back into it.

Oh, and by the way? I hate Wisconsin and was rooting for Oregon, but I almost couldn't believe my eyes with the officiating. That was some awful shit.

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I started to watch that game and Oregon was down 16-20 points it seemed and so I didn't watch it. MInutes later Kim yells down over the balcony and asks if I'm watching that game and I said no, it wasn't much of a game and she said it was about a 3 point differential and so I quickly flipped the channel. I think we all wish for more consistency, but there are variables working against that...making it difficult to achieve

BNIBoiler said:

This is that Project 2025 bs that is now in place that Chump claimed he knew nothing about.

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Is he still colluding with Russia and Putin?

I'm not sure Purdue is considered a "good" job anymore. It's going to be really tough to win here going forward. The Big Ten Conference is crazy good now. The additions of USC UCLA Oregon and Washington have shown the most in WBB than any other sport. With MSU, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio State, ND - schools literally surrounding us from all corners solidified. It's going to take a really good recruiter to recruit the best kids in the area to Purdue. I also don't see us attracting national kids either. Purdue won with Midwest kids. Good luck stealing them from the above listed schools now.

We need someone really experienced with a ton of connections - KG had very few when she arrived which has hurt her. I still think they will give her 1 more year because I just don't see this administration shelling out 1.6 mil on women's basketball with Purdue football struggling the way it has. But I don't see an up and coming coach knocking down the door to come here - over some of these other schools that will have openings. Our profile has been severely diminished and they know it will be very hard competing against all these good teams with solidified coaching staffs. We also will not make the appropriate offer in terms of money either.

They went super cheap with Gearlds thinking we had a Matt Painter in her. Very big risk considering what has been transpiring all around us with programs significantly raising their play. It's going to be extremely difficult now going forward whoever is leading the charge

Bu

purdave said:

The private sector usually puts careful thought into who should be laid off based on their whether they provide an essential role to the company and not just cut indiscriminately.

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Bullshit. Yes, in the private sector, people are let go for cause or performance. But, it’s very common for large layoffs to occur in response to economic conditions. This includes everyone from the top, tenured performers to new people and bottom performers.
My company recently did an across the board 10% headcount reduction. Very few people were safe.

Purdue58 said:

Is the new Big Ten rule nut kicks are allowed

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leal was involved in some shady plays in both games. Nothing was called in either game. Purdue is just not a physical team...part of the skill over athlete and physical games hurt Purdue. No doubt a quicker whistle would favor Purdue

*4purdue* said:

If that's Matt getting upset, then he needs to review tapes of GK. How you can watch/coach that entire game & not get T'd' up is beyond me. You also can't wait until the game is out of hand to get on the refs. He should have been on them from the "foot to the nuts" no call to begin with.

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FWIW, personally I lean to more emotion just because that is me somewhat. I'm aware that most humans in the "flight versus fight" take flight and so what does that tell you? Matt believes that his point is stronger when he expresses it less. Wooden and Crum were both laid back. Bob Macy used to say...coach your personality. I do think "most" coaches are fiery. My bigger concern was that high knees watched the undercut with a good angle and did nothing...same when Reneu jumped on Braden. Obviously high knees was going to lean to physical play on his third day in a row across the country. Yes, Gene would have made his presence known.

Katscratch said:

It is wholesale, indiscriminate cutting back of the Federal workforce that is horrendous.

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I worked in the federal government for 28 years. You don't know what you're talking about. It is bloated and vastly overstaffed. This includes the Department of Defense.

qazplm said:

Ffs no one is pouting or thinks Painter is stupid, they think it was a fruitless endeavor and one Painter clearly agreed was bc of how quickly he pulled him. This extreme overreacting to the tiniest of criticism is something.

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You still don't understand and that is okay. You keep conflating what you saw with intent and for the record Purdue's intent is to win every game, but you may not see that. It doesn't mean the intent is without merit. You do not need me to agree with you. Your thoughts are yours and you are entitled to them. I seek no justification and perfectly fine with you holding whatever thoughts you have. This is a forum where everyone can express their feelings and/or thoughts. I'm not looking for confirmation and other opinions are fine

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If you are going to do that, do it in games we are leading by 20 pts in the second half but Painter hasn't done that much this season either.

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Perhaps he should have. Berg or Burgess might have been better prepared at this stage of the season if he had. Now both are non-factors. Why doesn't Paint own up to this? Always blaming the players.

Boiler Mike said:

We didn't lose because of the refs, but the officiating was complete horseshit. The administration and Bobinski better do something or I am not watching this shit anymore. Even the TV announcers were speechless when the weasel Leal wasn't ejected. If that is not some sort of conspiracy, I don't know what is. Leal himself was shocked. IU played good defense but fouled relentlessly with no calls. The foul call against TKR with the elbow was one of the dumbest I've ever witnessed. He made a basketball move with Galloway sticking his face in his chest. College sports has become a shit show.

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The officiating has been horrible league-wide. It wasn't just against us, and it wasn't just one game.

A recent example is Oregon - Wisconsin. In that game Wisconsin was in complete control. It was like clockwork...Wisconsin drove the lane, foul on Oregon. On the other end Wisconsin was able to body up on D without a whistle. Fast forward to the final five minutes in regulation, and this all flipped. It's almost like the zebras forgot what that shiny silver thing was hanging around their neck. The wild reversal in how the game was called up to that point absolutely allowed Oregon to get back into it.

Oh, and by the way? I hate Wisconsin and was rooting for Oregon, but I almost couldn't believe my eyes with the officiating. That was some awful shit.

Boiler Mike said:

The foul call against TKR with the elbow was one of the dumbest I've ever witnessed. He made a basketball move with Galloway sticking his face in his chest.

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I would love for someone who knows the rules better than I do to comment, but I agree with your assessment. I think the cylinder rule is still in place, although it’s rarely called, and I don’t know how you can penalize the offensive player for making a basketball play when the defensive player is clearly infringing upon his space and freedom of movement.

MetMyWifeAtHarrys said:

If nothing else, there is zero chances he jumps to the NBA now. Literally zero.

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After this past season’s NCAA tournament loss in the sweet 16 round, Purdue had arguably their two best women’s volleyball players enter the portal, and join teams that the belief is, that stood a better chance for an NCAA championship.

Just throwing this out there. You never know.

Indy_Rider said:

I believe Catchings leaving opened up the spot for Jacobsen as I thought we were over when he committed.

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I mean technically it did, but Painter I assume has someone on tap to leave if he didn't.

Understandably, he's not gone public with that because that person, whomever it is, is obviously currently on the roster.

Old Gold n Black said:

Confidence goes a long way. When a player is getting a minute or two of PT per week, it's almost impossible to get into a groove. He needs more reps.

IMO Berg isn't so much "slow" as he is lacking anticipation. It's a catch 22. He doesn't have anticipation because he doesn't get enough PT to learn from his mistakes. And he doesn't play much because his play suffers from lack of anticipation.

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We can't afford for the amount of time it would require Berg to catch up to the anticipation at this level. We aren't so good that we can give him OTJ training.

If you are going to do that, do it in games we are leading by 20 pts in the second half but Painter hasn't done that much this season either.

purduedavie said:

Purdue needs another big, I realize the Frosh Jacobsen got hurt but I think it would have been wise to bring another in, I realize Coach probably thought Berg could contribute a little. Also, Braden is worn out, a capable backup would have been nice as well.

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Again, there was no room to bring anyone in this year. I certainly am a portal advocate but unless you're to just start revoking scholarships over it, which you can't really do, there was no portal for us this year.

Now, next year there is.

1.6 million would be worth it.

At least if there is a change, we know we will deal with a new coach and give her/him time to grow, recruit and bring in a new system. There have been other teams who were really bad, like us, and are back to being competitive in 2-3 years with a new staff, roster and direction. Our leaders need to get off their butts and act as if they give a damn, at least for the sake of the dwinding fanbase and/or alumni. They should be ashamed to be indifferent about this.

A Purdue job is much better than a mid-major school, so there should be some good candidates who would be attracted to coming here. That said, if it stays as it is, we aren't going up, not even an inch. We gave this staff many changes and it didn't work out. Say bye, bye.

We didn't lose because of the refs, but the officiating was complete horseshit. The administration and Bobinski better do something or I am not watching this shit anymore. Even the TV announcers were speechless when the weasel Leal wasn't ejected. If that is not some sort of conspiracy, I don't know what is. Leal himself was shocked. IU played good defense but fouled relentlessly with no calls. The foul call against TKR with the elbow was one of the dumbest I've ever witnessed. He made a basketball move with Galloway sticking his face in his chest. College sports has become a shit show.

northside100 said:

If you're saying that they're not the fault of the refs, I agree, but simply inaccurate to say that a big run can't be 'ref related'. IU got away with some stuff, which isn't surprising at home when they're down at half on a CBS game, and Purdue absolutely lost their shit. Is that the refs fault? Absolutely not, this team has to be better. Did the refs play a part? 100%

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Absolutely this. I don't think we win if IU plays that way any way but would it have sustained both ways with a couple of different calls? No way of knowing either way. I'm thinking specifically about the play where Braden was stripped by Rice which led to their 6th and 7th points of the half and tied the game. We didn't see a great angle but it sure looked like Rice got the arm and not the ball. A foul called there and a bucket by Purdue might have settled things down.