DwaynePurvis00 said:

Need 2 or 3

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sku said:

I love reading your boards.. I can at least have conversations with intelligent Purdue graduates and fans at my club versus the useless but entertaining complaining on here.

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qazplm said:

I'm not going to call anyone soft. Being soft isn't the problem, lack of athleticism at key spots is. Neither Heide or Colvin are particularly quick or creative on drives. They certainly are great leapers and they can shoot the open shot but they aren't intuitive drivers and that limits them both.

When we have a dominant attention grabbing big it doesn't matter as much because it opens things up for everyone. But we don't so we try to scheme them open which works against lesser defensive teams but not against the better defenses.

The frosh will be nice pieces but none of them are remotely ready. Jacobsen helps some, but we will need more if this team wants to get back to the elite 8 or better.

Painter will need to bite the bullet and be willing to bring in a portal player or two.

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PaBoiler78 said:

and me

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qazplm said:

I'm not going to call anyone soft. Being soft isn't the problem, lack of athleticism at key spots is. Neither Heide or Colvin are particularly quick or creative on drives. They certainly are great leapers and they can shoot the open shot but they aren't intuitive drivers and that limits them both.

When we have a dominant attention grabbing big it doesn't matter as much because it opens things up for everyone. But we don't so we try to scheme them open which works against lesser defensive teams but not against the better defenses.

The frosh will be nice pieces but none of them are remotely ready. Jacobsen helps some, but we will need more if this team wants to get back to the elite 8 or better.

Painter will need to bite the bullet and be willing to bring in a portal player or two.

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sku said:

I love reading your boards.. I can at least have conversations with intelligent Purdue graduates and fans at my club versus the useless but entertaining complaining on here.

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Bleedinggoldandblack said:

No expectations

We are undersized, half court and not nearly as athletic.... on the other hand we have heart and you never know. By tournament time we could have found ourselves like we often post.

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A. Ness said:

Maybe some of these soft players are too happy to be here knowing they get 4 or 5 years

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DwaynePurvis00 said:

I refrained from agreeing with this. But @bonefish1 is right and so are you. We need those two to do more and the offensive sets we have aren’t working…if they somehow start working in the B1G, I’ll reverse course. But man, we have to do something different than running these long offensive sets that depend on getting the ball back to the PG and then shoot something at the 3-7 second mark of the shot clock.

Colvin and Heide (I don’t think through their own fault) just stand out watching the big 3 and don’t even look to attack. When colvin somewhat did in the first half, he got a fouled called (granted he miss the FT). But I think the offense is not set up for Colvin and Heide to attack or look for their own shot.

Hopefully we can somehow change this offensive strategy this year, but if not, it def needs to change next year.

And also, @bonefish1 and @qazplm,I tried to fight it, but I’m now with you both. We need to hit the portal for at least 2-3 scorers. I apologize for arguing about it 😂 you both were right.

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nime6 said:

Offense needs so much more ball movement

Way too easy to defend

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PaBoiler78 said:

Colvin stands in the corner Heide just stands around too

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qazplm said:

Catchings would have helped this team but he was a basket case that I just don't think would have been happy here and his play would have showed it. I don't think he wanted to be here.

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DwaynePurvis00 said:

I refrained from agreeing with this. But @bonefish1 is right and so are you. We need those two to do more and the offensive sets we have aren’t working…if they somehow start working in the B1G, I’ll reverse course. But man, we have to do something different than running these long offensive sets that depend on getting the ball back to the PG and then shoot something at the 3-7 second mark of the shot clock.

Colvin and Heide (I don’t think through their own fault) just stand out watching the big 3 and don’t even look to attack. When colvin somewhat did in the first half, he got a fouled called (granted he miss the FT). But I think the offense is not set up for Colvin and Heide to attack or look for their own shot.

Hopefully we can somehow change this offensive strategy this year, but if not, it def needs to change next year.

And also, @bonefish1 and @qazplm,I tried to fight it, but I’m now with you both. We need to hit the portal for at least 2-3 scorers. I apologize for arguing about it 😂 you both were right.

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seminolesboilers said:

When was the last time…Purdue lost by 30+ points? Talking basketball, not football.

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A. Ness said:

I can't remember the dude but some guard was on this podcast that wanted to go to Syracuse but Boeheim gave him a speech that he wouldn't start. Went elsewhere and played in the NBA. Even Keady knew Big Dog had to have different rules than Linc Darner.

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rjmpu82 said:

Starting to develop some frustration with the team and especially Painter. We are not playing a lot of games and have plenty of practice time. We absolutely cannot rely totally on Smith, TKR and Loyer. I kept track and in the first half Colvin and Heide did not touch the ball in our half court until almost 5 minutes in. Painter has to fix this. We are playing 3 on 5 on offense.

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rjmpu82 said:

Starting to develop some frustration with the team and especially Painter. We are not playing a lot of games and have plenty of practice time. We absolutely cannot rely totally on Smith, TKR and Loyer. I kept track and in the first half Colvin and Heide did not touch the ball in our half court until almost 5 minutes in. Painter has to fix this. We are playing 3 on 5 on offense.

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mklinker said:

Northwestern is an extremely selective school accepting only 7% of applicants and is well perceived by academia.

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IronChefBBQ said:

Pro results don’t matter in college. If they do, we basically have to return our 2000 B1G Championships.

Also, maybe you’re not old enough to remember that this entire board would complain that you knew how Painter was going to do before the game started. Bottom line is that Clausen, while not a Heisman winner, was an All-American in college and thought highly enough of that he was picked in the Top 50. Anything after that doesn’t matter regarding college…

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