SKYDOG said:

And I’m still waiting for Obama to get rid of the lobbyist as he said. That’s why I was suckered in to voting for him.

Trump has done more in 6 days than your boy Biden did in 4 years. He’s been to North Carolina meet with helping them. Went to California to meet with Newsom over the fires. Signed executive orders to get the illegal criminals out of the country. Many many many more things he’s done in 6 days and you said he’s not governing the US.

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New Pal Boiler said:

I don’t know, but I’ve heard that it’s a possibility.

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Gesysp said:

Sit the portal players, let the freshmen and sophomores play. They've had their chances and they're not providing the spark or the leadership they were expected (hoped?) to bring. We all knew the portal acquisitions were head scratchers, so no one is surprised by the results. At this point, who cares if the 40 point losses become 50 point losses?

Gearlds, who boasted she had never had a losing season, and stated she "was born to coach Purdue" has a mountain to climb to get out of this mess. She's going to have to sit through YEARS of seasons just like this based on the recruiting for 25 and 26. I know Gordon and Reynolds are highly touted (but they're not top 20), and this is a downward spiral that will be very hard for her to turn around.

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DwaynePurvis00 said:

Right but …they just lost at Minnesota. But maybe they’ll be better in the dance if they don’t have to travel so much?

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jbvazq234 said:

Michael, dreaming is still free, so dream on. For better or for worse, the way Purdue hires coaches CKG is it for at least the next 3 seasons. WBB is at best revenue neutral so not much incentive for the brass to make a move right now like they had to make with football. I think it is in Gearlds best interest to concentrate on developing the young players these next 3 seasons to see if she can turn the corner because her portal strategy is not working.

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Gesysp said:

and don't forget Mila - wasn't she brought in by Gearlds? Another top 60-90 player who hasn't shown anything yet (and yes, I know she's injured this year).

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MichaelRR said:

With CKG as coach, 12 wins is about our ceiling. A .500 record doesn't seem likely ever under Gearlds. We are likely going to lose 2-4 players transferring out after this fiasco of a season unless there is a coaching change, so CKG will pick up the crack pipe once again and bring in 4-5 light talent portal kids yet again. Later, rinse, repea is still free

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DwaynePurvis00 said:

How would he get a fifth year?

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tomgloe said:

That's the golden question, do we have anyone coming in to help us? Avery Gordon and Kira Reynolds are solid players, I think the Dounwstra girl is actually a bit of a hidden gem, but to expect those 3 to turn around this program? Seems unlikely.

What are reasonable expectations for next season.. .500 record? NCAA tourney? WNIT?

Without knowing the full roster(next season) and seeing this year, I'd take a .500 record, give or take a few, and just more competitive in games. Show some player development.

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jbvazq234 said:

I hope ckg doesn’t go to portal after the season and brings 4 or 5 seniors that are not good enough to move up in the standings. All that does is impede the development of the young talent while we have yet another losing season.

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Blimpy said:

Can Ohio St. get in? Oregon 16-4 already has 3 BT home losses! Is this league really that top heavy? Locks are Purdue, Michigan St., Michigan, Illinois, Maryland(1 road win), Wisconsin, Oregon and UCLA!

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POTFHBTFU said:

No way and he’s actually coached against Purdue well. He even bragged about it last year that he had beaten Purdue 3 times and they went from losing 9 in a row when he arrived to a respectable 3-3 against us under woody.

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Quix0te said:

We need someone with the balls to change the system, including the military-industrial complex. Aircraft carriers are obsolete. Tanks are obsolete. Fighter planes are obsolete. The future of warfare is drones and hypersonic missiles. A reiired 4-star who spent 30+ years in the system doesn't have the vision to make the needed changes. Hopefully, Hegseth does.

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New Pal Boiler said:

Yeah and he just recently got accepted into OSU’s Med school, so I think that seals the deal.

If he DOES somehow get a fifth year, I wonder if OSU would allow him to defer starting med school for a year ?

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ffangus said:

You have to have hope to continue to watch them. After last night, I'm losing hope. I know we are all competitive and it is frustrating to us as fans but probably worse for the coaching staff and players. I just don't know any more if it is coaching or lack of talent. I like several of our players but maybe my talent evaluation isn't very good. With these kinds of results, how many will end up transferring and those signed asking out of their commitment. As one coach said years ago after a sub 500 season, "good news is we have everybody back and the bad news is we have everybody back". The way things are going I see maybe one win. Even after seeing some Northwestern scores, I'm not even sure of that. Who are our B10 talent on the roster? Do we have anyone coming in that will help us in the future? We just need something positive to happen for our team to feel good about themselves because I'm sure they feel terrible right now.

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pboiler18 said:

The guy was COMPLETELY detached from reality.

And we wonder why he failed…

But he’d tell you it’s because it’s Purdue.

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tomgloe said:

For context, of the 4 top 100 girls that transferred out, 3 were never recruited by Gearlds.

Ra'shaya Kyle #36
Skye Williams #93
Lily Stoddard #87
Mary Ashley Stevenson #97

Kyle and Stevenson are the only two of note. Stoddard barely plays at Butler, I don't think Williams ever played a minute of college ball before retiring.

CKG Recruited Top 100 players -

Amiyah Reynolds #43
Rashunda Jones #79
Mary Ashley Stevenson #97
Jordyn Poole #57
Avery Gordon #58

CKG's has some young talent, but she hasn't shown much ability to develop it(Jones, Puryear, Layden have had some nice moments). Alot of growth needs to be shown next season.

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MichaelRR said:

I did this in a different part, but its worth doing here since people are trying to say we have no talent.

Purdue under Gearlds has had 8 top 100 kids per ESPN/Hoopgurlz ratings, 4 have transferred out.

UMinn had had 5, one transferred out and one is out all season injured. They are roughly as gradients as we are. They are 18-3 6-3 in big ten play.

UILL had had 5, one transferred out, one or injured for the year since early December. They nearly doubled us up with their starters sitting out the 4th quarter.

MSU has had 3, one transferred out. They are hovering in the top third of the Big Ten.

IU has 5, anyone think we will be competitive with them?

It's not talent, we have the talent to be about 3-5 wins better than we are right now, but its poorly developed, poorly coached, and stuck in a poor offensive scheme.

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POTFHBTFU said:

No way and he’s actually coached against Purdue well. He even bragged about it last year that he had beaten Purdue 3 times and they went from losing 9 in a row when he arrived to a respectable 3-3 against us under woody.

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DwaynePurvis00 said:

She’s going to dental school there I believe so it’s speculation that he’s gonna go there too haha

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tenwest said:

Is it possible that Woodie gets resounding cheers this Friday night? 😮

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KentuckyBoiler said:

A lot of their players don’t seem to be engaged

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