Katscratch said:

I think that it is incredibly helpful to have both a winning culture and big time talent, which will require a strong budget going forward.

I also think that a team without both of those elements can make a run, but that the odds of that happening are far lower. It would likely take an incredibly dominant player that eats up most of the NIL budget; Painter and Purdue developed one last year. Zach Edey made a ton of money playing at Purdue last season.

FWIW, I think that Purdue's NIL budget isn't Kansas or Bama, but it's 'good enough' to sustain a winning program. Purdue is a major P4 school that certainly has resources.

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BNIBoiler said:

You mean my black job?

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pboiler18 said:

Are you asleep? Dunno why I asked because you obviously are.

You think he’s going to go better than 1 or 2 wins? If not, why does that allow him to keep his job? That’s not just regression. It’s catastrophic regression

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pboiler18 said:

Yes.

Would never happen but he’d sign them up in a heartbeat.

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proudopete said:

List teams that win without a winning culture if you can. That’s what IU is right now. A hodgepodge of players from other schools who were recruited to replace culture guys like Galloway and Cupps.
IU fans can’t stand to lose so instead of building a culture they are trying to bypass the hard work to hopefully instantly win. I would be willing to bet your new portal guys don’t live up to the hype like you posted above.

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SKYDOG said:

He might have saved your job.

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Boilermaker03 said:

I should have expected something stupid in response.

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DwaynePurvis00 said:

This article is for you….

A favorite quote from it —-
"They're coming to Purdue to win. If you're just going to school for an opportunity just to play — it's not recess," he sad. "If you're like, 'Hey, I don't know if I'm going to play there right away,' or 'It's going to be tougher to play there right away,' yeah, well, no shit.

"We're successful. We've won games. People we've signed weren't scared of that."

'Competitive Spirit' a Key Element in Matt Painter's Recruiting Process

Matt Painter doesn't care about star rankings when it comes to recruiting. He's elevated Purdue basketball based on his own methods over the last decade.

www.si.com

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Katscratch said:

I was looking at ESPNs early top 25: Purdue was 16 and IU 18. CBS Sports has Purdue at 12 and IU at 18. Don’t believe coaches or writers polls are out yet.

So almost. Official polls aren’t out yet but every top ten team is going to be a roster built by NIL.

Other teams can win with a reasonable, not big time budget, but it’s a lot tougher.....unless you're Purdue.

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bonefish1 said:

Hypothetical so play along:
If MBob ran into Urban Meyer or Nick Saban at the local Waffle House and either of them said: "I'll come coach Purdue for $8M/year",
would MBob do it?

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Katscratch said:

Putin said that a sovereign nation joining NATO is an act of war? Color me not surprised and not giving a rat’s behind that a monstrous dictator feels that way.

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tenwest said:

Over/Under 1.5 times Card gets hit in the face mask by the snap

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BoilerN said:

No. I don’t think Walter’s is done. Don’t think he gets fired. There is nothing to suggest he will.

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Katscratch said:

I was looking at ESPNs early top 25: Purdue was 16 and IU 18. CBS Sports has Purdue at 12 and IU at 18.

So almost. Official polls aren’t out yet but every top ten team is going to be a roster built by NIL.

Other teams can win with a reasonable, not big time budget, but it’s a lot tougher that way.

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Boilermaker03 said:

Because the guy that took the video wasn't African he was a black American. He saw what was happening from the street and filmed it. This was looked into by a journalist and proven that the video is real. It's over a year old. African immigrants cooking cats on the grill.

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Quix0te said:

Reclaiming former USSR nations as part of Russia isn't the issue. The point is that Putin had long warned former USSR nations that joining NATO would be considered an act of war.

Why NATO Expansion Explains Russia’s Actions in Ukraine - Australian Institute of International Affairs

The Kremlin’s decision to invade Ukraine has been primarily driven by the threat of NATO’s expansion along Russia’s border. Its strategic objective is to annex some Ukrainian territory and badly weaken the country so it cannot join NATO.

www.internationalaffairs.org.au

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proudopete said:

Um…let me think.

Purdue

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Katscratch said:

Hahaha is that The Onion? The guy in his backyard narrating that video does not sound African to me.

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Katscratch said:

But the point was whether Putin should be able to reclaim them as part of Russia.

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Katscratch said:

Some are, some aren’t.

If you are saying that’s your line for US troop involvement, I agree. But the point was whether Putin should be able to reclaim them as part of Russia.

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Katscratch said:

Hey; I would rather have Dusty May. But Woody is a full-on IU guy with local/IU guys on staff. I wish he was 15 years younger. IU has a plenty of local ties in the program - trying for a bunch more for next year.

Winning is as winning does. Can Woody instill a "winning culture" in year four? We shall see. A talented roster with some guards that don't suck bad is probably the key to "winning culture." Myles Rice was PAC-12 freshman of the year and was the point guard who led Washington State (of all places) to a 24 win season. There's your winning culture guy.

But this 'bought the team" narrative is overrated. Almost of the national contenders have a team that is mightily supported by a healthy NIL budget.

Tell me which pre-season top ten teams aren't "bought?"

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Boilermaker03 said:

The title of the video is incorrect. These weren't Haitians, but Africans. It is in Ohio though and clearly cats on the grill.

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Riveting said:

Are they members of NATO?

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