No, but this game has to be a huge boost to his confidence. Gonna take some time, but the kid can play.
Catchings had extremely high potential physically, just too immature mentally
I really like him. I like the whole class
I think so. He did score 5 in 4 min during 1st half with TKR
because those at higher levels don't think they're that good.
Yes, and 27 bench points. I'd keep starting Berg or Burgess and then go small in the 2nd half.
Eh sorta.. I go from being done to being sucked back in because I'm bored.
HA - I get that, The main character in my book keeps going on missions .,,, My son is out for good as of August ... 23 years - 9 war zone deployments
Well be sure to thank your son for his service for me! That is a whole lotta deployment time!
On the flip side to that, I think he played very well those first 5 mins of the game —for him. That was the best he looked so far. Now understand, it’s not where we need him to be to make a deep run with him playing major mins. But it was encouraging to see the effort and more physicality from him than we had seen in the first 3 games.
This. I thought the rotation was perfect. And I thought berg did fine. game was very physical and then berg helped get some fouls called and it loosened it up for us offensively. Then we switched to small ball and were able to take off.
Yes! I like starting with a big and bang with the big guys, open things up a bit with forcing some fouls. Then being in the speed and Heide can hit some 3s on offense and grab some rebounds on defense.
I doubt Matt moves away from Berg...at least for a while. Much like Trey had minutes at the 4 last year with the anticipation dividends would be paid later in the season. Today, there is no question that Trey at the 5 is the best five. That has been known for some time. What is also known is that Berg is VERY inexperienced with some potential to improve. How much more improvement does Trey offer in the future at the five in comparison to Berg this year? The cast around Trey at the five offers some growth though. You want to win today, but you would like to have growth through the season and be the best rounded team later in the year, not at this moment...but you still want to win. Likewise, Burgess minutes will probably grow. Caleb is a known commodity as well.
He started out in the Air Force - who had 9 month deployments. Then switched to the Army to get into Officer School. His wife was not happy with the long Army deployments
A BIT LOUDER PLEASE!!! FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK!!! Especially @TwinDegrees2 😂
Yes. Heide rebounding well made it work. I hope he keeps that up. This team is better with him out there, and the 4 is his path to minutes.
Yes. Cox, Harris, and Colvin all have really bright futures and all seem to be great teammates as well as talented players.
relative to that...last night I started to respond to @*4purdue* on a post relative to Burgess and never found it quick enough before catching a few minutes of the game. When the 1974 team was recognized months ago, a guard on that team (drawing a blank...maybe Shields?) living in Cincy asked Burgess why he chose Purdue. Burgess said he knew he would spend a lot of time with the players on the team and would have friends for life and knew this was a good group of guys that would make good friends for life. Culture a chosen desire!!!!
Yes, Furst was great. His experience showed and would love to see him carve out a nice role this year.
Well said.
DP, I told you last year that I hoped Colvin would finally get "it" at some point. I don't know if he's learned all he needs to learn yet, but he is playing better. Lots of options with this group of young men.
My take is that he is playing tentative on offense. My impression is that he isn't slow, he is just slow to react because he isn't quite sure what to do. We'll see if he gets into the flow after getting a few games under his belt.
I like Berg a lot and believe he has the potential to be a very solid player while here. He had to learn something playing against Zach every day in practice. Confidence will help him when he knows he's good enough to compete.
As the year goes on Berg is going to play less and less, he is just not quick enough to play at this level.
What bothers me is that he doesn't get off the ground to go after boards. I just don't know if the instinct is there.
I think that he isn’t the most athletic there. So he needs to really understand to use his body/butt and his man out. He’s not out jumping guys at this level (which is fine), but will need to figure out how to box his man out with his large frame.
