Ordinarily this would be your typical "for whatever it's worth" message.
You know, "Purdue beat Northwestern Sunday, for whatever that's worth."
Yeah, Northwestern is really overmatched right, bad really. It's been destroyed by injury and would be only a borderline postseason team had it not been. They can't score.
But Northwestern isn't/wasn't so bad that it couldn't completely punk Purdue in Evanston a couple weeks ago, a loss that probably had more to do with the Boilermakers' dysfunction than Northwestern being particularly good at anything, all due respect.
So Purdue blowing up the Wildcats Sunday night is nothing to riot over, but nothing to sneeze at either, for all you directional sneezers out there.
But there's absolutely significance in Purdue's win; for this team, at this point, there's significance in anything positive, and it's not too late to at least make something of this season, whether it's a spot in the postseason or just some little somethings to carry into the off-season.
Right now, what Purdue needs to take out of this season from here on out every bit as much as wins is lessons. And Sunday night could have been a lesson. It's awful late for lessons, but it is what it.
It was the first time in I don't know how many games Purdue seemed to play as one on offense. It passed the ball well and decisively and played selflessly. People actually moved. It didn't take very many bad shots. Some of the worst shots it took went in.
It was sloppy with the ball at times, but usually it was at least trying to do the right things.
Matt Painter's been harping on making simple plays all season, and the message's fallen on deaf ears in large part.
Against Northwestern, Purdue did it and scored its way to a win it pretty much had to have.
So maybe there's the lesson: Hey, that stuff works!
I guess we'll see at Iowa. It's a winnable game, but considering how salty Iowa has been at home this season, a lot to ask of a Purdue team whose first challenge has usually been just getting out of its own way.
Against Northwestern, it did that, benefited from a poor opponent and played hard enough to do to Northwestern what's supposed to be done to Northwestern in the rebounding column.
Now we'll see if it sticks.
This post was edited on 2/24 10:47 PM by Brian_GoldandBlack.com
This post was edited on 2/24 10:47 PM by Brian_GoldandBlack.com
This post was edited on 2/24 10:55 PM by Brian_GoldandBlack.com
You know, "Purdue beat Northwestern Sunday, for whatever that's worth."
Yeah, Northwestern is really overmatched right, bad really. It's been destroyed by injury and would be only a borderline postseason team had it not been. They can't score.
But Northwestern isn't/wasn't so bad that it couldn't completely punk Purdue in Evanston a couple weeks ago, a loss that probably had more to do with the Boilermakers' dysfunction than Northwestern being particularly good at anything, all due respect.
So Purdue blowing up the Wildcats Sunday night is nothing to riot over, but nothing to sneeze at either, for all you directional sneezers out there.
But there's absolutely significance in Purdue's win; for this team, at this point, there's significance in anything positive, and it's not too late to at least make something of this season, whether it's a spot in the postseason or just some little somethings to carry into the off-season.
Right now, what Purdue needs to take out of this season from here on out every bit as much as wins is lessons. And Sunday night could have been a lesson. It's awful late for lessons, but it is what it.
It was the first time in I don't know how many games Purdue seemed to play as one on offense. It passed the ball well and decisively and played selflessly. People actually moved. It didn't take very many bad shots. Some of the worst shots it took went in.
It was sloppy with the ball at times, but usually it was at least trying to do the right things.
Matt Painter's been harping on making simple plays all season, and the message's fallen on deaf ears in large part.
Against Northwestern, Purdue did it and scored its way to a win it pretty much had to have.
So maybe there's the lesson: Hey, that stuff works!
I guess we'll see at Iowa. It's a winnable game, but considering how salty Iowa has been at home this season, a lot to ask of a Purdue team whose first challenge has usually been just getting out of its own way.
Against Northwestern, it did that, benefited from a poor opponent and played hard enough to do to Northwestern what's supposed to be done to Northwestern in the rebounding column.
Now we'll see if it sticks.
This post was edited on 2/24 10:47 PM by Brian_GoldandBlack.com
This post was edited on 2/24 10:47 PM by Brian_GoldandBlack.com
This post was edited on 2/24 10:55 PM by Brian_GoldandBlack.com
