What is it about Purdue constantly losing key players year after year after year after year? How do you let Bryson transfer to IPFW if you are Painter. He single handedly buried #3 ranked IU tonight. Imagine if we had a lock down defender like that on Purdue this year. It takes me back to Scott Martin as well when he played with the fab 4 at Purdue. Had he not transferred Purdue perhaps may of won a national title after injuries that plagued the season. Maybe the coaching staff needs to work a little bit harder to keep its players on the campus. Just incredible we let a guy like that go. I don't get it.
Bryson Scott - (Another transfer making headlines while not at Purdue)
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Do you not know the history or are you just choosing to ignore it so you can bash Painter?
Not bashing Painter. I support him. Though, I am still not happy not one bit about NCAA loss last year. That was to me the most devastating game for basketball to me, it was just inexcusable mostly because of zero defense. It is going to take a lot more to believe in this Purdue team. The way they ran that last play at Villanova, that's far too often how things end up at Purdue. A bunch of stutter stepping right when it counts. Bryson should be on Purdue's team right now. If he was Purdue beats Villanova. Its the difference between beating a team like that and losing more often than not, and it may be the difference in the end of this season as well.
Anyone know why Crean started Tim priller, and 2 freshman? They started 4 forwards and a center. Confused here. Does he think he is cute doing that?
OK. Remember that Bryson chose to leave on his own. He was not asked to leave. This is known because after he left he publicly stated that he made a mistake in leaving.
Also remember that has been more than one season since he left and he, per his coach, is just beginning to show what we saw tonight.
Maybe Bryson lacked the maturity to recognize at the time that he did need to improve and as many of us do, has learned that with experience and time.
More importantly though congratulations to him on a terrific performance.
I'm happy for Bryson and hope he has a great career at Fort Wayne. I think he made a mistake leaving Purdue and he might know that even though he would probably not acknowledge it going forward. I think his struggles as an underclassmen at Purdue might have been the piece of humble pie he needed to take a step back and look at his game and what he needed to work on. He maybe didn't realize that until after he announced his transfer and his options were pretty limited but they said on the broadcast tonight that he spent his entire redshirt year working on his shooting which was a huge hole in his game at Purdue.
At any rate, there's no ill will from me towards him. He had some good moments as a Boiler and had another good moment as a Mastodon tonight. I hope he has more. Just not against Purdue.
At any rate, there's no ill will from me towards him. He had some good moments as a Boiler and had another good moment as a Mastodon tonight. I hope he has more. Just not against Purdue.
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He left on his own, but in way too similar a fashion as Scott Martin previously did. That is when I would expect head coach to sit down in private and re-recruit the guy with encouragement. If it were someone who just didn't have it, but it was clear to me back then this was one guy we should not be letting go as was Scott Martin as well.
As far as IU goes Bryson looked like Mike Tyson. He came in there and made them look like chicken littles. Big bad #3 coming in there with smug talk tude. Bryson said IU come on now and he opened a can up on them the likes of which they ain't seen in some time. He let em know and he shoved them. It truly was domination level. I am not pleased he left Purdue. He who dat smacked IU. He said who dat level. Scott said listen here IU and sat them down to the ground styled. He gave a little who dat daddy level. Daddy styled. He showed em real nice.
4th year Bryson is better than Sophomore Bryson?? No way!? Please gift us with more of your insight!!
Bryson admitted he should have stayed. To be fair, Bryson really only had good games when it was against IU. His other games were pretty underwhelming. I would consider myself to be a strong Bryson supporter also.
Do you realize that if Bryson had stayed, there was no scholarship for Biggie?
Painter recruited some talented point guards in back to back classes, and for whatever reason, neither Ronnie Johnson or Bryson Scott got much better at Purdue or stayed around, seeming to have issues with CMP. PJT came later, and while he is consistent, he doesn't have the talent of the other guys. It has been an issue for CMP to land and develop guards, especially PG over the past several years.
That said, Bryson Scott has played 5 games for IPFW this year. He is averaging 13.6 points and 6 boards, which is solid, but he is doing it while shooting 41.8% from the field and 26.1% from 3 to go along with 1.8 assists vs. 3.4 TO's per game. He had a great game last night, but let's not pretend like he is something he's not. More talented than PJ for sure, but also more out of control and jacking up nearly 5 triples per game while shooting a bad percentage. It will be interesting to see what happens the rest of the year for him.
That said, Bryson Scott has played 5 games for IPFW this year. He is averaging 13.6 points and 6 boards, which is solid, but he is doing it while shooting 41.8% from the field and 26.1% from 3 to go along with 1.8 assists vs. 3.4 TO's per game. He had a great game last night, but let's not pretend like he is something he's not. More talented than PJ for sure, but also more out of control and jacking up nearly 5 triples per game while shooting a bad percentage. It will be interesting to see what happens the rest of the year for him.
I like your sig.
It's so on target.
It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
Mark Twain
I did catch some of the coach's comments after the game talking to Shon Morris of BTN. Although he praised Bryson Scott for his defense last night (and deservedly so), it was interesting that he mentioned/implied that this season.....the defensive effectiveness may not have been quite what they needed from him previously. Clearly though, he was convinced Scott could help take the team to another level.
Don't wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty and the pig loves it. Or something close to that. That's what it's like with these trolls that come on here.
Yeah, you're right.
Another Mark Twain quote:
“Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”
So true sometimes. Happy Before Turkey Day!
Scott was and still does fall under the category of high volume shooter. I'm glad he's getting his opportunity to shine at IPFW but he was terrible fit for Painter's motion offense. He was never going to be more than a sixth man at Purdue if he stayed which wouldn't have been bad to have, but he would have held back the efficiency of the starting unit for sure.
There's another famous quote:
" You are what you eat"
Tomorrow all I'll see in the mirror is one big turkey...........
As Trump would say...wrong. It's just another example of players come and transfer to other programs. Swan picked Purdue in May while Bryson left in June. Wrong wrong wrong like donkey kong. Though, nobody on Purdue's current roster has Bryson's intensity. He single handedly dominate stomped IU. He who dat daddy danced on them with a who dat. He gave em a who dat daddy they ain't never gonna forget. If Purdue played IU we would of folded like a lawn chair as did against Villanova. That last play against Villanova says all it needs to. Stumble without no rumble.
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Bryson left and then within a couple of weeks tweeted as much saying he wished he wouldn't have left. I'm really happy for Bryson and yes...now...a year of sitting out... with the rule emphasis change...he would be a more effective player
That would be incorrect. Bryson announced he was transferring on March 31, Johnny Hill signed in April. Then biggie signed in May.
If Bryson had stayed, we would not have pursued Johnny Hill, perhaps. We always had a spot for Biggie.
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We don't know if that heart to heart conversation occurred or not. I would bet that it did.
Regarding paragraph 2:
Can someone translate for me? Where is Barbara Billingsly?
I thought you would be the first to recognize. On a side note, I am still in love with that flight attendant.
You repeatedly do this. You bash him, then you say you support him. Then you bash him again. And again. The worst part is that your bashing is so uninformed.
After seeing RJ play at 2 other schools, do you still stand by these statements?
There is no doubt that RJ and BS are more talented basketball players than PJT. Sometimes slow and steady and efficient turns out to be better than someone more talented, but I think you are wrong if you can't don't think that RJ and BS have more raw talent than PJT. Like I said, for whatever reason, they didn't develop here, RJ never has period and BS is TBD. Yes, I stand by all of that.
not sure of your definition of talent, but I believe the RJ and BS were more athletic than PJ and PJ more skilled. I usually think of "skill" as talent, but you may view that different?
Purdue with either BS (first 2 years) or RJ at Point = we lose games we should win.
PJ at point = we win games we should win
Give CE a year and we will win games we shouldn't.
Don't give me that "athletic" crap. This is about who is a better player, and by definition, the "better player" is the one who understands the game and makes those around them better. Neither BS nor RJ understood this, and as consequence, neither are better players than PJ.
OK. If you stand by it, good for you. If your definition of "talented" for RJ doesn't include shooting, assists, turnovers, basketball judgement, and floor leadership, then you may be on to something there.
How much has he developed under two other well-known coaches? If he was so "talented", I would expect that he would have blossomed after getting out from under Painter, who you seem to think was holding him back. No? Maybe he played his best college ball under Painter and has regressed in these other programs.
Yes, they did not develop here and the reason was obvious to all intelligent fans
RJ's dad whispered poison in his ears, and that poison spread in the locker room. We likely would not have lost BS without RJ infecting the team with his nonsense
RJ did not develop here, and he did not develop in Houston and I will bet you he will not develop in Auburn either. Rather than blame three different coaches, I blame the player and the negative influences he received from his family
At the end of the day, PJ will have a better college career than RJ and BS, and that's all that matters. I have long moved past RJ and BS, and look forward to the next two years, and our future backcourt pairing of Eastern-Carsen who are much more talented and coachable than those two whom we have lost.
