Congrats!

[PU52Chevy]

Way to go JM and GE.....from walk-on to scholarship players......great achievement and shows hard work pays off.

It was made official on the 4th........

Boiler Up!

 

[tjreese]

Way to go JM and GE.....from walk-on to scholarship players......great achievement and shows hard work pays off.

It was made official on the 4th........

Boiler Up!

they were open...why not give them the scholly...so they can do the things like the other players do as well as a reward for this year?

 

[Emartin70287]

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[nagemj02]

I think the bigger topic is why were 3 scholarships still available for so long that it resulted in two of them being awarded to Jon McKeeman and Grady Eifert? I understand that guys like McKeeman will feel honored and, in his case, he's been a part of the program for five years now so I understand giving him one. However, if the staff would have pursued and been able to get two more players for quality depth, second-year walk-ons like Grady Eifert would not have gotten a scholarship this season.

 

[tjreese]

I think the bigger topic is why were 3 scholarships still available for so long that it resulted in two of them being awarded to Jon McKeeman and Grady Eifert? I understand that guys like McKeeman will feel honored and, in his case, he's been a part of the program for five years now so I understand giving him one. However, if the staff would have pursued and been able to get two more players for quality depth, second-year walk-ons like Grady Eifert would not have gotten a scholarship this season.

I think that was an obvious question in the beginning. The other obvious question is, what are the pluses and minuses of McKeeman and Eifert compared to the last two on most teams? Ya need 10 solid players for practice, 8 for a game. Keeping an open spot for 5th year makes sense today. Players like Kendall...Bryson want to see the court more and leave. Prior to leaving, was there a possibility they may not have been happy campers in the dressing room...with other team members and how did "that" play out? I haven't counted who or how many are on the team, but do know that playing more than 8 is tough and that kids today are seeking more immediate playing time than players years ago that had no problem waiting until their junior years to get meaningful minutes. Your point was understood, but until I count who and how many are on the team it is not an immediate concern...

 

[JohnnyDoeBoiler]

I think that was an obvious question in the beginning. The other obvious question is, what are the pluses and minuses of McKeeman and Eifert compared to the last two on most teams? Ya need 10 solid players for practice, 8 for a game. Keeping an open spot for 5th year makes sense today. Players like Kendall...Bryson want to see the court more and leave. Prior to leaving, was there a possibility they may not have been happy campers in the dressing room...with other team members and how did "that" play out? I haven't counted who or how many are on the team, but do know that playing more than 8 is tough and that kids today are seeking more immediate playing time than players years ago that had no problem waiting until their junior years to get meaningful minutes. Your point was understood, but until I count who and how many are on the team it is not an immediate concern...

I agree with you and feel the issue (on top of the limited recruiting budget even today) moving forward is simply Painter's strategy to build the program...and I have no issue with it. Painter wants to create a roster full of experienced guys knowing that Purdue will be very hard pressed to compete at a high level every year (Kansas, UNC, MSU, Kentucky, etc). Painter knows he has to build a roster of guys every 3-4 years...unfortunately that 'build' missed the big class of 2017 by a year and the roster is full of guys that are taking most of the playing time. A guy like JJJ would have been nice and probably would have started but outside of that, there probably aren't a lot of recruits for 2017 that would be able to crack the starting lineup next season with Haas, Vince, Carsen, PJ, and Mathias/Cline all returning and being major contributors.

The class now to watch is the 2018 and more than likely that year will probably see some struggles as Purdue will have Cline, Carsen Edwards, and Taylor probably being the major players left from the current 2016-2017 roster. If Painter can sell that to a few 2017 guys to come in and develop behind next years roster to be more 'role' players...the 2018 roster could be one full of high level recruits playing major minutes with Carsen and Cline providing the guard play.