Eden Ewing
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I was being sarcastic, i completely agree with you. Ewing would be lucky to average 10 min a game this year.
what a troll !!! what a troll!!! I've been trolled ! next time yo u wil l thin k twice for everybody involved before ttrolling me. our local police force knows m y name and license number and are smart enough to never pull me over. they realize it could be another 30 minutes talking to me. .
Ewing will be just fine once he learns his defensive assignments.
Now that Haarms is back in the fold and when EE gets his assignments right, it opens it up for CMP to play two big men at one time.....
Would love see Haas and Taylor on the court together or Haarms and Ewing.
Any mix of Haas, Haarms, Taylor and Ewing would be exciting to see and move Vincent to the 3 spot in some situations or games.
Boiler Up!
Now that Haarms is back in the fold and when EE gets his assignments right, it opens it up for CMP to play two big men at one time.....
Would love see Haas and Taylor on the court together or Haarms and Ewing.
Any mix of Haas, Haarms, Taylor and Ewing would be exciting to see and move Vincent to the 3 spot in some situations or games.
Boiler Up!
I'll stand by what I've already posted. I've seen him play multiple times now. Once, in person. You think that's ignorant. I'll let you stand by your argument, lol.
Lmao i've seen him play a couple minutes if you want to get technical. and you've seen him in person!!?? Wow im impressed.... Ya, he'll be lucky to see more than ten minutes a game.
Somebody got their feelings hurt so bad that they spent time going back to dig up this thread. Put on your big boy pants, Johnny. lol.
Get used to people disagreeing with you when you disparage Purdue players on the Purdue message board. It's why you have been labelled a troll by so many here.
So, let me follow this logic.... we haven't been to a Final Four because Painter takes on too many projects? Is that your contention? Can you identify the number of projects on all of the FF teams from the last 5 years or so? Is our number higher or lower than the FF average? Exactly what is a "project" in your mind?
Seems like there are 13 scholarships available, but our rotation is only 8-9 players deep. That means 4 players can be projects, and not affect the game at all, right? So if we have just 3, seems like we are okay.
What is missing from your argument is the cause-effect logic. For example, I say we haven't been to a Final Four, since 1980, because we have too many "U's" in our school name. Prove me wrong.
Like some other naysayers on this board, coming into the season, BM73 would have declared that Haarms is a project.
BM73 is a project in of himself. One that has failed multiple times
So if Purdue changed its name back to its original name of Indiana A &M, then we could guarantee a final 4?
There is merit to a discussion about projects. To many on this board, Dow would be considered a project. But if he were to sign with a lesser team like Western Michigan, he would be considered as an immediate impact player!
Being called a project is a good thing! It means you are teachable and have the potential to elevate your game to a higher level!
treed has made the point several times and I agree with her! It's a big jump from high school to college! Many of the highly ranked one and done players look less than great when they first start playing college basketball! Despite their talent, they are all projects. The best ones are the one with the faster learning curves! I'll use Wiggins as an example! He has a lot of talent! And as a freshman at Kansas you could see that talent! But he also made a lot of mistakes! The same was true of Kansas Jackson last year. At times he looked lost last year! He was a project! He's still a project in the NBA.
The question I wrestle with is how big of a project do you want your college coach to take on? When Joe Barry Carrol came to Purdue, every college coach declared him as a project! But he learned and became a force! Matt Van Damm also came to Purdue as a project!
All college athletes are projects! The question is do you want them to become elite players as freshmen? Or do you have the patience to wait until they are seniors? When you give a player a 4 year scholarship, do you want and expect them to be immediate contributors and become 4 year starters? Or are you willing to allow them to develop and wait until they are a junior or senior? Elite programs have the depth to allow a player to develop! Some develop faster than others!
I'll mention two names of football players! They are future hall of famers but they did nothing as rookies other than hold a clip board and watch and learn! Bret Favre and Aaron Rogers! And one hall of fame basketball player didn't set the world on fire as a freshman at UNC! His last name was Jordan.
To conclude, there is a difference between being a project and being a player with little ability! My son was a project as a track athlete and has shown the ability to learn how to be a decathlete. There were some events he never attempted in high school! But there is also a highlight video on YouTube where his basketball skills were on display in front of many div 1 coaches playing aau basketball! Given 10 years, he would still never be a college basketball project! To be considered as a project, you first have to have a certain amount of talent to develop!
And to the point... the last time Purdue went to the final 4, they were led and carried by a guy tha every coach in America called a project - Joe Barry Carrol! And I am proud to have watched his first game!
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See that's your problem, i didn't disparage him by saying he wouldn't contribute, it Was my opinion that turned out to be right. If you act like an idiot and want to call me a troll that's fine, i don't care especially considering your lack of bball knowledge. But you can be sure i will call you out on it since you wanted to be the loudest.
You have a history of disparaging Purdue players, which is always wrong, and why you get called out as a troll. In this case, you admitted that you hadn't watched the WUG, yet you were making a judgement on the kid. I pointed out that your judgement was made out of ignorance. But you seem to be very happy that, in your negativity, you may have been right this time. Congratulations.
You know you can just admit you're wrong instead of digging a deeper hole. Besides, i did watch him play for a few minutes which that along with his lack of playing time was all i needed to know. And you keep using the word negativity, its called discussing basketball honestly. Not everyone is going to get playing time.
if you feel 1973 is a troll, please stop feeding and responding. this is their goal
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Let's get this straight. You watched a new player who had barely practiced with the team "play for a few minutes", and you are an expert? And now you are so proud that he isn't playing that you spent time to search and dig up a 3-month old thread to gloat? And then you sign on with your other user name to "like" your own posts? If all of that didn't have me laughing, I would think it was sad.
Wow you're pathetic. Where did i ever say i was proud he wasnt playing? And ya, after watching him for a bit and seeing the players who were receiving more minutes it really didn't take much logic to figure out he wouldn't be playing much this year. But yes, best believe I'll bump a thread if You want to continue to call me out with your hilariously awful takes.
Wait... you've been signing on to my account and liking your own posts? That's rude.
man peegs shuts down, iu blows, and now we have to inherit the worlds worst bball fans pretending to be purdue fans so someone will respond to their damaged egos...ugh. pay board looking attractive...
Good one? As most here know (my former account on this board was tynd10), I'm a paid member of both GBI, and the IU rivals site.
Ya man my bad... He clearly has us(or should i say me?) figured out.
Whatever you say. It's time for you to get back to calling out players "retarded " when they miss a shot.
i didnt. no one took it that way. my brothers would call me out. its time for you to quit acting like a 5 year old and seriously grow up. seriously.
Continue to call you out? This thread was buried for 3 months before you spent time to search for it and bump it. lol. As far as I know, I have not responded to any of your posts since this one (3 MONTHS AGO!) which I had completely forgotten about. Please search and find more recent threads where I responded to you. Please.
BTW, I didn't mention who your alternate I.D. was, so when you responded with your other user name, you might understand how obviously you outed yourself.
I'm starting to think you're the one with alternate usernames since you keep bringing it up.
Purdue was never Indiana A&M. And please refrain from using the word Indiana in relation to our name.
Thank you
/Sarcasm
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