Purdue was in a good spot to land Francis Okoro until Oregon started telling him he could get time playing the 3 there.Come on man. You have no idea what other coaches say during the recruiting process. Have you ever once heard a recruit or transfer say a coach lied to them.
Coaches need to do what they need to do to land the top recruits. That doesn't mean flat out lie, but you have to play the game.
Not only did he only play 13 minutes a game for them last year but it was exclusively at the 5 and I don't think that's changin so there's an example of a program blowing smoke up a kids ass just to tell him what he wants to hear.
I'll stick with Painter's honest approach over that BS all day.