In watching the game today it’s just beyond belief. They can’t get a shot off or get it inbounds with little pressure. Nothing positive to say.
Fire Gearlds
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My Sr year in High School, the Griffith girls won 1 game, they would usually lose by 40 points against decent teams, this it what that reminded me of, that was pathetic.
Agree, fire the whole staff. Start over. Let 90% of the team transfer it doesn’t matter at this point. Gearlds won’t know how to use next year’s recruits either.
anything less than firing Gearlds sends the very clear message Purdue does not care about women's sports and that our AD is equally as inept as our wbball coach.
She’d be gone in my book, guessing she’ll get next year though. Roster wise if a few players go oh well, not sure who would really be clamoring to get them. Two younger players that looked decent were Jones and Puryear, McCarthy looked so slow, I do hope she sticks around though. Poole and Reynolds haven’t done much, that hurts as both were top 60 type recruits, hoping next year both are healthy and improve, time will tell.
If what I’ve read in other posts/ threads is true - that she has a $2 Million buyout (?) - then I don’t see any coaching change happening for quite some time. I guess there’s a way to confirm that? Sure seems excessive for the modest-to-mediocre results of the past 3 seasons.
And this season is the worst yet….
I miss the energy and joy that her first year’s team played with. And they were holdovers from the previous regime. But that team played gutty. Pulled a couple upsets too. Totally different dynamic now it seems. Agree on Jones and Puryear - they play hard and have shown improvement. Maybe the tide will slowly turn with those 2 to build off of next year
Mike Carmin posted the contract extension details on his substack last June. Link below. Buyout drops to 1.6 after July 1st 2025.
Contract extension, salary increase for Purdue's Katie Gearlds “We didn’t want her to have any doubts about where we stand"
The school's women's basketball coach is signed through the 2028-29 season
mikecarmin.substack.com
1.6 million would be worth it.
At least if there is a change, we know we will deal with a new coach and give her/him time to grow, recruit and bring in a new system. There have been other teams who were really bad, like us, and are back to being competitive in 2-3 years with a new staff, roster and direction. Our leaders need to get off their butts and act as if they give a damn, at least for the sake of the dwinding fanbase and/or alumni. They should be ashamed to be indifferent about this.
A Purdue job is much better than a mid-major school, so there should be some good candidates who would be attracted to coming here. That said, if it stays as it is, we aren't going up, not even an inch. We gave this staff many changes and it didn't work out. Say bye, bye.
At least if there is a change, we know we will deal with a new coach and give her/him time to grow, recruit and bring in a new system. There have been other teams who were really bad, like us, and are back to being competitive in 2-3 years with a new staff, roster and direction. Our leaders need to get off their butts and act as if they give a damn, at least for the sake of the dwinding fanbase and/or alumni. They should be ashamed to be indifferent about this.
A Purdue job is much better than a mid-major school, so there should be some good candidates who would be attracted to coming here. That said, if it stays as it is, we aren't going up, not even an inch. We gave this staff many changes and it didn't work out. Say bye, bye.
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