Interviews last month with Trey and Painter indicated that Trey will play more four this year and I believe at least alluded to the fact that Caleb is likely to take on more of those backup five minutes (in addition to time at the 4). Agree that it will be interesting to see how Trey looks physically later this summer and into the fall.
I’m hoping Renn and Furst both get more time. Am curious to see if Renn can get enough time to get comfortable at the 4. It’d be great if they’ve been working with Gillis to improve ball handling so he can play some 3 to make room at the 4. He’d definitely need better handle to effectively play any at the 3. I also am optimistic that Heide will get decent minutes at the 3. I think Colvin can play both the 2 & 3.
I hope Trey and Caleb improve to the point where the coaching staff has little choice but to give them both more minutes. I know Zach can handle a lot of minutes but it would be nice if he only had to play 25mpg because the other guys are playing so well, i.e. the drop off is not as severe when he comes out. I tend to doubt that we'll see Mason at the 3 but if he's healthy and continues to improve that also takes pressure off of Zach.
Toxicity with iu fans that live on the Purdue board is fine with me.;
What is your objective with that response? I pointed out that your post gave very poor examples of coaches who had been mediocre NBA coaches who went on to NCAA success. I don't think that view is refutable.
I’m not going to lie. I would be VERY surprised if you’ve ever been to Ross-Ade or Mackey for a game.Toxicity with iu fans that live on the Purdue board is fine with me.;
Always look at intent.
If he had, I doubt you would have been there to see him, except maybe on the visitor side.
What does this mean?....how do pro sports apply to college?...should we tell the owner of our team to spend extra millions to get a player?....hire better scouts on our farm team?....
Would hate for you guys to start following Purdue football, 8 seasons with winning records in the last 20….im okay with the state of our mens basketball program.
100%
The problem is since he stepped on campus he has gotten heavier and slower. Not a good recipe for getting better on the perimeter. Hopefully he has slimmed down some and is getting quicker because of it.
Thankfully your predications did not weather well. But Imust admit your handle seems really appropriate…
oh, I've stated such several times. I agree he needs to drop some pounds, but that doesn't change what he wanted to do before stepping on campus...just made it even more difficult. total agreement
Did you really just respond ad hominem to a 4 month old post made immediately after the game? 😒
His coaching is what has cost this team a FF & NC, not the players. Wisconsin, Butler & several other teams have made the FF with far less talent.
So is it Xs and Os or is he responsible for the guys choking? Personally, I'm not buying an X and O problem. I see guys playing tight and simply choking.
I think your judgement on those teams having "far less" talent is way off. The Buter teams had Haward and Mack who were drafted higher and played a lot of NBA. Wiscy had Kaminski and Decker who also earned a lot of NBA $$$, I believe our team last year will at most have one(Edey) player who will get a little sniff of NBA play. I think the NBA people know a little more about talent than you do.
Every head coach, in the history of sports, gets the accolades and the blame for the success or failure of the players on the court. It's the nature of the beast and what they sign up for.
Okay, so how does a coach make me (the biggest choke golfer that ever lived) not choke? My coach used to try humor, but nothing ever worked.
Replace you with someone better who won't.
Coaches are human and understand the importance for the school, players and coaching staff in big games. A coach needs to hide as much as possible the nervousness when things are not going well. That said, I suspect that if you go back through the data...ignoring freshmen and such that you will find "groups in a team" of players that handle pressure better than "other groups in a different year) that handle pressure not so well. That variable or longitudinal data seeking would be interesting...but how do you parse out first year players without a lot of work
So true, but my team was horrible. Terrible golfers except me, but I always choked. If only a coach could fix me.
True, but that means having a crystal ball to know who has ice water in their veins and who has sludge lol... I do think Painter recruits winners. Guys that have won championship might have "it", but they may be pretending too.
ha ha. My wife was a pioneer, she actually played on the men's golf team in high school because they didn't have a women's team. (she identified as a woman though, still does). She has a nice swing but life got in the way of her playing as much as she would like.
The teams body language in the second half of the FDU game was weird. They were definitely in their own heads, playing not to make mistakes (and then making mistakes), afraid to shoot, tentative, etc. It was odd to watch.
