They won't. It's impossible to compensate for not having Edey as rim protector.
You all thought Zack might be a good backup by his senior year....how was your Crow!
I could see a Berg backed by Jacobsen at the 5
Huh? I never remotely said that and I don't remember many other people who did either.
My take:
Agree.
This board was a shit show when Zach signed after we missed on HDick and Kalk. I'd say that less than 10% were excited about Zach.
You know a posts going to be great when it starts with "You all thought".......................
I think you're being kind with the 10%!!
Is that true Wol? I don't recall Zach being part of Canada's international team prior to the 2021 U19 team. I also don't recall hearing that MP first saw Zach at an international tournament. Not saying it didn't happen, I just haven't seen that anywhere else.
You're probably right.
Edey didn’t start or play very much but he was on their team and Painter was one of our coaches who had an opportunity to see him play
Painter saw Haarms at his prep school in Kansas. Berg's father approached Painter to get his son on the team. There is no record of Edey playing in international competition prior to Painter showing interest. Purdue has previously recruited players in Canada, so Painter is familiar with recruiting there.
I found his performance from 2021. Where he dominated. I’m looking for 2019. It was said in 2021 Edey’s only othe offers were from Baylor and Santa Clara.
There were a lot of posts on this board about Haarms and his playing days in Europe! That info came from somewhere. I belive Painter saw Haarms play before he went to that prep school. Haarms came to Purdue in mid semester because there were a bunch of issues over his eligibility.
Of course he played in Europe. He lived most of his life there. The posts were about him getting clearance from the NCAA to compete in college because he had received money to play. And the fact that the NCAA limited his eligibility, so it affected his enrollment date.
This just isn't accurate. There's an article that interviews Zach and his mom that lays out that Steve Lutz was the first Purdue coach to see Zach play in person, which was at an event in Houston. Lutz called Painter and said he wanted to recruit him and Painter gave the green light. Zach was originally in the 2021 class and when Purdue missed on HDick and Kalk and Zach reclassed to 2020 Purdue picked up his recruiting and made an offer.
I think we will be worse at interior defense because how could we not. No one is on the roster that can replicate Edey's rim protection.You know a posts going to be great when it starts with "You all thought".......................
Right, cuz we just agree on everything.
Defense is going to be a big problem I think. We've spent 2 years ok with our guards getting beat off the dribble because Zach was back there. Now we'll have a 6'9" non-shot blocker back there. And no Mason to muscle up behind him. EVERY man is going to have to do a much better job of staying in front of their man.
Guarding the myriad of bigs that Zach has helped bring into the league is not going to be easy.
Going to be a big challenge and one we might well not do that great with.
Rebounding will be telling.
This-- we've been spoiled having such an intimidating rim protector in Zach, but I'm actually excited in how we transition to a quicker, more "harrying" type of defense, from top to back.
It is not true! 2021 was his first year he played for the Canadian national team according to the information I can find. He was already a Purdue player at that point and it had nothing to do with his recruitment.
Ok, Zach, was a member of the 2020 Canadian Olympic team, but didn’t play. And Zach was a member of the 2021 FIBA team. And Painter has been an assistant coach for various U.S. teams. Zach went to the academy to develop his skills although he didn’t start.
I found several sources that said he was part of the 2020 Canadian Olympic team But that he didn’t make their Final Cut to actually play in the games.
Maybe do the research before you just make a bunch of stuff up about how Painter finds players. Portraying yourself as someone in the know, when you are just inventing it in your own head, is not useful to people genuinely interested in Purdue recruiting.
I never said I was an expert or in the know. And I did do research! I said Edey played on Canada’s team before 2021 and he did. It was in 2020. I said Painter saw a lot of international talent as part of being an assistant on many USA teams and he did! I doubt seriously you want me to provide my previous type of 5 page posts that nobody ever reads! A lot of my research is directly from the posts made on this forum! If you believe me to be incorrect, I’m just quoting a previous post from an existing poster who won’t own up to their previous comments .
Haarms did not play at a JC. He played at a prep school. Nice research.
It would be interesting to read the comments back then, but fear that would seem like an attack on some and that serves no purpose
You are correct as it's been proven time and again that being consistently wrong doesn't prevent people here from posting obnoxiously aggressive hot takes.
Don't know about rim protection, but Purdue should be more versatile defensively. Plus, Edey wasn't an aggressive defender because he knew offensively he had to stay in the game. At this point, Smith is probably the only guy who needs to play max minutes next year. Lots of fouls to give. Purdue could, believe it or not, be more physical on defense without Zach.
He was already a Purdue player as he was a 2020 class recruit. I just looked at the roster for Canada’s 2020 team… he’s not listed! Not sure why you are still pushing this narrative as his recruiting story was already shared and coach Lusk is who contacted Painter after seeing him at IMG and then Painter became involved with him at IMG.
