That fan base eats their own...maybe more than most...but the people doing that may not be grads. What is obvious is just how important it is for them to have a team win, but perhaps if the last couple of decades Purdue had been similar, Purdue might be out with the pitchforks? They have a LOT of talent on the team this year...and that talent has some age, and experience, and could get it together at any time. If they do, would Woodson come out of retirement?
Not a top five venue. Even during bad years top venues don’t have that many empty seats during games. The size and passion of the fan base is quickly fading as well due to the lack of success.
If it’s one of the largest and best fanbases in the nation, why have the balconies been largely empty several games this year?
When Assembly Hall is rocking, I'd only put Phog Allen over it. And yes, Indiana has Top 5 NIL money thanks to their NIL collectives. This roster is getting paid about 6M at least. You'd be surprised as to how little most schools have.
Because people wanted change. And nothing speaks more than empty seats. I've seen those seats filled for a 10 win team.
A good coach would have this team in the Top half of the conference and in a position to battle for a conference title down the stretch. Woody is not that. And nothing is going to allow him to return next season.That fan base eats their own...maybe more than most...but the people doing that may not be grads. What is obvious is just how important it is for them to have a team win, but perhaps if the last couple of decades Purdue had been similar, Purdue might be out with the pitchforks? They have a LOT of talent on the team this year...and that talent has some age, and experience, and could get it together at any time. If they do, would Woodson come out of retirement?
IU hasn’t had a 10 win team since 2010, when it was just 8 years removed from a Final Four. Are you certain things haven’t changed with another 15 years having passed? Today’s IU students don’t have a lot of success in their memory banks.
I’ll bet if they got hot for a couple of weeks and say…got to the elite 8 it may not be that clear. They have a lot of talent that has under performed this year…that is true
I’ve been to Ass Hall for three Purdue games. Trust me, it’s behind Mackey too.
Is this a demand or just expectations?
Ever since they started using LEDs, its' been about the bright lights!
I'll say it....Painter to iu? Never in a million years.
iu basketball is the Nebraska of college football.
He'd still be gone. Fans are done and aren't going to sit through crap year in and year out.
Yeah once you’ve lost the 6 and 7 figure check guys, you usually don’t get them back.
So if you are saying many of the fans are fair weather fans, how does that make them one of the best fan bases?
According to most of the fan base this has been an issue since RMK and to replace a coach every 4ish years since is the bigger issue.
The boosters run the show there and that’s why they can’t get a good coach. They said that they will never again allow a coach to get bigger than the university and they meant it.
Slick is a New York city kind of guy. He likes it where he is, and Bloomington doesn't have the amenities for a New York city kind of guy.
He's been at both Kentucky and Louisville, both within spitting distance of Bloomington. He also nailed a woman-not-his-wife on a dinner table at a restaurant named Porcini's in Louisville. I think the place was renamed Porkini's after that.
🙄 But Lexington is still much more of an urban environment than Bloomington. Louisville is too. Both have great restaurants, finer dining, clothiers, and way more niceties than you could ever get in Trailer City.
Not going to happen. Unless, things have changed.
I would be one pissed off loosier if I contributed toward 6 mil for THAT team.
Hey! They've been offseason champs for....30 years in a row, now!
Assembly Hall has only been rocking during the ...Wat shot, right? They re-enacting that soon?
Again, it's YOUR opinion that you continue to spill on here and you will get no purdue fan to agree with you.
Something serious would have to happen for Painter to leave Purdue. He is there until he wants to retire just like Keady. The question will then be who takes over and Purdue fans may not figure that out for another 20 years. Unless he goes the Bennett/Wright route and gets tired of today's landscape.
Today's landscape has only affected IU. Painter is a great coach and great coaches win because of that.
