Wasn't it Walker? To FSU that opened up for Carsen?
Jacobsen to announce friday
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As I recall, Walker actually committed to Purdue, but then withdrew his commitment after talking to Ronnie Johnson. Then Painter offered Simpson and Edwards, with Edwards choosing Purdue before Simpson choosing Michigan.
Kyle Molock unfortunately seriously injured his knee in high school, but he decommitted IIRC - that was back in the Ronnie Johnson days I think TJ.
It was Sauce Walker's decommit that opened things up for Zavier Simpson offer and ultimately C-Boogie coming to Purdue.
I have a novel idea! Let him commit and play for somebody else and then use the portal to bring him here in 2025! That would be even better than redshirting. It saves a roster spot until we are ready to add him
Welp, welcome aboard Daniel! Let’s see if we can somehow figure out how we can get Harris
I feel like I said it earlier that if we sign both Harris and Jacobsen this board would be hilarious with speculation on who is out.
I am sure there are obvious ones and ones we don’t realize just yet.
So can we get Brian to explain how we can still get Harris with Jacobsen now headed to Purdue?!
Depending on how this year goes, I could imagine TKR going elsewhere. I kinda expected him to look elsewhere this year. I think Heide will get increased time and possibly shift to a 3-4 Catchings will play at the 3-4 Colvin 2-3 …I guess you could see Waddell shift to a non scholarship role freeing up another one, but he’s a legacy and his dad played with Painter so I doubt he transfers. I don’t think Furst leaves, seems like a Purdue guy and his brother is their. The part that I’m apprehensive about is not having room for any of the 2025 guys. Some good recruits with offers in treat class.
Yes. Go buy a sub to On3 and ask him. No knock on the dudes running the Rivals page but they have 0 insight into these things.
Sorry, not trying to be a dick but thats the hard truth
Yeah, I think you are correct. The sauce man...old age I guess? Who got the spot when the kid I was mentioning Molock or something close injured his leg and Purdue backed off?
I was going to post your 1st sentence, depends on how TKR plays this year, also maybe Berg may not be progressing, was hoping Morton would have went somewhere after last season. Seen 3 yrs of him and he is what he is ( not a top 8 player on a top tier BIG10 program)
Not a huge fan of the over-sign, but with transfer rules no longer requiring players to sit out a year, I feel better about it. Far more often than not, somebody is going to transfer out, even on Purdue with its low transfer rate.
Don’t tell me what to do, I have a wife for that! 😂
Hey. don't laugh. You may start to see teams with a LOT of "Preferred walk ons" that aren't on schollies but on the bench with some dough-ray-me in their pockets.
The Hills are alive.....with the Sound of Dollars.....
My Heart yearns to stay.....it's a license to steal from the NCAA.....
I think things would really have to go sideways this year for Trey in order for him to consider transferring after this season. I agree that there was likely some risk after last season, but everything points to him being a featured player next season.
I’m getting tired of trusting in Painter lmao
The new recruit did a interview Friday after saying he was coming to Purdue he said he might be the last recruit to sign with Purdue does this mean harris is not coming to Purdue
Lets see. Next year's roster with no transfers.
Berg
Jacobsen
TKR
Furst
Burgess
Catchings
Smith
Loyer
Heide
Colvin
Waddell
Cox
Benter
9 will play. Lots of minutes for TKR and Furst at the 4 and 5. If Jacobsen is better than Berg play him. If not it would be an easy redshirt call.
Here is my shot of the 9 man rotation:
TKR
Furst
Berg
Loyer
Smith
Catchings
Heide
Colvin
Cox (is there anyone else to backup the point?)
Redshirt or Deep bench guys
Waddell
Benter
Burgess
Jacobsen
Berg
Jacobsen
TKR
Furst
Burgess
Catchings
Smith
Loyer
Heide
Colvin
Waddell
Cox
Benter
9 will play. Lots of minutes for TKR and Furst at the 4 and 5. If Jacobsen is better than Berg play him. If not it would be an easy redshirt call.
Here is my shot of the 9 man rotation:
TKR
Furst
Berg
Loyer
Smith
Catchings
Heide
Colvin
Cox (is there anyone else to backup the point?)
Redshirt or Deep bench guys
Waddell
Benter
Burgess
Jacobsen
I would guess that redshirting is part of the plan with Jacobsen. I would even bet that factored into his decision to reclassify.
I didn’t see the interview, but if he said he “might” be last, I don’t read much into that. Certainly doesn’t sound very definitive.
Gotta admit, not that excited about this commit. Painters roster build philosophy has not produced tourney success but it seems he keeps doing the same thing.
We need more guards…If we can land Harris by over signing, then it’ll be ok. But if we don’t get Harris…it’ll be Braden and Cox at PG and Loyer and Colvin at the 2 next year. Pretty thin there.
Agree with what you said. Maybe burgess somehow plays over Berg? No clue tho…
Lack of guards makes me nervous
Michigan's mottoThe Hills are alive.....with the Sound of Dollars.....
My Heart yearns to stay.....it's a license to steal from the NCAA.....
I understand why this causes concern not just for you but for many fans. What I don't understand is, what is the proposed alternative? Should MP (or whoever fans want to replace him) recruit the same way as Duke, KU, UNC, IU and just do it as good or better than them?
A lot of fans will want to answer this with 'that's what MP gets paid $xM to figure out', which is fine, it just seems to me that the majority of school that fall in the same general pecking order as Purdue fare worse both in the regular season and NCAAT. I'm not saying that as an excuse for MP, we all want better, but MP has his roadmap and I've not seen one that consistently works better if you're not a blue blood.
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I think I’d just say get some more guards. Even if they’re raw, just bring that in. They don’t have to be 4 or 5 stars. Just some athletic guys. We have a ton of front court guys now but the lack of guards is a bit concerning.
My gut says that Painter knows that one of the bigs currently on the roster is unlikely to be with Purdue next year, which is why he is apparently willing to oversign.
Smith, Loyer, Colvin, Heide, Waddell, Cox, and Benter is quite a few guards and wings and, by all indications, Painter is still pursuing Harris. Catchings may be a wing as well, for that matter.
Saying that we can’t compete with blue bloods in recruiting is weak. I’ll put up Gonzaga as exhibit 1.
In addition, anyone who watches college hoops knows it’s a guard oriented game. You need guys who can take over a game and get you a bucket. Painter has only had a few of those. But…he continues to try and get 7 footers which again, is not the recipe for success in March.
His recruiting is honestly a joke at this point. We desperately need dynamic, athletic, high-level guards, and his answer is to get an unrated kid from the east coast that no one has ever heard of and sign another center in this class giving us 2 total including burgess. At least he wins a lot in the regular season, but as per usual, don't expect much in March.
What I see is that Colvin and Heide (one year ahead in eligibility), plus Catchings in the 24 class gives Purdue the most athletic group of guards/wings in a 2 year period that he has had. Add in Harris, hopefully, and it takes it a level even higher. I think that Cox will hold his own athletically as well.
You don’t need to be a blue blood to recruit high quality guards.
None of the first 3 you mentioned are guards, though all of them do appear to be athletically gifted which is a nice start. I think Harris will be good for us, but he doesn't appear to be the kind of dynamic scoring guard that we need. Cox, that was so out of left field that even Neubert never heard a mention of the kid literally until he committed. And I'm definitely not a "blindly trust in painter" type of guy, so I'll remain very skeptical of this commit until he proves otherwise. We're pretty much stuck with loyer and smith as our main guards for the next 3 years, and honestly, I don't see that duo at all being able to get us over the march hump.
Well, hopefully Cox can handle backup PG duties, cuz as of right now, we have no one to back up smith. Hoping we can workout to get Harris somehow.
