There’s ROI for big money on a good football coach. As Brohm proved.
What are you going to do if that happens? Continue to just say the same thing over and over?
Colvin can do that , give him a little bit. Catchings will help elevate the team with everything that he’s going to bring in as one of painters best recruits (as long as he still comes). Harris will definitely fit the description you mentioned if we can somehow get him and cox may as well…can’t say on him yet.
Why would painter be let go for having sold out seasons, being ranked in top 10 consistently, winning conference championships, making the tourney consistently and getting to S16s? Why would an AD let a coach like that go?
Agree to a point regarding Colvin, but he has a long way to go before he can excel as a guard in this system. There's a reason he's playing the 3 right now in spot minutes. I was holding out hope that he could work into the rotation behind Loyer. Loads of potential, but not there yet.
Yes, this. The ONLY thing he is missing is a natty. Achieve one of those, and he's easily in the conversation as one of the best coaches in the modern era.
Unless we get another high seed and fall to a double digit seed again. His seat may get very warm.
I think he’d need at least 2 to be even considered for that….def one of the best that hasn’t won/gone to a F4 tho.
Why would it? What’s the incentive for the AD to get rid of him because he loses to a high seed again? This isn’t the pros…think about the whole picture. Purdue continues to sell out its season, be ranked top 10 nationally, be top in its conf and consistently make the tournament and make 4 of 6 S16.
He’s a 2 and right now Painter is starting 3 guards—with Heide coming in and then switching to the more traditional lineup. Colvin will backup Loyer and has a good stroke. I am hoping the game slows down a bit for him, get comfortable playing defense and then start playing good mins by late January.
I realize I'm in the minority, but F4's just don't matter to me. At all. It's a strange concept...why celebrate the fact that you almost won a championship?
So then would Scott Drew and Tony Bennett be considered top coaches in the modern era in your eyes?
I generally agree with you that I don’t see why final fours are held to the same regard at times as winning it all, but I also see why they’re still something to celebrate. In college, you’re competing against 350+ teams. It’s not like the professional leagues where it’s generally about 32 teams. It’s just a college thing. Pretty much every college sport celebrates making it to the final stage of the respective tournament. College baseball holds a high reverence for making it to Omaha (elite 8). There’s also the Frozen four for hockey, and so on. When you have that many teams competing, it’s an impressive feat. It’s very similar to professional teams celebrating conference championships (AFC, NL, etc.) even when they lose the title. When you think of the amount of teams involved, making a final four is definitely a more impressive feat than winning a conference title.
I agree with this 100%. I've said many times that the ath admin is more concerned with the financials than performance in March. To them, asses in the seats, retail, etc is more important than a deep run in the tourney. Tourney success is just gravy.
When/If Painter gets to a FF, I'll definitely change my tune.
He won't be fired, but it's not inconceivable that he wouldn't move on. Maybe he gets an offer from another school that he can't refuse and Purdue doesn't want to match it.
The only way it would happen is if a donor stepped up to fund the $40 million difference, while also threatening to withdraw his current level of funding. Not happening.
Hmmm, I wonder why the season is sold out and did so very rapidly, it took a couple hours or less once general ticket sales opened up. Do we think it had anything to do with multiple successful years of competition and outcomes on the court by guys playing team basketball for our Purdue University? Those years under the guidance and recruiting of Painter and crew?
Moving the bar, as everyone knows you like to do. It's another form of dishonesty that you seem to think you get away with, but everyone sees it. Six months ago? Six months ago was long after they left Purdue. Your negative comments came when it was announced that Purdue offered them scholarships. it was no different than your comments in this thread about the current recruits.
Isn't there continued speculation that Catchings might not stick with his commitment to Purdue?
I don’t think so anymore. He’s been on campus shooting around and trying to help recruit Harris. Also, while he’s putting up decent stats at OTE, he’s also not always getting the most PT and I think is finding out he has a bit more to work on. He could always still stay at OTE, but I think he’s still coming to Purdue.
Wing players play on the 'wing', outside the paint. That describes both 2's and 3's for most teams. Also why both positions often referred to as swingmen, as for many teams the positions are interchangeable. At least offensively. i think if he can guard 2's, he'd be quite the force at that position, but if he can help with rebounding, (remember that need, pre-Zachen) playing the 3 is fine too.
