You keep circulating this hogwash, and i keep reminding you that 95+% of schools do not lose players at the rate Gearlds does. At first your excuses was is typical for a new coach to a program, then this is the second our third time you have tried peddling this falsehood that is the same everywhere, which it clearly isn't. The very high number of players we lose compared to other teams even ones that are losing is a very clear sign of chaos in our program and players having no faith in the coaches to fix any of the problems we have.
Painter has been here for 20 years now and is about to win his 500th game. You can't remotely compare the 2.
For comparison, neither does Northwestern or before this year even Wisconsin. CKG loses players at a dizzying rate, and they are usually the players with good upside that she can't seem to develop. I kind of expected these two to leave, and maybe McCarthy. McKenna may follow her sister, and Jones may follow the Reynolds family to Western Michigan. I'd not be surprised to see Swanson at UILL.
I'm not talking about 2004. I'm talking about the impact of NIL on men's and women's basketball right now in 2024, 2025. Painter's players could constantly jump ship every year as well, but something in the culture or the coaching keeps them here. His players certainly have (better?) NIL opportunities elsewhere, because you can watch these guys get better year over year. Yet most of them remain. Something within the women's program is amiss, whether it's the losses, the culture, the coach, the energy, whatever. Something is wrong and drives players away. Purdue losing 6 players to the portal this year, and they average a total of about 15 points a game. Is she that poor at evaluating talent or is the staff that bad at developing and nurturing it once they get here?
Swanson hurts a little, Poole I’m not sure, she looked terrible in games I watched, maybe it’s the Coaching. Going forward I’m hoping the rest stay, guessing another player or two likely leave. I think Puryear and maybe McCarthy announced they’re returning, thinking Jones stays, Coach pretty much handed her the keys to drive the car next year.
She only played in 8 games due to a stress fracture last summer. I saw her play in high school and thought she was a very good player.
I thought she had potential in the short time I saw her. Her injury certainly set her back, but I had hopes for her helping our program the next few years.
I saw that, she looked overmatched here, maybe it was because of her injuries, we’ll see how she looks somewhere else, very well could be Coaching because both Reynolds looked below average as well.
The younger Reynolds gets the benefit of the doubt because of her injury. I can’t say she got a real shot at anything. The older Reynolds didn’t produce much here or at Penn St. So not much to cry about there. The real loss is probably the incoming young sister. She looks like the best of the whole package. Looking to make the top 15 in the conference next season. That would be improvement
She will be our next AA and her number will be hanging from the rafters 5 yers from now. (I hope our new leadership doesn’t figure out a way to charge for dreaming because then I’d be in trouble).
Right now she's our only guard, hope she can play point
I don't know. There are a lot of NAIA schools in Indiana to pick from.
I heard CKG was entering the portal or is that an April fools joke?
Just saw where Poole committed to Dayton. Much better fit for her. CKG has yet to bring in an elite, high level player who can produce. She struggles to develop players she recruits. Good luck to Poole for choosing a program she can likely be successful in.Per sources: Purdue guard Jordyn Poole is entering the transfer portal after one year with Boilermakers.
Purdue guard Jordyn Poole entering the NCAA Transfer Portal
One of Purdue's young and talented guards is set to hit the open market, freshman point guard Jordyn Poole.purdue.rivals.com
I agree. I think we are saying the same thing as far as CKG’s inability to bring in elite level players. I can see your take in that when players do develop, and then decide to go elsewhere, that doesn’t help us. Some of it is the lure of money, while some is due to a disinterest in remaining loyal to the program whose put time into you.
Swanson and Jones have developed very little in two years under CKG. I would bet big money they and Poole will look MUCH better under competent coaching. The rest of Pride's talking points are just smoke and mirrors trying to defend a failed coach that he argued vehemently was a great hire at the time.
They should look better. They already have two years experience at a power 4 conference . It’s not like they are going into their next stop as freshmen. As far as not being able to recruit elite players, that has been going on for a long time. Consider that out last burger girls were the duo of Erin Lawless and Katie Gearlds. I don’t think Caesar had crossed the Rubicon just yet. CKG did not cause the train wreck. The team she inherited won a grand total of 7 games in a lot weaker Big Ten. She just hasn’t been able to clean up the mess that was thrown at her feet. And with all the changes that have happened to college athletics I am not too confident that any other non established coach will ever be able to fix it. And by established coach I don’t mean a successful mid major coach. I think it will take a coach that makes deep tournament runs often . Don’t hold your breath while Purdue goes after such a coach. Yet again, you never know : dreaming is still free…
An up and coming mid major coach. could easily get us to at least middle of the pack Big Ten. Someone that runs an effective offense not rooted in 90s high school girls ball and knows how to develop players.
