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).
