Malik Williams commits to Louisville

[Dakota Girl]

And there it is......my favorite topic: Why is it harder to recruit to Purdue than anywhere else and What coach better than Painter would be willing to come to Purdue?
Sorry, but these weak excuses are just bull$hit.
Don't make me list the long line of excuses the apologists like to use as to why it's 'tougher' to recruit to Purdue.
Also, how do you know a top coach wouldn't come to Purdue? We've had 2 coaches in 36 years with essentially no coaching search (Painter was hand picked). How do you know we couldn't do better? Have you personally spoken to some coaches agents and been told that they have no interest?
It amazes me how many people are willing to accept mediocrity or don't believe that Purdue can be better than a 'good program'.
It all depends on how a head coach sells the program and school or how an AD and board sells the opportunity to a potential coach. It's got nothing to do with the fact that Purdue isn't located near a beach and the weather sucks in January.

I don't care about the beach or a city atmosphere in regards to recruiting and thank you for not going through that list from last week, but I do believe that Purdue is at a disadvantage recruiting in state because 90% of the population of our state hates Purdue. If you think that has no impact over a kids formative years you are a fool. There are players who will not even consider Purdue, period. It will take an established, highest level coach to change that and highest level success to maintain it. That die was cast about 45 years ago with the hire of Knight. To get what you want will require a top five recruiter who also can coach.