For all the talk about coaches and models keep in mind what
it takes to retain success from good programs.
Bo Ryan is a great coach and perhaps the best thing that
happened to him was Gasser tearing his ACL and sticking around as a leader and
all around glue guy for past 2 years. I give great deal of merit to what Bo has
done, but let's see how Wisconsin trends from here. They still retain two real
good player in Koenig and Hayes who may play one or two more years, but let us
see how his pecking order and short rotation will go if say the Center position
and shooting guard becomes a rotation of kids that become turnover prone and
loose shooting when the year begins.
I for one believe you need a short 8 man rotation when
playing and those guys need to know a pecking order. Swanigan coming here would
have either sealed the fate of Smotherman as a career 9th man or
likely transfer because the minutes would not be there. For all the celebration
for the 2007 class people have to realize that the next few years no one coming
in thinking they are starting at 3 or 4 of the positions for Purdue. In all
honesty in 2016 and 2017 Vince Edwards, Matthias and Haas will start every game
from here until the end of their career. Good luck finding a highly rated kid
to come in for minutes and battle for a role. Look at Wisconsin the past 2
years recruiting and it leaves nothing to be desired.
Izzo, the other mentioned guru consistently lands McDonald's
All americans, and well I agree that the draw broke to his team as getting a 7
seed, give credit where it is deserved he went to a final 4 again. However, we
can also mention how last year he had 3 or 4 5 star guys and couldn't even make
a final 4. If you really look at it talent wise Izzo probably landed or
maintained more McDonald's boys than anyone and did less with them than anyone.
Matta has had his share, but most came in that Oden class or they were bigs who
kept that 1 and done routine rolling until Sullinger stayed 2 and Amir Williams
corpse played in there.
The thing that kind of hurts us is the 1 and done rule. The
big boys always recruited these players but ego helped us out in these
situations. When Duke recruited a Shaun Livingston they weren't also able to
land the 2nd best point guard who actually was coming to school. The
big boys second tier recruits or fringe NBA guys sometimes didn't pan out and
that helped us because we were able to guarantee minutes. It is odd that most
on her will say we have guaranteed PG and PF minutes but not Center minutes to
Diamond Stone or SF minutes to Jaylen Brown?
Purdue cannot play the short rortation or dare you to
transfer game like other teams because the kids transfer and we don't scoop up
a Grad/transfer or top 50 recruit. Look at those middling years for Duke before
the Scheyer title and it was 1 or 2 transfers a year because they could not
find guys that fit. This is the great Coach K. Some might say UK is a good
example the year they went to the NIT that it is rough to mesh talent, but like
K did and UK has in Ullis you just need a steady PG leader (Cook or Ullis) and
you will be fine. The one and done hurts because it is giving the big guys 5
outs in an inning. Marcus Lee. Derek Willis,
2 Harrisons, Hawkins and Dakari Johnson would be a coup to Purdue, but
UK had 2 more guys in that class in Randle and Young that led them. UK had 8
outs that inning. Purdue offering PJ was a debate because of how frugal we need
to be with scholarships, we do not have the UK luxury and now with PJ most will
say we still need another pG. If anything the new landscape is for good
chemistry, hope for a bracket to brake in your favor and maybe just maybe a
deep tourney run. I love the fact we have shooting, but also know you need NBA guys or a burger boy or 2 to really succeed.
it takes to retain success from good programs.
Bo Ryan is a great coach and perhaps the best thing that
happened to him was Gasser tearing his ACL and sticking around as a leader and
all around glue guy for past 2 years. I give great deal of merit to what Bo has
done, but let's see how Wisconsin trends from here. They still retain two real
good player in Koenig and Hayes who may play one or two more years, but let us
see how his pecking order and short rotation will go if say the Center position
and shooting guard becomes a rotation of kids that become turnover prone and
loose shooting when the year begins.
I for one believe you need a short 8 man rotation when
playing and those guys need to know a pecking order. Swanigan coming here would
have either sealed the fate of Smotherman as a career 9th man or
likely transfer because the minutes would not be there. For all the celebration
for the 2007 class people have to realize that the next few years no one coming
in thinking they are starting at 3 or 4 of the positions for Purdue. In all
honesty in 2016 and 2017 Vince Edwards, Matthias and Haas will start every game
from here until the end of their career. Good luck finding a highly rated kid
to come in for minutes and battle for a role. Look at Wisconsin the past 2
years recruiting and it leaves nothing to be desired.
Izzo, the other mentioned guru consistently lands McDonald's
All americans, and well I agree that the draw broke to his team as getting a 7
seed, give credit where it is deserved he went to a final 4 again. However, we
can also mention how last year he had 3 or 4 5 star guys and couldn't even make
a final 4. If you really look at it talent wise Izzo probably landed or
maintained more McDonald's boys than anyone and did less with them than anyone.
Matta has had his share, but most came in that Oden class or they were bigs who
kept that 1 and done routine rolling until Sullinger stayed 2 and Amir Williams
corpse played in there.
The thing that kind of hurts us is the 1 and done rule. The
big boys always recruited these players but ego helped us out in these
situations. When Duke recruited a Shaun Livingston they weren't also able to
land the 2nd best point guard who actually was coming to school. The
big boys second tier recruits or fringe NBA guys sometimes didn't pan out and
that helped us because we were able to guarantee minutes. It is odd that most
on her will say we have guaranteed PG and PF minutes but not Center minutes to
Diamond Stone or SF minutes to Jaylen Brown?
Purdue cannot play the short rortation or dare you to
transfer game like other teams because the kids transfer and we don't scoop up
a Grad/transfer or top 50 recruit. Look at those middling years for Duke before
the Scheyer title and it was 1 or 2 transfers a year because they could not
find guys that fit. This is the great Coach K. Some might say UK is a good
example the year they went to the NIT that it is rough to mesh talent, but like
K did and UK has in Ullis you just need a steady PG leader (Cook or Ullis) and
you will be fine. The one and done hurts because it is giving the big guys 5
outs in an inning. Marcus Lee. Derek Willis,
2 Harrisons, Hawkins and Dakari Johnson would be a coup to Purdue, but
UK had 2 more guys in that class in Randle and Young that led them. UK had 8
outs that inning. Purdue offering PJ was a debate because of how frugal we need
to be with scholarships, we do not have the UK luxury and now with PJ most will
say we still need another pG. If anything the new landscape is for good
chemistry, hope for a bracket to brake in your favor and maybe just maybe a
deep tourney run. I love the fact we have shooting, but also know you need NBA guys or a burger boy or 2 to really succeed.
