Fletch has scored in double figures in every game but one (and that game was a 35 point blowout when he only played 23 minutes.
I trust Painter. There is a reason Waddell is not playing. There was also a reason Waddell was given a scholarship .
When and against who has he shown that ability? What Big Ten Team? What good D-1 team in prime time?
Since Loyer is slower with his feet, I would like to see us get him set on the perimeter, and us passing the ball around until he is open to pop the 3. He could also use TKR by passing the ball inside to him and collapse the defense and pass it out to the perimeter to Loyer (TKR has shown tendencies this year not to pass out as much as he should when he get double teamed). Loyer is at his best when his shoulders are square to the basket and feet set.
Yea I'd say Smith has been more inconsistent from a productiom standpoint game to game than Loyer. Especially scoring. So far this year his scoring game to game has been...
Correct.
If I'm the opponent coach I do NOT help off of Fletch...others I will, but not off of Fletch. Not sure Auburn helped off of anything other than the high ball screen and Trey's roll down the lane. They pretty much didn't help and why Purdue couldn't get as many good looks
The problem is Loyer is slower with his feet.
Agree. Having a big time vertical is nice, and he doesn't have a nice 3pt stroke, but he doesn't have any handles. He's Justin Jennings with a jumper (although not terribly consistent).
Painter built the team around Edey (dominant big, facilitator-Smith, and shooters-Loyer, Jones, Gillis). Now, you take about the key component in Edey and now the strengths of those other players get limited by the defense not focused on the dominant big. Painter had to have seen this coming. Not sure he was overly optimistic on the development of others or just refused to used the portal on principle .
I'm playing Burgess the freshman over Furst..he's regressed every year
When Klein was here.....they ran sets and low screens he would take his defender to ...and swing around to get passes for quick 3 pt shots....we run nothing for Loyer..Heide or Colvin in that matter..
I feel like that’s always been our weakness - Dakota was a 1st half killer. Defense adjusted but we never adjusted our offense accordingly.
With few, very few exceptions, Painter has built his rosters very similarly throughout his career.
If I could have one wish for the future - that we would change that aspect of building our team with more creators. I personally think Cox has that ability just needs opportunities and minutes.
What's your current outlook for this team? Sorry if you've stated this before, but curious to know if you're anticipating bottom third of the conference, middle of the pack NCAAT bubble team or something else.
I’m thinking they finish somewhere between 3rd-5th in the B10.
"More" is a key word. By the way, Purdue has always had players that could create their own shot if making them was not important. You need to have "some" that can create their own shot, but you can also have too many IMO. Creating your own shot by definition means individual play and so I think there is a balance in how many players and how often that should take place. If certain players are always creating, then some of their team is not involved in the offense and then the D starts to load up on those creating.
I don't see how Matt could possibly miss that message.
Actually several teams have figured out how how to stop all three and at that point is gets pretty ugly with no plan B. We don't have good enough defense to hold teams in the 50s. I would like to see us ramp up the ball pressure when our offense it struggling. Maybe create a few turnovers and get some easy baskets (although we now seem to be struggling to even dunk).
One "potential problem" with ramping up ball pressure is the defensive player is in less optimal position for rebounding the ball by the very nature of the position for ball pressure. That is NOT to say a team can't do both, but only to say for a given player and his ability it does increase the difficulty in rebounding and so you want enough turnovers to compensate for the potential loss of boards.
I agree that most teams do NOT have 5 main scorers and accept the 3 main scorer thoughts. However, most team are getting some scoring outside the main three. What a difference the record would be if Myles and Cam contributed 6 pts a game each in the heat of a game
I don’t think he agrees with your premise. When team scheme to take away the big three two things need to happen 1) if the defense is cheating off of the other two guys to take away the B3, the other two need to make them pay 2) MP and PJ need to do a better job of finding counters when the defense is selling out to take away certain actions.
I also agree that most teams have a main tier of scoring but not to exclusion of not adapting and running stuff for others when the main scores are being limited or taken away. We have been reduced to 4 guys standing and watching Braden when things are taken away or stymied. Don’t get me wrong I have long been a Paint supporter but with this particular team mix I believe some changes would be beneficial.
If there are four guys standing and watching Braden, then it would naturally flow that things are taken away or stymied. I don't know if that is true, but with all the attention the main three get you would think the other two could find some baskets. Unless Matt or PJ just tells them to stand in the corner and spread the D waiting for a pass should it come, there are things they can do. If Purdue is intent on running sets that have little involvement of Myles/Cam...then I agree they need to be more involved. However, if they are NOT being hindered by being locked in to a certain spot and nothing is ran for them, set constant screens before thinking of yourself...pop...dive...slip, but REBOUND and if you are moving you just enhanced Purdue's chances at the boards. Course the next topic is who other than CJ scores off the bench...
