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Purdue falls to South Carolina 99-51

Bobinski’s hiring practices are leaving much to be desired right now, with two programs completely in shambles.
 
Gee, who would have guessed hiring an NAIA coach with no D1 experience who credits the previous failed coach for teaching her everything she knows about coaching would fail spectacularly?????
 
I honestly don’t know what to think at this point. It’s still baffling to me how last year’s team regressed despite having so many returning players who were in their 2nd/3rd year with CKG, and with one another.
I wanna believe KG is the right person to lead and rebuild this program. I like her energy & bleeds-gold-and-black DNA. Such an upgrade from her predecessor IMHO.
Her description of some of the players she has recruited and signed had me optimistic the team would be markedly better…. “Y’all gonna really like Spider” (Jones)…. “Amiyah’s gonna be amazing when she returns (from injury)” … “Collier is the best pure shooter I’ve ever seen or coached”.
This is year 4. I was bummed when MAS transferred after 1 year. Something seems off. Admittedly, I have yet to watch them, but I do read Mike Carmin’s articles, and those on this site, before and after each game. Not getting the feeling things are improving - but it’s a whole new cast for the most part this season.
Hoping for good things from Swanson and the 2 freshman bigs. Hope springs eternal.

Sorry so long and wordy. Just frustrated
 
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Gee, who would have guessed hiring an NAIA coach with no D1 experience who credits the previous failed coach for teaching her everything she knows about coaching would fail spectacularly?????
You know, she did compliment SV shortly after assuming the HC position, saying she (SV) helped her become an All-Big10 player and develop her game to go to the WNBA.
But I think she was just being nice and avoiding being negative about her in the immediate aftermath of SV’s dismissal.

Because most of her subsequent comments about who she talks to, mentor-wise, do not mention SV at all. She talks about her HS coach, Kristy Curry, and even her dad. No mention of SV that I’ve heard or seen.

Regardless, it’s something of an OJT situation for sure. Gotta see some positive movement this year - it’s year 4! Gotta happen.
 
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I wanna believe KG is the right person to lead and rebuild this program. I like her energy & bleeds-gold-and-black DNA. Such an upgrade from her predecessor IMHO.

You remember that Versyp was the first MsBasketball from Indiana to committ to Purdue right? She was literally the first building block to making Purdue a competitive team. When Purdue called, she jumped at the chance to coach her Alma Mater. I will fault SV for a lot of things, but never will I diss her over her love of Purdue.
 
You remember that Versyp was the first MsBasketball from Indiana to committ to Purdue right? She was literally the first building block to making Purdue a competitive team. When Purdue called, she jumped at the chance to coach her Alma Mater. I will fault SV for a lot of things, but never will I diss her over her love of Purdue.
Sorry that’s not what I meant by”upgrade” - was referring to personality and energy. Not Purdue lineage or loyalty. Poor construction of that paragraph by me, putting those 2 sentences back to back.

I remember being despondent that she took the IU job when it opened, then elated that she bailed on them to come to Purdue after only 1 year there. Things just didn’t work out …
 
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Looks like a last place team based on the results from the non conference schedule. That was an unacceptable performance against SC.
Nah, luckily Northwestern has looked worse. But being left out of the BTT is a real possibility the way we have played so far.
 
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