I didn't say that. I just started the obvious. Painter isn't going to do it. Whether he should or not is another discussion and would probably require addition of a better portal guard or a larger more consistent jump from Colvin.
Purdue vs. Michigan: MASTER DISCUSSION THREAD
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I don’t understand all the Loyer glazing. His defense is ass. It will always be ass. He flops around and gets a couple charges and now it’s considered good? Our defense is so bad right now that taking a couple charges is considered good? Like this is the ceiling for our defense? Loyer didn’t have a field goal for 30 minutes. Guys….30 minutes. How is that acceptable?
I guess I’m more frustrated with the fact that people believe that this is the best we can get. A guy who disappears in games especially some games where we might need him the most. It’s lack of ability to create a shot. He looks like a 1950s NBA highlight reel when he drives. Slow on screens. But lord all mighty I know if he was on another team playing against us, he would torch us for 30 cause our defense is so bad right now.
We are all just frustrated. We are losing.
I guess I’m more frustrated with the fact that people believe that this is the best we can get. A guy who disappears in games especially some games where we might need him the most. It’s lack of ability to create a shot. He looks like a 1950s NBA highlight reel when he drives. Slow on screens. But lord all mighty I know if he was on another team playing against us, he would torch us for 30 cause our defense is so bad right now.
We are all just frustrated. We are losing.
Says someone to scared to ever even visit it and watches nothing but faux news. Afraid of your own shadow because its black. People like you are the lowest of low lifes
Again, another person afraid of his own shadow because its black. If I had a dollar for every redneck conservative who told me how awful my city was then admitted they had never actually stepped foot in it but "sees it on the news" I wouls be rich. If I had a dime for every time I met someone in chicago there for the first time who told me how in love with the city they were and how it was nothing like they imagined, I'd also be rich. But hey, it truly is your loss and I dont want people like you or the other guy in my city anyways, backward ass people are not welcome.
That's probably true. And, Fletch has earned his starting role. I mean, he was the league's best 3-point shooter in B1G play. That's not nothing.
But he has limited athleticism. I kindof feel like Fletch's ceiling is more or less Purdue's ceiling without an infusion of athleticism into the back court. That could nean finding someone in the portal like Lance last year or one of Colvin/Heide/Cox/Harris emerging as a consistent leader.
Not a big fan of dumping on players. Smith is an AA and BTPOY. I do think he has played too many minutes. I do think we need to play 5 on 5 and not just depend on the P&R every possession. TKR needs to pass back out at times. Edey was pretty good at that. I'm frustrated like everyone else about the past few weeks. Not sure what will happen next week. I wasn't expecting an ELITE 8 run a few years back but Carsen and Cline proved me wrong.
When Loyer is scoring and helping spacing by being a threat from three he helps the offense a lot and it's worth the tradeoff with how bad he is on defense.
When he isn't then yeah he's not value added like last night.
To be fair, Smith played no better last night. The whole team looked like they were running sets they'd never run before. Berg looked like he had no idea what to do on offense. Burgess also only played a minute like what's the point if they are only playing one minute?
And why is Smith playing 39 minutes in a 20 pt blowout?
Loyer is a heady player and a very good shooter. We usually agree, but his defense is bad. He does get a call or two on charges, but he gets abused on defense all the time. This also causes others to help and then they look worse than they are. I also don’t know why he can’t get an occasional rebound. Smith being so much shorter gets way more rebounds than Loyer. Not saying to bench him, but just my thoughts on him.
