Purdue's deep bench...trivial question.

[Kly]

I'm just curious to get your thoughts...

I have noticed over the course of the season that when Purdue plays their deep bench (last 3 or 4 guys) at the end of blowout games, the quality of play is night and day over the regulars. Of course there is going to be a noticeable difference in skills, but I'm talking about constant air balls, passes to the other team, easy turnovers, that kind of stuff. I'm sure each and everyone of those kids were stars in high school and they get to play against some of the best players in the nation in practice. So my question is....1) Is there really that big a gap in skills between starters and deep bench? and 2) is this common in most teams or is it a Purdue thing?

Great win yesterday! We are peaking at the right time and I'm hearing a lot of talk about Caleb for NPOY. Lets enjoy the rest of the season and hopefully a B1G championship and a deep run the NCAA's. Caleb deserves to go to the NBA next year and I hope he can continue to build on his Legacy. Fun Times!

 

[Boiler Wolf]

The scuba don't seem to run our offense. Always seems to be someone driving to the basket and putting up a wild shot or getting the ball stripped.

 

[JohnnyDoeBoiler]

I'm just curious to get your thoughts...

I have noticed over the course of the season that when Purdue plays their deep bench (last 3 or 4 guys) at the end of blowout games, the quality of play is night and day over the regulars. Of course there is going to be a noticeable difference in skills, but I'm talking about constant air balls, passes to the other team, easy turnovers, that kind of stuff. I'm sure each and everyone of those kids were stars in high school and they get to play against some of the best players in the nation in practice. So my question is....1) Is there really that big a gap in skills between starters and deep bench? and 2) is this common in most teams or is it a Purdue thing?

Great win yesterday! We are peaking at the right time and I'm hearing a lot of talk about Caleb for NPOY. Lets enjoy the rest of the season and hopefully a B1G championship and a deep run the NCAA's. Caleb deserves to go to the NBA next year and I hope he can continue to build on his Legacy. Fun Times!

You are talking about 3 guys who are walk on players and the other 2 probably trying to get them shots more than anything. This is a pretty trivial thing to complain/question.

 

[BoilerFan#35]

I'm just curious to get your thoughts...

I have noticed over the course of the season that when Purdue plays their deep bench (last 3 or 4 guys) at the end of blowout games, the quality of play is night and day over the regulars. Of course there is going to be a noticeable difference in skills, but I'm talking about constant air balls, passes to the other team, easy turnovers, that kind of stuff. I'm sure each and everyone of those kids were stars in high school and they get to play against some of the best players in the nation in practice. So my question is....1) Is there really that big a gap in skills between starters and deep bench? and 2) is this common in most teams or is it a Purdue thing?

Great win yesterday! We are peaking at the right time and I'm hearing a lot of talk about Caleb for NPOY. Lets enjoy the rest of the season and hopefully a B1G championship and a deep run the NCAA's. Caleb deserves to go to the NBA next year and I hope he can continue to build on his Legacy. Fun Times!

Our deep bench are walkons right now. Big difference between scholarship players and walk ons

 

[slidde01]

I'm just curious to get your thoughts...

I have noticed over the course of the season that when Purdue plays their deep bench (last 3 or 4 guys) at the end of blowout games, the quality of play is night and day over the regulars. Of course there is going to be a noticeable difference in skills, but I'm talking about constant air balls, passes to the other team, easy turnovers, that kind of stuff. I'm sure each and everyone of those kids were stars in high school and they get to play against some of the best players in the nation in practice. So my question is....1) Is there really that big a gap in skills between starters and deep bench? and 2) is this common in most teams or is it a Purdue thing?

Great win yesterday! We are peaking at the right time and I'm hearing a lot of talk about Caleb for NPOY. Lets enjoy the rest of the season and hopefully a B1G championship and a deep run the NCAA's. Caleb deserves to go to the NBA next year and I hope he can continue to build on his Legacy. Fun Times!

What a freaking moron.

 

[mathboy]

What a freaking moron.

Slide, you seem to be looking for an argument. No matter which thread I look into you are calling people names and making like you are some how put off by what they post. Take a chill pill buddy.

 

[slidde01]

Slide, you seem to be looking for an argument. No matter which thread I look into you are calling people names and making like you are some how put off by what they post. Take a chill pill buddy.

Sorry - this post is just really stupid.

 

[BoilerAndy]

I'm just curious to get your thoughts...

I have noticed over the course of the season that when Purdue plays their deep bench (last 3 or 4 guys) at the end of blowout games, the quality of play is night and day over the regulars. Of course there is going to be a noticeable difference in skills, but I'm talking about constant air balls, passes to the other team, easy turnovers, that kind of stuff. I'm sure each and everyone of those kids were stars in high school and they get to play against some of the best players in the nation in practice. So my question is....1) Is there really that big a gap in skills between starters and deep bench? and 2) is this common in most teams or is it a Purdue thing?

Great win yesterday! We are peaking at the right time and I'm hearing a lot of talk about Caleb for NPOY. Lets enjoy the rest of the season and hopefully a B1G championship and a deep run the NCAA's. Caleb deserves to go to the NBA next year and I hope he can continue to build on his Legacy. Fun Times!

Those were the walk-ons you were watching. Even so, they usually play better than they did. They usually impress me with not trying to do too much. Against MSU, they seemed a bit too hyped up and out of control.

 

[rgarlitz]

I agree, Andy. I'm sure those kids are much more methodical in practice. They have to be; that's their job.

When they get into a game with a minute left they're just trying to get a bucket knowing that the crowd will go wild if they do.

 

[New Pal Boiler]

I'm just curious to get your thoughts...

I have noticed over the course of the season that when Purdue plays their deep bench (last 3 or 4 guys) at the end of blowout games, the quality of play is night and day over the regulars. Of course there is going to be a noticeable difference in skills, but I'm talking about constant air balls, passes to the other team, easy turnovers, that kind of stuff. I'm sure each and everyone of those kids were stars in high school and they get to play against some of the best players in the nation in practice. So my question is....1) Is there really that big a gap in skills between starters and deep bench? and 2) is this common in most teams or is it a Purdue thing?

Great win yesterday! We are peaking at the right time and I'm hearing a lot of talk about Caleb for NPOY. Lets enjoy the rest of the season and hopefully a B1G championship and a deep run the NCAA's. Caleb deserves to go to the NBA next year and I hope he can continue to build on his Legacy. Fun Times!

You know, you're right: that was a trivial question!

 

[Fan4Life]

As some have pointed out, the guys you are talking about are walk-ons. These are usually stars at their high school - or late bloomers that had a skill the Purdue staff liked for practice (or in some cases the bff of a star player.)

The heart of your question - is this just a Purdue thing? No. You are noticing the difference between scholarship athletes and walk-ons. If you watch a lot of high school ball, a D1 player really jumps out to you. Within D1 players, there is usually a decent gap between lower level and upper level schools (think ISU compared to Purdue.) Most walk-ons are not D1 material so the gap you see is pretty large.

 

[todd brewster]

These walkons are great kids who come to practice to help our team. When in a blowout, let them come into the game and go full steam to see how many points they can score. We put them in with a minute to play and then have a starter walk the ball up and get into the set up late where someone has to go 1 on 1 instead of letting them work a play and get a good shot. If less than 20 secs to go, they should still go full speed and if they op get their noses out of joint, they are idiots. Same thing with the other team. There guys should have fun, develop some stats and it would be great to tell tall tales to their kids.

 

[Emartin70287]

I think part of the noticeable issue is when we play are walk ons, the other team is still playing their starters. The other team is usually so blown out that they don't put there's in. Other than Eifert, our walk ons are probably much worse than the past years. Luce while fun to watch is prone to getting swatted or bad passes. He plays with quite a bit of confidence I'll grant him that.

 

[Kly]

As some have pointed out, the guys you are talking about are walk-ons. These are usually stars at their high school - or late bloomers that had a skill the Purdue staff liked for practice (or in some cases the bff of a star player.)

The heart of your question - is this just a Purdue thing? No. You are noticing the difference between scholarship athletes and walk-ons. If you watch a lot of high school ball, a D1 player really jumps out to you. Within D1 players, there is usually a decent gap between lower level and upper level schools (think ISU compared to Purdue.) Most walk-ons are not D1 material so the gap you see is pretty large.

Thanks for your response and also brewster's and martin's....insightful.