With PU losing Hammonds, Davis, Hill, Stephens, and Weatherford while signing only Albrecht and Edwards who are we looking at and what are our chances?
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Looking at those who left, Hammons is easily replaced by Haas and Swaniga (if he comes back). The difficulty is in replacing Davis on the defensive side as he struggled mightily on offense most of the year. More than likely, Mathias will replace Davis and give Purdue a much better punch on the offensive side. He also seemed to improve steadily as the year progressed on the defensive end. The issue for Purdue, as it was last year, will be the ability to stretch the defense by hitting shots. If Purdue can do that and add in Albrecht's, Edwards, and Edwards apparent ability to get in the lane on a consistent basis, Purdue truly has the potential to be much better. This starts and ends with both VE and Biggie coming back.
I feel the biggest loss - by far - is the rim protection Hammons provided. Our defensive scheme is to pressure and, when beat, let AJ clean up the mess. Big shoes to fill doing that.
Hammons is our biggest loss from a unique talent perspective. However, don't overlook the leadership Davis brought to the team. It could be just as important, if not more so.
When someone leaves an organization, I have heard it described as though you pulled your hand out of a bucket of water. Pull it out and look back into the bucket and you will not see any hole left behind. People (and players) fill the void as a natural part of their activity. Maybe the water level goes down slightly, but new folks joining the organization (recruits in this case) add more water to the bucket.
Each person, and each player, brings unique talents to their team. Losing them means losing that unique talent, but in most cases, all members of the team can contribute a bit more or shift their effort to cover for the loss. Yes, we will miss Hammans shot blocking ability, but we might be trading that for a more open lane for our drivers. Maybe Haas seals the lane better for Edwards (either Edwards) and both become scoring machines driving to the hoop.
When someone leaves an organization, I have heard it described as though you pulled your hand out of a bucket of water. Pull it out and look back into the bucket and you will not see any hole left behind. People (and players) fill the void as a natural part of their activity. Maybe the water level goes down slightly, but new folks joining the organization (recruits in this case) add more water to the bucket.
Each person, and each player, brings unique talents to their team. Losing them means losing that unique talent, but in most cases, all members of the team can contribute a bit more or shift their effort to cover for the loss. Yes, we will miss Hammans shot blocking ability, but we might be trading that for a more open lane for our drivers. Maybe Haas seals the lane better for Edwards (either Edwards) and both become scoring machines driving to the hoop.
Saying Hammons will be "easily replaced" is completely over the top.
I think we take for granted how great of a season AJ had.
The dude shot almost 60% from the field, blocked 2.5 shots per game (was our best defensive force by a MILE), and was our go-to player on both sides of the floor.
He will not be easily replaced.
Couldn't agree more. AJ was a stud this past season. Other positions will improve with another off season (I think Davis at times was a net negative with his lack of offense), but AJ was special.
I like Haas, but he's a big boy and doesn't change direction that well. He can affect some shots with his height obviously, but good footwork from a low post player usually gets him out of position and an easy bucket for the opposition. Not a knock on Haas. He'll be good and easily an above average center for us, just not AJ good.
Oh look, Purdue Alumnus just rolled out of his coma.
The dumbest poster on the board has returned.
How about reading the front page full of threads on recruits, before starting a thread on recruits, you jackass?!?
The dumbest poster on the board has returned.
How about reading the front page full of threads on recruits, before starting a thread on recruits, you jackass?!?
Taylor is a shot blocker.....not to AJ's level but I think most people will be impressed with him this year and the next two. He can rebound and block shots.......
AJ was special because he could block shots with both hands and had an amazing timing ability to do it.
I see our offense being more potent next year by driving to the basket, feeding the post and hitting the 3.....we have the guys to do it all.
AJ was special because he could block shots with both hands and had an amazing timing ability to do it.
I see our offense being more potent next year by driving to the basket, feeding the post and hitting the 3.....we have the guys to do it all.
Don't think we had a chance here, but it looks even more unlikely after listening to this interview with Jaren Jackson Jr.
http://www.d1circuit.com/news_artic...-jackson-jr-talks-recruitment-eybl-experience
http://www.d1circuit.com/news_artic...-jackson-jr-talks-recruitment-eybl-experience
So we were the first to offer him, and he likes our staff a lot, but somehow we haven't had an in home visit with him??? How is that possible? Did he just forget to mention it (might not be a good sign), are we already giving up and not planning one (definitely not a good sign), or do we have it planned and want to be the last one, and he just forgot (a better sign I guess).
Think you all are blowing the Jackson interview way out of proportion. When talking about his in home visits, he was referring to recent ones. Not every one that he's ever had. And when talking about official visits, he said he wanted to visit A&M, Texas, and Alabama maybe, because they were far. So he's being smart by having them pay for him to visit and not having to spend his own dime see if likes it there. He doesn't necessarily need to officially visit us, we're just a drive up the road. And zero is set in stone. He mentioned he's open in his recruitment.
And just to rest your worried heads about Jaren, this is an article from May 11th, seems to like us:
"I talk a lot with Coach Painter and (associate head coach) Jack Owen. They were my first offer. I like them a lot."
When it comes to Purdue, Jackson said he likes the way former center A.J. Hammons and inside players Caleb Swanigan and Isaac Haas were developed.
“At Purdue, they work well with big guys. Look at Hammons, Haas and Swanigan. They worked great with them this year. They had a great offense. They ran a little bit of triangle (offense) with those three. They’ve preached that they can develop me like that and help me with my goal of getting to the NBA.”
http://www.news-sentinel.com/sports/iu/-Relationship--matters-to-elite-IU--Purdue-recruit
"I talk a lot with Coach Painter and (associate head coach) Jack Owen. They were my first offer. I like them a lot."
When it comes to Purdue, Jackson said he likes the way former center A.J. Hammons and inside players Caleb Swanigan and Isaac Haas were developed.
“At Purdue, they work well with big guys. Look at Hammons, Haas and Swanigan. They worked great with them this year. They had a great offense. They ran a little bit of triangle (offense) with those three. They’ve preached that they can develop me like that and help me with my goal of getting to the NBA.”
http://www.news-sentinel.com/sports/iu/-Relationship--matters-to-elite-IU--Purdue-recruit
