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Swanigan to MSU

Why do kids with nba aspirations pick msu? I Mean sure he has a proven track record of deep tourney runs that end up with a choke job. But with that said its not like he's a world beater at sending kids to the nba
 
I have been a PU fan for over 60 years, but if I had to chose between going to MSU or Pu, and I wanted to win a championship or get to the final 4, I would chose MSU. They have a proven track record and seem to always make a deep tourney run. PU on the other hand, seems to be happy just to make it to the Big Dance. Winners want to continue to be winners. It AJ stays, we will be a force with out Swanigan.
 
You mean get to the final four. If it was championships he would have given Duke a longer look. Or else Coach K didn't think he would develop.
 
Originally posted by bashfan:
I have been a PU fan for over 60 years, but if I had to chose between going to MSU or Pu, and I wanted to win a championship or get to the final 4, I would chose MSU. They have a proven track record and seem to always make a deep tourney run. PU on the other hand, seems to be happy just to make it to the Big Dance. Winners want to continue to be winners. It AJ stays, we will be a force with out Swanigan.
I don't think half of these kids even care about anything "collegiate" anymore.
 
I cannot remember a contested recruiting battle Painter has won. Not since the Baby Boilers. Nothing surprising here.

Did we mention we have an Olympic diver?
 
Originally posted by BoilerStutz:
I cannot remember a contested recruiting battle Painter has won. Not since the Baby Boilers. Nothing surprising here.

Did we mention we have an Olympic diver?
And go cart race!
 
When I heard that Izzo was comparing Swanigan to Draymond Green, I thought that would be hard to resist. Given the success that Green is having, it's not hard to see what Swanigan meant when he called it a business decision. Given that MSU has been considered the leader for at least a year now and that Izzo just made another final four run without great talent on his current team, any other choice (except perhaps Duke or UK) would have to be considered a surprise.

Give Izzo credit. He's one of the top 5 coaches in the country right now, IMO.

I really like the team that Purdue has right now and I will continue to root for the players who chose Purdue.
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Heller he is so so imo with all those final 4s certainly not a glaring reputation
 
I was hopeful we'd get him, but I wasn't expecting it. Wish Caleb well.

You gotta give credit to Izzo. Much respect.


This post was edited on 4/10 7:13 PM by klmLB
 
Originally posted by boiler-deuce:

Originally posted by BoilerStutz:
I cannot remember a contested recruiting battle Painter has won. Not since the Baby Boilers. Nothing surprising here.

Did we mention we have an Olympic diver?
And go cart race!
+1! Hell yeah, love the kart race!
 
Originally posted by BoilerStutz:
I cannot remember a contested recruiting battle Painter has won. Not since the Baby Boilers. Nothing surprising here.

Did we mention we have an Olympic diver?
This. We beat WF for Haas (before WF had Manning, thankfully), and, ummm, Ball St. for Weatherford, and well, I'm sure we beat someone else for someone. But no one who matters. Sigh, same old Painter.
 
In Painter's defense, Burke needed to do something with Mackey. But that has been done, and now it is time for Painter to deliver.

I think Purdue recruiting underperforms in men's and women's basketball and football. Someone needs to determine if Purdue really cares and, if so, what to do about it.

It is not clear to me that Burke cares, and it is becoming rather clear that Mitch prefers an Ivy League model. That would be fine if Purdue were in the Ivy League.
 
Originally posted by BoilerStutz:
In Painter's defense, Burke needed to do something with Mackey. But that has been done, and now it is time for Painter to deliver.

I think Purdue recruiting underperforms in men's and women's basketball and football. Someone needs to determine if Purdue really cares and, if so, what to do about it.

It is not clear to me that Burke cares, and it is becoming rather clear that Mitch prefers an Ivy League model. That would be fine if Purdue were in the Ivy League.
Agreed. Maybe Painter would be better at a school like Yale. And Burke for that matter. If winning matters, Painter is not the guy for Purdue.
 
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