As Paul said, there comes a time to 'put away childish things.'
Trent Sisley to iu
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It's an interesting point. Right now, as much as I hate to admit it, if my son were a D-1 football recruit and was choosing between IU and Purdue, IU would have the better coach in terms of development and winning right now.
I think the opposite is true in basketball. But kids that grow up in the south part of Indiana are going to grow up being bombarded by IU basketball propaganda even if they have done very little as of late. I'd like to think I'd be rational if trying to help my own kid pick the best program to play for even though I went to one school and have been a fan of them ever since. But it seems like many parents don't dig that deep.
Sisley may do well at IU. He's certainly skilled enough. But I'm not sure I've seen Woodson demonstrate development of a player at his position with his skillset though. Other than TJD and JHS I don't think he's done great with any other players he's had. Woodson comes from the NBA and he seems to do better when he has a player with NBA talent that he can just give them the ball and let them work. Painter is great at featuring the top talent in his offense too but he does much better coaching the rest of the players to play off those mismatches.
I think the opposite is true in basketball. But kids that grow up in the south part of Indiana are going to grow up being bombarded by IU basketball propaganda even if they have done very little as of late. I'd like to think I'd be rational if trying to help my own kid pick the best program to play for even though I went to one school and have been a fan of them ever since. But it seems like many parents don't dig that deep.
Sisley may do well at IU. He's certainly skilled enough. But I'm not sure I've seen Woodson demonstrate development of a player at his position with his skillset though. Other than TJD and JHS I don't think he's done great with any other players he's had. Woodson comes from the NBA and he seems to do better when he has a player with NBA talent that he can just give them the ball and let them work. Painter is great at featuring the top talent in his offense too but he does much better coaching the rest of the players to play off those mismatches.
That's because of the nationally acclaimed General Studies program.
They bought all those transfers. Maybe 1-2 would have gone to IU if they didn’t get that $$$. But you keep tellin yourself all those kids were chompin at the bit to go to IU once the portal opened!
On the bright side, if IU pulls off this class of Sisley/ Mullins/Haralson/Reibe, it will likely buy Woodson another 3-4 years in Bloomington.
I think what is lost in all of this losing a recruit to IU is that we are stacked with talent at all five positions for the next two seasons. It’s hard to bring in any recruit when the minutes look like they will be hard to come by.
Who sits so Sisley can play? Senior TKR? Junior Heide? Sophomore Burgess? If he wants to play the 3, we will have juniors Colvin and Heide as well as sophomore Harris.
I just don’t see how minutes would be available and we as fans should be excited that the team we already have is stacked so deep with talent.
Who sits so Sisley can play? Senior TKR? Junior Heide? Sophomore Burgess? If he wants to play the 3, we will have juniors Colvin and Heide as well as sophomore Harris.
I just don’t see how minutes would be available and we as fans should be excited that the team we already have is stacked so deep with talent.
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This.
The top recruits want to play right away and we don’t really have that option right now unless the recruit is really good and able to be better than a more experienced player and we have seen that the schemes take a bit to learn. Heide talked a lot about it in his interview from the first practice.
Catchings sort of proves your point. He is an outstanding talent, but wasn't starting from day one as there is a LOT of outstanding talent in front of him that also has experience that he doesn't have.
I personally fell off the Sisley train. We need more athletic Purdue fits. I wish him well. The thing I want to point out is that unless you're a five-star IMO there cannot be a recruiting miss. It's just delayed how many Sisley's will be in the transfer portal next year? Or for the 3 years after that. Tre Singleton is another story he has been at the top of the list for me. Yes, ahead of Mullins and Harelson and anyone else we have offered. IMO he is a next level player who fits at Purdue. No other player in 2025 matters for me it's Singleton or bust.
Given where he played his first 3 years in high school, it was going to be hard to pull him out of southern Indiana imo. Of course, I think he would have been better off playing for Painter but oh well.
He’s a good player and maybe it’ll pan out for him. Or maybe woody (if not fired), will just recruit over him and not develop him and then he hits the portal.
Hope it’s not the latter for him.
