He is very predictable. Easy to scout and any decent coach will have a plan for them. Hope to hell no one presses us in the first round.
Have a coach that plays 1 style, never changes defense and doesn't know when to sub players. Very vanilla and easy to scout as 8285 said.
I agree, they do play tight come post season. When do you see them shoot ft so poorly or make dumb mistakes? Does painter need to change his approach?
True. Somehow they sure did figure it out! Some of the senior leadership they had didn't hurt either. We need to go for wins rather than always trying not to lose!
If you think 2 FF's in 7 years is a large gap, how long have you been a Purdue fan?
You got PJ hitting half court shots but missing game winning free throws.
I think we have different definitions of success. I would trade CMP's for either of those guys in a heartbeat. If you wouldn't, then your kidding yourself.
Man, I do too! Actually, I think it starts with one or two players playing above their norm and then other players feeding off of it. Like when we are hitting our 3's, it seems like all of the sudden everyone starts hitting their 3s. Especially at home! Somehow, we need to figure out how to do this on a neutral court like we did against ASU. I think Carsen is very competitive and is the kind of guy that could get us going in this fashion. At least today it seemed to me that he is used to playing in a tournament atmosphere and had no fear! Probably from all his success and experience as a high school player in the State Championship. I would also like to see a little more positive emotion from Painter, I think that might jump start the guys! I am sure Painter doesn't read this forum, but if he did I would tell him, never criticize your team publically if you win. He did exactly that against Penn State, when he said Penn State outworked us and that we were basically lucky to win. I didn't think so, and even if it were true, I don't think you should ever take away anything from your team when they win. At least not publically! In my opinion, team chemistry especially in March should be maximized whenever possible! One more thing, I would give Spike more chances to contribute, I think he is ready to shine if given the chance.
12 years of no success is enough for me. If your trying to tell me Wisconsin was a better job than Purdue when Bo took over, I'm not buying it. Bo was not some well known commodity everyone was after. Purdue could have easily made the same hire. I don't think Nova was a better job at the time either.
wasn't a better job than Purdue. He wasn't even their first choice. majerius turned them down if I remember right. They also had an intern coach the year before. Can't remember his name. Purdue was in the E8 that same year and lost to Wisky. If you think it's a better job than Purdue, then you have a really low opinion of Purdue.
Prize for anyone who actually reads all of this.
Much like the Cubs, you have to bring in a manager/coach that knows how to win and brings that energy.agree with the comments thus far. Sorry for the long post, but this 30+ year fan of Purdue basketball is in the mood.
We are playing NOT to lose, with the weight of history on our backs and the weight of a fan base that is craving a Final Four like no other fan base.
We need to remember to GO FOR IT! It's not going to happen by being passive. To play for EACH OTHER. To only care what the people in that locker room think. Get in that FOXHOLE with each other and just f'n FIGHT as hard as you can and leave it all out there on the court! Win or lose you can live with that attitude. I think Biggie's attitude is aligned with this and different from boiler past. He isn't meek or afraid. He goes for it. Hopefully, everyone else can follow that lead with their mindset.
It's HOW we lose that hurts more than the actual losing. And today was par for the course. Usually, it's a tough, grind it out game where it's close in the end and anyone's game ... and then we lose in the most stomach wrenching way. To boot, our coaching since 1980 is the EASIEST team to plan against because there is ZERO element of surprise. We might as well just hand over our playbook for the season to the opposition. It's ridiculous. (85 - Auburn, 88 - Kansas St, 90 - Texas, 93 - Rhode Island, 95 - Memphis - roy hairston pulled jersey, 96 - georgia and almost lost in 1st round, 12 - Kansas, Cincy, ARK LR)
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/tournament/history/_/team1/7154
And for the love of God, please do NOT wear those throwback jerseys. Let's turn the page on the past PLEASE.
I'm not a fire Painter guy or a total pro "zone" or hater, but I do think that Painter needs to use the full deck. Coach K used zone for a stretch to beat Louisville and he said it helped prevent dribble penetration and keep his bigs out of foul trouble. I'm not saying to play it all the time or that it is the end-all-be-all, but to NEVER play it is ridiculous. It's as if he doesn't know how to coach it, so he won't. Or he is too prideful or stubborn. And some on here think that we are "above" or "too good" to play zone like it's a sign of weakness or something. If Coach K (a Knight man-to-man disciple) can do it from time-to-time, we aren't "above" it.
OK. I'm going to step off my soapbox now. Whew. Now I feel better.
We sucked... GK was given way to long also. Unfortunately I think we are repeating history with CMP. That's kind of my point. Rather than look for a good coach, Purdue thinks they need to hire a Purdue guy, when history shows, CMP is a disciple of GK, who never had success either. The last time Purdue had success, they went out and got Lee Rose, who really had no prior association with Purdue. Many will say he didn't do it with his own players, but he did it. Which is all we really want.
Call me when we get past a S16. And believe me, when CMP gets to be 65 and recruits stop coming to Purdue, GKs last 5 years will look good.
I never said the Program was great when CMP took over. I said Purdue was a better job, which I still think it is. We just didn't look for a coach. I will tell you that the program isn't any better under CMP than it was under GK and I don't want to wait another 27 years to find out we won't make a FF. Wisky has hit a homerun twice with hires in the same timeframe.
