WTF happened?

[bonefish1]

Couldn’t watch but was score checking. When we went up 8 late in the 1st, I felt good. When we were up 12 at the half, felt great. After that, seems like all hell broke loose. WTF happened!
Have opposing coaches figured out how to defend Purdue? Is our inability for anyone other than Smith to create our downfall? Do we not have enough “dudes”?

Would love to hear from those on here who have been saying that we don’t need to hit the portal, hard, this offseason.

 

[johnboiler123]

Talent is a big problem.

 

[typeviic]

Talent is a big problem.

Gee, you would think that a solid athletic wing that can create his own shot from the MVC would love to come here via the portal next season. Maybe I'm just dreaming and delusional. Power-5 basketball programs should not have "talent problems" or short benches full of Branden Newmans

 

[ChoiceBeef]

We are missing toughness. Edey got hacked every single basket he made yet he never cried to the officials. These kids lack toughness and expect the refs to bail them out.

Time to wake up and finish strong.

 

[PaBoiler78]

We are missing toughness. Edey got hacked every single basket he made yet he never cried to the officials. These kids lack toughness and expect the refs to bail them out.

Time to wake up and finish strong.

it is a soft team

 

[tenwest]

I believe at halftime Woodie emphatically told his team to get in their grill and see how far the refs will let you beat them down

 

[ChoiceBeef]

Been thinking about this exchange between PJ and Vince.

Perhaps dismissing some old school methods wasn’t for the better.

Raphael mentioned the summer they did SEALs training for a week. What it taught them about themselves and how it impacted them when times were hard.

 

[New Pal Boiler]

Couldn’t watch but was score checking. When we went up 8 late in the 1st, I felt good. When we were up 12 at the half, felt great. After that, seems like all hell broke loose. WTF happened!
Have opposing coaches figured out how to defend Purdue? Is our inability for anyone other than Smith to create our downfall? Do we not have enough “dudes”?

Would love to hear from those on here who have been saying that we don’t need to hit the portal, hard, this offseason.

2 main issues:

11 second half turnovers, most led to IU buckets. (IU only had 3 turnovers in the second half)

TKR and Furst got in foul trouble, and our defense suffered as a result.

 

[Wolegib]

Too many guards who only like to shoot 3’s. And not much else. Don’t worry we have 3 more just like them arriving in the next 2 years.

It doesn’t matter portal or high school. We’ve got enough catch and shoot guards! We need what is called a forward

 

[New Pal Boiler]

Too many guards who only like to shoot 3’s. And not much else. Don’t worry we have 3 more just like them arriving in the next 2 years.

It doesn’t matter portal or high school. We’ve got enough catch and shoot guards! We need what is called a forward

Wow..I actually agree.

CMP tried… Sisley, Singleton, Walker… hopefully he can get one in the spring…

 

[Poprudy]

Wow..I actually agree.

CMP tried… Sisley, Singleton, Walker… hopefully he can get one in the spring…

According to OB52 Walker might still be in play for us. We'll need it next year.

 

[DwaynePurvis00]

Too many guards who only like to shoot 3’s. And not much else. Don’t worry we have 3 more just like them arriving in the next 2 years.

It doesn’t matter portal or high school. We’ve got enough catch and shoot guards! We need what is called a forward

Lol what are you talking about

 

[DwaynePurvis00]

Wow..I actually agree.

CMP tried… Sisley, Singleton, Walker… hopefully he can get one in the spring…

Singleton was on the record saying he wanted to play right away. Not sure he would have seen that many mins next year, or at least it appeared that way at the time of him committing.

Same with Sisley…who, for some reason, has always wanted to be a Hoosier.

Walker, never really recruited him that hard.

 

[KentuckyBoiler]

I am not sure why we changed our defensively philosophy. We played so well in the last 10 minutes of the first half, because we packed in the middle and dared them to beat us from outside. They are horrible shooters from the outside as a team, so it worked.

The defense spread out in the second half, and they were given 3 to 6 foot shots, which even their team can hit. Don't understand why we stopped doing what was working so well.

 

[Wolegib]

Too many guards who only like to shoot 3’s. And not much else. Don’t worry we have 3 ytymore just like them arriving in the next / t ttt ttttytt yț

Lol what are you talking about

look at our incoming class. We signef Cox, Harris and Benter. We signed 0 small forwards! Look at the future! We signed West for next year and Ertel for the following year! We already had Myles and Wadell.

Purdue has a big hole at the small forward position now and no signs of filling that position in the future.

I expect both Smith and Loyer to return for another year. I expect Smith to continue to play 35-40 minutes a game. So basically all of our talent is packed into 2 positions. And we are really hurting for depth in our front court! And please don’t try to tell me that Heide is a power forward!


These players are all great players, but we need players who can rebound. We need physical players rather than ones who like to catch and shoot!

Ask yourself, what will Benter and West provide us next year that we currently don’t have? I see zero improvement over our current team with their additions. They will just take minutes from Cox and Myles.

At least a player like Sisley would have added a new dimension. A 300 pound center would also be nice!

We have enough 175 pound shooters!

 

[DwaynePurvis00]

Too many guards who only like to shoot 3’s. And not much else. Don’t worry we have 3 ytymore just like them arriving in the next / t ttt ttttytt yț

look at our incoming class. We signef Cox, Harris and Benter. We signed 0 small forwards! Look at the future! We signed West for next year and Ertel for the following year! We already had Myles and Wadell.

Purdue has a big hole at the small forward position now and no signs of filling that position in the future.

I expect both Smith and Loyer to return for another year. I expect Smith to continue to play 35-40 minutes a game. So basically all of our talent is packed into 2 positions. And we are really hurting for depth in our front court! And please don’t try to tell me that Heide is a power forward!


These players are all great players, but we need players who can rebound. We need physical players rather than ones who like to catch and shoot!

Ask yourself, what will Benter and West provide us next year that we currently don’t have? I see zero improvement over our current team with their additions. They will just take minutes from Cox and Myles.

At least a player like Sisley would have added a new dimension. A 300 pound center would also be nice!

We have enough 175 pound shooters!

I am very glad you’re not on the coaching staff