He could be he already announced he wasn't returning.
I should've prefaced my statement by saying, I am not knocking Painter. He is a good coach and that has been self-evident over the years. His style was the correct style prior to NIL while IU flopped about. All I am saying is Edey has allowed that style to look like its sustaining itself due to him carrying that team, not just as a good team but to the upper echelon of college bball. The team isn't then going to fall off and be awful, that isn't my implication either. My implication is that it doesn't take a large drop off for players to question their place on the team.
The issue is in the NIL world, if you're not dominating in the fashion they have, it doesn't take but a small step backwards from that pedestal for the modern player to become unhappy. It's hard to feel like your coach is making the wrong PT decisions with you sitting the bench if your team is in the running for a top seed. You are ok with it because your time is coming. That same logic, however, isn't going to feel the same when the team is scrapping for lower seeds and there is more failure sprinkled about the season. That same player thinks they could help the team improve.
