Anyone saying Kaufman to Purdue isn’t a huge loss...well they’re wrong.
1. He quite obviously filled a huge need on our roster. If what some have said is true, that we likened his future role to TJDs, that’s crazy dumb. Juwan Morgan is a more recent example they could have used, much more well rounded role, who was/is much more successful than any recent PU wing/big. Heck, just portraying how he’d be a better version of Justin Smith should have been impactful. TJD is nothing like Kaufman.
2. Losing a southern Indiana kid to Purdue ain’t good.
3. It wasn’t just Kaufman we lost out to them on. It was Kaufman and Furst. The two best wing/bigs in the state.
Wish him well. Purdue is a solid program. And they’ll be more than solid now probably. Getting Mohammed and Miller certainly would soften this blow. But for a bunch of reasons, I’d take Kaufman over getting both those guys. So this stings.
Not the end of the world. But not good.
1. He quite obviously filled a huge need on our roster. If what some have said is true, that we likened his future role to TJDs, that’s crazy dumb. Juwan Morgan is a more recent example they could have used, much more well rounded role, who was/is much more successful than any recent PU wing/big. Heck, just portraying how he’d be a better version of Justin Smith should have been impactful. TJD is nothing like Kaufman.
2. Losing a southern Indiana kid to Purdue ain’t good.
3. It wasn’t just Kaufman we lost out to them on. It was Kaufman and Furst. The two best wing/bigs in the state.
Wish him well. Purdue is a solid program. And they’ll be more than solid now probably. Getting Mohammed and Miller certainly would soften this blow. But for a bunch of reasons, I’d take Kaufman over getting both those guys. So this stings.
Not the end of the world. But not good.