Matt Painter coaching this season

[edub72]

I think Painter is a good coach. I think he’s done a subpar job this year. Edey made Painter look great. Many pundits thought they’d be better.

 

[TR32]

Disagree. I think he's done just fine.
They are not a versatile team. They get all the scoring from 3 guys. Heck, even IU has more scorers than Purdue does.

Talk about underwhelming. IU has 6 top 100 guys, and several are top 40.

Musselman, Woodson, Pikerel (Rutgers) and Fran are your 4 big losers this year.

And by the way Musselman is working on the Mike Davis 2004-2005 feat of basically going 0.500 twice. It's scary how many posters wanted that guy at IU.

 

[TR32]

Speaking of mediocre coaching.... Pick Cronin, despite his consistent "making the grade" has more talent than any other team in the league.
Talk about getting 180 horsepower from your V8 engine. That guy would be worse than McCaffrey if you took all his money grubbing primadonnas away from UCLA.
I'm hoping Dolson is reading my posts. If he's smart enough to hire Cignetti, then he should be smart enough to see that even Mike Davis could take that UCLA team to the Sweet 16. Cronin isn't even close to challenging for the league title with his 10 RSCI top 100 players.
I hope they play Drake in the first round (because of course IU, if they get in, will play Ole Miss or TTU).

 

[HoosierJimbo89]

Kanon Catchings has been a nice addition for them this year.

 

[kurt cloverdales]

Speaking of mediocre coaching.... Pick Cronin, despite his consistent "making the grade" has more talent than any other team in the league.
Talk about getting 180 horsepower from your V8 engine. That guy would be worse than McCaffrey if you took all his money grubbing primadonnas away from UCLA.
I'm hoping Dolson is reading my posts. If he's smart enough to hire Cignetti, then he should be smart enough to see that even Mike Davis could take that UCLA team to the Sweet 16. Cronin isn't even close to challenging for the league title with his 10 RSCI top 100 players.
I hope they play Drake in the first round (because of course IU, if they get in, will play Ole Miss or TTU).

crazy, Cronin's a good coach

 

[Al Bino]

I think Painter is a good coach. I think he’s done a subpar job this year. Edey made Painter look great. Many pundits thought they’d be better.

I don't think I would throw shade their way when IU was picked to be at the top of the BT (some even picked them to win it, I believe) and we are looking up at them in the standings AGAIN.

Scott hit a HR with the next coach, I am sick of this shit.

 

[Courtsensetwo]

crazy, Cronin's a good coach

His audition tonight didn’t look good

 

[4IUSox2]

To the OP’s question, I feel probably like most, which is hopeful, but far from confident.

 

[Tammany Hall]

They stumbled for the conference, but they will be a four seed or whatever. Not bad.

Painter is a very good coach. Their main issue is so far in the NIL era they can't get good enough talent, which lowers their ceiling.

 

[Blimpy]

They stumbled for the conference, but they will be a four seed or whatever. Not bad.

Painter is a very good coach. Their main issue is so far in the NIL era they can't get good enough talent, which lowers their ceiling.

I think if you talk to Painter, he will tell you the opposite, that NIL has actually helped him in recruiting, it has allowed him to figure out fast which players want to play basketball on a team, versus somebody more concerned about their back pocket, so they can make a nightly Taco Bell run! All Painter keeps doing is winning! Is NIL more important than winning? Seems like you read this forum, NIL and first round draft picks are IU's goal, not winning! And this century is evidence to just that.

 

[Tammany Hall]

I think if you talk to Painter, he will tell you the opposite, that NIL has actually helped him in recruiting, it has allowed him to figure out fast which players want to play basketball on a team, versus somebody more concerned about their back pocket, so they can make a nightly Taco Bell run! All Painter keeps doing is winning! Is NIL more important than winning? Seems like you read this forum, NIL and first round draft picks are IU's goal, not winning! And this century is evidence to just that.

Thanks for the stupid reply. Keep chugging that Kool-Aid.

In reality, Painter is constantly begging PU's donors for more NIL.

 

[Liberty_Hoosier]

I disagree T.H. You can look at IU's season and draw a direct correlation to it potentially turning around. When the decision was made to not bring Woodson back, and the pressure was off for him to appease certain players (and their network they came from--- aau programs, agents, etc) IU began playing better. It is apparent that IU is better with guys like Leal, Galloway and Goode out there as opposed to Mgbako and whatever is going on with Tucker. I would not write off Purdue just yet. Explain to me how Painter has not excelled in the NIL era. They were in the title game last year and have a team that will most likely end up a 3 or 4 seed this year. Next year they will start the season as a top 10 team. If a few of their wings can make a jump they will be really good.

 

[Tammany Hall]

I disagree T.H. You can look at IU's season and draw a direct correlation to it potentially turning around. When the decision was made to not bring Woodson back, and the pressure was off for him to appease certain players (and their network they came from--- aau programs, agents, etc) IU began playing better. It is apparent that IU is better with guys like Leal, Galloway and Goode out there as opposed to Mgbako and whatever is going on with Tucker. I would not write off Purdue just yet. Explain to me how Painter has not excelled in the NIL era. They were in the title game last year and have a team that will most likely end up a 3 or 4 seed this year. Next year they will start the season as a top 10 team. If a few of their wings can make a jump they will be really good.

NIL has only been around since 2021 and the main reason PU really excelled was Edey. PU got away with paying him only $1M/yr when he was worth $2.5-3M/yr. He was literally the perfect player, a NPOY willing to play for a big discount. Someone like him isn’t coming around again.

I said Painter is a very good coach, I don’t know what else you want me to say. I’d be happy if IU hired him, and that would also be funny. Fact is PU’s recruiting is sliding a bit and it limits them. Matt is out there begging for more NIL and he hasn’t got it yet.

As for IU, we just have a bad coach that wastes NIL. NIL is just a tool, it doesn’t guarantee anything, though it can help a lot if used properly.