SIAP, but this video makes clear that at least one head coach is fully aware of what fans post on social media. Someone on this board assured me I was wrong to assume coaches had extra time to pay attention to such things.
Matt Painter Sends a Message to IU Fans...
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Maybe if he paid more attention to his next game he’d start winning some of them again.
I'm not sure Painter could've had the career he's had anywhere else but Purdue. There were some years there where a lot of schools wouldn't have been patient. I doubt he's getting any grief right now but at some point it's coming and he knows it. The post Smith-TKR years???
I actually did like Painter’s point about the fanbase thinking the incoming players were going to be the next “Scottie Pippen” and then went into to say “no, they are good college players.”
He hit the mark on that and summed up nicely with that point all of this extreme hype and nonsense that went on all preseason (some from our own media people) talking about these guys and proclaiming guys like Myles Rice the “best point guard they had seen in years.”
And then reality hits and it’s revealed the kid cannot shoot.
He realizes his own fanbase has its element of those types. They post over here. Painter probably knows their handles.
He hit the mark on that and summed up nicely with that point all of this extreme hype and nonsense that went on all preseason (some from our own media people) talking about these guys and proclaiming guys like Myles Rice the “best point guard they had seen in years.”
And then reality hits and it’s revealed the kid cannot shoot.
He realizes his own fanbase has its element of those types. They post over here. Painter probably knows their handles.
Are you the same Radio that Cuba Gooding Jr played the part of in 2003? You seem a little sloooowww
I agree with most of what Matt said, i.e. supporting the coach & team through bad times as well as good times. That's generically true.
However, I think he's missing the context of our fan base's situation. It's easy to offer support when the bad times are short-lived and there's a light at the end of the tunnel. When the disappointment lasts for years/decades with no hope in sight, then the frustration boils over and we want change.
It reminds me of injuries during my prime years when I stayed positive because I knew the timeline of working through the injury and getting back to 100%. Now much later I have some health issues that may or may not get resolved in an unknown length of time and it's frustrating.
However, I think he's missing the context of our fan base's situation. It's easy to offer support when the bad times are short-lived and there's a light at the end of the tunnel. When the disappointment lasts for years/decades with no hope in sight, then the frustration boils over and we want change.
It reminds me of injuries during my prime years when I stayed positive because I knew the timeline of working through the injury and getting back to 100%. Now much later I have some health issues that may or may not get resolved in an unknown length of time and it's frustrating.
