Ehhh... kind of like not studying on a test so you can say you "didn't study" when you get a C on it. Or maybe a closer analogy is saying you're not recruiting highly ranked recruits because they "don't fit" your program.
Maybe he didn’t pass on it, but instead threw some unknowns at it to see if he has different options when that situation arrives. Because you know what you will get from TKR late. See what you get with Jacobson late. Why not?
Rationalize the pain of defeat any way you wish, but if it had been IU losing to Creighton, the loss would piss us off.
They actually don't know what they'll get from any of them, without Edey...espectially TKR I would think. Obviously he knows the juniors very well, knows their game very well, but none of them have had to execute in close games against good teams, without Edey.
I'm sure they'll be fine. Smith went off. Loyer and TKR were solid. That is an early answer to some of their question marks.
so, you're saying Matt Painter cooled on Creighton? I can buy that.
well losing has been part of the culture at Bloomington much more than in W Laffy so that's understandable. Fan base has been screaming for change. Reality is that Creighton is a very talented team as I'm sure Tennessee will be throughout season. Purdue and IU will be very good and all four teams will be dancing interesting see how it plays out.
Haha. I think PU is fine and will be pretty darn good this year. But they a narrative for everything that goes against them — it’s always somehow part of Matt’s master plan.
I’m just glad IU played with pride, for the name on their jerseys and the brand of basketball that name has come to represent. It’s hard for other teams to play that way when banner-less.
Why? It doesn’t matter. Doesn’t count. Means nothing in the grand scheme.
Na. Narrative would have been the same from me. I wasn’t even watching the score or anything. I was watching individual players and what worked. Multiple times I looked up and was like, oh crap, they cut it to 2.
I’m literally just repeating what painter said two weeks ago. There is no narrative being pushed here.
Jacobson needs some Frankenstein beef…. He’s going to be good once he gets some.As is recruiting multiple giants every year who resemble Frankenstein's monster.
I don’t root for IU to win only when it counts. They could be playing Five Mighty Midgets for little people’s charity and I will always feel better after a victory than I would a defeat. Games only become “meaningless” after a loss…the loser’s mentality
Maybe in your shortsighted culture, but not mine. IU has won three national titles under my watch.
Yes they have and no doubt that was a very good period. It was also 37, 43 and 48 years ago. You do realize this correct? Not a IU grad under 55 has experienced that good fortune . Let's cut the BS. IU was a wonderful program back in the day but that's a long time ago.
J.F.C. We don't measure our success by the failure of others.
HAHA! What are you crying about? No one is measuring Indiana success to others. We are mocking PU because this is a sports entertainment fan forum. I think last months tampon is still in your bum. You might want to pull that string.
My god, that was ignorant. I don't waste an iota of my being on what PU does and you're obsessed with them.
Lmao. I bet you're a real blast at parties! Lighten up Francis. It's a fan forum, not moral debate.
Painter finally got to experience what Mike Davis did in his second year: it only took Painter 20 years and constant NCAA bed shitting to double digit seeds. No Purdue team has ever been as talented as the IU team with Zeller, Oladipo, and Yogi: I don't care where they finished. You get to knock what IU has done when PU has achieved it: wake me up when it happens. Crean, Archie, and Lou Watson are the only coaches in like the last 100 years that have losing records to PU: congrats.
If the issue is just putting the talent together I think PU, because of Painter, will be fine. It may not show until mid or even late December, but Painter will gel them to the top/near the top of the big ten by March. Just my opinion.
I guess I’m just lucky then to have been in my junior year at IU when Knight came on board. There must just be something special about witnessing a national championship in college basketball, making it seem like it happened just yesterday and not 37, 43 and 48 years ago. In my mind…my reality, if you will, it does truly seem like IU has had the better cultural history of success, based upon my personal observation. You do recall the basketball movie they made was called “Hoosiers” and not “Boilers”?
Yes. It was an exhibition game that doesn’t dictate or really even show what is to come the rest of the year.
Yup. Could very much end up like Carsens last year. Not a tournament team in December and an elite 8 run come March.
I know, but Average “Joe” American, having not seen the movie, doesn’t.
This is a part of the reason they are all here sobbing and Toiletmaker'03 is trashing us on TOS.
Maybe 176 more of these semi-coherent posts here and you will have convinced yourself.
That movie was based on Milan HS but had a lot of IU people involved in front of and behind the cameras, hell it was written by an IU grad and fan. Took a lot from IU culture including actually winning a championship. It triggers the PU folks...a lot.
I also remember all of that. Cars were stopped on Walnut headed north. People were on the car hoods and roofs and jumping from car to car.
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