Tough to say it, but have to tip hat to Purdue
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This 'only because they have Edey" crap gets old.
We had a really great player, Trace Jackson-Davis. And didn't do much. ( And this years team, our few best players are high level talent at least, not yet developed maybe.)
We know they are better coached and run than us. Doesn't mean you are a Purdue fan if you're able see it. And you don't have to like it.
Maybe Woodson can do a complete turnaround. I hope to be shown that most of us are wrong about his program.
We had a really great player, Trace Jackson-Davis. And didn't do much. ( And this years team, our few best players are high level talent at least, not yet developed maybe.)
We know they are better coached and run than us. Doesn't mean you are a Purdue fan if you're able see it. And you don't have to like it.
Maybe Woodson can do a complete turnaround. I hope to be shown that most of us are wrong about his program.
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Trolling? Really? I have been on here since Mike Davis days. I go to about 4 iu games a year and had a family member play for RMK. So sure I’m a PU fan. SMH
Does he deserve credit for winning the Big Ten Conference again?
I would be lining up, too, if there was a 50% chance I would never see my school's 2x POY play again after a first round exit.
The obsession with IU is very much real. The only reason they have kept Painter around, despite his historically abysmal March record, is because he has a decent record against IU. It's worth noting Painter's tenure coincides with our historic downturn. It's also worth pointing out that Painter could win a Natty this year and still have an abysmal March record over his 19-year career as HC at Purdue.
I have zero doubt that Purdue would can Painter if he was OK in March but regularly lost to IU.
On the other hand, Mike Davis was something like 9-2 against Purdue. We still fired him when it was obvious that he would never materialize success in March.
KY is having a meltdown because Cal has won a single game in the NCAAT since COVID. Meanwhile, Purdue fans think they have the best coach in the country, but they have only won THREE games in the NCAAT since COVID.
We have two different sets of standards as fanbases, and that's fine - as insane as they are, I'd much rather have the same types of standards that KY fans want for their program than settle for mediocrity and late nights with West Laffy Barn animals.
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Standards? IU is selling us the moon and giving us a moon pie....without the RC Cola. What fan base in any sport, pro or college is as disconnected from the program they support as IU basketball fans are from this basketball program? It is going to take a fan boycott to get these knuckleheads to act decisively and at a high professional level. IU basketball has needed a premier head coach for decades.....think of that....decades. Lawrence, Kansas, Durham, NC, Lexington, KY, Chapel Hill, NC....These towns would be burned to the ground before they would let the same thing happen to them. There is not a more loyal fanbase than Indiana, anywhere. But when I think about the commitment to excellence that is advertised: Don't piss down my back and tell me its raining.
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I get what you are saying. But Tom Crean, Kelvin Sampson, and Archie Miller were each the Dusty Mays of their era when we were on the hunt - F4 resumes at places that weren't nearly of the caliber as IU, and names that were on everyone's 'short list'.
Dolson has his head out of his rear - he gets credit for locking in Moren's deal and bringing on Cig which, for the moment, looks like a home run hire. He threw real $$ at Stevens before meddling from the BoT brought on Woodson. I think he has Woodson's number in terms of expectations for this upcoming year. We just need some grey hairs on the BoT to get out of Dolson's way if Woodson underperforms again.
I wonder why? May be that the head varsity coach at IU brings a donkey onto his television show with a Purdue hat on? And you guys think the Boilermakers were the instigators in all this. Pot meet kettle...
You can dish but when it comes back everybody else is "weird" and "obsessed".
Cracks me up.
Of course, he is going to underperform. The fact that there is anybody part of IU's management that thinks they're going to see something different is the problem.
I have several pu friends
they don't even bother to talk shit anymore knowing how much we suck
I think they almost feel sorry.....
Purdue fans loved that skit with the donkey...it was better than crack...the entertainment value of RMK and Keady was priceless. They wouldn't have traded the Knight years for anything. Watching RMK walk onto the court at Mackey every year was Nirvana in that place.
Not sure that a tactical nuclear blast in Bton (Purdue winning a Natty) would jolt the administration. Be more like “it’s really sunny and warm today.”
I know...look....I should have put the customary disclaimer on there..."This is just a test of your emergency broadcast system"......
Are you competent barrister??
From simple analysis of nomenclature and syntax it seems that you may not be qualified to speak of “competence”.
But you go girl……
Nomenclature? Syntax?........"But you go girl"? Is this a non-binary quiz?
Are you naturally that clever or does it come with time? Hope I can get there one day…
It is Nostradamus.
You win.
That’s called paradoxical.
Possibly ironical.
Hard to define but full in intent Nancy.
May be a little overstated. Indiana has been bad but in the 2000's we have a runner up, three sweet sixteens, 12 NCAA tournament bids, 3 big ten regular season championships and a lot of irrelevant seasons. What does being ranked number 1 three seasons in a row get you. People remember their loss to a 14, 15 and 16 seed more than the number one ranking.
They are good and they did get a favorable draw and I can respect them but not believe they will win or even get to final four this year.
Yep, same. I've had people I haven't heard from in years contact me after a PU win. And I never contact them, even after we have won.
I have a nephew-in-law who loves to do that. Stays quiet and sheepish if we beat PU, but it's the first thing I hear after a PU win.
Definitely an inferiority complex.
I live in NC, too. Charlotte. Moved down her 4 years ago to be near the grandkids.
I'm shocked at how little UNC or Duke trash talk there is around here.
All I will say is that the best Indiana born coach in the last 100 years would have walked on his hands from Delaware County to Bloomington to play for the Hoosiers. Indiana’s loss has been Purdue’s gain. He wins, remembers he is a representative of his alma mater and conducts himself accordingly and is a great promoter of Big Ten, Indiana high school, Olympic and International basketball. He is a lock for the HOF.
lol Your post got liked by PU fans. Congrats.
Ask them why they yell "IU Sucks" when they're not playing IU. If that doesn't scream 'inferiority complex', I don't know what does.
The best was when he walked out and lifted up a PU cheerleader's skirt that said "IU sucks" on their butt, so when the male cheerleaders held them up, the crowd could see it.
The crowd went berserk and Knight just laughed. Classic.
If Edey is just big then why have other college players his size not scored or rebounded like him?? Would like to know your opinion 😊
I'm sure the list is bigger, but better than Brad Stevens, Scott Drew, Pop, Norm Sloan, Bobby Leonard?
You will find out the answer to that question during his professional career. He chose to stay in the minors.
How then does he average about 24 PPG and 12 RPG if he is just big. Why will you not answer the question. All you have done is project what his future will be.
Good point. Steve has a better record and has been to the SW16. I assume Painter has also, but it's been a while, and I imagine Steven has been more times.
I request that you wake me up when Edey has TJD's NBA production. TJD is an athletic freak, Edey is not.
Leave Jimbo alone. His only bball joys are claiming Edey is just big and posting the FDU video.
You still have not answered the initial question. Probably because you don’t have any answer for it. All you do is avoid it like any good attorney does🤣🤣🤣
had to believe but it seems that Jimbo is silent 🤔
