Boiler Sam

Not to speak ill of the dead, but that was a different administration. Tiller and Keady couldn’t stand him either…

Painter wouldn’t go to IU now, but he damn sure would have in ‘89.

Purdue isn’t spending $8 million on a basketball coach anytime soon. There simply isn’t the ROI when you are selling out the season paying $4 million a year. But if IU was willing to pay Self/Cal/Coach K type money they could get one of those guys IMO.

With the new B1G TV money, they should be able to outbid any non SEC/B1G school…so Shaka, Lloyd, Drew, even Bennett could be candidates if they are willing to double their salary.

What about Scott Drew? Can’t imagine Baylor would want to spend $7-8 million on a basketball coach.

I’m glad IU didn’t get Holtmann. He would have been better than Archie or Woody at IU.

Will this speed up Juwan’s inevitable demise at Michigan?

Yep. And Cal has used that ploy several times as well.

IU plays more physical defense under Woodson than Purdue has in the last 5-8 years. Painter’s first analytics guy told him putting the other team in the bonus and then double bonus was no bueno.

And like with Mike Hopkins at Syracuse until Boeheim decided to coach till he was 80…

lots of good candidates here tho.

Beer sales for one Ohio State home football schedule.

Should have kept Matta.

He’s like that Eddie Haskell type kid you went to high school with… total phony.

That’s where the Fife coach in waiting scenario was going to come into play, right ?

The days of 1 program, any program, “locking down the state” are gone forever, IMO. Most kids these days don’t grow up Purdue or IU fans unless they have parents who went to one of the schools. Hence kids going to MSU, Duke, UNC, Ohio State, Kentucky, etc etc.

Just edited my post to add that he is not going to try to Out-Kentucky Kentucky.

You’re certainly entitled to your opinion. Painter builds his rosters very purposefully. And he is constantly reevaluating and evolving his methods. EDIT: and CMP decided a long time ago that he was never going try to out-Kentucky Kentucky.

Agreed. Painter seems to lean toward kids that will be likely to stay 3-4 years, vs the NBA/OAD types. It’s great for continuity in the program but not so great for the “I’ll get you to the NBA pitch”. Hopefully Ivey and Edey can both prosper in the league, that will help. At the end of the day I still think Sisley is IUs to lose. I’d rather see him there than up north at Thug U…

Purdue has historically landed lots of Indiana kids. Less so when RMK was in his prime obviously, but it’s a long list.

Sure it does, if Painter has a 4 with skills. Like Vince Edwards. Painter doesn’t really have an “offense”. He figures out the best way for a particular team to score points that season, and builds an offense around the strongest options. For example, in 2019, the offense was letting Edwards and Cline bomb away. If he gets Sisley, in my opinion it will be because Sisley wants to know who’s he’s with playing for the next 4 years, instead of playing with a rotating cast of portal guys.

I have no idea how good May is, but I think the distinction is that Dusty built FAU into what it is. Archie most certainly did not build Dayton into what it was.

If IU can match Auburn’s best counteroffer, I think they can get him. That would be fun.

Woody looking like Ike Turner.

I doubt it was a big pay cut. Most NFL coordinators make at least a couple million a year. Factor in cost of living in Boston V Green Bay and probably a wash.