What would this board do if Pitt blew a 13-pt lead with 3:30 to go?
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Hard for this board to be more hyperbolic than it's been the last two months. There was a race to the bottom, and like 7 posters tied for first.
Didn't we have something like a 12-14 point lead over the Cuse with around 4 min left and let them tie it before pulling it out? Board wasn't fun that day even though we did win.
They would probably say fire Dixon and go after Matt Painter... because he gets all those talented players to come to Purdue. Seems to be going well for him.
On that note, what would this board (and local media) say if Pitt lost in the first rd games in back to back years as a 3 and a 5 seed to a 14 and then a 12 seed??
To be honest, this board would go crazy. As it should. It is not unique to this board and Pitt fans. It is what happens. When you blow games, when you stink, you get called out. It is sports. If some fans can't take that, watch badminton.
Gotcha, on our board we were comparing this loss for Purdue to the Paul Harris game a few years ago.
Purdue has 2 of the best Centers in college basketball. But they never play at the same time. I get it. If you play them together, Hammons has to guard the 4 and that's a bad matchup for him but, geez, ever heard of a zone. Go 2-3 on D and pound it down low to Haas and Hammons every possession. It was surreal seeing an NBA center sitting on the bench during the entire run and OT. Nobody can figure out a way to play both?
Or get Hammons a touch. They completely ignored him down the stretch and in OT.
I would imagine this board would react the same way they do when we get beaten by a Top 5 team.
Total travesty, program is better than that, how have we fallen so far, yada yada yada.
Total travesty, program is better than that, how have we fallen so far, yada yada yada.
After they beat Pitt didn't you say something about them being a potential Final Four team?
Not to bang on you I guess, we all make reactionary statements, but I still remember thinking at the time that that was way overboard.
Well I was blown away by this choke. I didn't have them in the Final Four, but I had them in the E8.
I don't watch the B10 channel because no one ever loses in their eyes.
But if Purdung were in Pittsburgh or Chicago, the staff would have to go into a witness protection program.
Painter just saw his career enter the beginning of the end.
I don't watch the B10 channel because no one ever loses in their eyes.
But if Purdung were in Pittsburgh or Chicago, the staff would have to go into a witness protection program.
Painter just saw his career enter the beginning of the end.
I would say several posters turn literally every thread, regardless of its initial reaction, into the same thing by the end.
They were a potential final four team. They have a great roster. They were top 5 in KenPom when we played them. There is zero reason to regret that statement. One game doesn't change any of these facts. Try "Fooled by Randomness" by Nassim Taleb. Amazon product ASIN 0812975219
People say the same thing about "Jamie is God" posters, of whom there are two, but they act like it's half the board. Or call them the board "geniuses" or whatever Bob usually calls them. I get that this same discussion happens over and over, but Bob does it too, but lacks the recognition that he does, then calls other people out for doing it.
Stop. You can't do that on gameday. Bad mojo to bring that up. I'm going to puke.
