Recent content by RockfordIllini

One thing I noted that bled over from the exhibitions that I’m going to continue to monitor is Jakstys appears to be ahead of Z in the rotation. And at least to my untrained eye, Jakstys appears to be a better processor, plays faster and is thus a better fit for how we want to play, at least at...

Yes, felt the same way. Given the choice between Vaaks and Blackwell I would take Vaaks every day and twice on Sunday. Wouldn’t surprise me if we got him cheaper than what Duke paid Blackwell either. For all the Painter walks on water talk (and I do think he’s one of the best in the business)...

Agree. They played us pretty tight for a half or so in the NCAAT, and the main reason we pulled ahead was they didn’t have an answer for Mirk. Well, we are Mirkless. I expect a much more competitive game.

So IANAD, but basically all appendectomies are emergency, ruptured or not, correct? And silver lining, he needed to be off his feet for a bit anyway. Both injuries can heal concurrently.

Yes. For instance, I saw that the wolves recently exercised their 27-28 option on TJ for just over $5M, and he’s currently getting about $2.8M this year. Which got me thinking, how many CBB players will make more than TJ this year? 30? 50? And when you think just 2-3 years ago top of the...

Feel like we didn’t have the edges covered well on that TD run. No one there once he bounced outside. Amongst other issues on that drive. Still in it.

Feels like Purdue redux. Can’t move it against a bad defense. Still a one possession game but can’t keep giving them short fields.

Alright time for the offense to wake up. Time for some RPO on first down.

Rats. Should have been a TD. Second drop for Dixon already today. Can’t complain at all given the season he’s had but we need to pick up our QB.

I still have nightmares about Robo Krepps, whoever the hell that was.

The rookie salary scale is in place at the behest of the Union. Union wants to protect the vets first. Teams are capped at the amount of $$ they can spend. If rookies are capped in their compensation, it means more $$ for the vets.

I wonder how much of our scrapping one of the most efficient offenses of all time (albeit with a lottery PG we no longer have)in favor of this new “no plays” offense is driven by our inability to get past UConn and some snide comments by Hurley and staff after that we weren’t that hard to prep...

Agree. Said i was concerned about not seeing Vaaks in ball screens (amongst other concerns) and got roasted for it. With his height and quick, high release he and Tomi should be unstoppable in PnR, even if Vaaks is only half the processor that Keaton was.

And I feel like it’s not just this year. It always feels like we have someone miss fall practice for injury, visa issues, NCAA clearing issues etc and I do think it puts us behind for these November games. I would argue that it’s been Purdue’s good fortune and Painter’s super power, is to have...

You really can’t take much from exhibition games. That said, I’ve been encouraged by the performances of all of the freshmen. But I also have the following concerns: 1. Health - it is what it is, but don’t love that Mirk was back in a boot and Drej and Z bumped their heads. Hopefully not...