It’s a fine comparison. Fanbase was ready to toss Hurley after NMS. Then his true genius shined and paid off. Painter no diff. Guy would have won it in 2024 if he hadn’t run into one of the best college teams of all time.
Nope it doesn’t. County and Furphy will be battling for the 10th or maybe even 11th man so unless/until Furphy shows something at some point this year I’m going with the shiny new toy that staff put more recruiting effort into more recently
I’m sure there was an extreme element having a knee jerk reaction to an upset - but given how far we had come from in a short time, I’m not sure the fanbase was thinking of tossing him. Had we lost to Iona, it might have been different (or had that team never gotten out of its January swoon). But we were on an upward trajectory.
Matt Painter has been at Purdue for 20 years.
Dude, you are not objective. The numbers aren’t one for one, but they have a similar point. That point is they are both great coaches that have had to grow up a bit to get to where they are. Painter took a little longer.
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Objective about what? When did I SAY Painter was a fraud? When did I say he wasn’t a top coach in the sport? The comp to Hurley is just a bad one, considering he hasn’t won anything. Better comps are coaches who are obviously great but haven’t broken throughDude, you are not objective. The numbers aren’t one for one, but they have a similar point. That point is they are both great coaches that have had to grow up a bit to get to where they are. Painter took a little longer.
Hey, I’ll tell CBS and their anonymous poll of coaches/peers that their survey data on Painter is bs and that KingAG says all things UConn are the best. Cmon already man. Just cmon.
Hurley himself felt like he was about to get fired after NMS.
Candid Coaches: Who is the best X's and O's coach in college basketball right now?
Coaches told Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander that Matt Painter and Dan Hurley should top this list
I think painter also got who you’d want your son to play for.
I’d say Painter is a better coach than a lot of coaches that have won titles. Self, Drew, Pitino, Golden, Cal, Izzo. I’ll take Painter.
Cool that’s your prerogative .
You'll take Painter over Izzo, Self, Pitino? Guys who have 5 titles combined, and countless final 4s.
We def need a backup PG and backup C. We also need an athletic PF to pair with Reibe even though we have Stew and potentially Pierce, and now we need a three level scorer on the wing even though we have Landrew and Ross? How many transfers do we expect Hurley to bring in?
Yup. He's more current.
It's way too early for this. The lineups you're putting out here won't even be the players on our roster next season.
No names?
But Speculating is the fun part! And we are actively recruiting Pierce so it’s not too early to be talking about the transfers we want/need
Not ever - now. This isn't a HOF conversation, this is about top coaches today. Like if you're an AD and want to build a winning program today, who you're going out there and plucking. Big difference.
Hurley isn't a blue blood, Uconn is. That is based on accruing 6 NC's in 25 years, most of which weren't Hurley's. This conversation is about top coaches today, which Painter is minimum top 3-4. Kids today primarily base their college decisions on a coach, not so much a blue blood tag. And $$.
Only 1:15 min drive from Purdue to Lucas oil. Doomed.
Painter is also probably the most unlucky great coach of his generation. Any other year he wins a championship with the 2024 team he had, he just happened to run into arguably the best team of all time. In my head he basically has a championship.
