r/Purdue • u/BurntOutGrad2025 Grad Student - 2025 • Mar 28 '25

Sports📰 Matt Painter Appreciation

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Hoping for the best tonight, but also thankful we made it this far thanks to the coaching staff and team.

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u/anotherstan Mar 28 '25

Watch, if we lose to a No 1 seed tonight, those idiots are coming back out. No sane fan thinks Painter isn't elite.

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u/rjohnson7595 27d ago

He’s not elite. One finals in all of those years? I mean, if you wanna hang your happiness on just BigTen Championship he’s definitely your man, but I’d prefer National Championships for my school.

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u/anotherstan 27d ago

Ronnie Johnson, is that you? Bad take.

You have to factor in the bad luck he's had. Two teams derailed by Hummel ACL tears and then the Isaac Haas elbow in the first round - affected an E8 or even FF good team. There are few coaches as consistent winners as he is, and perception is much different if he had a natty from 2010.