Friday, May 09, 2008

Surprise: Purdue signs another guard for next season

John Hart...Another defensive stopper?

In a move that a lot of people are questioning on the message boards, Matt Painter signed another guard to next year's class...The third in the incoming class. Many thought Painter would try to pick up another big a la Chris Reid & Nemanja Calasan last season.

I'm not one to doubt the coach that found diamonds in the rough like Keaton Grant and Chris Kramer...So, if Painter thinks he's a good fit, I'll take him at his word. Plus, with Grant and Kramer's frequent injuries, a high-energy athletic guard might be just what the doctor ordered. Hart's no slouch, he's just been a bit under the radar. The Beech Grove Senior averaged nearly 19 points a game and was all-metro, all-county and all-city in quite a few publications.

From Painter's description, he reminds me a whole lot of a guy I knew during my time on campus...Herb Dove. Perhaps he can take the alley oop from Lew Jack a la Roberts to Dove in the 90s. I'm hoping so; we haven't seen that type of play in a few seasons. I'm hopeful that this isn't a signal that Lewis Jackson is going to be a victim of the NCAA academic clearinghouse. Let's keep our fingers crossed that all three of the incoming class make it to West Lafayette.

4 comments:

Plang said...

I've been repeating myself in saying that I would like to see Painter sign a forward or a true center, but he can get the best guys available, and they happen to be guards, so be it. We'll just get used to watching three guard sets play over the next few years.

Anonymous said...

boobs

its friday.

Maybe you dont wnat Terry coming by and giving you crap for having boobs up. but ya know, who cares about his opinion. In fact I bet he comes here SPECIFICALLY to look at boobs.

yeah.

T-Mill said...

Hey, if the kid can fill it up I say bring him on. Threes count mroe than two anyway.

Anonymous said...

Have you read anything to suggest Jackson might be a victim of the NCAA clearinghouse.