sam moran

Purdue alum

[claire rogers @kclairerogers]

Men at home:
Men at the airport:
Men at the office:
Men during NFL games:
Men moments after winning an Olympic
gold medal:
https://t.co/NpcbiTou8T

[sam moran @sam_moran7]

@CraigSchultzy Their defense is weak, hit em with an RPO

[shar @sharloola]

you’ll be having a good day and then someone your age says they’re buying a house

[Pregame Empire @PregameEmpire]

Me and the fellas playing College Football 25 against 11 year olds

[Cason @cason_douglas]

All about perspective

[Cut4 @Cut4]

"On the 4th of July, the whole sky would brighten up with fireworks, giving us just enough light for a game."

[sam moran @sam_moran7]

@SBCubs Happy birthday, Coach!

[sam moran @sam_moran7]

@latestinspace It seems like Germany was worried about the wrong things in June of 1944 😂

[sam moran @sam_moran7]

That’s my goat

[Jonathan Givony @DraftExpress]

NEWS: Purdue center Zach Edey was being invited to attend the NBA Draft, a source told ESPN, but has elected to decline and watch the draft with his teammates, coaches and family at Purdue instead.

[Jonathan Givony @DraftExpress]

NEWS: Purdue center Zach Edey was being invited to attend the NBA Draft, a source told ESPN, but has elected to decline and watch the draft with his teammates, coaches and family at Purdue instead.

[sam moran @sam_moran7]

@dynasty_im Not as long as Tyreek is there

[sam moran @sam_moran7]

@FieldYates Preach, Field. I don’t want to be on my phone any more than I already am…

[sam moran @sam_moran7]

@AndrewwGreen @FieldYates Yeah that’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard. I’d be so mad 😂

[Boiler Burner @BoilerBurner1]

Brian at GBI (@brianneubert) has reported that Kanon Catchings (KC) requested out of his commitment over a phone call with HC Matt Painter (MP) after not receiving guarantees from MP.

‼️Everything from this point forward is educated speculation and MY opinion. Here is how I think the call went down:

KC: I’m only going to be in college for 1 season, I want to start. I’m not playing less than 20 mpg this year.

MP: If you’re good enough to warrant that and you earn it, you will play.

KC: I want it guaranteed.

MP: We have 10+ guys who have been in the program longer than you have that have the same mindset - they want to play. If they don’t play that means they’re not as good as the player in front of them. I don’t do politics. My program is all about the TEAM.

KC: I’m out.

Look, KC is a future lottery pick and will be a tremendous basketball player. It sucks, from an optics standpoint, that he will no longer be playing at Purdue next season. I think he’d have been tremendous as a sophomore (if he doesn’t bolt after year 1). I don’t think he moves the needle much for next year. PURDUE is going to be damn good regardless.

But there’s MUCH more to basketball than the physical side. Especially at Purdue, where MP and Thompson have hundreds - if not thousands - of plays in the offensive playbook. Do I think KC would’ve had trouble learning the plays? Not at all.

But to (speculation here) ask for a guaranteed starting spot from a coach who is always honest and never guarantees a thing when you haven’t even stepped foot on campus yet, is bold. And the majority of Purdue’s returning roster was just in the title game. MP likely told him what he tells every recruit - “you earn your minutes here, I start the 5 guys who give Purdue the best chance to win and play the players who have earned it through practice, preparation, and time in the gym.”

Purdue will be just fine. Remember when Hunter Dickinson committed to Michigan and we got some rando named Zach Edey? Remember when DGL de-committed (lol). What about two off-seasons ago when Nigel Pack took the bag at Miami and Purdue got Braden Smith instead? There were overreactions to all of those events, just like there are this afternoon.

Purdue has 5 freshmen coming in and it won’t need to replace KC with someone else. Instead, expect Myles Colvin and Cam Heide to get even more minutes now than they would have had KC taken ~ 20 mpg. Both Heide and Colvin are future stars and their time is now - if they weren’t fighting like hell already for starter minutes this summer, they sure are now. Both will excel in expanded roles this season.

I don’t think I can be more proud to have Matt Painter as my head coach, but this move sure didn’t hurt it. He’s not sacrificing his program and culture for one player. Simple as that. MP was just in the title game, he clearly knows what works and what doesn’t and CHEMISTRY is 100% at the top of his priorities.

For hypothetical purposes, let’s say KC stayed committed and made it to practice and earned a starting role. What happens with him at the first sign of adversity? What happens with him if he’s benched mid-year because it helps the TEAM? I don’t think anything good happens in that locker room in either curcumstance so I am glad this happened now.

PURDUE will be just fine, like it always is. And for all the iu little brothers cackling like hyenas at the news - plz bookmark this:

PURDUE will 3-peat the Big Ten and, come March, be a top-3 seed in the tournament . And little bro will be left wondering how it’s been 10 years down south without a Sweet 16-berth.

Trust in Painter & Go Boilers.

📈🚂🏀

[Sean Ash @SeanAshWX]

80 years ago today.

The Greatest Generation.

🙏🏻🇺🇸

[Jennie Runevitch @JennieWTHR]

80 years ago, young men with courage beyond their years faced fear and the unknown in Normandy.

90% of these heroes didn't survive #DDay.

Forever thankful for their sacrifice to keep our world free. Learn more here:
https://t.co/rHJfqKR9gm

[sam moran @sam_moran7]

@WTHRcom This looks incredible

[sam moran @sam_moran7]

It always makes me laugh how comically bad Jeopardy contestants are at sports questions

[MLB @MLB]

SEIYA SLAM!