*****Official B1G In Season Thread*****

[guidelinesa2]

Cool picture, but I see you can't offer any more substantive response.

If jumping early was so obviously his best decision, why is he now 400lbs and in jail in Indiana, having accomplished nothing in the NBA? In retrospect, I think most people would agree he should have done some stuff differently.

 

[bMORE607]

Cool picture, but I see you can't offer any more substantive response.

If jumping early was so obviously his best decision, why is he now 400lbs and in jail in Indiana, having accomplished nothing in the NBA?

You just equated leave Harvard business before getting a degree to leaving early for the NBA. Not even the HGIC, himself, would have made such a horrid analogy.


Also you posted that I was from DC so I wouldn’t understand but nice quick edit.

 

[guidelinesa2]

You just equated leave Harvard business before getting a degree to leaving early for the NBA. Not even the HGIC, himself, would have made such a horrid analogy.

No I didn't. That analogy is about connections made in college. Being an all star college basketball player is similar to HBS in that you are building connections that will make you millions, in addition to whatever comes afterwards. A hot shot could easily drop out of Harvard and make a fortune in Tech, kinda like how a college kids goes and gets drafted.

The longer you stay in, the more connections you make.

 

[CardinalBoiler]

Cool picture, but I see you can't offer any more substantive response.

If jumping early was so obviously his best decision, why is he now 400lbs and in jail in Indiana, having accomplished nothing in the NBA? In retrospect, I think most people would agree he should have done some stuff differently.

*"People" = @guidelinesa2

 

[bMORE607]

No I didn't. That analogy is about connections made in college. Being an all star college basketball player is similar to HBS in that you are building connections that will make you millions, in addition to whatever comes afterwards. A hot shot could easily drop out of Harvard and make a fortune in Tech, kinda like how a college kids goes and gets drafted.

The longer you stay in, the more connections you make.

He did get drafted though. Holy fvck.

 

[hailtoyourvictor]

A reminder that as much as us regulars can’t stand each other we are the “moderates” of our home boards.

 

[CardinalBoiler]

No I didn't. That analogy is about connections made in college. Being an all star college basketball player is similar to HBS in that you are building connections that will make you millions, in addition to whatever comes afterwards. A hot shot could easily drop out of Harvard and make a fortune in Tech, kinda like how a college kids goes and gets drafted.

The longer you stay in, the more connections you make.

Great point - the All-American who was adopted and raised by a well-connected Purdue alumnus and professional sports agent really needed an extra year of networking to get the most out of his Purdue experience. GTFOH.

 

[Toast.]

A reminder that as much as us regulars can’t stand each other we are the “moderates” of our home boards.

I made the coke bender quip the other day…at least that was about beating OSU to go to the B1G title.

My boy guidelines is on a coke bender after beating an unranked opponent in game 7.

 

[guidelinesa2]

He did get drafted though. Holy fvck.

And now he's in prison. The plan failed genius.

 

[bMORE607]

And now he's in prison. The plan failed genius.

Please explain how one more year of Purdue keeps him out of prison?

 

[VulvHa]

Aren't you the dude who said Ron Desantis is an idiot? Because he went to Yale and is a presidential front-runner and is not hanging out on college sports message boards like you?

He’s an idiot because he is an idiot. There were actually quite a few idiots in my class.

 

[Jaycg15]

Please explain how one more year of Purdue keeps him out of prison?

The judge was a vindictive Purdue grad. If only he'd gotten on his good size with one more year.

 

[guidelinesa2]

Please explain how one more year of Purdue keeps him out of prison?

Maybe you should join the Purdue board and read all the threads we had on why this might not work out for him before he made his decision.

In a nutshell:

1. Maturity
2. Wisdom
3. Connections
4. Life experience

Explain why taking a 20 yo kid with no family, from a broken home, with one desire in life; giving him $5M and sending him 2,000 miles from home is automatically a smart move, when he could stay in college and continue to live the best life imaginable. Especially when a NBA career was always a ling shot for him. He was set up for a crash in the NBA and it spiraled into prison.

It's extremely hard to argue that sticking around for another year and getting priceless life achievements at Purdue in addition to additional connections in the Purdue community was not a better option in retrospect. Swanigan made a short run decision, but there were better options available for him that were better in the long run.

 

[guidelinesa2]

He’s an idiot because he is an idiot. There were actually quite a few idiots in my class.

Stupid is as stupid does.

 

[hailtoyourvictor]

I made the coke bender quip the other day…at least that was about beating OSU to go to the B1G title.

My boy guidelines is on a coke bender after beating an unranked opponent in game 7.

He's more like a junky off his fix than a normal person who took a line.

 

[jwardelt]

It’s always silly season bro

That’s not the rule.

 

[boilerzz]

There is no math to be had friend, since it's all speculation. I can guarantee you that he could have made a lot more than $5M playing basketball if his life didn't end up going off the rails due to substance abuse, even if he never went into the NBA early.

I can also guarantee you that he would be better set up for life once he straightens his life out if he had all those experiences and connections he could have made with another year at Purdue as the face of college basketball.

Yikes

 

[bMORE607]

Maybe you should join the Purdue board and read all the threads we had on why this might not work out for him before he made his decision.

In a nutshell:

1. Maturity
2. Wisdom
3. Connections
4. Life experience

Explain why taking a 20 yo kid with no family, from a broken home, with one desire in life; giving him $5M and sending him 2,000 miles from home is automatically a smart move, when he could stay in college and continue to live the best life imaginable. Especially when a NBA career was always a ling shot for him. He was set up for a crash in the NBA and it spiraled into prison.

It's extremely hard to argue that sticking around for another year and getting priceless life achievements at Purdue in addition to additional connections in the Purdue community was not a better option in retrospect. Swanigan made a short run decision, but there were better options available for him that were better in the long run.

The difference in mentalities between a 20 year old and a 21 year old are not as vast as you think. And how exactly was his dream of a NBA career a long shot when he was a first round pick?

 

[guidelinesa2]

The difference in mentalities between a 20 year old and a 21 year old are not as vast as you think. And how exactly was his dream of a NBA career a long shot when he was a first round pick?

For all the reasons that were discussed at length on our board before he left.

Consensus was that he wasn't a good fit, but the NBA draft is what it is...

Most dudes drafted in first round don't pan out. It's not like any of this is being said now for the first time.

I would say an additional year in an elite basketball program is not just any year. When he left, he said he was surprised by how difficult of a devision it was. He was obsessed with making the NBA, but over time he started appreciating his life at Purdue.

At this point , no one should say that his decision to leave early was unquestionably the right one, as they did at the time and still do surprisingly. If we were to rehash this on the Purdue board, many more people would agree with me now than did at the time.

 

[bMORE607]

For all the reasons that were discussed at length on our board before he left.

Consensus was that he wasn't a good fit, but the NBA draft is what it is...

Most dudes drafted in first round don't pan out. It's not like any of this is being said now for the first time.

I would say an additional year in an elite basketball program is not just any year. When he left, he said he was surprised by how difficult of a devision it was. He was obsessed with making the NBA, but over time he started appreciating his life at Purdue.

At this point , no one should say that his decision to leave early was unquestionably the right one, as they did at the time and still do surprisingly. If we were to rehash this on the Purdue board, many more people would agree with me now than did at the time.

You should go back to the Purdue board and never come back.

 

[boilerzz]

For all the reasons that were discussed at length on our board before he left.

Consensus was that he wasn't a good fit, but the NBA draft is what it is...

Most dudes drafted in first round don't pan out. It's not like any of this is being said now for the first time.

I would say an additional year in an elite basketball program is not just any year. When he left, he said he was surprised by how difficult of a devision it was. He was obsessed with making the NBA, but over time he started appreciating his life at Purdue.

At this point , no one should say that his decision to leave early was unquestionably the right one, as they did at the time and still do surprisingly. If we were to rehash this on the Purdue board, many more people would agree with me now than did at the time.

Feel free to start that thread there and stop polluting this board. We are trying to talk about this year.

 

[boilerzz]

Final night of the B1G/ACC Challenge. The B1G has a commanding 6-2 lead (thanks IU and NW). How many more do we win tonight?

7:15 Louisville at MSU
7:15 Nebraska at NC State
7:15 Va Tech at Maryland
9:15 Wisky at Ga Tech
9:15 Michigan at UNC
9:15 Miami at PSU

Looks like a tougher go for the B1G tonight. I could see a 3-3 finish which would give us a 9-5 result overall.

 

[guidelinesa2]

Feel free to start that thread there and stop polluting this board. We are trying to talk about this year.

You guys started this Swannie conversation, don't blame me. You were wrong then and you are sticking with thst, despite all the evidence to the contrary.

 

[guidelinesa2]

You should go back to the Purdue board and never come back.

Why the hard feelings bro? Isn't this fun?

 

[MGC_07]

You guys started this Swannie conversation, don't blame me. You were wrong then and you are sticking with thst, despite all the evidence to the contrary.

Just for fun.

 

[boilerzz]

You guys started this Swannie conversation, don't blame me. You were wrong then and you are sticking with thst, despite all the evidence to the contrary.

No one gives a fvck.

 

[bMORE607]

You guys started this Swannie conversation, don't blame me. You were wrong then and you are sticking with thst, despite all the evidence to the contrary.

You can’t be right or wrong in a hypothetical, you fvcking dunce.

 

[ConvenientParking]

Philosophy students in 50 years, after Hitler is forgotten and no one wants to go back and kill baby Hitler anymore, will be asked to ponder if they could go back in time and convince Caleb Swanigan to stay another year at Purdue how the world would be different today and if it would be worth lying to him about his chances of getting drafted.

 

[hawkit3113]

Big West Champs

Suck on that bitch dicks

 

[MGC_07]

Philosophy students in 50 years, after Hitler is forgotten and no one wants to go back and kill baby Hitler anymore, will be asked to ponder if they could go back in time and convince Caleb Swanigan to stay another year at Purdue how the world would be different today and if it would be worth lying to him about his chances of getting drafted.

Fun Fact Caleb Swanigan deciding to leave for the NBA draft early started the butterfly effect that caused the pandemic

 

[MGC_07]

Big West Champs

Suck on that bitch dicks

TALLEST MIDGET HELL YEAH

 

[hawkit3113]

TALLEST MIDGET HELL YEAH

^^^^^bitch dick^^^^^^

 

[jwardelt]

Big West Champs

Suck on that bitch dicks

JTFC no one gives a shit about winning the worst division in football.

 

[jwardelt]

Why the hard feelings bro? Isn't this fun?

This is serious bidness. OTSS.

 

[hawkit3113]

JTFC no one gives a shit about winning the worst division in football.

Bow down Bitch

 

[bMORE607]

This is serious bidness. OTSS.

@guidelinesa2 would have been left outside in a freezing midwestern winter if that was still true. Now we have his dumb ass trying to convince everybody that Purdue is the best B1G team ever a month into the season and Swanigan wouldn’t have been a a 400 lb prisoner if he stayed at Purdue one more year.

 

[hawkit3113]

We are the champions, my friends
And we'll keep on fighting until the end
We are the champions, we are the champions
No time for the rest of you Big West losers because we are the champions, of the West

 

[Toast.]

why is he now 400lbs and in jail in Indiana

Low key one of my favorite parts of this is that you think he's been in jail for like a year for a minor weed possession charge.

 

[Jaycg15]

Why the hard feelings bro? Isn't this fun?

 

[hailtoyourvictor]

I’m biased as an Illini, but at least Gillinois made actual effort posts (if very biased) to back up his homerism. This makes him less Gill and - by definition - much less entertaining than original Gill!

The dude just tried to troll a thread about a school shooting yesterday that left 4 kids dead by comparing the school shooter to Kyle Rittenhouse’s self defense.

Dumb piece of ****.