cluff

Good boiler hopefully he catches on somewhere high motor guy

It's probably for the best. I think Oscar can now focus on. His post college career.

Now the search is on for a physical big man.

I would have liked to have him back, but I understand his position. Probably ly the same one I'd have if I were him.

It would be nice but if that can’t happen; go get Bidunga!!!

Gold61 said:

Now the search is on for a physical big man.

I'm sure it's been well underway already.

Good luck to him. Glad this didn’t drag out, handcuffing Painter.

I would have sued everyone in the world if I was him but I respect it. 3 years in NCAA basketball when a bunch of players got 5 or 6.

Bigunda would be insane lol. Right back to FF contention! I can dream.

"Start a revolution" is a bit rich when everyone is already doing it. I respect standing on principals and if it got dragged out would have put Purdue in a bad spot, but man is he turning down a lot of money.

BoilerWalt said:

It's probably for the best. I think Oscar can now focus on. His post college career.

This doesn’t seem to me like a “for the best” situation for either party.

Beantown Boiler said:

This doesn’t seem to me like a “for the best” situation for either party.

He probably didn't want to drag this out either and hold Purdue hostage for his spot if his eligibility was so unclear.

Theboilerbabe said:

It would be nice but if that can’t happen; go get Bidunga!!!

Would be fun, but isn’t he going Pro?

Was really hoping he'd come back

He finished the year so strong, was really hoping he would be able to return.

The Oscar is gone from the Oscar Mayer combo, sad.

Purdue 17 said:

He probably didn't want to drag this out either and hold Purdue hostage for his spot if his eligibility was so unclear.

That is the Purdue angle, the real answer is he could put his name in the portal tomorrow, let it work itself out and have plenty of options to make a lot of money if Purdue had been forced to move on due to timing.

Probably he makes this decision soon so Painter can go search the portal.

ChiBoilerMaker said:

That is the Purdue angle, the real answer is he could put his name in the portal tomorrow, let it work itself out and have plenty of options to make a lot of money if Purdue had been forced to move on due to timing.

And he's still completely free to do that. I think teams will be gun shy to commit to him as their center for the same reason Purdue likely is. It sounds like he doesn't want that drama anymore than the team potentially waiting for him wants it.

Best case scenario - Add a 5 who’s produced some and have him and DJ battle it out. Nothing promised to either and whoever starts, starts. Good minutes for both. 1 year guy as to not get in Huan’s way

Bluto71 said:

Good luck to him. Glad this didn’t drag out, handcuffing Painter.

If it did drag out for months and confounded the roster for next year, we'd have a new verb on this board: Handcluffed.

I looked at Centers from 2026 portal and I don’t see the East Coast kid from Carolina’s (I thought) that one of you Knuckleheads promoted. I’m not the sleuth to find that athletic players name. Who else might be an option? I doubt Purdue could afford Bidunga, but you never know.

ChiBoilerMaker said:

"Start a revolution" is a bit rich when everyone is already doing it. I respect standing on principals and if it got dragged out would have put Purdue in a bad spot, but man is he turning down a lot of money.

Diego Pavia was the face of a revolution. I think Cluff would have had to go to similar lengths to be a face of this. Also, it’s a message board post. :)

Brian_GoldandBlack.com said:

Based on what I've been told, it sounds to me like it is extremely unlikely he is going to be able to return, as I thought he intimated in his comment after the Arizona game about not wanting to circumvent any rules or anything. I think it's something that if it was there, cool, but he was never going to lead a revolution over it.

I don't think he needed to lead the revolution. There were already court cases out there. There was a state case which was lost, and a federal court case pending that was more relevant for Cluff. This just based off my recollection of Alan's podcast with the sports attorney that is an expert in this area a month or so ago. Not doubting your current information as I'm sure it came from Purdue or Alan getting an update from this sports attorney.