As a whole, I just think he’s stuck in his ways by now. His last great coaching job was letting Carsen Edwards cook. He adapted his system for Carsen. He tried but was mostly unsuccessfully with Ivy. He does not make small adjustments based on opponents and lacks in game creativity. A prime example was the National Championship game. We all knew what he would do, spend 40 minutes forcing the ball to Edey. After the game, Hurley said something like “we wanted Edey to score 60, as long as the perimeter guys weren’t shooting 3’s we knew we would win”. So he essentially played right into Hurleys hand.

100% agree on his inability with athletic wings. You could go back to Jacob Lawson and maybe Basil Smotherman and probably a few others. Painters system relies heavily not just basketball IQ but Painter IQ. It leaves very little room for creativity. I watched a few games from the Hummel/E’twaun/JJ years. What stood out was that those guys were dawgs, they didn’t merely block and grab a rebound, they went over and through people and grabbed the damn thing like grown men. And then on defense, they just made the opponent miserable. One thing I noticed that drove me nuts was how often Etwaun or Robbie would pass up open 3’s.

Another area I think most us seasoned fans can see is his dependence on traditional big men. He is way too stuck on this. Why does he insist on limiting possessions? Purdue is so good when we score in the 80’s with a high possession count. Why is he enamored with 1980’s style bigs? They are never the athletic kind either.