Purdue Boilermakers Coach Matt Painter turns down Missouri Tigers

**Strikeout King** · 03-30-2011, 06:32 PM

Matt Painter turns down the Missouri Tigers to Remain The Head Coach OF The Purdue Boilermakers

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story...NHeadlines

**Scotty doesn't know** · 03-30-2011, 06:51 PM

Good, I never really saw this as a good move. He is from Purdue and is coaching at "his" school. I think that moving from Purdue to Missouri would have actually been a complete step down. Good for Painter to keep this Purdue program going.

**LWC** · 03-31-2011, 11:38 AM

I like the decision as well. It does seem like, at best, a lateral move. Doesn't he have the guy that keeps getting hurt coming back?

**Scotty doesn't know** · 03-31-2011, 10:29 PM

I agree. Missouri is really a football school whereas you can make the argument that Purdue is a basketball school. I think that Painter was completely listening to the money and was not really thinking about the overall situation. He is at his school, he has his ole school as a one of the premier programs in the Big Ten and he is getting paid well. Has all of the reasons to stay up in Indiana.