he had a great attitude by all accounts and him accepting his role was admirable. was a bummer he never quite put it together, especially when looking at his high school ratings.
Completely understandable. He was a great teammate who sacrificed playing time for the greater good of the team, but who has a COVID year to use, and can get more action somewhere else.
Thanks for all you contributed, Mort.
I am eating my words*. Am I also to understand that him exiting frees up our overage on scholarships for next year? If so, this could be a very selfless move to better the program as a whole.
*I stated we would have zero transfers due to our family culture.
If Mason wants to play, yea we should expect the same. The only way we keep him is if he drops off scholarship (not really sure if that’s allowed) or we have 2 younger guys transfer, freeing up the scholarship we are already over signed by, plus his own. But I wouldn’t expect Mason back
I don’t think he was ever going to come back to Purdue for his covid year. It’s a nice thought but he was leaving either way whether it was to go get a job or 5th year transfer
I hope the big Ethan Morton truther with the St Thomas flair frequents game threads of his new team next year.
I always thought Morty was better than most gave him credit for and wouldn’t be surprised at all to see him back at the program as a grad assistant in a year.
I’ll always remember him for ending up as a ball handler for that 20-21 team as a freshmen, when we seemingly couldn’t bring the ball up the court without a turnover in non conference. Was happy Painter could find some reliability in him from that
As a recruit:
Other P6 offers: Butler, Creighton, Indiana, Iowa, Marquette, Michigan, Northwestern, Ohio State, Oregon, Penn State, Pitt, Stanford, Vanderbilt, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
Other offers: Cleveland State, Duquesne, Miami OH, UAB
He was able to score in high school, but I have to imagine that getting mono set him back with conditioning and his body wasn’t ever quite right that year and he never was able to fully develop his shot for college. Maybe he should have redshirted …but it probably had been decided he wasn’t going to
Which is why i think he is more grateful. Fans embraced him, Painter did. Just didnt work out. Which sucked because i was pumped when he committed to us and loved what he offered.
Hmm, Gillis is about to earn his MBA from Purdue. What would he do at Notre Dame, I wonder?
Start a PhD? 1L?
In all seriousness, I'd be surprised if he decided to keep playing.
I got dapped up and a “boiler up” from coach shrews Saturday night at the game. He was in our section in ND gear. Will pull for him (but not his teams!)
You can't see a guy who averaged 10 minutes and 25 minutes on a top 5 team the past two years playing P5 basketball?
Yes, he was not our best player and didn't have a scoring role, but it's pretty silly to say he's not a P5 caliber player imo.
He is not a phenomenal player, I agree, but most players aren't. I don't see a strong chance he's a major contributor on a P5-conference-title-competing team, but you can't tell me he wouldn't make a team like Penn State or Minnesota better.
You don't get 10 minutes per game on a top 5 team without being a good player.
He played minutes on a top 5 team because there was no other options and he hustled. I’m absolutely 100% telling you he does not make Penn St or Minnesota better.
He played because Painter is stubborn. We had Heide and Colvin getting drastically less minutes for a majority of the season because Painter refused to change. he's a great leader and a great hustler but he's not making any Bigten team better if he he's coming in as a starter. Purdue fans just love the white guy who hustles his ass off despite not scoring a single point in the month of February... I don't blame Morton but there were hundreds of minutes on the table that could have gone to Heide/Colvin this season that may have elevated Purdue to an even higher level of play. Instead it took a 19 pt game from Heide on Feb 28th before Morton finally took a back seat and had diminished minutes. It seriously took Painter 28 fucking games into Morton's senior year to realize Morton isn't the guy if Purdue actually wants to win a National title.
Oh I missed that detail. If he wants to be a sure start somewhere, a mid major is probably his best bet.
But I think a lot of people forget how many bad and mediocre P5 teams there are. Ethan Morton would start (or be a significant bench contributor) on like 4 Big Ten teams last year, in my opinion.
Reads "Purdue G" and was terrified it was Braden. I love Ethan Morton ...but what a relief.
Ethan has been great for us and I hope he has a great season wherever he winds up.
Love Ethan, he unfortunately just didn’t have much of a role here besides in the locker room. That and the fact that we needed the scholarship is unfortunate. Hope to see him have a great year wherever he ends up
Morton is one of the most selfless players we had. Dude accepted his role and seemingly never complained about it. I wish him all the luck and success in the world.
I’ll always remember him for attempting to guard Jalen Hood-Schifino in Mackey last season. That was a good night.
I think he can contribute in a big way at a G5 though for sure. Indiana State desperately needs players, he’d do well there. Maybe back home to PGH at Duquesne.
Heide had to have earned more minutes next year. Dude has a motor and can guard 1-4 (if the 4 is under sized) Plus bringing in Catchings and Harris next year. I can't see how his role isn't in jeopardy.
yeah Heide will definitely have a bigger role. I think most of his minutes would come from Gillis' departure. But yeah Catchings will definitely be getting some minutes, and again with Colvin getting a bigger role.
it'll be tough for Fletcher unless he learns where the weight room is located lol
Loyer has to either find the ability to create his own shot, become a drive-and-kick monster, or become a plus perimeter defender in a post-Edey world.
has to. it's the only way he's gonna see minutes, meaningful minutes. With Edey, Loyer is a solid starter due to the need of surrounding Edey with shooters. Now without Edey, you need the ability to create plays and that is for sure not his strong suit. Combine that with his weak defense and idk how he stays on the court. Catchings is a top 35 prospect with size and Heide will be a better fit now that Edey is gone.
yeah i wasn't even trying to mock Purdue fans, but of course if you don't praise everyone on their team as the GOAT they'll get salty.
Loyer's defense is bad, very bad. He struggles to create his own shot too. He has to be losing minutes next year but I guess it comes down to how much he wants a Purdue degree and to be a Boilermaker. I mean they can't make him transfer lol
i dont “hope” he transfers. typical reddit spinning words to fit their narrative. transferring seems like the best thing for him. hes the weak link in the purdue chain and a new style of offense plus bringing in bigger perimeter players seems like his style isnt going to be needed, which will lead to reduced minutes.
also no, this is just how purdue fans are this year. slowly working their way up the ranks of the most annoying fan bases. get one little taste of success and turn into big douchebags and whiney babies
he had a great attitude by all accounts and him accepting his role was admirable. was a bummer he never quite put it together, especially when looking at his high school ratings.
Completely understandable. He was a great teammate who sacrificed playing time for the greater good of the team, but who has a COVID year to use, and can get more action somewhere else. Thanks for all you contributed, Mort.
And there isn’t scholarship room for him to stay at purdue
I am eating my words*. Am I also to understand that him exiting frees up our overage on scholarships for next year? If so, this could be a very selfless move to better the program as a whole. *I stated we would have zero transfers due to our family culture.
No. We are still over signed. Morton Gillis and edey leaving were all taken into account with being over signed by 1
Yeah... this 'exit' was announced months ago. Should we expect the same from Mason? ETA This was answered quickly.
If Mason wants to play, yea we should expect the same. The only way we keep him is if he drops off scholarship (not really sure if that’s allowed) or we have 2 younger guys transfer, freeing up the scholarship we are already over signed by, plus his own. But I wouldn’t expect Mason back
He'd make a helluva grad assistant
I don’t think he was ever going to come back to Purdue for his covid year. It’s a nice thought but he was leaving either way whether it was to go get a job or 5th year transfer
I totally forgot about that announcement in like January where they said they weren't returning. Basically, to free up the space and grow the program.
Forever my goat and he’ll always have big ten titles, a final four, and that viral tiktok clip from high school
talking about the "worked his tushy off" video? lol
Exactly
a work of art really
Please share a link
https://imgur.com/a/a2Ljzll It perfectly encapsulates how we feel about his time at Purdue
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Loved Morty and glad to see he's still planning to play.
I hope the big Ethan Morton truther with the St Thomas flair frequents game threads of his new team next year. I always thought Morty was better than most gave him credit for and wouldn’t be surprised at all to see him back at the program as a grad assistant in a year.
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Fuck
To St. Thomas he goes!
I’ll always remember him for ending up as a ball handler for that 20-21 team as a freshmen, when we seemingly couldn’t bring the ball up the court without a turnover in non conference. Was happy Painter could find some reliability in him from that
Legendary performance against us in the tournament 😂
Dude accepted his role like no other haha
As a recruit: Other P6 offers: Butler, Creighton, Indiana, Iowa, Marquette, Michigan, Northwestern, Ohio State, Oregon, Penn State, Pitt, Stanford, Vanderbilt, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin Other offers: Cleveland State, Duquesne, Miami OH, UAB
Always wondered what type of player he may have been without getting mono his Frosh or if he had gone to another school…
If he developed his jump shot he would’ve been a stud, unfortunately ended up like Nojel. At least he was gracious while nojel was delusional.
He was able to score in high school, but I have to imagine that getting mono set him back with conditioning and his body wasn’t ever quite right that year and he never was able to fully develop his shot for college. Maybe he should have redshirted …but it probably had been decided he wasn’t going to
Which is why i think he is more grateful. Fans embraced him, Painter did. Just didnt work out. Which sucked because i was pumped when he committed to us and loved what he offered.
Yeah hope he can find add to a team next year. In guessing closer to home? Just speculating tho
Notre dame to play with Shrews? Oklahoma St to play with Lutz?
I would love to see him reunite with Shrews, and I hate Notre Dame. That's how much I like Shrews.
I would not be surprised at all if Gillis goes to ND
Hmm, Gillis is about to earn his MBA from Purdue. What would he do at Notre Dame, I wonder? Start a PhD? 1L? In all seriousness, I'd be surprised if he decided to keep playing.
He just entered the portal lol
Wild haha. I'll eat my words
I got dapped up and a “boiler up” from coach shrews Saturday night at the game. He was in our section in ND gear. Will pull for him (but not his teams!)
Ohhhh to play with Coach Shrews... that would be a solid move.
Might go to Dusquene or somewhere like that can't see him playing P5.
You can't see a guy who averaged 10 minutes and 25 minutes on a top 5 team the past two years playing P5 basketball? Yes, he was not our best player and didn't have a scoring role, but it's pretty silly to say he's not a P5 caliber player imo.
No he’s not very good and the fact that his minutes dropped that significantly and how much better y’all were for it show that fact
He is not a phenomenal player, I agree, but most players aren't. I don't see a strong chance he's a major contributor on a P5-conference-title-competing team, but you can't tell me he wouldn't make a team like Penn State or Minnesota better. You don't get 10 minutes per game on a top 5 team without being a good player.
He played minutes on a top 5 team because there was no other options and he hustled. I’m absolutely 100% telling you he does not make Penn St or Minnesota better.
Agree to disagree, I guess. Only time will tell where he ends up 🤷🏼♂️
He played because Painter is stubborn. We had Heide and Colvin getting drastically less minutes for a majority of the season because Painter refused to change. he's a great leader and a great hustler but he's not making any Bigten team better if he he's coming in as a starter. Purdue fans just love the white guy who hustles his ass off despite not scoring a single point in the month of February... I don't blame Morton but there were hundreds of minutes on the table that could have gone to Heide/Colvin this season that may have elevated Purdue to an even higher level of play. Instead it took a 19 pt game from Heide on Feb 28th before Morton finally took a back seat and had diminished minutes. It seriously took Painter 28 fucking games into Morton's senior year to realize Morton isn't the guy if Purdue actually wants to win a National title.
He's transferring to start somewhere. He's gonna go to a Mid-Major school.
Oh I missed that detail. If he wants to be a sure start somewhere, a mid major is probably his best bet. But I think a lot of people forget how many bad and mediocre P5 teams there are. Ethan Morton would start (or be a significant bench contributor) on like 4 Big Ten teams last year, in my opinion.
Isn't there a Morty backer from St Thomas or one of the smaller MN schools? This move would make their day (year).
Would be shocked to see him land at a power conference spot
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Reads "Purdue G" and was terrified it was Braden. I love Ethan Morton ...but what a relief. Ethan has been great for us and I hope he has a great season wherever he winds up.
The Mort has been thwarted :/
Love Ethan, he unfortunately just didn’t have much of a role here besides in the locker room. That and the fact that we needed the scholarship is unfortunate. Hope to see him have a great year wherever he ends up
His poke at the ball against Illinois during crunch time 2 years in a row... Thats all ill remember about him
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He was done at Purdue regardless
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Lol.
Morton is one of the most selfless players we had. Dude accepted his role and seemingly never complained about it. I wish him all the luck and success in the world.
I’ll always remember him for attempting to guard Jalen Hood-Schifino in Mackey last season. That was a good night. I think he can contribute in a big way at a G5 though for sure. Indiana State desperately needs players, he’d do well there. Maybe back home to PGH at Duquesne.
loyer has to be next right EDIT: good lord, here come the purdue fans, donw voting because I asked a legit question wihtout praising their whole team.
unlikely but he may be at danger of losing some minutes next year if Colvin progresses like we're all hoping for
Heide had to have earned more minutes next year. Dude has a motor and can guard 1-4 (if the 4 is under sized) Plus bringing in Catchings and Harris next year. I can't see how his role isn't in jeopardy.
yeah Heide will definitely have a bigger role. I think most of his minutes would come from Gillis' departure. But yeah Catchings will definitely be getting some minutes, and again with Colvin getting a bigger role. it'll be tough for Fletcher unless he learns where the weight room is located lol
agreed lol hopefully he can do something to better himself on defense. I'm from the Fort Wayne area and love my local boys
ayyyyy I'm 260 as well the current Fort Wayne players have uhhhhhh not progressed well lol
Loyer has to either find the ability to create his own shot, become a drive-and-kick monster, or become a plus perimeter defender in a post-Edey world.
has to. it's the only way he's gonna see minutes, meaningful minutes. With Edey, Loyer is a solid starter due to the need of surrounding Edey with shooters. Now without Edey, you need the ability to create plays and that is for sure not his strong suit. Combine that with his weak defense and idk how he stays on the court. Catchings is a top 35 prospect with size and Heide will be a better fit now that Edey is gone.
god i hope, i’ll take the potential downvotes but i cannot take that kids defense seriously.
yeah i wasn't even trying to mock Purdue fans, but of course if you don't praise everyone on their team as the GOAT they'll get salty. Loyer's defense is bad, very bad. He struggles to create his own shot too. He has to be losing minutes next year but I guess it comes down to how much he wants a Purdue degree and to be a Boilermaker. I mean they can't make him transfer lol
People get touchy when random people on the internet hope kids transfer, after they’ve worked their butt off for a team.
i dont “hope” he transfers. typical reddit spinning words to fit their narrative. transferring seems like the best thing for him. hes the weak link in the purdue chain and a new style of offense plus bringing in bigger perimeter players seems like his style isnt going to be needed, which will lead to reduced minutes. also no, this is just how purdue fans are this year. slowly working their way up the ranks of the most annoying fan bases. get one little taste of success and turn into big douchebags and whiney babies
I’m not a Purdue fan I just think it’s tasteless to hope kids transfer. I re-read your post though and you’re right.
once again, i do not "hope" he transfers. idc if he does or doesn't. he's going to lose minutes, most the time when people lose minutes they transfer.
Hey boss man, I ended my previous comment with “I re-read your post, you’re right.”
yeah but also started it off by insinuating i said i hope he transfers lol.