Harrell fired by Purdue

[IndyResident16]

I can’t imagine prepping for a Sugar Bowl matchup with Bama and Purdue calls lol.

Brohm left Purdue on its best footing since the early Tiller years and they hired a 36 year old coordinator for a B10 entry level salary. Now I'm expected to believe they are going to buy out Walters after only two seasons and pay $7-8mil a year for a proven P5 coach? I don't think @BoilerN even believes half the things that come out of his mouth.

 

[HoosierJimbo89]

Brohm left Purdue on its best footing since the early Tiller years and they hired a 36 year old coordinator for a B10 entry level salary. Now I'm expected to believe they are going to buy out Walters after only two seasons and pay $7-8mil a year for a proven P5 coach? I don't think @BoilerN even believes half the things that come out of his mouth.

BoilerN talks in homer speak: it can be right, it can also be wrong. Recently, it has been extremely wrong.

 

[hookyIU1990]

I mean, nothing I said was wrong at the time.

No kidding? Predictions are never wrong at the time they're made. It's the nature of predicting. Is your purdoo degree in stable maintenance?

 

[Big Red Crimson Buffalo]

Sure feels that way doesn’t it? Took the air out of the tires. But at the same time, feels like if they beat Oregon state, they would be fine. This team cannot handle adversity.

Oregon state - two possessions inside the 10 with no points and fluky pick 6, fall flat
Nebraska - offense does nothing and defense finally breaks
Wisconsin - two interceptions and offense does nothing, everything breaks

This team just seems to lack toughness. Defense can look decent for a half, but there is nothing in the offense. Nothing. Did ND break the offense? Maybe? But its concepts are also bad and slow. Curious to see it without Card this weekend.

No team, be it IU or Purdue or any of the other 90% of programs in this conference, should ever go the route of hiring a new head coach that is not (a) a current sitting head coach and (b) cannot bring a staff with him. I’ve seen this so many times at IU that it makes you want to puke. The former coordinator route may work at Michigan or OSU. Hell, I’m not even sure it’s going to work at Michigan. But, those are different situations where a staff composed of a bunch of scattered pieces from various places is overcome with elite talent.

I recall one very rare example in this conference with Barry Alvarez taking over Wisconsin. However, Dave McClain had started them on the right path.

 

[MMM1992]

If the Boilers lose out the remainder of the season, Walters is gone regardless of buyout.

 

[RegionHoosiers]

If the Boilers lose out the remainder of the season, Walters is gone regardless of buyout.

He needs another couple of years to get guys to run his system.

 

[Big Red Crimson Buffalo]

Brohm didn't want to have to play Michigan, Ohio State, and Penn State every year: his numbers were padded.

I hate Purdue as much as the next guy but I believe that Brohm was a good coach. Here’s how I know that IU f&$&d up with its choice (besides offering a guy a head coaching duty down at the vending machine). Both brought on board same year. Allen actually had a leg up being here the prior year. Brohm takes Detp Detp Hazell’s guys and takes them to a bowl and wins it. Allen comes off a bowl year and finishes 5-7. Next season, 2018: same stuff. Finally Allen beats Brohm in 2019 and they were 4-7 and we were 7-4. And it took double OT. After that, I Allen could never beat the guy. Hell, when Brohm was at Louisville, it looked like Allen had never seen this offense before.

So, the cautionary tale here is do not under any circumstances hire a first time head coach and one that has to build a staff from scratch., “Systems” transfer well when you bring coaches with you from before.

It’s The Bill Mallory and Cignetti model. Yes, you bring your coaches but you bring the system you ran together, plug and play.