Walters Out At PU
- Thread starter red hornet
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They better pay up big time to attract someone decent to that tire fire.
Always sorry to see someone lose their job. Coaching is a funny field tho, literally everyone is eventually fired.
Like they said last night, someone will hire him quickly as a DC.
Hearing that there is mutual interest between PU and Kevin Wilson.
Ditto. CKW can get PU off the schneid with his version of basketball on grass like he did at IU. He is affordable and hungry for the Big Time.
too bad .. he gets the rest of his $9M paid out over his contract that ends in 2027 ... I'd get fired for that.
They said he is a great defensive coach but they got torches all season. Not sure he is that great.
I didn't realize he was also calling the offense. No wonder they were shut out so many times.
Kevin Wilson could hire Walters as DC and save Purdue some money.
His career as HC is less than stellar. I can’t imagine it would excite the fan base or recruits.
Good point and I agree. Still tough on family, especially younger kids that have to relocate and less well paid specialty coaches who may not have great buy outs.
I was really hoping that our new offer to Cig included big money to his staff and my understanding is that it did.
Yep, 23% increase for staff, amazingly almost on par with OSU!
Damn!
I really liked his game... 😉
At least we'll be able to remember him for helping kick start what will hopefully be known in 8 years as "The Streak"... 😎
Maybe they could hire some high school coach. But nobody would do that. Except for the place in South Bend.
Most high schools have better talent pools to draw from... They'd never be That desperate... (to consider Walters) Nearly all of them have Junior High School (coaching staffs) along with pew wee league feeder programs... (volunteer coaches)... 😉
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Football is a 3 phase game.
Having watched Kevin Wilson teams at IU and the last season at Tulsa, the one consistent theme is that his defenses have been nonexistent. You cannot win that way consistently focusing all your attention on one side of the ball. He’s honestly not HC material. Good for a coordinator role somewhere.
Cignetti appears to be an upper level head coach, KW is not. I was shocked he seemed so lost regarding defense. It never made a link of sense to me.
Might I suggest someone?
Hadn't you heard... They're going after "Prime Time"... A few of them actually believe he'd take a phone call from them. 🤣🤣🤣
This is all just par for the course if you go into coaching as a career. Nobody is blindsided by this.
Names that have popped up today are:
Chuck Martin - Miami OH HC
Jason Candle - Toledo HC
Mike Shanahan - Indiana OC
Jeremy Chadwell - Liberty HC
Barry Odom -UNLV HC
Jon Sumrall - Tulane
One of the challenges is that Purdue’s NIL is woefully behind its peers.
Chuck Martin - Miami OH HC
Jason Candle - Toledo HC
Mike Shanahan - Indiana OC
Jeremy Chadwell - Liberty HC
Barry Odom -UNLV HC
Jon Sumrall - Tulane
One of the challenges is that Purdue’s NIL is woefully behind its peers.
What about
Everybody doesn’t get $10 million severance packages. Some of these coaches should return some of their compensation.
