I am not down on the coaches as much as some of you.
What I think is on the coaches
1. Don’t stop trying to run up the middle but stop trying to do it in all key short yardage situations. This team has not developed any kind of running mentality yet.
2. Kick field goals. I know what the statistics say, but until Purdue shows it can convert 80%+ of 3rd/4th and short, take the points.
3. Imo the worst coaches call of them all was not spying Syracuse’s qb from play 1. Anyone who watched last season’s game knew how they could beat us and they did. We did much better (still not great) in the second half with a spy on him.
Having said all that we should be 2-1 right now. The players fumbled 7 times (3 lost) and threw an int. Without those we almost certainly win the Syracuse game even with the less than perfect coaching decisions.
We have a new staff and system on both sides of the ball. There are going to be growing pains but so far I think we can get better. I am still remaining patient with this staff.