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Walters is gone, now what?

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KentuckyBoiler said:
I have seen on several credible websites that Walters is being fired. That is great. It was the right call. He has the worst Purdue head coaching record ever for any Purdue coach over 1 year of coaching, including Hazell. Wish him the best in his future endeavors.

Ok, now what do we now? We obviously have to hire a head coach. Do we hire an established coach or an up and coming coach? We know that we need to hire someone with some head coaching experience for sure.

National signing day is Wednesday I believe. We obviously cannot tell any verbals or possible recruits who the coach will be. We don’t want to rush this search again like we did with Walters. There is a signing day in February, but the one in December is the big signing day anymore. That means that this year’s recruiting class will definitely not be a big contributor.

We are going to have to go with the transfer portal big time and a coach that can bring players with him. That means that we are going to have to loosen the purse strings for the NIL. Are we willing to do that? I hope we are now willing to make that commitment.

One thing for sure is this offseason is going to be active and interesting. Should give the board plenty to talk and debate.
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Need to look hard at Chuck Martin out of Miami of Ohio or Chris Creighton at Eastern Michigan. Both guys have turned around programs that were in a disastrous condition! Both are very familiar with Indiana Ohio and Michigan .
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How attractive is the Purdue job right now?

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rgarlitz said:
I'm trying to look at this objectively.

The TV revenue should provide for attractive salaries, even with the Walters buyout. On the other hand, can Bobinski line up enough NIL commitment to attract top candidates?

And how will candidates look at B1G membership? On the one hand, Purdue's a part of the wealthiest league in college sports. But, Purdue's also sitting at the very bottom of a tougher, expanded B1G. At first glance next year's schedule looks more manageable. Still, up-and-coming coaches might see more upward mobility in the ACC or BXII.

The fact that Indiana's coming off a historic season could also complicate the search, unless Cignetti does us all a solid and jumps at a bigger gig.
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They just gave a big time contract extension
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$9M Severance pay - Our world is screwed up (My rant)

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Lee3370 said:
We all know that these coaches have golden parachutes. Its the way of the hire. I am also a Browns fan, it hurts how much we are paying Watson to be the worst QB in the league, but such is life.

The better example is the CEO who gets fired after tanking a Fortune 500 company and getting his multi million dollar golden parachute that they do not deserve, this is very similar.
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Painter is a hell of a bargain
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How attractive is the Purdue job right now?

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I'm trying to look at this objectively.

The TV revenue should provide for attractive salaries, even with the Walters buyout. On the other hand, can Bobinski line up enough NIL commitment to attract top candidates?

And how will candidates look at B1G membership? On the one hand, Purdue's a part of the wealthiest league in college sports. But, Purdue's also sitting at the very bottom of a tougher, expanded B1G. At first glance next year's schedule looks more manageable. Still, up-and-coming coaches might see more upward mobility in the ACC or BXII.

The fact that Indiana's coming off a historic season could also complicate the search, unless Cignetti does us all a solid and jumps at a bigger gig.
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Ok, now that it's done, who's hearing what about a hire?

pu1985
BayernFan said:
Not to be that guy, but firing a HC after only two years isn’t exactly opening the market to big time candidates. Plus, $$ is an issue and PU wants an experienced HC who can bring an exciting offence to WL. Like the good old Tiller days. This appears to check a lot of boxes.

But as I said, this may not happen but they are talking. We’ll see.
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If we hire a 63 year old coach, fired multiple times, with an overall record of 33-63, we are dumber than I first believed.
And in the new world order, getting canned after 2 epically and historically bad seasons should be understood - it’s not like we fired him after going .500 or better like others have already done.
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B1G metrics ranks entering December

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boilerzz said:
Based on what I've seen, I'd go:

Illinois 14-6
Purdue 14-6
UCLA 13-7
Oregon 13-7
Michigan 12-8
Wisconsin 12-8

Ohio State could sneak into that group but I'm not sure I see anyone else doing it right now. Rutgers' freshmen are talented but they don't have enough around them to endure the gauntlet of the B1G. Maryland and MSU look solid but a step behind. No idea what to make of IU.
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Why do you think Ill will share? I havent gotten a chance to watch them this year so curious as to why you think that. I have watched both Wisc and Oregon and they are impressive as well.
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pu1985 said:
No way - 63 years old and limited success.
Just canned at Tulsa
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Not to be that guy, but firing a HC after only two years isn’t exactly opening the market to big time candidates. Plus, $$ is an issue and PU wants an experienced HC who can bring an exciting offence to WL. Like the good old Tiller days. This appears to check a lot of boxes.

But as I said, this may not happen but they are talking. We’ll see.
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Ok, now that it's done, who's hearing what about a hire?

SKYDOG
msfboiler3 said:
If this was after brohm then i agree a great hire. Purdue is a hot mess right now. Criteria 1) success as a head coach and my preference would be mutiple stops 2) can bring his staff for a quick transition 3) can bring some players perferably a starting qb 4) has an offensive backround. That would be my criteria in order of importance. Mullen just cant do 2-3 and purdue needs a quick transition with immediate upside from an ability to retain and bring in players.
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I would imagine he has many contacts and is a name very recognizable. He would be able to recruit well just due to name recognition alone along with past success.
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