BoBo needs to have a deal in place with another Coach NOW or be prepared to break the Bank with someone like Kiffin, Kansas’s HC or another HC to turn this around! Personally I am not positive one way or the other on Walter’s return but changes, $$$, have to be made to fix this!
“IF” There Is To Be HC Change
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we're not going to get a big name guy, hoping for Bronco Mendenhall, an established coach w/ a good resume. No more unproven guys, just hope it's not a guy like Chryst.
The SEC is tougher than the B1G so a coach like Kiffin might be the kind of Coach to take the job if the $$$ is right!
Mendenhall quit for a couple years to become a “better person and coach”. I don’t think he will be motivated by money. He’s from Utah and spent nearly his entire career in the desert, except for Virginia (and briefly Oregon state after he graduated from there) and he had to leave Virginia. Just doesn’t seem like a good plan to build a program around.
First, let's consider why this year's team is so bad. Walters did OK last year but this year's team is pathetic. Why?
Well, we were totally whipsawed by the portal. Our best players left and the ones who came in to Purdue were guys why couldn't cut the muster and were probably nudged into the portal by their coaches.
We need a coach who know how to work the portal system, knows the back alley of NIL deals and knows how to recruit. There's an old saying: "Football isn't the X's and O's, it's the Jimmys and the Joes."
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If your Christmas wish is for Walters to get fired, you are going to be disappointed. The school administration is not committed to having a winning football program, so Walters will most likely be there through the end of his contact which means Purdue will be the Big 10 cellar dweller during that time. The only thing that could change that would be if some deep pocket alum would be willing to put up the money to buy out Walters contract!
If we're retaining him because we are looking around and don't like our realistic options I can deal with that. The most important thing is getting the right guy.
If we're retaining him because our administration is cheap or actually believes in him, that's negligence on their part.
If we're retaining him because our administration is cheap or actually believes in him, that's negligence on their part.
If Kiffin goes anywhere, he goes east, ironically to the school that just beat him yesterday. But Florida has experienced a bit of a rejuvenation the latter half of the year so Napier may be safe.
I would think that if Walters was truly 'safe' and being given next year, the administration would be talking him up and 'supporting' to help with recruiting.
The silence is definitely deafening.
I thought it was also interesting on Saturday, when Lance was being presented with his rings during the Bball game, it wasn't Bobinski doing the presentation.
The silence is definitely deafening.
I thought it was also interesting on Saturday, when Lance was being presented with his rings during the Bball game, it wasn't Bobinski doing the presentation.
It's going to take a coach that has a winning system that a player can trust. On defense, you can clearly see the body language of certain players and can tell that they do not trust the scheme......
Florida made an official announcement a few weeks ago that Napier would be back
I remember being at a basketball game during the latter stages of the Haze era, where Burke got booed during a presentation.
Maybe the AD is getting the NIL war chest numbers together ?
They need to have that stuff in place if/when they start interviewing.
That will be the first question asked by all candidates.
