Annoyed...

[pboiler18]

That we are going to have to hear Brohm's name mentioned when any P5 job comes open.

It's good that he is a great coach and has been a success. I think because of our name and lack of recent history though, every program thinks that he's going to be easy to poach.

They discount that we'll pay him close to $4mil this year with his incentives. They discount that we have a large assistant coaching salary pool. They discount the new commitment we have to football and our brand new facilities....with (Hopefully) a Ross-Ade renovation on the way.

Jeff Brohm is better than Tennessee and their fan base. Living here in the south, that to me is certain.

I have no illusion that Brohm is going to coach here forever. I understand that we can be a stepping stone to an elite, blue blood job or that we could very realistically lose him to Louisville when they finally get sick of Petrino. That every clown in the SEC (Miss St., Ole Miss, Tennessee) thinks they can easily fill their opening with him.....it frankly pisses me off.

 

[KentuckyBoiler]

It is better than having our coach on the hot seat each year and recruits not wanting to come here, because they know the coach might not be there after their first year, ie Hazell tenure.

 

[pboiler18]

He's gotta know that there's no way he could live up to the expectations at Tennessee....right?

They play Florida, Georgia AND Alabama every year and no matter how well he recruits, going into that game he will know that his roster is less talented than AT LEAST those 3 teams. Then, on top of that....your fan base EXPECTS you to SWEEP those games every year.

No thanks. I'd rather collect checks at Purdue for the forseeable future than to have my career come crashing down like the last 3 guys to have taken the job in the past 8 years!

 

[Wolegib]

I think it's great his name comes up. In one article, I saw his name included with 8 other coaches as possibilities. I think it's great to have our coach included with guys like Gruden. I believe that's an honor, and we will cherish him more for choosing Purdue. In one article, I saw Fleck's name included as a possibility. After transforming a great team into a loser, I wonder what Golpher fans are thinking. .

 

[bonefish1]

Would you rather have a coach that nobody wants?
This is where MBob will earn his salary: Can he keep the $ flowing to the football program to compete with the top of the B10 and to keep JB and his staff happy?

 

[FirstDownB]

Free publicity for our program. That's how I see it.

 

[Summy1]

I know what you mean but as mentioned it's kind of a good thing. Other schools want our coach. How many times has that happened?

 

[rgarlitz]

Is it possible that 3 points back in October might actually buy us another couple years with Brohm and this staff? I mean, how much more of a commodity would he be right now with Purdue sitting on an 8-4 (6-3) record?

 

[rgarlitz]

That we are going to have to hear Brohm's name mentioned when any P5 job comes open.

It's good that he is a great coach and has been a success. I think because of our name and lack of recent history though, every program thinks that he's going to be easy to poach.

They discount that we'll pay him close to $4mil this year with his incentives. They discount that we have a large assistant coaching salary pool. They discount the new commitment we have to football and our brand new facilities....with (Hopefully) a Ross-Ade renovation on the way.

Jeff Brohm is better than Tennessee and their fan base. Living here in the south, that to me is certain.

I have no illusion that Brohm is going to coach here forever. I understand that we can be a stepping stone to an elite, blue blood job or that we could very realistically lose him to Louisville when they finally get sick of Petrino. That every clown in the SEC (Miss St., Ole Miss, Tennessee) thinks they can easily fill their opening with him.....it frankly pisses me off.

I've lived in Tennessee for ten years, and I completely endorse the highlighted sentence. I've said it before, and I think the analogy fits --- UT football and their fans are the Nebraska of the South.

 

[FirstDownB]

Is it possible that 3 points back in October might actually buy us another couple years with Brohm and this staff? I mean, how much more of a commodity would he be right now with Purdue sitting on an 8-4 (6-3) record?

I made a similar comment a few weeks ago when we were sitting at 4-6 and looking for silver linings. 8 or 9 wins this year at the expense of losing the coaching staff, a bunch of recruits, and having to start all over again from square one would have been fun, but probably counter-productive in the long run. In a few years we should have enough talent in the pipeline to absorb a regime change.

 

[Bob Sienicki]

I have no illusion that Brohm is going to coach here forever. I understand that we can be a stepping stone to an elite, blue blood job or that we could very realistically lose him to Louisville when they finally get sick of Petrino. That every clown in the SEC (Miss St., Ole Miss, Tennessee) thinks they can easily fill their opening with him.....it frankly pisses me off.

I don't know about a lot of you around here, but judging by Brohm's quotes about his car and how he needs to prove himself before upgrading his wheels tells me a lot about who he is, and who he isn't.

IMHO, I think Brohm is the kind of guy who is a true coach - someone who enjoys taking a group of kids with raw talent and molding them into a finely tuned team that performs well beyond the sum of their individual talents. Someone who values and prides himself on building something from scratch - and not just maintaining something he inherits.

Oh, I'm sure he would love to win national championships - like any competitive person. But I honestly do not think he would garner as much pleasure and pride simply taking over an elite program that already has an established pipeline of NFL-ready talent than he would in building his own program and developing his own pipeline. I really don't think he wants to be yet another winning coach among a tradition of winning coaches, forever to be compared to those who came before him. I think he wants to leave a mark, to be the first coach to take a program to a national championship - and to have done it himself.

For several years, I was a basketball coach of traveling teams for middle school/junior high kids. I was also the head of a school district's middle school/junior high intramural basketball programs. I can tell you without a doubt that while I have a fierce competitive nature - which hopefully was imparted to the kids I worked with - my greatest enjoyment was to witness the development of kids, with or without raw talent, blossom into hard working, team-oriented players who performed well above their original skill levels. If you have never spent any time working with kids, then you may not understand. But this is the type of person and coach I believe Jeff Brohm truly is.

And I honestly don't think he is going anywhere. Not this year, not ever - as long as Purdue compensates him and his staff fairly and continues the commitment they promised to him when he was hired.

If he was anything less than that, he would have bought the new car the day he signed his contract.

JMHOAU

 

[Cleanface]

Dumber thread.

 

[Purdue85]

Would you rather have a coach that nobody wants?
This is where MBob will earn his salary: Can he keep the $ flowing to the football program to compete with the top of the B10 and to keep JB and his staff happy?

IU and Tom Allen come to mind . . .

 

[nips18]

That we are going to have to hear Brohm's name mentioned when any P5 job comes open.

It's good that he is a great coach and has been a success. I think because of our name and lack of recent history though, every program thinks that he's going to be easy to poach.

They discount that we'll pay him close to $4mil this year with his incentives. They discount that we have a large assistant coaching salary pool. They discount the new commitment we have to football and our brand new facilities....with (Hopefully) a Ross-Ade renovation on the way.

Jeff Brohm is better than Tennessee and their fan base. Living here in the south, that to me is certain.

I have no illusion that Brohm is going to coach here forever. I understand that we can be a stepping stone to an elite, blue blood job or that we could very realistically lose him to Louisville when they finally get sick of Petrino. That every clown in the SEC (Miss St., Ole Miss, Tennessee) thinks they can easily fill their opening with him.....it frankly pisses me off.

It's great to have a wanted coach. Texas A&M tried or is trying to poach FSU so it happens everywhere.

 

[Summy1]

It's great to have a wanted coach. Texas A&M tried or is trying to poach FSU so it happens everywhere.

Not sure why you would leave FSU for Texas a&m?

 

[Purdue85]

Not sure why you would leave FSU for Texas a&m?

handwriting on a wall?

Anticipating your time is limited?

Extending your career?

 

[ahhculdee]

Not sure why you would leave FSU for Texas a&m?

Well he just had a down year at FAU and has done about all he can there. If they offer a huge contract, strike while the irons hot.