What else is he going to say. He mentioned in his presser that the staff wasnt gelling and the fact that after the oc was fired the head coach had to call plays as an issue. Especially considering his background. I am no walters apologist but his staff was a problem. I dont know if was that he was too young and inexperienced to hire a competant staff, was screwed by the admin, or some combination but theres no way bobinski isnt at fault in this 10 million dollar mess as well.
Anyone hear how the new coach and team meeting went yesterday?
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It was obvious the way we were tackling. After the nd game i was convinced we were doing very little live contact stuff.
Again, i really think bobinski is at fault here. You get a young guy with 0 track record as a hc and even verry little as a dc and expect him to know going in vs learning on the job is going to be a problem. He cant assemble a decent staff due to lack of connections and probably has never even thought about an offensive philosopy or know someone whos actually implemeted it. Anyone watch the unlv ad presser this week. Hes only considering a current hc or a coordinator with hc experience. This is in the mountain west. This was a gamble hire with no support or vision of how it could even work. You can blame the coach for not being ready or the guy that hired him
And if you know the facts you know bobinski wasnt even on the search committee or the group that made the decision. Or that Walters was not his choice.
No the Buck stopped with the chairman of our board Berghoff who was on the committee that essentially overruled bobinski. That’s how the Buck works man it flows all the way to the top.
True, but the last coach where you were going to have a rough week if you made an error was tiller. I heard if you made a key mistake, costly penalty or even dropped a pass early in tillers tenure, it was like “nothing personal, but we will see you at 5 am all week.”
That matters.
Bobinski allowed the Walters mess to happen.
Let's hope that Odom can clean it up!
My football coach was deliberately on our ass every practice. 13-1 my Sr. Year......
1000%. This extreme probably doesn’t fly any more for multiple reasons but watching the product on the field for 24 games it’s hard to believe Walters instilled any type of discipline, fear or accountability into his players.
It’s a different era now though. All I really as for are 22 guys giving it their best and playing as a team.
Chris Clopton was my student during Tiller's first season. He mentioned in conversation that the week of practice after the Toledo loss was really brutal. One week later, they beat Notre Dame.
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If the ad had nothing to do with the hire im not sure why hes even needed.
I don't want to be the guy that kicks a coach on his way out, but the more that comes out on CRW, the more I feel he either was in over his head or was so focused on the glamor forgot to coach. Either way, I sense that is all going to change with CBO coming in.
It should be an exciting few months to see what can be done.
It should be an exciting few months to see what can be done.
I really think it was in over his head, and I think most of it was due to him not knowing how to put a staff together.
Yes. The coach has to build an effective staff and then get out of the way to let them work. Not sure that trust was ever there with Walters.
I do hate to lose his recruiting ability.
People still respond to strength to overcome adversity, this hasn’t changed. It’s whether or not the leader is willing to accept the consequences for when strength fails, and then have the awareness to change tactics. Failure to find balance is how you arrive at toxic and everyone realizes there are better places to be.
It clearly wasn't as his first year he tried hand over the reins on calling the D but then ended up having to take that back over and the D did improve when he did. The second year he had to do that with the offense, which as bad as it was, it was better than Harrell. So, you could see he was at least putting in work and does have a good football mind, he just didn't have a staff that could handle the duties, so he didn't have to commit all his time to one side of the ball.
The D was still bad when he was calling it last year. The O was not good while he called it this year.
I think if he’d have played Browne he probably would have won enough to keep his job. Glad he didn’t.
True but I never got the impression brohm guys felt like a costly mistake was going to have whatever consequences were allowed either. Far better accountability than OC Walters, but not like tiller
thanx , didn't know that, would have saved the program alot of embarrassment
I guess but you’re talking a good 10-12 years (or more) between the 2 playing meaningful football. Lots has changed with how kids want to be handled and disciplined.
I agree it’s not enough now but you also go to the other extreme then end up with some unchecked bullshit like they had at NW.
Kids today are thin skinned woosies that are showered with participation trophies. Grow a pair, admit mistakes and take your lumps.
This is what every generation says when they get old. Right after they raise those thin skinned wussies and shower them with participation trophies.
Like I said brohm was infinitely better than Walters but an example would be the nonsense with cornel jones. Changing times or not jones routine never would have flown in 1997. With coach or teammate
Yes, balance is the key. Not inflexible rules for the sake of having rules. But using your noggin' to address issues individually in a way best suited for the best possible results.
Having strict blanket rules isn't leadership, a robot can do that. Leadership is knowing your people and knowing how to get the best out of them, which will vary.
I still contend that next week should be a good week as pieces begin to fall into place with staff and players.
Let’s hope because this is starting to look like a repeat of two years ago…slow rollout on coaching staff, lots of uncertainty for players, biggest pieces of the roster leaving. It’s almost like BoBo doesn’t get the relevance of 24/7 media in this situation. Whoever in the AD thought Sunday morning announcements were a good idea, and then going radio silent for weeks on end should be fired. Recruits, transfers, agents, and parents are all getting their Purdue information the same way we are - and I’ve seen more coverage on how historically bad we were this season than what is happening to correct things. Odom looks like a solid hire, our AD looks lost - the same as last time.
