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100% agree with looking into him but would he be interested in the job if we did end up wanting him?
 
If Briles is willing to go to Purdue, hire him immediately. Purdue would have one of the three best coaches in the B1G imo.
 
Summy1 said:
Why did he get let go?
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Uh, because of a giant sexual assault/rape scandal you may have heard of? He also recruited players with known issues like this - like we haven't seen this play out before with any former 5 star recruits....

And has since gone on an apology tour saying "oh sorry you were victimized" - since he's allergic to the words sexual assasult/rape.

He's basically scum trying to say sorry now so he can get another job.
 
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The problem with the Briles situation is there is so much more opinion out there than fact. It's hard to win that PR battle even if the guy was simply scapegoated.

Personally, I'm a believer in second chances and innocent until proven guilty, so unless there is evidence he covered up a crime I can't have strong feelings one way or another. A football coach is not the one admitting students to the school nor should he be expected to actively police the personal lives of 85 young adults.

Considering his age and that any other interested program would also be facing the same PR nightmare, I think his stock as a head coaching candidate is actually pretty low. If he badly wants to get back into coaching I wonder if he would take a position as an assistant/advisor if someone hired his son Kendal as head coach. Kendall alone is probably too inexperienced to be a top candidate, but with a few years of daddy's coaching guidance..
 
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FirstDownB said:
The problem with the Briles situation is there is so much more opinion out there than fact. It's hard to win that PR battle even if the guy was simply scapegoated.

Personally, I'm a believer in second chances and innocent until proven guilty, so unless there is evidence he covered up a crime I can't have strong feelings one way or another. A football coach is not the one admitting students to the school nor should he be expected to actively police the personal lives of 85 young adults.

Considering his age and that any other interested program would also be facing the same PR nightmare, I think his stock as a head coaching candidate is actually pretty low. If he badly wants to get back into coaching I wonder if he would take a position as an assistant/advisor if someone hired his son Kendal as head coach. Kendall alone is probably too inexperienced to be a top candidate, but with a few years of daddy's coaching guidance..
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It's because it's a private school. If it was a public school, we'd have everything there is to know.

If you don't think he did anything wrong with what IS known though...yeesh.
 
lbodel said:
It's because it's a private school. If it was a public school, we'd have everything there is to know.

If you don't think he did anything wrong with what IS known though...yeesh.
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Bingo. The truth is somewhere in the middle.

That being said, I'd take him.
 
lbodel said:
It's because it's a private school. If it was a public school, we'd have everything there is to know.

If you don't think he did anything wrong with what IS known though...yeesh.
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I haven't followed the story... what proof of wrongdoing is known so far?
 
We don't need Briles, but I do think we need to hire one of his former OC's. Tulsa head coach Philip Montgomery (former Baylor OC) has quickly turned that program around in 2 years. I think he needs to be a serious candidate. It would be a much less risky hire to run that system...and of course you don't need the PR risk of hiring Briles.
I want a Briles disciple . We would be very competitive in the BIG10 west by year 2 in my opinion, even if we aren't as talented as IOWA or Nebraska.
 
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New Pal Boiler said:
I haven't followed the story... what proof of wrongdoing is known so far?
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The problem I have is I've tried to follow the story and read many articles, but there just isn't a whole lot of specifics out there.
Most people have formed their opinion based on 4 things:
(1) He was fired (along w/ the AD) in association in response to a sexual abuse scandal involving Baylor players
(2) He recruited some players with checkered past (who were then admitted to Baylor University by their admissions office)
(3) There was a systematic poor handling within the athletic department of sexual abuse allegations involving football players (similar to what's been going on at Notre Dame where they simply issue statements telling people to go to the cops and the whole thing blows over)
(4) He has been somewhat inconsistent with the amount of responsibility he has taken for the issues. To me he comes across as the old school coach who says I'm here to coach football, don't bother me with all the off the field stuff. Perhaps he has been advised to accept some responsibility just to bring a swifter end to the negative press. Who knows.

IMO simply too much bad PR to hire him as head coach. But as an assistant or advisor? Maybe.
 
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lbodel said:
It's because it's a private school. If it was a public school, we'd have everything there is to know.

If you don't think he did anything wrong with what IS known though...yeesh.
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I don't think most of us have followed it THAT closely to know everything there is to know. I know I haven't which is why I won't make a statement one way or the other regarding him.
 
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I like what he did at Baylor. PU would be a similar situation and he probably has a nice recruiting pipeline in TX.
 
Boiler1313 said:
What if Purdue made it clear with very strict guidelines, and conditions? The guy can coach, that's not the question.
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Just as a fun fact, Art Briles is just slightly younger than Les Miles (who's been labeled as too out of touch, too old for a new program, etc.).
 
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lbodel said:
Just as a fun fact, Art Briles is just slightly younger than Les Miles (who's been labeled as too out of touch, too old for a new program, etc.).
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Except Briles doesn't run an out of touch offense. There are factors that make Miles a bad fit outside of his age...like the fact he out recruits every team on his schedule but Alabama but lately can't beat the teams he out recruits.
 
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Please read the article regarding Baylor's sexual assault problems under Bri,especially in yesterday's WSJ. I'll give up 50+ years as a Boiler FB Fan if he gets the job.
 
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Except Briles doesn't run an out of touch offense. There are factors that make Miles a bad fit outside of his age...like the fact he out recruits every team on his schedule but Alabama but lately can't beat the teams he out recruits.
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What does that have to do with it? LSU's defense was a helluva lot better than Baylor's. And Baylor's offense was a helluva lot better than LSU. I don't think the saying is offense wins championships...hehe.

I don't think either candidate is the answer for Purdue.
 
SIBoiler2 said:
Please read the article regarding Baylor's sexual assault problems under Bri,especially in yesterday's WSJ. I'll give up 50+ years as a Boiler FB Fan if he gets the job.
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Yet people still defend him.
 
lbodel said:
Yet people still defend him.
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There's a difference between defending him and admitting you don't know all the fact to condemn the man. I don't know all the facts about the Baylor situation but I do know how people can get caught up in PC BS. If that's what has happened here, then hopefully he gets another chance somewhere, If he's more involved than that, then hopefully he doesn't get that chance, at least with Purdue. I just don't feel it necessary that I know all the details to try to make the call myself. I'm sure there is ample information out there for those making the decision.
 
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TC4THREE said:
There's a difference between defending him and admitting you don't know all the fact to condemn the man. I don't know all the facts about the Baylor situation but I do know how people can get caught up in PC BS. If that's what has happened here, then hopefully he gets another chance somewhere, If he's more involved than that, then hopefully he doesn't get that chance, at least with Purdue. I just don't feel it necessary that I know all the details to try to make the call myself. I'm sure there is ample information out there for those making the decision.
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It was pretty clear prior to the last couple weeks that he was not exactly an admirable person. There was plenty of information that he was not acting appropriately - not to mention how he handled the situation as it played out (leveraging a victim to finish his settlement, saying he did not hing wrong then going on an apology tour, etc.). It had all the signs of a problem, whether you knew every single detail or not.
 
lbodel said:
It was pretty clear prior to the last couple weeks that he was not exactly an admirable person. There was plenty of information that he was not acting appropriately - not to mention how he handled the situation as it played out (leveraging a victim to finish his settlement, saying he did not hing wrong then going on an apology tour, etc.). It had all the signs of a problem, whether you knew every single detail or not.
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Maybe it was pretty clear if you've been following the story at all which I have not beyond headlines. Clearly you have devoted far more time to reading up on it than I have.
 
FirstDownB said:
The problem with the Briles situation is there is so much more opinion out there than fact. It's hard to win that PR battle even if the guy was simply scapegoated.

Personally, I'm a believer in second chances and innocent until proven guilty, so unless there is evidence he covered up a crime I can't have strong feelings one way or another. A football coach is not the one admitting students to the school nor should he be expected to actively police the personal lives of 85 young adults.

Considering his age and that any other interested program would also be facing the same PR nightmare, I think his stock as a head coaching candidate is actually pretty low. If he badly wants to get back into coaching I wonder if he would take a position as an assistant/advisor if someone hired his son Kendal as head coach. Kendall alone is probably too inexperienced to be a top candidate, but with a few years of daddy's coaching guidance..
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That is what Paterno said.
 
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