I like Brohm. He's moving things in the right direction. But the one thing he can't seem to do is admit that maybe his coaching/play calls was the cause of not finishing that game. I don't think he can sit there and blame the running game or blame the defense for pass interference. You just failed to call running plays when you should have called running plays. It's just that simple. Don't blame the team. Look inward and fix it.
Even Tom D had it in his article: "Brohm's squad didn't even make a strong effort to run, calling one rush over the two aforementioned drives (4-yard gain by King Doerue.) So, 12 plays, 11 passes, one run ... and a loss."
Brohm's quotes:
"Well, I feel comfortable definitely with the short-passing game," said Brohm. "You know, at the time, they were committed to loading the box and pressing us across the board, so it's hard to get a whole lot of quick-passing game in when they were doing that because we tried that and they were draped on us; whether it was pass interference or not, we didn't get any calls."
"I think for the first three quarters, we had some balance and we were able to pop some runs in there," said Brohm. "The fourth quarter, we had a drive before we got the ball at six minutes left where we called two runs and it was third and six. And then we didn't complete the pass and that was a stop."
Even Tom D had it in his article: "Brohm's squad didn't even make a strong effort to run, calling one rush over the two aforementioned drives (4-yard gain by King Doerue.) So, 12 plays, 11 passes, one run ... and a loss."
Brohm's quotes:
"Well, I feel comfortable definitely with the short-passing game," said Brohm. "You know, at the time, they were committed to loading the box and pressing us across the board, so it's hard to get a whole lot of quick-passing game in when they were doing that because we tried that and they were draped on us; whether it was pass interference or not, we didn't get any calls."
"I think for the first three quarters, we had some balance and we were able to pop some runs in there," said Brohm. "The fourth quarter, we had a drive before we got the ball at six minutes left where we called two runs and it was third and six. And then we didn't complete the pass and that was a stop."
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Purdue has plenty to work on this week as it preps for Indiana State, including how to protect a lead with a run game
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