I'm glad we didn't go on the cheap again. Because that's exactly what the Walters hire was.Details of Barry Odom’s six-year, $39 million deal with Purdue has been revealed by the school.
Barry Odom's contract details revealed by Purdue
A "summary of key contract elements" has been released by Purdue, revealing details of new head coach Barry Odom's dealpurdue.rivals.com
No no no, I was specifically told how Purdue spends money wasn't an issue.
Based on what was said at the press conference, Odom said the AD and Purdue leadership was aligned with him. Last time we had different leadership. This is the first time Bobinski has almost apologetically said they will spare no expense. The commitment to the full $20.5m, no handcuffing with assistant pools, payout of Walters buyout plus $3m for odoms buyout, and this contract are good starts.
Well I was being sarcastic as I've said all along the only path to success was a seriously increased monetary commitment to both coaches and players, which is clearly the plan this time around. It was not last time.
The Walters hire was part that and part candidates knowing that Purdue wasn’t going to be offering big deals for players.
Let's certainly hope he earns it in year 1. Like IU's coach did.Details of Barry Odom’s six-year, $39 million deal with Purdue has been revealed by the school.
Barry Odom's contract details revealed by Purdue
A "summary of key contract elements" has been released by Purdue, revealing details of new head coach Barry Odom's deal
That will be tough depending on how much he has to spend to rebuild the roster.
Well, had IU not bellied up with NIL funds, I doubt Ciggy boy would have won as many this year as he did. If PU fails to pony up the money, it's going to be very tough on a newly rich coach because there's not a lot of players coming from UNLV.
Ponying up means me and you……not the next person. Not sure how I feel about this
Did IU belly up with NIL funds? Their recruiting classes (2024 and 2025) aren’t highly rated and most of their transfers followed their coach. Rourke was arguably their most impactful transfer and had offers from wake forest and byu.
Right now, I'm very skeptical and will take a wait and see for a year. His current cupboard is about as bare as they were in the dust bowl.
Was it though?
See how they do in the portal after a great season. If they get destroyed by ND that can bring them and possible transfers back to reality.
Did losing to a #16 seed bring our basketball recruiting ‘back to reality’?
So you’re aware that if someone didn’t get hurt in Brohm’s last year, he was about to get bought by a power program the same way Scourton did. If you know that, candidates know that. In the meantime everyone involved in Purdue was acting like it wasn’t real.
you don’t know that a good player In Brohm’s final year had whispers about transferring out, but he got hurt before the season ended? He was going to be the first Scourton
No. And don’t care.
Agreed. This is the hire that will define Mbobs legacy. He needs to make it work.
You said we could have had any g5 guy we wanted. With knowledge that one of our best players was about to be bought? While the AD also tried to act like NIL wasn’t going to be a thing?
It was one player. It’s far worse now and we got a top G5. I do think the AD would have paid a better rate to a better coach but they liked Walters and paid “going rate” for a guy with his resume.
