Compare ryan walters resume to chuck Martin's and tell me how we end up with walters. There's a long list of others but good grief. D2 head coach success....check, coordinator success at big time d1 program....check, goes to a d1 hc position and has success....check.
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I hate to be the one to say it but if Walters wasn't African American I don't this he gets hired.
There's a ton of options...there's a couple really good coaches with proven track records in the MAC. Walters wasn't the best candidate.
I don’t think he was the “best candidate” either. He was the quickest, easiest to get that fit the budget & clicked the boxes, however…
As many have stated, BOBO knew Brohm was going to leave. He just didn’t know the year. He should have been working the phones 2 years before Brohm left. He should have had a list of 5 potential candidates when Brohm left. I cannot believe Walters was on that list.
When Keady left there was a list of 3 coaches to replace him: Weber, Stallings and Painter. I have to believe Painter also has a list of replacements for when he retires.
Tiller had a list and Hope was on that list.
The decision to hire Walters was a hasty one and made basically because some other school had shown interest. It did not follow a logical selection process.
When Keady left there was a list of 3 coaches to replace him: Weber, Stallings and Painter. I have to believe Painter also has a list of replacements for when he retires.
Tiller had a list and Hope was on that list.
The decision to hire Walters was a hasty one and made basically because some other school had shown interest. It did not follow a logical selection process.
What proof is there that Purdue had no other viable options. That theory has been offered before with no proof or support....
Yeah, I remember Tiller doing what he could to make the Hope transition work, but he never seemed very excited about it, even in public commentary.
The formula that has worked at Purdue during the last 30 years or so is hiring a coach who has had experience running a program and has won consistently.
Colletto hadn't run a program in over a decade when he was hired, and at any rate he was something like 17-38 at Cal State-Fullerton. Hazell, through no fault of his own, didn't yet have the track record to warrant being hired.
Hope compiled a mediocre record at Purdue coming off of the Tiller years, but now looks like Bear Bryant compared to Hazell and Walters.
As others have suggested, if MBob was not walking around with a list of proven head coaches after the Brohm/Tennessee thing and Louisville constantly lurking, it was a dereliction of duty.
Any list with coaches who had demonstrated success running theory own programs would have had guys like Cignetti on it.
Bobinski went away from what works in West Lafayette and we are paying the price.
Colletto hadn't run a program in over a decade when he was hired, and at any rate he was something like 17-38 at Cal State-Fullerton. Hazell, through no fault of his own, didn't yet have the track record to warrant being hired.
Hope compiled a mediocre record at Purdue coming off of the Tiller years, but now looks like Bear Bryant compared to Hazell and Walters.
As others have suggested, if MBob was not walking around with a list of proven head coaches after the Brohm/Tennessee thing and Louisville constantly lurking, it was a dereliction of duty.
Any list with coaches who had demonstrated success running theory own programs would have had guys like Cignetti on it.
Bobinski went away from what works in West Lafayette and we are paying the price.
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There’s always going to be that elephant in the room as long as dei and any other hiring practices exist that choose less qualified people over others based on the color of their skin. Was that the case here? I don’t know but this was a pretty terrible hire when we could have gotten others with more experience. Also from what I understand, grimes, who had a big say in the hire, was some sort of diversity officer at Alabama.
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