DH fourth on the list of the hottest of the hot seats for 2016
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I'd take coach #1 on the hot seat in a heartbeat. Kevin Sumlin to Purdue ASAP. What would Purdue be like with consecutive 8 win 5 loss seasons and .693 winning %?
Ya, I would be happy to give Sumlin a chance. He's a Purdue guy with a much more established record than DH2.
Still, my mind creeps back to another coach from the state of Texas who put up a .735 winning percentage with the Longhorns and three times finished in the top-5...
Still, my mind creeps back to another coach from the state of Texas who put up a .735 winning percentage with the Longhorns and three times finished in the top-5...
From the Oklahoma forum, Sumlin rumored to be in the sauce waaay before cocktail hour on some days as he walks the sidelines during practice sipping out of styrofoam cup. Also his wife comes off as Mrs. Head Coach and rubs some of those Aggie folks the wrong way.
But he's a great recruiter and that's what we need more than anything else. Sumlin would be the best gettable hire Purdue could make if he gets canned at A&M.
Sumlin can do shots with the cheerleaders after TDs as long as he's winning! And I can remember another beloved coach's wife who had a little too much say in things ("Be bold wear gold!"). Sign me up!
I'd stop watching. GT football is almost unwatchable. Johnson also went 3-9 last year after winning 11 the year before.
Johnson also ripped out AD a new one in the press after he left.
It's not happening...and thank god.
Amen brother. Nat100 has the air force and navy coaches in his top 3 candidates, and I just can't watch that type of football.
Leach is paid $2.75M a year and is a west coast guy. He appears to have finally hit his stride at WSU after a couple of rough years turning the program around. What do you think it would take to get him to Purdue?
If we are going to go that route and hire a guy who's an HR issue, why not go hire Briles? He'd be a good fit with his offensive system and has thrived in a geographic, recruiting and alumni support situation not unlike Purdue has.
I think it would be a slam dunk hire if we could keep him between the lines.
We need a "turbo boost" type hire to reverse the damage done by the Bozo Brothers. Briles and Sumlin would both fit the bill in my opinion.
Both have issues, but that's why they might be available. It's why the Vikings drafted randy moss at #16.
To have a shot at a turn around we either need a coach with exceptional ability (Meyer) or a coach that has a scheme that is dislocational (tiller). The spread is old news.
So with marginal talent and with no hopes of hiring an exceptional coach, which schemes are unseen in the big? Triple option is one of them
The spread isn't old news. BG used it to beat us last year pretty well. You just need a scheme and to master it. It doesn't have to be a run first scheme to be new and different.
Look at what Briles did at Baylor.......
Air Raid was new(ish) when he went to Baylor.
Youre right, it doesnt have to be the run, but it needs to be something Purdue can do, and do well. BG beating us isnt really a feat.
Discipline is more important than talent in that scheme, IMO.
Discipline is more important when FACING that scheme. You still need talent to run it. Really only the QB was the constant between 2014 (11 wins) and 2015 (3 wins). I think they replaced 3 OL and pretty much all of their skill players....and they looked it. Their D had fallen off too.
You don't want Paul Johnson here either. Crotchety. Unwilling to bend or change. Not the best playcaller (and he calls every damn play).
We'd be better off with the Navy guy....but even then....i'm not interested in watching that brand of football. I'd be 100% UGA from that second on out if we hired one of those guys.
It's more from an injury perspective. Triple option is tough on those two positions...
That "so called" QB legacy has been jettisoned with the last three years of the current coach.
I don't care about the legacy. Just win. Don't care what scheme we use.
Colletto and Akers jettisoned it too, and Tiller brought it back. It can happen again.
We have a hard enough time recruiting now-the triple option would make it even harder, especially for QBs, WRs, and OLs.
And it's not going to put as many butts in the seats as an exciting brand of offense.
I agree- my point is the next coach will need to throw it 50 times a game, not run it 50 times a game.
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So navy, air force, and even fcs teams using it are superior at recruiting then, since they are successful with it?
From those schools, it seems to be the exact opposite.
I guess it is subjective, but I doubt that many Purdue fans would boycott games if we started winning with a particular style of play.
I think of wiscy basketball.... the media, other fans, etc complain how boring their 'style' is, but their fans still seem to enjoy attending multiple final fours.
GA Tech isn't filling their stadium up with their own fans and they have won 14 games over the past 2 seasons. The fans are pretty ho-hum about the program....even coming off their BCS win 2 years ago.
Some of it is Johnson but some of it is the scheme. It's just not a great brand of football to watch, especially if you are a high level college football fan or a pro football fan. Not a lot of transferables. It's really a different game almost. That's why it catches opponents off guard and you might win some games you shouldn't. On the whole though, that stuff evens out and you end up losing to some less talented teams that have just prepared well.
No one who is currently attending games will stop going. Rather, I think we will get less folks who have stopped going to games to come back if we are playing a less exciting brand of football..
Anyone who was a student during the Tiller era is a bit spoiled by the high flying, high scoring style of those teams. Just my opinion
High level football fans? I would suspect it's the drive by fans that want to see the "long ball" that don't appreciate it.
Sumlin would give us instant cred. As stated in the past, I'm a big fan of Mike Leach. But I believe he signed a contract extension after last season. One thing about Leach, he wanted to go to a school where he can do a rebuild job not an established power.
