I think any of these players being mentioned would have played very well for Danny Hope. Danny Hope was a victim of the cost cutting by the AD and could not field a staff of assistants that fit the level of B10 coaches. His OC was actually pretty good and molded the offense around the abilities of the players. Improvements in the staff responsible for technique and fitness would have given them more flexibility leading to improvements in the running game. That would have helped Purdue close out games against big time programs like OSU and ND that were lost after having nice leads into the second half. That same flexibility could have applied to the defense as well and Purdue would have been in better bowl games. For those reasons, I always separate the Hazel years from the Hope years.