Who is Candy ?
My opinion is that for a school like Purdue that has faced such a long drought of success, and we're not really that great of a team, we need a cream puff schedule to build upon and up our record until we can start recruiting and fielding a better team.
at the end of the day, winning sells tickets and also attract recruits. if we lose to Missouri, which is highly likely, all the buzz from last year will have worn off as we start the year 0-3. . I hate to say it, but nobody is a fan of a 5-7 or 4-8 team. and yo u can be t if we lose next week, this board will be overloaded with negative posts. and then there wil l be the arguments from people trying to defend the program.
and once the buzz has worn off, you'll quickly see the fans and recruits looking elsewhere. At this point, no recruits are signed. We just have verbals. And we have some elite recruits who are watching us, but haven't committed. if we continue to lose, we will no doubt lose some of our current verbals, and those other recruits who are currently considering us will also soon lose interest and sign elsewhere.
To keep our current recruits and attract other elite recruits, we need to WIN. it doesn't matter against who. if we don't win, we don't go to bowl games. and no bowl games equals fewer fans and fewer elite recruits. it's a downward spiral. Why was Hazell fired? Loss of Revenue !!! and what produces revenue? WINNING !
it doesn't matter against who. People don't come to games to watch a quality opponent play. A 7-6 or 8-5 record against creampuffs is what people want. a 4-8 record against tough competition doesn't sell tickets. No Purdue fan wants to come to a Purdue game just to watch Penn St or OSU or Notre Dame. they come to see Purdue WIN !!!
