Seems like it is easier to announce a Pope than Purdue is to announce a coach. Just my observation.
Does white smoke have to come out of Mollenkopf Athletic Center?
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Hat is off to you. You were more right than I was. My final point of this "process". If you hire a search firm that can talk to all the agents who talk directly with their coaches, you would think that this should have been over yesterday. Either $'s are an issue or said coach is waiting for a better suitor before signing. In either case, Purdue may be settling farther down the wish list that it wanted. With 6 weeks timeframe & a hired third party consultant, shame on President, AD, & BOTs, for letting this go into next week with clock ticking actively on staff and new recruits. That is bad news IMHO. Purdue is now behind in that arena as well and the other Universities of the "B1G" will use that against us in every home visit possible. Purdue squandered its opportunity. Good night everybody. I'll log back in tomorrow for another day of "we'll know more tomorrow".
My Christmas list might include hoodie sweatshirt a "W" for Badgers...I've never gone down that path, but my UW Alumni Brother-in-Law would be more than happy to buy that for me.
Miles, Sumlin or Fleck any others would start the downgrade process for those ready to turn this "Train" around.
We have plenty of options, even if we aren't our #1 guys #1 choice.
Even Spack, as an absolute panic hire would eventually put us in a better place.
We won't fall that far though.
Also, FYI...Miles at this point is out. Said he thinks he can do better. We'd only get him at this point if 10 days from now he has no job and we have nobody on the hook.
We don't want Miles though. He's a hard headed SOB and any talk about change is lip service. He had a $5mil job at LSU, was told to change and didn't. If he didn't do it then, why would he now for less money at a program that's not as good?
He's damaged goods at this point.
Even Spack, as an absolute panic hire would eventually put us in a better place.
We won't fall that far though.
Also, FYI...Miles at this point is out. Said he thinks he can do better. We'd only get him at this point if 10 days from now he has no job and we have nobody on the hook.
We don't want Miles though. He's a hard headed SOB and any talk about change is lip service. He had a $5mil job at LSU, was told to change and didn't. If he didn't do it then, why would he now for less money at a program that's not as good?
He's damaged goods at this point.
Will be interesting to see where Miles lands and who he takes as OC. If he's too ground and pound for Purdue you could certainly say the same for Baylor, Oregon, and Houston. Maybe UNC if the job opens up.
You are so right and have been all along. Kudos for having the common sense most here lack.
So you're so butt hurt about the timing of the hiring you are going to wear a Wisconsin hoodie?
Christ our fan base is dumb
Yeah I don't get the panic mode at all. Did MBob ever say we were hiring this weekend?
He'll be a late add somewhere after all the trams he thinks he should be at take a pass on him.
Few truly elite openings this year and potentially the 2 best (Texas and LSU) have already filled. Don't think ND opens unless Kelly gets a good offer elsewhere(and he shouldn't). Oregon is a potential landing place for Fleck, but who knows if he wants to head west. Probably the only job that's head and shoulders better than us still available.
Houston and Baylor aren't. Baylor's Post B12 P5 future is uncertain and Houston isn't even P5.
This is a good job for the right coach. Everything we have done since Bobinski was hired says things are looking up.
No, been waiting since Tiller era to see something worth a darn and it isn't happening. Waited another 6 weeks to visually see that Administration still has a thumb up their butt slow poking it and I'm very tired of it.
Call me dumb, but I'm ready to root for a winner. I'm not seeing that at my Alumni institution. On Wisconsin in a hurry if they blow this hire!
Purdue is a better job than Houston?
1. B10 is better than the American
2. Houston is in much better recruiting territory
3. Houston is a FB 1st school
4. Houston pays more
5. No idea on overall facilities
6. Houston has higher expectations....right now
7. Houston is a much easier city to recruit to than West Lafayette is
On the surface, Houston is the better job right now
1. B10 is better than the American
2. Houston is in much better recruiting territory
3. Houston is a FB 1st school
4. Houston pays more
5. No idea on overall facilities
6. Houston has higher expectations....right now
7. Houston is a much easier city to recruit to than West Lafayette is
On the surface, Houston is the better job right now
But look at the teams in the AAC: Navy, Tulsa, Memphis, Houston, SMU, Tulane, Temple, USF, UCF, Cinci, East Carolina, and Connecticut. Granted, most of those teams could beat Purdue today. But a up-and-coming coach would certainly want to coach against Big 10 opponents in a Power 5 conference as opposed to that AAC list.
I've been on the American Conference coaching band wagon as soon as Hazell was fired. Navy,Tulsa,Memphis,Temple,USF all have a coach that i think would be a huge upgrade and might even a better option than Fleck anyway.
Except given that it was a likely happening before the season even started and prompted the timing of the hiring of the AD, never mind that the official search could/should have started six weeks ago, being prepared to make an announcement yesterday would not be considered having done it quickly, never mind any sort of snap decision...and whatever is ultimately done, there are only a few fans left of the program at this point that will be happy or unhappy, as Purdue has alienated or turned off the vast majority of those that it had.
Not having made an announcement on the other hand only looks as if Purdue had not done its due diligence, is unprepared, and remains more or less a joke of a program...especially at the major level and relative to its counterparts.
That said, at least I have not heard Bobinski offer the ridiculous statement that his incompetent predecessor spewed many times about "ALWAYS having a short list of five candidates to work with".
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All of our top choices are out there. Too early to say this is a joke. Unrealistic expectation set by blogs
Miles may be damaged goods in your mind at this point, but the Purdue football program is beyond a damaged good...the mere fact that his name was ever associated with it is more likely pure fiction than any sort of reality...and Spack as any hire, panic or not, would be a lousy hire in every way.
To think that Purdue is in a position to "not want" Miles is not just laughable (and hysterically so at that), it is audacious to say the least. Les Miles would bring more credibility and knowledge, never mind attention, to Purdue football the moment he walked in the door than anybody has in at least a decade...and he could walk right back out a moment later and that would remain the case.
Miles is a net nothing for us.
We would recruit incredibly better. Great. We would have really good defenses. Awesome. We would then struggle to score, leading us to squander all the talent we have. But hey, we'd maybe win 5-6 games and go to a bowl 2-3 years from now while paying this clown more money than the last 3 coaches made in a year combined.
Sounds totally worth it!
The talk about his offensive renaissance is bullshit. He said the same things after LSU threatened to Can him last season and he didn't change a thing. Why would he change here?
First, for Purdue to have any chance at all to ever be remotely relevant again in the conference, never mind register nationally in any regard, they have to land someone that can recruit...as the roster in place is hands down the worst in the conference and not even good MAC material. Thus, the very fact that you point out that he would recruit incredibly better is more support for him than anything else.
Purdue's defense as it stands (and has been the case for almost a decade as well) is virtually non-existant...so, again...if indeed he made them even adequate on that side of the ball, never mind better than that, it is a huge win for Purdue.
It is all clown money at this point...and, because Purdue is SO bad and because it is perhaps the worst job in the conference, it unfortunately now has to pay more clown money than others would have to...the good news is that they have it to spend at least, as they have been so damn cheap for so long, and they are just raking in money from the BTN deal and bowl revenue and what not from everyone else in the conference that has a legitimate football program.
Is Miles the coach that he once was? Absolutely not, which is the only reason that there is any remote possibility of Purdue being able to get him...but, to act like he is not good enough for Purdue or anything along those lines is beyond laughable.
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