I've lived the majority of my life outside the state of indiana. the only time i really lived in indiana is when i attended purdue. I have spent the majority of my life living in Wisconsin, Ohio, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas, Illinios, and California. My daily conversations are with the people I live near, not my school alumni.
for the past 10+ years, I've argued ad nauseum with purdue fans about their recruiting clases. you think the classes and your coaches are awesome because that's all you've ever known. and you compare them to previous Purdue classes. I've tried to say stop comparing this year's class with the past. Compare it to your competition. if you want to beat your competition, you must first beat them in the off season which means recruiting.
When it comes to recruiting I take a nationalistic approach. those nationalistic web sites all seem to like the recruiting classes of michigan, alabama, and OSU. and for the most part with a couple of exceptions, those teams with top 20 rated recruiting classes tend to end up being ranked in the top 20. talented teams tend to win.
people here are all excited Purdue won the western side of the BIG 10 this year as if it's an awesome accomplishment. it is for purdue. but in doing so, purdue still fininshed 8-6, was demolished in a bowl game and was never once in the top 25 all year. ten years from now will people still be talking about this awesome season? Nobody other than boilermakers will be.
my posts have been aimed at trying to educate you as fans that Purdue's recruiting is nowhere close to where it needs to be if you want to build a consistent 8-10 win top 25 team. take some time. look at the recruiting classes of other top 25 teams, and then look at the caliber of players Purdue recruits. yes, most of the purdue players had offers from other power 5 teams. But are teams like OSU upset with the players purdue signed?
Every decade Purdue gets a player like GK. But OSU gets 10+ players every single year as good or better than GK. Purdue beat OSU on a very emotional day when they honored a dying fan. will Purdue ever beat OSU again? maybe. But they will never be favored to win.
my posts during the hazell era pointed to his recruiting targets which most often only had offers from ivy league and mac schools. my posts were about you are never going to beat the big boys unless you compete with the big boys for the same players. rather than recrjuiting players you can sign easily, go after the players that can make a difference and make the big boys upset you stole their recruits.
Living in Ohio, i can tell you waht OSU fans think of purdue's football recruitng class. But you don't want to hear their opinion. all you want to hear is happy news and rah rah posts. you don't like outsider or objective opinions. you want opinions to back up your own beliefs.
You are quick to belittle national recruiting services as being inaccurate except when it's a purdue recruit that received a high rating. if that national service gave a purdue recruit a 4 star rating, it must be spot on. you can't have it both ways. either it's accurate or its not.
I'm tired of arguing wih you. I'm tired of being called names. I'm tired of being misquoted. I'm tired of being right. I'm tired of telling you this team is not as good as you think it is. Some of you think it's a great achievement beating IU. wasn't IU just named the worst team in college football history?
you talk about me seeking attention. isn't that the same as yourself constantly posting about Purdue? to build your own following and cred? why do you feel the need to have 25,000 posts about purdue football ? so that others will bow down to you? why do you feel the need to share a person's personal twitter and also what the national sites have to say about a player? We all can cut and paste.
you love your team. You have your dreams. I will never change them.
however, you must understand there are many Purdue alumni who believe the academics and degree are much more meningful than any football accomplishment. those people don't waste their time posting here. Good bye.
for the past 10+ years, I've argued ad nauseum with purdue fans about their recruiting clases. you think the classes and your coaches are awesome because that's all you've ever known. and you compare them to previous Purdue classes. I've tried to say stop comparing this year's class with the past. Compare it to your competition. if you want to beat your competition, you must first beat them in the off season which means recruiting.
When it comes to recruiting I take a nationalistic approach. those nationalistic web sites all seem to like the recruiting classes of michigan, alabama, and OSU. and for the most part with a couple of exceptions, those teams with top 20 rated recruiting classes tend to end up being ranked in the top 20. talented teams tend to win.
people here are all excited Purdue won the western side of the BIG 10 this year as if it's an awesome accomplishment. it is for purdue. but in doing so, purdue still fininshed 8-6, was demolished in a bowl game and was never once in the top 25 all year. ten years from now will people still be talking about this awesome season? Nobody other than boilermakers will be.
my posts have been aimed at trying to educate you as fans that Purdue's recruiting is nowhere close to where it needs to be if you want to build a consistent 8-10 win top 25 team. take some time. look at the recruiting classes of other top 25 teams, and then look at the caliber of players Purdue recruits. yes, most of the purdue players had offers from other power 5 teams. But are teams like OSU upset with the players purdue signed?
Every decade Purdue gets a player like GK. But OSU gets 10+ players every single year as good or better than GK. Purdue beat OSU on a very emotional day when they honored a dying fan. will Purdue ever beat OSU again? maybe. But they will never be favored to win.
my posts during the hazell era pointed to his recruiting targets which most often only had offers from ivy league and mac schools. my posts were about you are never going to beat the big boys unless you compete with the big boys for the same players. rather than recrjuiting players you can sign easily, go after the players that can make a difference and make the big boys upset you stole their recruits.
Living in Ohio, i can tell you waht OSU fans think of purdue's football recruitng class. But you don't want to hear their opinion. all you want to hear is happy news and rah rah posts. you don't like outsider or objective opinions. you want opinions to back up your own beliefs.
You are quick to belittle national recruiting services as being inaccurate except when it's a purdue recruit that received a high rating. if that national service gave a purdue recruit a 4 star rating, it must be spot on. you can't have it both ways. either it's accurate or its not.
I'm tired of arguing wih you. I'm tired of being called names. I'm tired of being misquoted. I'm tired of being right. I'm tired of telling you this team is not as good as you think it is. Some of you think it's a great achievement beating IU. wasn't IU just named the worst team in college football history?
you talk about me seeking attention. isn't that the same as yourself constantly posting about Purdue? to build your own following and cred? why do you feel the need to have 25,000 posts about purdue football ? so that others will bow down to you? why do you feel the need to share a person's personal twitter and also what the national sites have to say about a player? We all can cut and paste.
you love your team. You have your dreams. I will never change them.
however, you must understand there are many Purdue alumni who believe the academics and degree are much more meningful than any football accomplishment. those people don't waste their time posting here. Good bye.