Two questions..
Did you want Appleby pulled?
If yes, and if Blough doesn't look good either, and if you've also ever defended Shoop or gone after Appleby instead, will this finally be enough?
After watching Virginia Tech, I've come to a few conclusions.
Shoop is awful. He's literally as bad as it gets. Like someone aptly pointed out.. he tried to make Henry a passer and Appleby a runner. I can only hope that Blough has convinced him that he's terrible at what he's good at, so that maybe Shoop dials that up.
Appleby probably would need his support to be as good as Orton's was in 03 to look competent to even above average against a team that can put the heat on like that... and we'll always face a few.
Hazell really was delusional enough to think that he could come in here and conduct himself as if he was in Columbus, and win. He's now, apparently, delusional enough to STILL think so.
Joe Tiller, with this exact team, pre secret retirement before his actual retirement, where he pretended to still be interested in coaching Purdue, but was mostly just daydreaming about fishing... with the staff he had, would have beaten Marshall, had the same result v. ISU, and probably lost in a game v. Virginia Tech where Purdue looked much more competent and went down swinging. And we'd be looking at a game where we would beat BGSU by taking the INITIATIVE.
And that's just it. I know it's a struggle going forward in this new world that is college football in 2015. You could almost watch Antonio Brown, know that he went to CMU and right there realize that it's not the same world and hasn't been for a while. Meaning, I don't know that there is this genius out there that will revolutionize Purdue football and bring us back to 2003 and rising.
What I do know is this. Interview five guys.. ask them "how will you win at Purdue? What is your attitude in terms of how risky and aggressive you will have to be to win here?"
If the answer is closer to "you will always have to win swinging and fighting at Purdue. You will never get to sit back and let the game come to you. You will never recruit the players that allow you to do that. Joe Tiller didn't and you never will"
you move on to the rest of the interview...
if it's anything else, give them a set of steak knives and wish them a good day
Did you want Appleby pulled?
If yes, and if Blough doesn't look good either, and if you've also ever defended Shoop or gone after Appleby instead, will this finally be enough?
After watching Virginia Tech, I've come to a few conclusions.
Shoop is awful. He's literally as bad as it gets. Like someone aptly pointed out.. he tried to make Henry a passer and Appleby a runner. I can only hope that Blough has convinced him that he's terrible at what he's good at, so that maybe Shoop dials that up.
Appleby probably would need his support to be as good as Orton's was in 03 to look competent to even above average against a team that can put the heat on like that... and we'll always face a few.
Hazell really was delusional enough to think that he could come in here and conduct himself as if he was in Columbus, and win. He's now, apparently, delusional enough to STILL think so.
Joe Tiller, with this exact team, pre secret retirement before his actual retirement, where he pretended to still be interested in coaching Purdue, but was mostly just daydreaming about fishing... with the staff he had, would have beaten Marshall, had the same result v. ISU, and probably lost in a game v. Virginia Tech where Purdue looked much more competent and went down swinging. And we'd be looking at a game where we would beat BGSU by taking the INITIATIVE.
And that's just it. I know it's a struggle going forward in this new world that is college football in 2015. You could almost watch Antonio Brown, know that he went to CMU and right there realize that it's not the same world and hasn't been for a while. Meaning, I don't know that there is this genius out there that will revolutionize Purdue football and bring us back to 2003 and rising.
What I do know is this. Interview five guys.. ask them "how will you win at Purdue? What is your attitude in terms of how risky and aggressive you will have to be to win here?"
If the answer is closer to "you will always have to win swinging and fighting at Purdue. You will never get to sit back and let the game come to you. You will never recruit the players that allow you to do that. Joe Tiller didn't and you never will"
you move on to the rest of the interview...
if it's anything else, give them a set of steak knives and wish them a good day
