a couple of data points to consider.
Both brohm and Allen arrived at the same year.
People keep saying the cupboard was bare for brohm, but his best year so far was using Hazell's left over players, so it couldn't have been that bare. Was the team Allen inherited better than what brohm inherited? I highly doubt it.
we all can talk about how brohm used Louisville to negotiate a new contract. But, I have to ask. Nobody is talking about Allen's contract. What is Allen making? Should brohm be making that much more than Allen?
let's talk about team progression. if records were identical, is it better to have the better record your first year or your last year? Allen appears to be getting better each year. Brohm appears to be getting worse.
and let's talk about the future. That's what Trump does. He's always talking about the future. You can't say what the future will be like when comparing people or teams. You have to look at past performance and the now. Who knows what either team is going to look like over the next 10 years. So don't use that to say we may be worse now, but we'll be greater in the future. Purdue got a commitment from a 2 star TE and lost a 3 star TE to Kentucky. Brohm had a chance to lure in Cronk. But he went elsewhere. brohm had a chance to lure in Northwestern's QB. Who is to say Brohm's recruiting will improve in the future? Not many of brohm's 4 star recruits have lived up to their hype. let's say i was expecting more.
Allen has taken a doormat team at IU, and made them a winner. Brohm has taken a doormat team at Purdue, and generated some early success, and has kind of stagnated.
We at purdue keep talking about injuries as reasons for losses.. IU has also had just as many injuries to their key players.
We at purdue keep talking about young players and inexperience. These are all players with the exception of about 5 that brohm recruited. the same is true for Allen. How many more years are we going to use the excuse our players are young and inexperienced? Players at Alabama and OSU don't stick around for 4 years.
I'm concerned about player development. It would appear that the players who came to Purdue had a higher floor than the ones who went to IU. But it appears, the IU players have developed more, and also faster.
as for filling up the stadium, that's about the fans, not the coaches. When comparing coaches, that should not be a comparison factor.
If you were to ask somebody with zero bias from either school for an opinion, and looking at two schools that were complete doormats 4 years ago, they would probably say Allen has done a lot better job with the talent he was given. and looking at their salaries, Allen has provided a lot more bang for the buck.
I don't really care how much brohm is being paid. The end result is not not much better than what Hope provided Purdue. Their overall record is about the same. and the number of players that went pro is also about the same.
On the other hand, Allen is being paid a lot less, and it appears IU may have their best coach in the past 4 decades.
It would be very interesting to see the responses if this question waut that is due somewhat because of injuries to key people s posed on the Rivals national site instead of Purdue's site. I believe some of you would be very disappointed to read other's viewpoints. I could just see the responses of fans from SEC or Pac 12 teams as to who is the better coach. Some of you get pretty defensive about your alma mater. At auburn, a coach going .500 his first two years would be fired. but at Purdue, he's given an extension and becomes one of the top 10 paid coaches in America . and for what? So Purdue can be mediocre? going 6-6 and to some bowl game nobody ever heard about is not really something to brag about, other than to Purdue alums who suffered under agasi.
