this is the guy we should go after. Currently 8 - 1 and soon to be 9 - 1 . Coaches at a tough place to recruit has an explosive O . Their Soph QB John Mateer from Texas is really good. He has 3 TD's and 270 passing in the 1st half. Dickert is a Wisconsin native so maybe he'll want to come back to the midwest
Jake Dickert HC Wash St
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I loved Leach when he was at WSU & I would take a serious look at Dickert.
For those that think it’s tough to recruit at Purdue - try recruiting to Pullman WA.
Heck, try to find it on a map!
For those that think it’s tough to recruit at Purdue - try recruiting to Pullman WA.
Heck, try to find it on a map!
They lost to New Mexico yesterday. Who has he beat? He’s played 1 good team and lost by 21. Washington state plays in basically the mac now. Last year he was 2-7 when he was in the pac. He rose to fame as he was next man up after they fired the rest of the staff for refusing to follow covid protocol. If we are going to poach a proven head coach I’d rather pony up and get Klieman, Campbell, or even Narduzzi. If indiana can afford $9m a year plus Tom Allen’s buyout then we sure can too.
pass on Narduzzi, speaking of New Mexico they are coached by Bronco Mendenhall the other guy in my top 3. It's his first year at a moribound program and got them to 5 wins w/ one game to game. He signed a 5 yr 6 Mil contract so he'd be doable. He had a great record at BYU and did a good job at UVA, he's a tough coach and would get rid of the softness surrounding our program
He retired from coaching once out of the blue. There are people criticizing bobo for hiring someone who clearly wanted to go to Louisville. Hiring someone who just abruptly retired once doesn’t seem sustainable
nothing wrong w/ taking time off to reboot one's career, Locksley coached there and was 2 -26 and got a job at Maryland. It's Bronco's first year there ( a pathetic program) and got them at 5 -6 so far, this is the kind of coach we need
Both of these guys have a defensive background...rhett Lashley smu head coach has been an oc and qb coach...dream big lol
This would be awesome. He’s never been north of Arkansas his home but yes let’s dream big and money talks!
He makes $2.4 mill
Purdue should be able to triple that easy.
I would think if Walters was going to be fired, it would have happened already. He’s about to lose another recruit and yet, there are not even any rumors of him leaving.
I have to believe he will remain until the season ends. I also have to believe Purdue will wait until the NIL. Ruling is finalized. If you are Purdue and forced to compensate previous athletes, it may be hard. To find the money to buy out Walters.
I see a lot of posts that say if IU can spend so much money, so can Purdue. People tend to forget Purdue was spending a lot of money on facility upgrade projects. Purdue could be cash strapped.
I have to believe he will remain until the season ends. I also have to believe Purdue will wait until the NIL. Ruling is finalized. If you are Purdue and forced to compensate previous athletes, it may be hard. To find the money to buy out Walters.
I see a lot of posts that say if IU can spend so much money, so can Purdue. People tend to forget Purdue was spending a lot of money on facility upgrade projects. Purdue could be cash strapped.
What about the last Wazzu coach who got fired for not getting the Covid shot ?
I dont mind a defensive coach that has a clear understanding of what his offense is and what everyone is supposed to be doing.
Interesting. Nick Rolovich is his name. Seems like a guy that knows how to put up points. Coached at HI before WSU. Did diekert just continue to use the same offense?
the guy went 99 - 43 at BYU in 11 seasons including 5 10 win seasons, 11 straight bowl appearances, 7 top 25's. Currently has a 140 - 87 career record , yea he's a proven defensive minded coach but now at N Mex the team ranks #5 in the country in rushing and #7 in total Offense.. He demands toughness out of his players and w/ a coach like him you wouldn't have the garbage we saw this past saturday w/ opposing players running around untouched. Actually the more I read about him , I'd put him along w/ Silverfield above Dickert
Then you’re always one bad OC hire away from sucking. I’d rather have an offensive guy.
That’s fine but when he retires in 3 years and Campbell and Klieman are killing it for a whole nother generation will you feel the same?
Same reason I wouldn’t hire a 68 ‘em year old basketball coach or give a 63 year old wirh 1 win against a winning team an 8 year extension.
Mendenhall is currently 58, that's not really old, by the way I like the 2 you named but don't think Campbell would come here.
Kleiman is only 1 year younger than Mendenhall.
And I just want the best coach we can get for 2025. We can worry about 2035 later.
It’s not his age, Mendenhall retired once out of the blue and just felt like it was time to move on.
I know the new B1G TV money is big but also supports all of the other teams. Still with $70M ?? per year, paying a football coach shouldn't be much of a problem using just tv money.
Wazzu is an interesting situation. I live in Indiana now but I lived in Washington for 10 years and made numerous trips over to Pullman for the Apple Cup with UDub. They have always had a little "IU blood" in them. They would have a great season or two but could not maintain their success after coaching changes. IE: Rose Bowl with Ryan Leaf at QB.
Recruiting has to be harder than hell there because there is just not anything there that a young 20 year old would like to do. Most of their players come from California, so they get good talent at times but not enough good talent to be competitive agains the old Pac12 teams.
I have watched their games since Covid when they fired their HC for not taking the shot ... One concern I would have hiring that coach, the only time he coached east of the Mississippi River was at SouthEAST Missouri State. If you count his 2021 interim year as HC, this is only his 4th year of HC experience. And he has a 19-17 record as head coach.
June Jones disciple. Was running a run and shoot at Hawaii. If he wins his lawsuit against Wazzu, maybe we can get him for cheap.
This guy would probably be towards the bottom of my list right now. Been out of college head coaching for a few years now and would need to put a staff together. Probably could have gotten him a couple of years ago, not sure if he was an option then though.
Agree. And yet, would still be a huge upgrade over Coach Falters…
