this is brohm's 4th year . he recruited players like Beach before his first season started. if he had given the offensive line the same attention he gave his receivers, we would be looking at an experienced offensive line with players with 3-4 years of experience. Where are Stickford, Smart, Beeach, Washington, Jackson and Garvin today ? They were all brohm recruits. That's 6 offensive linemen who all should be in their 4th year at Purdue. and they were ALL recruited by Brohm, not Hazell.
I'm going to say this as clearly as i can. In brohm's first year and his first class, less than 5 players from that class committed while Hazell was here. the remainder of that class was recruited and signed by Brohm. he brought in players he was recruiting while at WKU, , jucos, and grad tansfers. many of them actually had previous offers from purdue. But they were all recruited by brohm. I cannot repeat how many people thought beach and the rest of his recruits would be awesome. At the time the class signed, all i read was praise for these guys.
of that 2017 class, hazell's commitments were Sipe, Alstott, Mackey. All the rest were Brohm's including Hamilton, Wright, Zico and Barnes.
the following year, Brohm recruited Mckenna, Bramel, Miller, and a great offensive line player (Allen)who never made it to Purdue. and rather than replacing him with another offensive lineman, he signed somebody to a different position. This should be their third year at Purdue!
Brohm kept replacing experienced mediocre players with young recruits. and then complains our line is too young and inexperienced. Those old mediocre players of Hazell were actually pretty good for brohm in his first year. looking back purdue could have 10 offensive linemen with 3+ years at purdue. but all i ever hear is how young and inexperienced our line is.
