Recruiting takes a hit
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A symptom of a much larger problem.
Besides this kid never has seemed Purdue bound = no net loss.
Hazell and crew have close to zero chance of turning around this program, recruiting failure is a significant contributing factor.
The did land a beast of a wrestler in Shawn Streck from Merriville High School in the region. He's going to be two time state champion barring injury this season. He's one of the best in the country. From what I hear he is allowed to play football also. I've never seen him play but wrestlers tend to be very good o line and d line.
We are bound to lose a number of commits this year. This one should be no surprise to anyone.
Like another Pirate grappler, Dexter Larimore who went to a place called Ohio State.
Collin Miller was never coming here and that was evident by his Twitter. No mention of Purdue ever, but he sure likes to favorite anything that has to do with IU.
Rumor has it that neither Purdue nor IU are in the conversation. Miller going to take a hard look at Mississippi State among others.
Well he's been favoriting alot of Miss St tweets too. Haven't looked in the past month cause it was clear as day he wasn't Boiler bound. But the zero mention of Purdue since he "committed" showed me he'd never step foot on campus to play here.
Just looked at his Twitter just now, Nebraska seems to be his flavor of the month.
Actually, he said he "loved" everything about Nebraska back when Pelini was recruiting him. However, since Pelini was canned, there has been very little interest from the Riley staff.
Unfortunately, things will get worse before they ever get better. We have a losing team that is zero fun to watch in any aspect of the game. The stands are more and more empty each week, and our coaching staff is most likely done within the next couple of years. Now what reason would any recruit with other options come here?
No doubt. Hazell and staff are driving us deeper and deeper in the ground. You thought things were bad when Hope left, just wait.
I know Purdue is a dumpster fire right now,but is IU a place he would go to?If Wilson comes back next year,it will be his sixth year with a possibility of no Bowl games in five years,and a Big Ten record of 7 wins and 33 losses.Yes,the Hoosiers may win two out of their next three ,but I wouldn't bet on them beating Michigan or Maryland.I think they beat Purdue,but remember they blew a 25 point lead at Gloomington to Rutgers.But then,maybe IU has a different coach than Wilson next year. Who knows?
Most are 2* players so they might stay! It's not like Purdue is competing against the likes of ND, Michigan or OSU for recruits. Purdue is competing with the likes of Ball State, Indiana State for recruits.
Sadly this is true. Most of our recruits do not have another P-5 offer.
I understand the need to pile on, but 6/8 are 3* and half do have at least one other P5 offer.
This is a point worth repeating. As terrible as things are, I was at least mildly impressed with the quality of this class. It's not going to be ranked very high due to its small size, but we seemed to be getting some decent signees before the season started. The question is of course whether we can keep them. Losing Miller was probably happening regardless of how the season went. Let's not lose anyone else.
True. His top 5 list shows Cal, Syracuse (coach on hotseat), Kansas State (coach is 70+ years old), Georgia Tech, and Mississippi State.
I guess if you are happy with just making a bowl game and beating IU, a decent class is OK.
Mildly impressed is generous. Most of our 3 star recruits are low-end. Only one has any offers from P-5 level schools other than Illinois (and Illinois is the only other offer from 2).
If we had a class full of 3 stars like Shuman, then I'd agree with you.
And yes, our class is small - but that also means you should be able to be selective. Considering we have commits that we're their only P-5 offer is not impressive.
Yep engineering is our only good program. #reversiblejacketlogic
Mildly impressed with the fact that this would be DH's best class. Considering Illinois just hammered us at home, I'm thinking I'm OK taking a few of their recruits.
Saw on Twitter he decommitted. Can't remember who who tweeted it, but had a feeling it was coming.
Edit: Barton Simmons tweeted it from the 247 site.
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Be lucky if we get 1/2 the commits to stay and maybe lose a few that are on the team, if Hazell stays! Who wants to play for worse coach ever at Purdue. Gotta believe Hazell is gone, and the sooner its announced the better for everyone.
But what decent coach would want to coach Purdue?? Knowing that you will NEVER win the Big10?? I guess you can view the job as an "intership"?
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