The Biggest Mistake Purdue Can Make Picking A New Coach!

[cantonman2]

The biggest mistake Purdue can make picking a new coach is having Bobinski involved! If he's involved the chance of getting someone as bad or even worse than Walters is almost a given! Purdue needs to form a committee minus the AD to make the selection!

 

[BBG]

 

[Gman544]

Um then he is no the AD. Might as well fire him.

 

[cantonman2]

Um then he is no the AD. Might as well fire him.

Just because you're the AD doesn't automatically qualify you to make great hiring decisions. And he certainly did a poor job picking Walters, so why would anyone think he would do better this time?

 

[FiveWeight]

I tend to agree. The last football coach selection process he led resulted in by far the worst outcome in school history. Nobody who had anything to do with the previous selection process should be in the same time zone when discussions and interviews occur.

 

[bonefish1]

Maybe Walters beyond belief failure puts the pressure on MBob to make sure this next hire is a homerun.

 

[Bippus33]

Maybe Walters beyond belief failure puts the pressure on MBob to make sure this next hire is a homerun.

Walters may not have been fired because of the loss to IU,but the hiring and success with Cignetti certainly placed a glaring light on Walters and the piss poor state of the Purdue Football Program...

 

[iubhounds]

IMO coaching hires and recruits are similar. You just never know how they are going to turn out.

 

[KentuckyBoiler]

He did well with the Brohm hiring. Yes, he swung and missed terribly with Walters. No doubt. However, he seemed to rush the hire to keep recruits and current players, which Brohm took anyway.

From the press conference today, it seems like they started making their list a few weeks back. I think we have a good chance to make up for the Walters hire, if they are determined to pay up to get someone that can make us successful. Time will tell.

 

[iubhounds]

He did well with the Brohm hiring. Yes, he swung and missed terribly with Walters. No doubt. However, he seemed to rush the hire to keep recruits and current players, which Brohm took anyway.

From the press conference today, it seems like they started making their list a few weeks back. I think we have a good chance to make up for the Walters hire, if they are determined to pay up to get someone that can make us successful. Time will tell.

I would guess the next Purdue would want $7M-$8M per year, a substantial salary pot for staff and a guaranteed top NIL pot of cash. Most ADs always have a list of names but at a minimum you would have thought he DEFINITELY had a list of potential coaching names weeks ago to hit the road running soon after he fired Walters.

 

[TC4THREE]

Don't downplay Grimes and her role in the Walters debacle. She should also be nowhere near this hire but she will be. Because she had the arduous job at Alabama to help their players go pro.

 

[TC4THREE]

I would guess the next Purdue would want $7M-$8M per year, a substantial salary pot for staff and a guaranteed top NIL pot of cash. Most ADs always have a list of names but at a minimum you would have thought he DEFINITELY had a list of potential coaching names weeks ago to hit the road running soon after he fired Walters.

He didn't want to fire Walters. He was forced to.

 

[PaBoiler78]

Maybe Walters beyond belief failure puts the pressure on MBob to make sure this next hire is a homerun.

Silverfield

 

[PaBoiler78]

He did well with the Brohm hiring. Yes, he swung and missed terribly with Walters. No doubt. However, he seemed to rush the hire to keep recruits and current players, which Brohm took anyway.

From the press conference today, it seems like they started making their list a few weeks back. I think we have a good chance to make up for the Walters hire, if they are determined to pay up to get someone that can make us successful. Time will tell.

he also has better candidates to choose from this time

 

[iubhounds]

He didn't want to fire Walters. He was forced to.

Ah, funny how that works. IU basketball situation is just the opposite. That might change how much of a list he had then. Timing and competition could make this an ugly situation. Some coach is going to have to leave their team headed to a bowl game if he accepts the job. Would you want a coach that is not in a bowl game this year?

 

[Woodsa]

No, I would not.

 

[TC4THREE]

Ah, funny how that works. IU basketball situation is just the opposite. That might change how much of a list he had then. Timing and competition could make this an ugly situation. Some coach is going to have to leave their team headed to a bowl game if he accepts the job. Would you want a coach that is not in a bowl game this year?

Dan Mullen would be one I would take but not sure if he's even interested in coaching at all, let alone at Purdue.

 

[Gman544]

Just because you're the AD doesn't automatically qualify you to make great hiring decisions. And he certainly did a poor job picking Walters, so why would anyone think he would do better this time?

I did not say that he was qualified. I said fire him or if he remains he is part of the team that reviews the candidates. You can’t have it both ways.

 

[Riveting]

IMO coaching hires and recruits are similar. You just never know how they are going to turn out.

Sort of like a box of chocolates.

Profound.

 

[Dreambig74]

Dan Mullen would be one I would take but not sure if he's even interested in coaching at all, let alone at Purdue.

You need to research his time at Florida.

 

[TC4THREE]

You need to research his time at Florida.

I've seen it

Did you by chance catch Purdue this year?

 

[awthomps]

I didn’t know Dan Mullen existed until he dropped on early lists to replace CRW, so a little internet search hit on Reddit thread that summed up what went down at Florida- I’m sure there is upside to him, but this summed up the bad:

He was neglecting critical aspects of the program before he started flirting with the NFL.
His issues were:

• unwillingness to fire his buddy assistants/coordinators who were underperforming, the worst example being Todd Grantham, but other assistants as well
• too much focus on seniority over quality with players
• overconfidence in his ability to make an elite offense out of any players
• the prior two bullets contributed to refusing to bench Feleipe Franks for Kyle Trask and refusing to bench Emory Jones for Anthony Richardson
• overall just a lack of top-down culture-building or development of team leaders
• laziest possible recruiting—barebones staff, no coordination with any boosters, no bag network, Mullen even had the recruiting coordinator texting croots from his number
• his recruiting classes were boosted in rank by questionable takes who failed to qualify, transferred, or flamed out
• generally having an abrasive and weird personality, which alienated media, administration, and boosters. Media were happy to portray him negatively and seize on his doofus comments (especially during Covid), and he hadn’t built up personal goodwill with the administration and boosters to give him a long leash
• in the 2021 season, he had visibly stopped caring or trying. You could see his lack of interest and focus on the sideline and in media appearances

Basically, all the off-field issues that were visibly building up in 2018, 2019, and 2020 but were papered over thanks to his overachieving on the field became extremely apparent in 2021. Especially in comparison to the type of program Kirby had built at Georgia, with a big staff, heavy recruiting focus, total booster and admin buy-in, etc etc. Mullen didn’t seem to put any effort toward building a program to compete for championships in modern college football.