you talk about brohm's recruiting. How many more years does a coach need to build depth? Coaches usually are never given 7-10 years to build depth. it's expected to happen within 3-4 years. We added a lot of players via grad transfer and portal transdfers this yea r that were supposed to have experience to provide depth. I sometimes get annoyed at people saying we need to wait a few more years.
brohm arrived the same year allen and fleck arrived. You can no longer credit or blame his predecessor or their predecessor for where each program is. All of the players and coaches on each team are the ones each coach wanted on their teams.
it appears Carr is the second coming of eastern. it appears we dodged a bullet. he had another 0 catch day.
Our oline is as bad today as it was when i started complaining about it 7 years ago. You'd think by now there would either be improvement, or a different philosophy in either blocking schemes, development, recruiting or coaching.
I mentioned this a couple years ago, in that high school players already do a lot of strength and conditioning. Today's football players don't really add much strength by red shirting or muscle. What you see is close to what they are going to be. You can't really expect an 18 year old to gain 50 pounds and grow from 250 to 300 pounds by redshirting and doing strength and conditioning. if you want a 300 pound lineman, you must recruit one. And brohm is starting to realize this in his past two recruiting classes. Look at hartwig. he didn't redshirt. We need to find more players like him who are ready to contribute from day 1. And i'm tired of people saying, well the y redshirt people at alabama and OSU. I guarantee if those same recruits came to Purdue, they would start from day 1. it's time we made getting 4-5 star o lineman our priority. Look at USC. their QBs looked awesome because their line gave them all day to throw.
the other potential fix action for our O'line could be changing our blocking schemes. I'm not exactly sure what type we have employed. but it obviously hasn't worked for the past 7+ years. I heard a zone blocking scheme is great for passing attacks. gree n bay used it. f our offense is going to be passing oriented, I believe what purdue needs is a blocking scheme that is geared toward protecting the passer. let the passing game set up our running attack.
As for brohm, the only thing i don't like is the salary he's being paid. if we're going to be a losing team, we could have kept hope at 1/10th the cost. if we hadn't fired hope, would our record be any different over the past 7 years? I doubt it highly. Hope took us to 2 bowl games too.
I wasn't a les miles fan, but i'm also tired of people rubbing it in. TCT4HREE< who did you want? I doubt it was anybody better. 99% of you are quick to critisize somebody for offering an opinion, but only about 1% of yo u were brave enough to offer your own opinion at the time. Every time i ask this question, all i hear are dead cricket silence. the vast majority of you were not brave enough to stick your neck out and suggest anybody. The majority of this board only said they liked brohm after he was hired, not before.
When i look at brohm, and firing him, i ask bluntly, do yo u have somebody in mind who you believe is actually better? and the answer is those same dead crickets again. if you want to intiate a subject, rather than just complaining, you need to include a name and solution. Purdue played a great game today. Most intelligent people predicted we would lose. only a blind homer would have predicted a win.
And complaining about the refs? if yo u knew they were biased for the past 20 years, why are you still complaining about them today? You knew going in they were going to be biased, so you need to incorporate that into your game plan. Wade boggs was a hall of fame hitter. Why? because he knew the strike zone every ref would call. he incorporated that into his game plan and he knew when and when not to swing. Boggs got a lot of hits, but also got a lot of walks as well. Boggs took the refs into consideration.
I was banned once for my criticism of hazell and his recruits. I was called out as being too negative. I've admitted many times i know very little about the nuances of college football. but even wit h m y little knowledge, i knew the hazell hiring was a huge mistake, and his recruits were not BIG 10 caliber players. i hated the hazell hiring and said so even before he was hired. I said yo u don't hire somebody based on 1 good year at a lower level school.
I wanted an experienced coach that was a name coach that could attract elite players. I offered two names. one name was tressel. And when i brought up his name, i admited because of his NCAA sanctions, purdue would never hire him. But he was the type of coach i wanted - somebody with experience, a name and a winning history. the other coach i liked was tommy bowden. He had success at auburn, was a great recruiter, and was a name and also was very available. What i didn't want was a young coach who would use purdue as leverage or a stepping stone for something greater. I may have even suggested kiffin.
Something you people seem to forget. in most cases when a poster suggests a name, they are usually referring to that type of coach, rather than that exact coach. and typically, when a person suggests a name, they also usually admit the reality they realize purdue would never hire that person. There are some NFL head coaches that I believe would make tremendous coaches, but I'm realistic enough to know they'd never consider accepting a n offer to coach at Purdue.
So when saying you want brohm fired, I encourage you to offer up a name/solution as tolo who you want hired. and for those of you who are always on people's cases for their choices, i believe it's time yo u wer e brave enough to admit your choices and allow others to critisize you. if you refuse to stick your neck out, then stop bad mouthing others. and the files do exist. Some of you look pretty stupid when you praised the hazell hiring. and i've got enough time on my hands, I can find the links to your comments 8 years ago whe n yo u thought hazell was going to lead us to the promised land. and then there were the predictions of brohm leading us to 8-3 and 9-2 and western conference championships within 3 years. Some of you made some real stupid predictions yourselves.
I'll admit once more, I don't know much about college football. But from my observations of posts on this board, the vast majority of posters don't know much more than i do. and isn't it about time you supported other fans rather than always looking for fault? Am i and other posters you always critisize less of a fan than you? i readily admit i don't know everything. I come here to learn and gather information. and the majority of posts made here are just people insulting each other. while others are strutting their stuff because they know everything. if you know everything, why do you spend so much time posting on the internet? why aren't you coaching?
why does this board always have to be so negative towards others? Why can't you accept the fact people have different opinions? and agree to disagree? and share a coke and a pizza? When i went to school, i hoped Mark herrman would lead us to the rose bowl. but I was intelligent enough to realize Michigan and OSU were better teams, and we'd have to get lucky for my hopes to become reality. I always hope for a victory, but i also am objective enough to realize sometime it won't happen. I'm happy when we win, but i seldom expect it. I've been right before, and i've made mistakes. Purdue taught me to analyze things and draw conclusions . the scientific method. I apply that to football. In order to beat teams like notre dame, the experts said we needed to pass, pass, pass and pass again. in order to do that, the o line had to provide pass protection. a weak o line is not going to provide great pass portection. without it, our passing game will not enjoy success. without that , we will lose. You don't have to know much about football to realize that.
and my apologies to all those people that claimed to have read moby Dick and every harry Potter book, but believe my posts are too long. Stop using your cell phones and go back to your 24 inch monitors. the average person can read this post within 2-3 minutes. which is a lot less time than it will take you to complain.
I'd like to teach the world to sing too. But I'm no longer a singing member of the Glee Club.
Purdue's football tema is off to such a positive and awesome season. it would be nice if its fans could also be positive. and the way you treated our guests from notre dame ? it's as if you're still living in the basements of your frats. You are purdue graduates. Some of the most intelligent people in the world. its' time to start using that intelligence. Criticism and hatred do not lead to success, they only lead to additional criticism and hatred. Notre dame and IU are tremendous universities. every BIG 10 university is an awesome place. You don't need to argue about admissions or intelligence. I'm a methodist, not a Catholic. We have different religions. but we accept our differences. is this the way you act in public?
We lost today. the better team won . learn something. and press on. if you gave it your best shot, you should have nothing to be ashamed of.
IS a football athlete better than an olympic track athlete? I don't think so. but how many times have people on this board put down track athletes? i do know their attitude and philosophy about competition are a lot different. In the past 3 years , I've had the opportunity to meet and know some world class track athletes. one of them saved my life last year. he personally drove me to the hospital. and we sure didn't argue about our schools or admission standards. I rooted for three olympians. they didn't win, but they gave everything they had. and they each congratulated the victor. They know the meaning of sportsmanship.
I encourage each of you to review your previous 50 posts. how many of them provided encouragement to other posters? how many of them were just to find fault? it's time to put the les miles critisism in the trash . the truth is there was more than just one person who suggested his name. I'll also admit i liked the akers hiring. it seemed like a good hire at the time. It didn't work out. I'm sure many of you also liked the akers hiring at the time. I doubt many of you will admit it or inform us who your choice was. Some people are bold and speculate and make predictions and have crazy ideas. . Those are the type of people who are ultimately successful in life. people who find fault in everything and everybody usually end up being bitter and alone.
I often wondered what kind of a fan posts on the internet in a game thread during a game ? Aren't yo u watching the game ? and do yo u swear as much in real life, or do you just do it here because your wife won't let you do at home?
the sun will come out tommorow. Bet your bottom dollar that tommorow, there'll be sun. and if there's not, there's always my facebook page to look at. that should lift your spirits.
