Agreed, but from a size, speed, talent level (other than a few positions, like LB and RB), iu doesn't not have a significant advantage. It's not like say, Purdue and Texas for example. It's coaching and everything that goes with it.
Unforgivable.
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It's going to take more, Walters was making $4 million and you see the results. For us to get a quality coach, it's going to take $6-8 million/yr and $1 million plus per coordinator. We have that kind of money with TV deals, but are we willing to spend it? We can, and should at least announce the firing of Walters by end of day today. If it doesn't happen today, it's probably not happening at all.
Yup. Money isn't the problem. It's a weak excuse. Money will be a problem with you only have 20,000 people show up for home games.
As I said earlier, iu committing $72M to their HC did Purdue a favor.
Imagine...two years ago today Purdue had advanced to the B1G championship game, and today we aspire to be like IU, one the most unsuccessful programs in college football history.
It's horrifying, but if the proper commitment is made and a smart hire is made the tables can be turned quickly.
I've been wondering how many of the upsets this college season were "4 year teams" (teams that have played together, either at the same school they started at or transferred en masse), against top teams with 4 and five star players for hire. Vanderbilt may fit that example? Going forward I'm going to say it will be a big difference maker. Maybe not for title contenders, but for strong teams that can wreak havoc on the "new normal" transfer and portal Big Boys.
That receiver Sirat sp, Purdue doesn’t have anyone near his ability. Their qb is a lot better maybe because of the weapons he has or by just being an older player.
Our lack of passing scheme makes everything worse. If we had any talent anywhere you'd never know because they never get the ball. We run horizontal for 2 plays, then get a panic throw on 3rd down 5 yards short of the sticks. Absurd offense.
damn.....that is a sad realization....How far this program has fallen in 2 years. I do agree though, that if the commitment is made, you can make a big turnaround quickly in the NIL and portal environment.
Purdue would also be smart to buyout out of a couple of their games early next year (ND being one) and pad the schedule like iu did. Going up to ND and getting embarrassed again does zero good.
Sleep well 18. It seems like years since Purdue gave up an eleven point lead to Fresno St. I prayed after that game that the mistakes that Walters was making would be easy to fix since I could see them....
You have taken a ton of hits for remaining objective.
At the end of the day, most every person on this forum cares about Purdue football and wants a successful program.
Happy Holidays Boiler Nation!!
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If I saw them…just imagine how opposing coaches felt about those glaring holes!
I never wanted the guy to fail but he was a loser from day 1 here. Squandered what in the Purdue world was a lot of talent.
Here’s to winning the next hire and giving him the resources to succeed!
I wonder if Bobo and Brit make the next hire or if the big NIL donors give the final blessing on this next hire and agree to pony up dollars......?
Do we have big NIL donors? From what BC told us all year we don’t! lol.
I think our ticket to being competitive is the revenue sharing route. Dump “marketing” money into the football program and get guys that way vs being worried about 50k of NIL funds here or there.
Start payment “Tiers” of players and move them up or down based on performance. Fill in with actual NIL deals for the good players and we should be pretty competitive NIL wise overall.
Then all we need is a solid coach!
I suppose the NIL people controlling the $ only share the financial details if you're a mega donor?
