Who do you turn the program over to mid-season?

[JohnnyDoeBoiler]

Malone as OC and having extensive NFL experience?

Ross Els as a new DC who may jump at the chance to grow his resume?

Marcus Freeman who appears well liked and an emotional type of coach?

Randy Melvin who is a highly respected coach and his players talk about his incredibly high expectations for effort and getting things right?

 

[ahhculdee]

Malone.

 

[tigerchump]

They could turn it over to the waterboy now and it would make me happy.

 

[New Pal Boiler]

Malone as OC and having extensive NFL experience?

Ross Els as a new DC who may jump at the chance to grow his resume?

Marcus Freeman who appears well liked and an emotional type of coach?

Randy Melvin who is a highly respected coach and his players talk about his incredibly high expectations for effort and getting things right?

Make Morgue coach them. That way he won't screw up Krannert on his way out.

 

[TMA62]

You are all wrong.

I would select Jim Mora.

Sure, our team would not get better. But at least our press conferences would be entertaining.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Malone as OC and having extensive NFL experience?

Ross Els as a new DC who may jump at the chance to grow his resume?

Marcus Freeman who appears well liked and an emotional type of coach?

Randy Melvin who is a highly respected coach and his players talk about his incredibly high expectations for effort and getting things right?

I'll do it for a housing and meal stipend to free up funds for Haze's buyout. I have never played a down of organized football in my life. My coaching experience is limited to youth basketball. I don't own a white vest. The bill of my cap is bent in conventional fashion. I won't speak in cliches. But I will show passion on the sideline and take it personally if we are getting our asses kicked in most embarrassing fashion.

I sure as hell couldn't do any worse.

 

[New Pal Boiler]

Malone as OC and having extensive NFL experience?

Ross Els as a new DC who may jump at the chance to grow his resume?

Marcus Freeman who appears well liked and an emotional type of coach?

Randy Melvin who is a highly respected coach and his players talk about his incredibly high expectations for effort and getting things right?

Call Les today and loudly offer him the job on speaker phone, with the Haze sitting in his office next door. If he accepts, send the jet to Baton Rouge and have him start recruiting tomorrow. Put Haze on the Lafayette Limo tonite.

 

[DG10]

Malone as OC and having extensive NFL experience?

Ross Els as a new DC who may jump at the chance to grow his resume?

Marcus Freeman who appears well liked and an emotional type of coach?

Randy Melvin who is a highly respected coach and his players talk about his incredibly high expectations for effort and getting things right?

Els got the new DC job as a chance to grow his resume...the guy was coaching HS football when Purdue hired him as it's DC...given the results thus far, he was more likely to grow his resume had he kept the HS job that he had.

 

[Cantonman]

I think they could pull someone off the street and the results would not be worse perhaps even better!

 

[JohnnyDoeBoiler]

Els got the new DC job as a chance to grow his resume...the guy was coaching HS football when Purdue hired him as it's DC...given the results thus far, he was more likely to grow his resume had he kept the HS job that he had.

Just not sure how a guy can come in and sell the idea of the 4-2-5, which removes a LB, when the LB's are arguably out best and most deep position on the team. After that decision, I was sold 100% that Hazell was more of a problem than Shoop and Hudson.

 

[DG10]

Just not sure how a guy can come in and sell the idea of the 4-2-5, which removes a LB, when the LB's are arguably out best and most deep position on the team. After that decision, I was sold 100% that Hazell was more of a problem than Shoop and Hudson.

Totally agree...

Again...consider that this guy was working at a High School a year ago...and while there was a personal circumstance that played a role in that, there was more than that certainly. The fact that he was THE guy chosen said more about Hazell than it did about him...but, if the guy could not succeed with the plethora of talent that he had at his disposal at Nebraska, hard as heck to believe that he was going to do much at Purdue.

That said, you are so right in that it made absolutely no sense at all to take a LB off the field given that it was the one area where Purdue had some talent and depth...I question the legitimacy a bit of the talent relative to other programs in the conference, but, from Purdue's standpoint, it no doubt was a position of strength.

A High School coach literally could have success against the scheme, which raises the actual question (which is crazy) as to whether or not the guy even had any success as the High School DC that he was...but there is no question that he has affirmed why he was there, and why he should not be at Purdue.

 

[Foolmeoncefan]

I think they could pull someone off the street and the results would not be worse perhaps even better!

Purdue rushed for 10 yards. Think of what that means. Purdue averaged inches per carry. For an entire game. I can't remember ever seeing a team held to 10 yards rushing. You could have gotten a bum off the street and they could of beat that. Hazell is clueless. He needs fired immediately right now. Without further delay. We need a new hire who fits into an incentive based contract. We don't need second dibs on a big name coach. We need skill not ego. But we need a coach with heart and someone who wants a shot to make a name for themselves. That's what a winner is. Not some loser who is content with 10 yards rushing.