Miles would bring instant creds....HS players know him and that he's won a National title. Recruiting for Miles vs. Brohm would have been instant. How many players know Brohm?
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I'd have taken Strong, though not a fan, I think he's a lot better than Brohm and his brothers. I guess the new AD didn't see many viable choices and "had" to take Brohm. I just think PU deserves better.
I'm guessing it's a bit easier to recruit to WKU with their academic level than it will be to PU with their's. After reviewing the players he brought to WKU, not many Nationally ranked, and then not highly ranked at all. Going to be tougher battling ND, IU, OSU, MSU, and UofM for local kids.
Congrats TD2, you are a complete and total asshole.
This thread was started by WKU and UoLouisville fans (and residents of Louisville), to tell us what a great coach, family man, all-around all-American guy our new Head Coach Jeff Brohm is. A guy who is loved in his hometown, and by all the teams (winning teams, I might add) that he has coached. They didn't come here to degrade us like other fanbases do, they came here to congratulate us and tell us what a great Head Coach we now have.
KY HS football player of the Decade, prolific college QB, NFL QB, XFL QB, successful P6 QB coach, successful P6 OC, successful G5 HC. A winner in every season of his entire life. And your great resentment is we didn't hire a 63 yo coach way past his prime, who would probably laugh at our facilities, and wasn't the least bit interested in our HC position.
Every single pundit, TV commentator, intertron arm-chair QB, B1G BTN media, etc etc, are extolling the virtues of our hire and heaping praise and adulation towards Jeff Brohm. I can't find one article about it being a bad hire or a bad fit. It's almost unanimous. Baylor fans are absolutely DYING RIGHT NOW as another coach (Jeff Brohm) has passed them up.
And yet, here you are. The lone voice of jackassery and idiocy on this great day of relief for the rest of us.
You sir, can GET FUKKED.
This thread was started by WKU and UoLouisville fans (and residents of Louisville), to tell us what a great coach, family man, all-around all-American guy our new Head Coach Jeff Brohm is. A guy who is loved in his hometown, and by all the teams (winning teams, I might add) that he has coached. They didn't come here to degrade us like other fanbases do, they came here to congratulate us and tell us what a great Head Coach we now have.
KY HS football player of the Decade, prolific college QB, NFL QB, XFL QB, successful P6 QB coach, successful P6 OC, successful G5 HC. A winner in every season of his entire life. And your great resentment is we didn't hire a 63 yo coach way past his prime, who would probably laugh at our facilities, and wasn't the least bit interested in our HC position.
Every single pundit, TV commentator, intertron arm-chair QB, B1G BTN media, etc etc, are extolling the virtues of our hire and heaping praise and adulation towards Jeff Brohm. I can't find one article about it being a bad hire or a bad fit. It's almost unanimous. Baylor fans are absolutely DYING RIGHT NOW as another coach (Jeff Brohm) has passed them up.
And yet, here you are. The lone voice of jackassery and idiocy on this great day of relief for the rest of us.
You sir, can GET FUKKED.
You may be right but my hunch is that Brohm will recruit better than Haze did, which was abysmal. Brohm won CUSA and let's face it, none of the schools in that conference are recruiting at the level of ND, OSU, MSU, etc.
You seem to be contradicting yourself.
WKU is easier to recruit to than Purdue but Les Miles didn't have even greater advantages at LSU (no academic standards, fertile recruiting ground, nationally prominent program, SEC recruit "gift bags")?
Brohm won with Petrinos players? Petrino was at WKU for ONE SEASON. You're telling me one recruiting class was so great at WKU it stocked Brohm's roster for his next 3 successful seasons?
You're selling cow pies with those arguments.
I guess that is where we disagree. I don't think Less would succeed recruiting here, now. I watched a couple interviews of him recently and I saw a 64 year old guy with an odd sense of humor, or lack of one, I wasn't sure. My instant, admittedly brief, analysis was to run from him as far as this coaching hire goes. I don't think his former recruiting success would necessarily translate from a Deep South SEC culture to here. For his offense to succeed, requires the same top level linemen that currently all go to OSU, UM, PSU, MSU, and UW. Not to mention competing with ND for them also. Les was fired because refused to adapt to a more open style of offense and was falling further behind Saban as the tigers started slipping. You can argue that his approach was good but his recruiting fell off or you could say that his recruiting was fine but his system or coaching was failing. Neither is good when going to a school where he has no chance of recruiting at the highest level.
In Brohm you have an offensive mind that will force the defense to deal with the entire field on every play and create matchup problems to exploit. Not the pathetic attempt at power football which Hazzel threw out there, and soon abandoned, or another read option running game with a compromise QB that is all over the place now. Shotgun or Pistol snap, read the end, hand off or pull it and run. Blah!
I think that his recruiting will get better as his approach shows results on the field, just like Tiller did. Don't forget, Tillers recruiting classes were mostly 3 stars with a few 4's sprinkled into the mix. It would be a huge improvement to get to that now. Here's to hoping I'm right as I believe we would both enjoy that in the long run.
If Miles got fired with the talent he had at LSU, what make you think he would win at Purdue with much lesser talent? Don't be fooled into thinking Miles magically drew in all that talent either. He was nestled squarely in the prime recruiting area of the south and Texas. A lot of Louisiana and Mississippi kids are going to LSU regardless of who the coach is.
I guess you missed the part about of where the Brohms went to high school. Trinity is a private catholic high school with very high academic standards and is a national powerhouse in football. All of the Brohms went there. All of the Brohms graduated from UofL.
The Brohms were brought up in an academic rich, football rich environment.
And we will try really hard not to hold that part against them.
Absolutely love the hire, can't wait for football season to start (been awhile since I said that)
Not sure that many do, but he is young, has played major college and in the NFL pretty recently and will bring instant credibility. Les might have been better in recruiting for a year or 2, but I think Brohm is the better long term hire. I'm excited to see what he brings to Purdue.
To all of our friends from Louisville and WKU: Please forgive Twin Degrees. He is an IU grad and Boob Knight fan, hence he knows a lot more about basketball than he does about the brown ball with pointy ends.
The VAST majority of Purdue grads are THRILLED to have the Brohms on board.
I was never really on the MIles bandwagon (looked eerily similar to the whole Fred Akers debacle), but I can see wanting a proven winner over an up-and-comer.
That said, are you really touting a first-time college head coach (at any level) over Brohm? I get that Tom Allen has conjured serious defensive mojo and has in-state connections. Both are assets. But let's at least give Brohm a chance. I mean, he has been running a pretty good FBS program for the past three years.
Agreed, but Allen was reportedly getting some interest from bigger programs as a DC. So since the players love Allen and the Glass was comfortable with him, they went ahead and pulled the trigger for fear of losing him. But certainly wouldn't have hurt to look around because I don't think he would've taken another DC job while he was still in the running for HC.
If you think Jeff Brohm had nothing to do with recruiting and coaching players alongside Petrino at WKU your crazy.This man has been surrounded by football coaches his entire life he eats breathes drinks and lives football.Dad is a high school QB coach the Petrino brothers NFL coaches on 6 different teams idk what your offense did last year but he will double it. He beat SEC teams at WKU cmon man.
Absolutely. It has been a long time since I have been excited about the next season!
I'll be happy to give him a couple...even three years. I'm sorry that I expressed my opinion, but I did express those same concerns with Hazell when everyone was jumping up and down with a one year success. Brohm has had two.
Wow....such hate and anger. Counseling might help, but I doubt it. I have been civil to those who posted all their love for Brohm. I guess in your world no one is allowed to have a contradicting opinion, though when you and others were jumping up and down with Hazell, I was again that lone wolf saying he was a bad hire...feel free to go back and check it out.. Call me what you want because it's an internet basketball forum. I could care less about you or your opinions. I stand by my statement, Kentucky State Football aside, that there were much better hires to be had than a coach who had two successful seasons follow a mediocre first one. Time will tell....oh, and those same pundits were clamoring for the Hazell hire as well.
Doubling the offense from last year won't take much. Any good HS coach could probably do the same.
Fair enough, TD2. Count me among those who were thrilled with the Hazell hiring. That's one reason why I didn't jump on any candidate's band wagon this time around. Time will tell with Brohm.
My point was really more that I don't think we can say Indiana made the better hire. My apologies if I misconstrued your earlier post.
Last week their was gloom and the sky falling. Now a majority of fans are excited. Your opinions and points are noted. TD2. Maybe it's ok to let people be excited. If your right you can get your vaIidation, but we'd have a crap team. Basically stop eeyoring. I can say I am cautiously optimistic.
I, nor WKU/Louisville fans need you apologizing for me. I doubt that all their fans liked his hire, some may be glad he's gone. Knight nor IU has a damned thing to do with my believing Purdue should be better than a Hazell...whom I posted the same about when he was hired....and a Brohm who's had two good years as a HC. Time will tell how good the hire is, just as it did with Hazell. Personally, I hope he wins a NC at Purdue...but I'd bet a lot of money that he may never win a B10 title.
That's not really going out on a limb given that Purdue has won two league titles in the past 65 years.
I think the point is --- can he make Purdue football entertaining and competitive again.
I didn't say IU made the "Better Hire". I said at least they hired a guy who can at least recruit the state....I'm far from convinced he's the right choice and with what IU FB has done the past two years, I believe they could have hired better. That said, I hope they lose every game.
My opinion on making PU entertaining and competitive is that Brohm, or whomever was going to get the job, needs to be able to get THE BEST state and local kids, and then get at least four stars from across the US of A. Otherwise, he might make a minor bowl, but will never lead PU to a title....and that is why the game is played...not just to get a trophy for participating. There's a reason OSU, MSU, U of M all sell out every game. My problem is that too many are accepting being in the middle of the pack. I can't do that whether I'm coaching or watching.....God bless my Bears.
I hope the guy surprises all of us and actually get PU to a major bowl and a Big title....if he doesn't, there's no joy in West Laffy....unless the Motor City Bowl is as high as the aspirations.
You may be right, but I've yet to hear any praise for Blohm's defense. And defense wins games.
Nobody likes you.
Oh Boo Friggin' hoo.....It's an internet forum dude. I'm all heart-broken with your revelation.
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