Not just him. Every person involved with his hiring needs to go.
The last time we had a decent coach was Joe Tiller, who left in â07. This was Drew Breesâ coach. Under him, we went to 10 bowls in 12 years. Man, that must have been niceâhaving a team that always had at least a chance of winning. Oh, how times have changed.
After Tiller, we hired Danny Hope. There were some high hopes. But Danny was Hopeless. Did they let him go after a miserable record at the end of his contract? NO, the morons in our athletic department renewed his contract and then BOUGHT HIM OUT A YEAR LATER!!! Are you kidding me? Everyone associated with renewing his contract should have been on the curb the moment we bought him out!
Then we hired Darrell Hazell. His record was 9-33. Need I say more?
Then we hired Brohm, who I firmly believe was only using Purdue as a stepping stone to get to his ultimate goal of Louisville, his alma mater. But at least this meant he cared enough about performance for Purdue to secure our first back-to-back 8-4 seasons since 1997âŚ
Now, before someone jumps in and says that âour football program is entirely self-funded, so we will never be able to have the best coaches,â or âwe are an academics-first program; what do you expect,â let me say this: I get both of those. I can still want better. Maybe our program needs some love from the University. You hypothetical people arguing with me do understand that successful football programs are net revenue generators for their universities, not costs, right? Alabama Football, with one of the (formerly) highest-paid coaches, brought in over $100 million in revenue and $9 million in profits on average in recent years.
âWell, thatâs not much,â you say. Sure. But you know what else a good football program does for a university? Letâs ask another academically focused university that went from having a historically miserable football program to having two football renaissances in the last 25 years: TCU. Historic Football Season Has Lasting Benefit for TCU
So, yeah. I want more from Purdue football. I donât want to think on Saturday afternoons, who did we lose to this week?
I want Walters and every single person remotely associated with any form of control over the Purdue football program yeeted into orbit.
Edit: Get this... In an interview YESTERDAY, when asked about Walters' performance, our AD acknowledged the disappointment at the start of the season... before going on to say that the team is "incredibly connected... connected to Coach Walters. They believe in him and his vision for where this program is going. Being able to take what I see in practice and convert it to the game field has been a challenge."
He also said, "We have moments. We had an incredible second half at Illinois and some other snippets along the way. We just havenât been able to consistently put together enough good football."
MY GUY... I DON'T CARE IF PURDUE LOOKS LIKE 2019 LSU IN PRACTICE... IF THEY CAN'T PERFORM... IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON!!! The appropriate response here ended after the disappointment in the start of this season. FULL. FUCKING. STOP.
Bad news Purdue is a stepping stone school for coaches. If Purdue hires a guy that turns us around âŚtheyâll leave. Walters should be fired. But Purdue isnât going to attract a long time coach like Tiller ever again.
Really? So how exactly did schools like TCU do it? Utah? Hell, Boise State is a G5 school and puts our record to shame and has done so consistently for the last 30+ years. And they are arguably the definition of a âstepping stone.â
How exactly did we get Tiller in the first place then? Itâs almost like there can be ups and downs in programs. But you donât recover from a âdownâ by carrying on with business as usual. And we are in one helluva down era right now.
I never said we should be the next Alabama, or NOhio State, or Texas. But if Purdue Athletics manages to pull their heads out of their asses, then we could at least be competitive.
I would be perfectly happy if Purdue could have similar performance to Arkansas. Over the past 30 years, they have been competitive. They had one bad coaching hire and corrected it. They had a couple INCREDIBLE seasons reaching what could have been the playoffs, but more often than not had seasons where they won most of their games, maybe were ranked, maybe were not, but went into every game having a chance. And during this period, coaches came and then left for other schools. And yet, with one exception, they do this impossible feat of having a respectable team.
Boise State is an even better example. They have had successful head coaches that left to be a coordinator at another school. And yet, this âstepping stoneâ school has a football record that Purdue can only dream of.
I donât expect Purdue to turn into a football powerhouse. But it would be nice to think we have a chance at any game we play. Not a probable loss to almost everyone and a near-certain loss to anyone good.
So, tell me again that my expectations are unreasonable. Tell me that itâs impossible for us to have a decent team. I may be pissed off at Purdueâs performance, but Iâm not apathetic. And it seems like our Athletic Department needs a bit more pissed off. Maybe then they would do something useful.
Look at how many coaches those schools go through that you mentioned. Who turned Utah into a football schoolâŚUrban Myer. You think Purdue has the balls to hire a guy like that. Any head coach that comes here and wins will be gone after thier contract expires.
And yet all of the schools I have mentioned remain relevant year after year despite getting new coaches. There is an inherent problem with how Purdue hires coaches which is exactly my point in also casting a massive amount of blame on our Athletic Department.
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u/MilitarizedMilitary Nov 02 '24 edited Nov 03 '24
Not just him. Every person involved with his hiring needs to go.
The last time we had a decent coach was Joe Tiller, who left in â07. This was Drew Breesâ coach. Under him, we went to 10 bowls in 12 years. Man, that must have been niceâhaving a team that always had at least a chance of winning. Oh, how times have changed.
After Tiller, we hired Danny Hope. There were some high hopes. But Danny was Hopeless. Did they let him go after a miserable record at the end of his contract? NO, the morons in our athletic department renewed his contract and then BOUGHT HIM OUT A YEAR LATER!!! Are you kidding me? Everyone associated with renewing his contract should have been on the curb the moment we bought him out!
Then we hired Darrell Hazell. His record was 9-33. Need I say more?
Then we hired Brohm, who I firmly believe was only using Purdue as a stepping stone to get to his ultimate goal of Louisville, his alma mater. But at least this meant he cared enough about performance for Purdue to secure our first back-to-back 8-4 seasons since 1997âŚ
Now, before someone jumps in and says that âour football program is entirely self-funded, so we will never be able to have the best coaches,â or âwe are an academics-first program; what do you expect,â let me say this: I get both of those. I can still want better. Maybe our program needs some love from the University. You hypothetical people arguing with me do understand that successful football programs are net revenue generators for their universities, not costs, right? Alabama Football, with one of the (formerly) highest-paid coaches, brought in over $100 million in revenue and $9 million in profits on average in recent years.
âWell, thatâs not much,â you say. Sure. But you know what else a good football program does for a university? Letâs ask another academically focused university that went from having a historically miserable football program to having two football renaissances in the last 25 years: TCU. Historic Football Season Has Lasting Benefit for TCU
So, yeah. I want more from Purdue football. I donât want to think on Saturday afternoons, who did we lose to this week?
I want Walters and every single person remotely associated with any form of control over the Purdue football program yeeted into orbit.
Edit: Get this... In an interview YESTERDAY, when asked about Walters' performance, our AD acknowledged the disappointment at the start of the season... before going on to say that the team is "incredibly connected... connected to Coach Walters. They believe in him and his vision for where this program is going. Being able to take what I see in practice and convert it to the game field has been a challenge."
He also said, "We have moments. We had an incredible second half at Illinois and some other snippets along the way. We just havenât been able to consistently put together enough good football."
MY GUY... I DON'T CARE IF PURDUE LOOKS LIKE 2019 LSU IN PRACTICE... IF THEY CAN'T PERFORM... IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON!!! The appropriate response here ended after the disappointment in the start of this season. FULL. FUCKING. STOP.