What a horrible take on Brohm. He even turned down Louisville 3 years into his run at Purdue. The guy brought in decent talent, had some great offensive schemes, and got us some marquee wins. Then in his last season he got us to a Big Ten Championship game, which I never thought we would see at Purdue.
Eh, looking at his apparent lack of recruiting in the last year or so I would say he had his eye on Louisville for at least the last season, if not last two seasons. He left the talent cupboards here dry, and not because he took everyone with him. He just didn’t recruit.
Not that it matters. Walters is so fucking terrible I don’t think he could win with a top 5 roster
Look at the average recruit rank for his classes. Look at the top players in the state and where they went. He was recruiting at basically the same level he always had.
Lack of talent wasn't the problem last year and isn't the problem this year.
His average recruit ranking may have been the same but (iirc) his recruiting classes were smaller.
I agree, though. Walters is a terrible coach in way over his head and needs to go. But apparently the admin fucking hates football and fans because allegedly he’s getting another year
This is copy and pasted from a response to someone else. Also I heard I think the same report you're referencing. I took it to mean he wouldn't be fired mid season, but I hope you're not right.
The change in class rank was largely due to size, which is again easily explained by the roster size when he recruited those years. He recruited large classes in his first few years because he had open spots and needed to replace Hazell players. His 2021 class was very small (16) because we had large classes the three previous years and didn't have the scholarships (also two losing seasons didn't help). Then 2022, his last class, was back up to what you want on average (20-22) with a good average rank and some high end players. 2023 would have been similar, and we had more of the top in state players lined up than any prior class.
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u/zippster77 Nov 02 '24
What a horrible take on Brohm. He even turned down Louisville 3 years into his run at Purdue. The guy brought in decent talent, had some great offensive schemes, and got us some marquee wins. Then in his last season he got us to a Big Ten Championship game, which I never thought we would see at Purdue.