Purdue hires Jeff Brohm

[Ataylor1989x]

Basketball on Grass, Part II.

Preparing for an oct. 21 shootout in Piscataway.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources-jeff-brohm-accepts-purdue-head-coaching-job-161405612.html

 

[Knight Shift]

Basketball on Grass, Part II.

Preparing for an oct. 21 shootout in Piscataway.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources-jeff-brohm-accepts-purdue-head-coaching-job-161405612.html

What about the Row the Boat guy? Staying put? Oregon?

 

[cicero grimes]

Basketball on Grass, Part II.

Preparing for an oct. 21 shootout in Piscataway.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources-jeff-brohm-accepts-purdue-head-coaching-job-161405612.html

Interesting hire. What type of O did Purdue run this season? Just wondering if he has the players to make this O work from the start or if he needs time to put the system into place and recruit the players to fit like we are doing now.

 

[Abro1975]

Getting marginal students past admissions will be a lot harder at Purdue than at W Kentucky.

 

[madchuck]

His brother was the QB on the '06 Louisville team. At one point was top QB after that game he kind of fell off.

 

[bac2therac]

seems pretty uninspiring and a cautionary tale that just because you get full shares of Big 10 money that it means you can compete.

 

[Knight Shift]

seems pretty uninspiring and a cautionary tale that just because you get full shares of Big 10 money that it means you can compete.

Not at all uninspiring and cautionary. Purdue competed quite well through the mid 2000's and were middling in 2011 and 2012.

You have to know the history. Before Hazell, there was Danny Hope, who in hindsight, maybe they should have kept him?
Danny Hope
2009: 5-7/4-4
2010: 4-8/2-6
2011: 7-6/4-4
2012: 6-6/3-5
Wiki:
"The 2012 season was met with high expectations from fans, alumni, and Hope himself, who proclaimed that it would be his best team with many starters returning.Moreover, with both Ohio State and Penn State serving bowl bans that year, the Boilermakers had a strong opportunity to win the Leaders division title. However, after a 3-1 non-conference start, the team would then open Big Ten play with five straight losses. Although the Boilers would eventually win their final three games, including victories over archrivals IU and Illinois, and become bowl-eligible for the second straight year, athletic director Morgan Burke announced on November 25, 2012 that Hope would be fired."

Prior to Hope, they had Joe Tiller, who had quite a few 8 and 9 win seasons, the last one in 2007 (sound familiar to 2006 for RU?).

You see, Hope and Change is not only a lame campaign slogan, but lame for Purdue football. Be careful what you wish for when firing a coach for someone you think will be "better." Maybe 6-7 and 4-8 under you know who weren't so bad after all. (total sarcasm)

 

[Scarlet_Scourge]

seems pretty uninspiring and a cautionary tale that just because you get full shares of Big 10 money that it means you can compete.

Huh? Purdue is a basketball 1st, 2nd and 3rd school, they will never go crazy on football with spending. It's Purdue! This guy will get paid almost half of what Ash makes at Rutgers.

 

[RU_Planning]

Purdue wasn't so bad under Tiller and they were a pass happy offense. Brohm might be able to bring the same sort of success back.

 

[RUwoz]

They signed a long deal which is great for Purdue, some badly needed stability. Many are calling this the perfect hire for them (outside of unrealistic names)

 

[Knight Shift]

Purdue wasn't so bad under Tiller and they were a pass happy offense. Brohm might be able to bring the same sort of success back.

It's all a crap shoot. Someone on this board was crowing about the need/prerequisite of having BOTH head coaching and offensive coaching experience to have success as a P5 head coach. Well that theory flopped for Darell Hazell, who had extensive coaching experience on offensive (even under Tressel), and he was the hot coach after Kent State went 11-3.
Jeff Brohm has a bit of a longer track record, with three winning seasons at WKU plus extensive time in the NFL. We shall see.

 

[cicero grimes]

Anyone guessing where Fleck winds up? This was the job he was most closely tied to. I think Houston would be a good spot for him. If he does well there like Herman he can get an elite P5 gig.

 

[Knight Shift]

Anyone guessing where Fleck winds up? This was the job he was most closely tied to. I think Houston would be a good spot for him. If he does well there like Herman he can get an elite P5 gig.

As noted above (Tweet seemed like a joke), there are rumors Fleck is in Oregon interviewing. Row the Duck.

 

[rubaseball78]

When Purdue comes to RU, we should have "It Fell Apart" youtube video in an endless loop on the video scoreboard.

 

[AreYouNUTS]

As noted above (Tweet seemed like a joke), there are rumors Fleck is in Oregon interviewing. Row the Duck.

Fleck will be baggin' Duck Dance Team members before he leaves Eugene!

 

[Cheesesteak Vegas]

Huh? Purdue is a basketball 1st, 2nd and 3rd school, they will never go crazy on football with spending. It's Purdue! This guy will get paid almost half of what Ash makes at Rutgers.

Huh?

Purdue is plenty willing to spend money on football. They gave Brohm $20 million over six years, compared with Ash's $11 million over five.

The university also broke ground in April on a new football complex.

http://populous.com/news/2016/04/15/purdue-breaks-ground-on-new-football-performance-complex/

 

[RUwoz]

3.5 million dollar salary pool for the assistants, how does that compare to ours?

 

[Ataylor1989x]

Rutgers has $2.75 million pool, per this link from March
http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/i...es_the_rutgers_football_coaching_staff_1.html

Keep in mind, Purdue is a founding Big Ten member, and a full revenue partner. That's the one aspect of this that a lot of people didn't grasp. They have this money, simply by being part of the B1G, certainly not because of selling out games or being a media draw. But they never spent this kind of money until recently (when they realized they had no choice).

 

[RU4Real]

His brother was the QB on the '06 Louisville team. At one point was top QB after that game he kind of fell off.

And he was the QB coach at L'ville when his brother was the QB.

 

[Ataylor1989x]

And he was the QB coach at L'ville when his brother was the QB.

The Purdue athletic director referred to Brohm's firey on field demeanor and said her remembered seeing him yelling at his brother on the sideline. That was the 06 Rutgers game, right?

 

[RU4Real]

The Purdue athletic director referred to Brohm's firey on field demeanor and said her remembered seeing him yelling at his brother on the sideline. That was the 06 Rutgers game, right?

It was the entire season, but yeah, during our game with them as well.

The linkage between the two would be well remembered by anyone who watched a college football game on ESPN that year. It was their favorite story - they seemingly couldn't mention one without mentioning the other. It was pretty tedious.

 

[rubaseball78]

The Purdue athletic director referred to Brohm's firey on field demeanor and said her remembered seeing him yelling at his brother on the sideline. That was the 06 Rutgers game, right?

Correct

 

[jonS]

Huh? Purdue is a basketball 1st, 2nd and 3rd school, they will never go crazy on football with spending. It's Purdue! This guy will get paid almost half of what Ash makes at Rutgers.

Purdue has always been a big time basketball ( recall Rick Mount) but it also has a past reputation for developing fine NFL quarterbacks --Len Dawson, Bob Griese, Jeff George , etc.

 

[BoroKnight]

Not sure why anyone would think this is a lame hire. He's a regional guy, probably ready to move up from a high-quality next-level program and has assistant experience at a bigger-time school. Not to mention the fact that Purdue's history shows they are only competitive when they go pass-happy on offense. Seems like a logical fit.

Purdue recently has shown a willingness to spend on football, but it's still Indiana. Which means football is the No. 2 sport at the state's No. 2 school. Keep that in mind when judging what Purdue does.

 

[17Q66]

Not at all uninspiring and cautionary. Purdue competed quite well through the mid 2000's and were middling in 2011 and 2012.

You have to know the history. Before Hazell, there was Danny Hope, who in hindsight, maybe they should have kept him?
Danny Hope
2009: 5-7/4-4
2010: 4-8/2-6
2011: 7-6/4-4
2012: 6-6/3-5
Wiki:
"The 2012 season was met with high expectations from fans, alumni, and Hope himself, who proclaimed that it would be his best team with many starters returning.Moreover, with both Ohio State and Penn State serving bowl bans that year, the Boilermakers had a strong opportunity to win the Leaders division title. However, after a 3-1 non-conference start, the team would then open Big Ten play with five straight losses. Although the Boilers would eventually win their final three games, including victories over archrivals IU and Illinois, and become bowl-eligible for the second straight year, athletic director Morgan Burke announced on November 25, 2012 that Hope would be fired."

Prior to Hope, they had Joe Tiller, who had quite a few 8 and 9 win seasons, the last one in 2007 (sound familiar to 2006 for RU?).

You see, Hope and Change is not only a lame campaign slogan, but lame for Purdue football. Be careful what you wish for when firing a coach for someone you think will be "better." Maybe 6-7 and 4-8 under you know who weren't so bad after all. (total sarcasm)

Don't bother with the, "if you're a historically mediocre program in an insanely stacked division, it might take more than 4 years" sentiments around these parts.

 

[RUSK97]

Fleck will be baggin' Duck Dance Team members before he leaves Eugene!

I see absolutely no problem with that.

 

[Scarlet_Scourge]

Huh?

Purdue is plenty willing to spend money on football. They gave Brohm $20 million over six years, compared with Ash's $11 million over five.

The university also broke ground in April on a new football complex.

http://populous.com/news/2016/04/15/purdue-breaks-ground-on-new-football-performance-complex/

You are correct! I was wrong, I misread the hell of a tweet,

 

[Knight Shift]

Good read on history of Purdue's hires, and what worked, and what did not (written prior to yesterday), but still a lot of good insight:
http://www.sbnation.com/college-foo...hing-candidate-les-miles-darrell-hazell-fired
Premise of article is hiring successful coordinators or head coaches has never worked for Purdue. Also references the now boneheaded move to fire Danny Hope.

"Hazell was let go on Sunday after going 9-33 (3-24 in Big Ten play) over three and a half seasons. He wasn’t given much of a hiring budget, he made uninspiring hires, and his recruiting was drastically substandard."

Gee, that sounds really familiar.

 

[srru86]

The Purdue athletic director referred to Brohm's firey on field demeanor and said her remembered seeing him yelling at his brother on the sideline. That was the 06 Rutgers game, right?

I'm not sure that really worked out well for younger Brohm, Patrino, et. al.

 

[Scarlet_Scourge]

Also references the now boneheaded move to fire Danny Hope.

"Hazell was let go on Sunday after going 9-33 (3-24 in Big Ten play) over three and a half seasons. He wasn’t given much of a hiring budget, he made uninspiring hires, and his recruiting was drastically substandard."

Gee, that sounds really familiar.

But at least he didn't take over a program that was going bowling every year with NFL talent and ran it so hard into the ground and buried it so deep that you can see the helmet plume from our mascot sticking out of the ground in China.