OT: Hazell out at Purdue
Per Purdue's Rivals site (https://purdue.rivals.com/news/darrell-hazell-is-out-as-purdue-s-footba…):
After managing only a 9-33 record over three-plus seasons, Darrell Hazell is no longer Purdue’s head coach, GoldandBlack.com has learned.
Hazell was fired Sunday, one day after Iowa dominated the Boilermakers 49-35 on Homecoming.
Receivers coach Gerad Parker will be the interim coach. Parker is in his fourth season with the Boilermakers, coming on staff as tight ends coach before moving to coach the receivers last season.
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October 16th, 2016 at 4:30 PM ^
would be a great hire for Purdue. He could give them 4-5 years and get them back on their feet. It's a dumpster fire for sure and would be a huge challenge for any coach.
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He's usually had the highest paid staff in CFB, more like $5.5 M. I don't think he would agree to a Big Ten school lowballing him on staff. If Purdue hires a big name coach like Miles, it's got to come with a financial commitment to competing in the league. That means assistants, S & C and support staff.
I'm skeptical that Purdue wants to go that route. They'll pull a coach from Illinois State or the MAC and hope for improvement to Indiana's level.
October 16th, 2016 at 5:52 PM ^
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There's going to be a really big number of schools looking for new coaches, and yet the crop of rising young coaches seems weak. Expect a lot of "We fired ______ for him?" posts across the CFB internet universe in the coming months.
October 16th, 2016 at 2:55 PM ^
Im actually getting kind of nervous. With so many openings, I'm worried they might start poaching more of our assistants.
I don't think Don Brown will be a HC. But on the offensive side, maybe we lose Wheatley? I don't know...I am just nervous.
October 16th, 2016 at 3:06 PM ^
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This isn't just about Purdue. There will be at least 10-15 HC openings this year. Many are going to be dipping to the ranks of assistant coaches.
October 16th, 2016 at 3:08 PM ^
I'm not worried, for two reasons:
1. We have every reason to believe Harbaugh will hire a great replacement.
2. The best offensive mind on the staff is probably Harbaugh himself, anyway.
Don Brown is the one assistant that I'd be nervous about losing - he seems like a legit difference-maker. But it's likely he'll stick around.
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The only reason I could see him leaving is if he wants to be a DC in the NFL, but he might decide that he's just too old to make any more big changes at this point.
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He made Danny Hope look good. That's when you know that no matter how many
good candidates there are out there, that a change has to be made.
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October 16th, 2016 at 3:17 PM ^
I'm not necessarily talking about Purdue, just about the CFB scene in general.
Tom Herman's a promising guy but if he's the #1 candidate nationally, it's a weak year. He's a second-year coach at Houston, after all. In the last five years we've seen Meyer, Petersen and Harbaugh come available - superstar coaches in their prime. There probably isn't anyone like who will be available, unless Chip Kelly decides he wants to go back to college.
October 16th, 2016 at 4:58 PM ^
because they already have good jobs. It won't turn out to be Tom Herman or bust for the top job openings.
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which is horrid.
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Look at Purdue's schedule. Is that a joke?
October 16th, 2016 at 2:52 PM ^
Hilarious that the final straw was losing to Iowa
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October 16th, 2016 at 7:31 PM ^
Fuck Penn State and their delusional JoePa loving fans!
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My guess is they will miss on Fleck and wind up with Schiano.
October 16th, 2016 at 2:57 PM ^
Fleck will be the guy who replaces the guy at one of the big jobs (unless he goes to Oregon), and can go beyond Purdue. I'd go after Mario Cristobal.
October 16th, 2016 at 3:01 PM ^
Cristobal did a nice job at FIU. Wouldn't be a bad hire.
October 16th, 2016 at 3:12 PM ^
Could help Michigan get Leatherwood if he left Alabama.
October 16th, 2016 at 3:28 PM ^
I would take Schiano over Fleck any day. Schiano had six winning seasons and five bowl wins at f'n Rutgers. He has NFL coaching experience, DC at Miami when they were good (did well recruiting FL in his time at Rutgers) and now at OSU should help him with recruiting in Ohio. I understand why people didn't want him at Michigan, but Purdue would be stupid to not go after him.
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Seriously. If he can take EMU to a bowl game, it'd be one of the better coaching accomplishments anywhere in teh last 20 years. And he coached in the state of Indiana for the better part of a decade and in the midwest for his entire career.
Miles would require a financial commitment, not just for him but for his staff, that I don't imagine Purdue would be able or willing to make.
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October 16th, 2016 at 3:21 PM ^
I feel like Miles, even in his early 60s, could do better. He seems like a "young" 62. But who knows.
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October 16th, 2016 at 3:07 PM ^
I wouldn't be surprised if they tried to hire him during the season to get a jump on things. It would make sense if he's interested in another head coaching job soon.
October 16th, 2016 at 2:58 PM ^
However, looks like it could be just as tough this year. Herman and Fleck will be among the hottest commodities from mid majors. I guess they could go the coordinator route. But it's always a risk.
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October 16th, 2016 at 3:14 PM ^
They didn't want to be fourth or fifth in the B1G pecking order and decided to hope for improvement versus potentially reaching.