OT: Hazell out at Purdue

Submitted by dnak438 on

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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SeattleWolverine

October 16th, 2016 at 2:56 PM ^

1)He'll probably get a better job offer than Purdue given the expected list of jobs open

2)Killing it in the MAC isn't much of an indicator of future Power 5 success. 

Consider:

http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/awards/mac-coy.html

In fact, Hazell himself was hired after going 8-0 in the MAC in 2012. How did that turn out? Obviously Urban Meyer is a HOF coach but most of the rest of the guys who've come out of strong MAC programs in the last 30 years have flamed out after moving to Power 5 teams.

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Engin77

October 16th, 2016 at 7:43 PM ^

Between 1999, when Buffalo rejoined Div I, and 2006, the team did not win more than three games a year. In the three seasons before 2007, Buffalo's record was 2-9, 1-10, 2-10.  Gill's squad won as many games in 2007 as they had in the preceding three seasons.

In 2008, they played in the first bowl game in program history.

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Blueblood2991

October 16th, 2016 at 2:56 PM ^

PJ Fleck intrigues me. The guy admits that he isn't involved in the X's and O's of the game, but instead is a motivater and recruiter. His only coaching experience is a couple years of WR coaching under Greg Schiano.

Maybe I just have PTSD from a good MAC coach that relied on his coordinators so much that he didn't even bother wearing a headset, but I'd be a little concerned to hire him at an elite program where the "rah rah" speech doesn't get it done against better athletes.

I really hope I'm wrong though, his personality is infectious and would be great for big time CFB.

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Mr Miggle

October 16th, 2016 at 7:34 PM ^

  1. He was too loyal to and/or didn't know how to get the most out of his assistant coaches. Some of whom didn't belong at this level.
  2. He badly mismanaged his QBs, almost like they were not that important.
  3. He couldn't turn things around when they started to go bad. It's not clear whether he even saw it happening until it was too late.
When it came to tactical game day decisions like going for 4th downs, I think Hoke was okay.

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Blusqualo

October 16th, 2016 at 2:55 PM ^

They were doomed to a period of horrible coaches for shoving Tiller into retirement. They failed to appreciate what that had and thought they could get a better option. The wife will be happy that he got canned, she was at purdue for the Drew Brees years. She thinks Purdue is cursed for how things ended for Tiller. "We're F'd until we get the next Drew Brees, and that ain't happening until we get the next Tiller"

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Perkis-Size Me

October 16th, 2016 at 2:46 PM ^

Might as well and get started on finding your next head man. Hazell has been a dead man walking for months, and letting him stick around until season's end is holding on to dead weight.

They won't have the cache to lure in a guy like Herman, so who are they going to get? Even a relative unknown like PJ Fleck will probably turn them down because he'll have other options.

Maybe some young hotshot coordinator somewhere will give it a whirl.

Sad to think that Hazell made a guy like Danny Hope look good.



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