Purdue Hires Darrel Hazel (former Kent State HC)
December 4th, 2012 at 6:24 PM ^
December 4th, 2012 at 8:48 PM ^
If by Butch Jones, you mean Paul Chryst, then yes.
December 4th, 2012 at 6:25 PM ^
but Hazel doesn't have a moustache.
December 4th, 2012 at 7:06 PM ^
and plans to comply
December 4th, 2012 at 7:33 PM ^
December 4th, 2012 at 7:27 PM ^
now purdue can keep danny hopes monogrammed shirts for Hazel. Money saving tip.
December 4th, 2012 at 6:25 PM ^
December 4th, 2012 at 6:25 PM ^
That's a pretty nice pickup for Purdue
December 4th, 2012 at 6:28 PM ^
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December 4th, 2012 at 7:04 PM ^
December 4th, 2012 at 8:30 PM ^
Heacock got the Indiana job by riding Tressel's coat tails and was fired because he turned Indiana into the worst defense in D-1 and then ran YSU into the ground after Tressel.
December 4th, 2012 at 6:30 PM ^
2012 Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year, only losses were to Kentucky and #18 Northern Illinois(in 2 OT), and beat everyone else including Rutgers. Jim Tressel Wide Receivers coach from 2004-2010
Pretty good hire imo.
December 4th, 2012 at 6:37 PM ^
Butch Jones to Wisconsin also makes a ton of sense...
December 4th, 2012 at 6:54 PM ^
That's what I'm thinking too.
December 4th, 2012 at 6:44 PM ^
He was a buckeye assistant before Kent State. I wonder if he will Proclaim a hatred towards Michigan. Doubtful, but you never know with stupid Bucks.
December 4th, 2012 at 6:43 PM ^
purdue might as well be a MAC team. Their facilities and athletic programs are equal to MAC teams.
December 4th, 2012 at 6:50 PM ^
December 4th, 2012 at 6:57 PM ^
Not threadworthy but the Mothership is reporting that Charlie Strong may be headed to Tennessee.
December 4th, 2012 at 7:02 PM ^
Any theories as to why all these announcements are being precipitated in such a short timeframe ?
December 4th, 2012 at 7:04 PM ^
The season just ended...
December 4th, 2012 at 7:07 PM ^
Someone photoshop him with a mustache!
December 4th, 2012 at 7:11 PM ^
umm... twitter is saying Not so fast, my friend
December 4th, 2012 at 7:22 PM ^
link? embed?
December 4th, 2012 at 9:05 PM ^
Purdue fan retweeting BlackAndGold, which is the Purdue Rivals site, I think. Tweets like this are starting to appear with some frequency now, though many media outlets are simply saying "not so fast" on the Hazell talk, and a few are saying an agreement might still be possible. Lots of people still reporting these talks in some stage of finality / collapse / the tweet below -
This is troubling. RT @goldandblackcom Kent State coach Darrell Hazell has informed his players he's not taking the #Purdue job.
— Derek Schultz (@Schultz1260) December 5, 2012
EDIT: There's also Tim May from the Columbus Dispatch:
A source very close to Darrell Hazell just told me the report about him taking the Purdue job is "not true," at least not yet. FWIW
— Tim May (@TIM_MAYsports) December 4, 2012
This is one big ball of confusion right now.
LATE EDIT: BTN going with "Hazell To Purdue" as of a few minutes ago - http://btn.com/2012/12/04/dienhart
December 4th, 2012 at 7:40 PM ^
scroll to the latest comments in the link from OP to see the saga unfold
Not sure how to embed tweets, but Goldandblack (purdue's rivals site) also tweeted about the holdup and at one point tweeted that Hazell told KSU players he's not leaving for purdue, but has taken down the tweet since then.
The holdup could be because of contractual negotiations, but could also be Hazell waiting out on other openings (potential opening at cinci - Hazell is Ohio guy and probably want to stay in state and join/be successor of Meyer; also potential offers from Cal, Wiscy or Pitt if PC is gone to Wiscy)
There's still ppl claiming that the negotiations will get done today and Purdue has scheduled the press conference for tomorrow, but they really should try to seal the deal ASAP with dominoes falling at wiscy and with Butch Jones deciding soon
https://twitter.com/search/realtime?q=purdue&src=typd
December 4th, 2012 at 8:50 PM ^
Woops, wrong thread. Here's a funny picture...
December 5th, 2012 at 7:23 AM ^
December 4th, 2012 at 8:58 PM ^
So today's coaching round table has taught us:
SEC > Pac 12 > Big Ten = Big East > MAC
Congratulations, Mr. Delany, the Big Ten has certainly been improving under your watch.
~Herm
December 4th, 2012 at 9:15 PM ^
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8709637/darrell-hazell-h…
multiple sources saying it's Hazell after all (Espn, fox, Feldman from CBS)
Maybe Wiscy hanging around made Purdue upped their offer
December 4th, 2012 at 9:40 PM ^
The Purdue fans seem to be really high on Hazell. I admit, I don't know much about him, but I've looked at his resume. Why such great enthusiasm? Is it just that anybody would be better than Hope? This, his second season as a HC has been a great season for him, but did he even recruit any of the starters?
December 4th, 2012 at 10:25 PM ^
So I just looked him up.... this is bullshit. He will never look like a walrus. Even if he grew the 'stachiest 'stache
December 7th, 2012 at 7:41 AM ^