Purdue Fires Ryan Walters

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MNVCGUY said:
Good lord you really are a prick. WTF is wrong with saying I get why they fired him but hate seeing coaches fired after just 2 years?

Seriously, if you are just going to hate on everything I say just put me on ignore, and on that note I am going to do myself a favor and put you on my ignore list.
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Put USAF on ignore years ago. It was a great decision.
 
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MNVCGUY said:
Unfortunately the time of being patient with anything seems to be coming to an end. Coaches are getting paid ridiculous money and with that expectations for immediate success have grown.

The portal explosion has really changed things as well. Used to be in football you had to give a coach multiple years for his first recruiting class to mature. Less patient fans and administrations can now demand that a coach go find the players they need from the portal in order to win now.

To me a football coach should get at least 4 years, but chances are we are going to see more and more cases like this one where a coach is fired after 2-3 years if they aren't winning.
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There is not winning and there is being completely uncompetitive like Purdue was. I know quite a few Boilers and there was zero support for keeping the coach and they are a pretty patient lot.

I’m with on the short leash thing but I don’t think this situation provides a good data point for how hard the current environment is on coaches. They were just awful.
 


WoodburyTim said:
Hmm, okay. Interesting that the same group that was screaming at anyone who questioned Ben is now is crowing that they don’t support him as the answer anymore.
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Laugh all you want MNVC but it isn’t like anyone here doesn’t remember how many posts you put on here shouting Ben is the answer. Constantly showing your sports knowledge. :ROFLMAO:
 


60's Guy said:
You might be right. But sometimes people are not qualified for the job they get hired for.
Ryan Walters was never a head coach previous to Purdue. Two DC stints of two years each
and he vaults to head coach. They gambled, it did not work. If you are a defensive guru giving up 66 points TWICE in one season ....that's not good. And allowing 52, 50, 49, 45, and 38 against is not either.
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That's exactly how I see it. They gambled on a guy with no head coaching experience, paid him a below market $4 million/year and he has a $9 million buy out. I give them credit for trying to catch lightening in a bottle, but it didn't happen. I guarantee they get someone with head coaching experience on the next hire.
 

Holy Man said:
There is not winning and there is being completely uncompetitive like Purdue was. I know quite a few Boilers and there was zero support for keeping the coach and they are a pretty patient lot.

I’m with on the short leash thing but I don’t think this situation provides a good data point for how hard the current environment is on coaches. They were just awful.
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Totally agree....they went from competitive under Brohm to struggling last year to a complete and total dumpster fire this year. Obviously didn't follow the situation closely at all but for them to move on this quickly they must have felt the prospects for any sort of improvement weren't good so they pulled the plug now.

Like I said, the move makes sense, but still hate seeing coaches fired so quickly and it is becoming a more common occurrence.
 

Well, I wasn’t looking for a job but they called me. - the fixer
 

WoodburyTim said:
Laugh all you want MNVC but it isn’t like anyone here doesn’t remember how many posts you put on here shouting Ben is the answer. Constantly showing your sports knowledge. :ROFLMAO:
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Don't want to clog up the football board with this basketball board BS....but this post is about as delusional as I have ever seen....I mean wow....if you can find one post where I shouted Ben was the answer I would love to see it....will save you some time though....you won't find it.

Ok, back to football.
 



Bob_Loblaw said:
This was one of the worst Big 10 teams that I can remember. They were outscored 140-479 against FBS competition (with a big chunk coming in 1 game against Illinois).

To put that in perspective, when Brew was canned at 1-6, the Gophers were outscored 136-141 against FBS competition. We had averaged getting beat by 6.4 points per game. Purdue was averaging losing by 31 points per game against FBS competition.

I hope they miss on their next hire too.
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Unfortunately, I am old enough to remember the 1983 Minnesota Gopher team. They probably would have lost to this year's Purdue team by 20.
 

MNVCGUY said:
Don't want to clog up the football board with this basketball board BS....but this post is about as delusional as I have ever seen....I mean wow....if you can find one post where I shouted Ben was the answer I would love to see it....will save you some time though....you won't find it.

Ok, back to football.
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Ok, sounds good.
 

cemba99 said:
Unfortunately, I am old enough to remember the 1983 Minnesota Gopher team. They probably would have lost to this year's Purdue team by 20.
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Yeah, eerily similar +/- numbers between Purdue 2024 and the 1983 Gophers.

There are bad teams and then there are teams as bad as these teams.
 

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