I don’t think a school like Purdue fires a coach after two years, but Walters is going to at least make someone think about it.
Like 1-11 is right there, with the possibility of an IU dog walking.
I'm not sure they're in favor of waiting these days. I think they felt like they gave Hope too much run and then subsequently gave Hazell too much run. Hope had a horrible 2nd year but had some rotten luck in that the entire team was seeming injured that year. But even that year looked better than Purdue does this year, as I also see 1-11 as the most likely outcome here.
In your second year, you go 1-11 with your lone win being FCS? Not good.
The real question is: does he understand what is going wrong and have a plan that he can sell to the AD for how it will improve?
At this point to keep his job he can't just be a football coach. He'd better be one HELL of a salesman.
Hazell got 4, but he inherited a much worse position. Granted he was just recruiting against OSU/UM etc helmet status, not also their wallets
Eh. Hazell didn't fail because he was recruiting against OSU/UM. Purdue doesn't recruit against OSU/UM. If one of those programs has interest in a kid, Purdue might as well not knock on the door.
If you believe anything in
the 247 composite roster ranking, Purdue should be somewhere mid-pack of the conference in talent.
Although what's interesting is that if you look at that, you realize that Purdue is 0-5 against the conference right now, but they were soundly defeated by the three programs above them in talent ranking, and took both of the programs below him in talent ranking to OT.
Problem is that the next two games are against the #1 and #3 most-talented teams in the conference according to 247...
