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I suspect none of us know what his long range goals may be.  Perhaps he wants to build a program at Purdue to see high how us may be, a la Spurrier at South Carolina.  Maybe he wants to wait for a spot at a major program somewhere.  Maybe he wants to try the NFL.

I think Louisville made the decision to dump Petrino right now in order to go all in on Brohm. That's the only reason they made the move right now imo.

Brohm is certainly Louisville's #1 target, however that is not why they fired Petrino during the season.
The Louisville AD even said he did not expect to have to make the decision so early.  The reason he was fired is because he had clearly lost the team.  It would have done more damage in the long run to let Petrino finish out the season.  Louisville peviously had 2 players put in for transfers out this year.  A few weeks ago 20 current players requested transfer paperwork.  The writing was on the wall.  Petrino had to go, no matter what.

Wow didn't know that about all the transfers.
I still think it doesn't make a lot of sense to fire him right now. Usually what happens is the AD gets fired first, the coach gets to finish the season, then a new AD gets hired and fires the coach and then a new coach gets hired. Even Brady Hoke and RichRod got to finish the season their last year at Michigan.

Didn't they already fire Jurich [AD]? 
It's not unheard of to fire a coach before the end of a season. Heck, Purdue did so with Hazell after 6 weeks, then had an interim for the final 6 weeks of the season.
But that was a case [similar to L'Ville IMHO] where it was the new AD that did the firing... I thought Jurich had already been replaced, so this would be the same deal. 

Brohm does not do business during the season.  He will not negotiate until after the regular season is over.  It was that way when he was hired at Purdue, and I highly doubt he changed his ethics.  He has integrity, and he will put his current job first.  If Louisville wants him, they will have to wait until after the IU game on 11/24/18 to talk with him.

Although, I did initially have the same exact thought after the Minnesota loss.  And it was a strange coincidence Petrino was fired the day after.  However, there is no way that 85 young men + a coaching staff keep a secret that long.  Something definitely would have leaked by now.

Although, I did initially have the same exact thought after the Minnesota loss.  And it was a strange coincidence Petrino was fired the day after.  However, there is no way that 85 young men + a coaching staff keep a secret that long.  Something definitely would have leaked by now.

That's fair. Even then, this baseless rumor doesn't assume anyone but Brohm knows. It only requires that "Brohm's head being in it" through the week and game matters **that much** that a Minnesota beat down or Purdue blowout are the outcomes in the balance.

It's a good thing that everyone here appears to think very highly of Brohm (including me, but I don't know that much about him), both as a coach and a person.

If I had a kid who was a 3 star at football and had high academics, Purdue would be a great choice for him I think if he were into engineering.

NW would be another very good choice as well on both counts, but playing football AND excelling at academics is tough, especially when the academics is not part of the usual jock stream of courses.