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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Landisimo3

October 16th, 2016 at 11:12 PM ^

I live in Youngsfown ... YSU grad actually... I actually know Bo and his family fairly well ( I know.. Cool story Bro) .... At the time of his Nebraska "breakup" he had much better offers than YSU ... Supposedly Wisconsin HC and LSU DC to name 2 ..... He wasn't interested ... It was either come home to YSU or step away for a year or 2 ... Saying all that, word on the street is he will stay at YSU until his 2 kids graduate from Cardinal Mooney high school (his alma mater / mine also) ... I believe that is another 3 years after this ... Again, take it as you will ... Just passing on what I have been told several times... Go Blue !

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mgohusker

October 16th, 2016 at 11:27 PM ^

Yes -- agree with your assessment of Pelini.   He's getting $128k/month from his Nebraska buyout through February 2019.   He had better offers but I don't blame him going back to YSU and make NU pay as much as possible.

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LSAClassOf2000

October 16th, 2016 at 4:53 PM ^

Right now, there are probably sandwiches on the menu at Panera that would be an upgrade from Hazell, but I kind of wonder if this wasn't something in the works for a while within Purdue. In reference to the tweet above though, I would be interested to see who is on their list, because whoever takes the job is surely a brave human being. 

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Ghost of Fritz…

October 18th, 2016 at 10:20 AM ^

And I am not saying Schiano is great coach either.  But I respect the fact that he was able to get Rutgers to the level of going to minor bowl games. 

Schiano is not a great game day coach, or any sort of X and O genius.  But he was able to make Rutgers competent, so how seems pretty good at getting his players to use decent technique and to absorb and play competently within a scheme.  Franklin has not shown that abilty (yet anyway) at Penn State.

Might not be the year to dismiss Frankin, but Schiano would surely take the PSU job if offered, and he would probably do better than Franklin. 

But it may never happen becasue Schiano might accept a HC offer this winter (given the high number of openings), and I doubt he would prefer the co-DC job at OSU over a decent HC job. 

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MaizeJacket

October 16th, 2016 at 3:44 PM ^

I'd give Troy Calhoun (Air Force, age 50), Jeff Brohm (Western Kentucky, age 45) and/or Jeff Monken (Army, age 49) a call. Why the hell not? Sure, Troy Calhoun has been more successful in a longer period of time at Air Force than Monken at Army, but this season you finally see what Monken is able to do with time at a nearly impossible place to win. Calhoun actually has an NFL background and has shown the ability time and time again to adjust to his personnel. It's a risk for sure to bring in someone with that quirky of an offensive philosophy, but what do you have to lose if you're Purdue? Jeff Brohm's offenses at Western Kentucky have put up bananas numbers, especially in the passing game, since he's been there. They won C-USA last season relatively handily, this at a program that only moved up to FBS a few years ago.

That being said, the new AD is Mike Bobinski, who just left Georgia Tech (thank God!). The guy was itching to fire Paul Johnson the whole time he was there because they didn't get along, as PJ is sort of a curmudgeon. However, he hired (and then EXTENDED!!???!) Brian Gregory at the helm of the basketball program before firing him this past season merely one season after extending him.  Knowing all that, realistically Purdue will probably end up with a personable underachiver as the head football coach with "Boobinski" there.

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2manylincs

October 16th, 2016 at 9:15 PM ^

This was kind of mentioned in an espn article, but if you're purdue, why not hire someone with a distinct style? A triple option team is a pain to play for anyone, and an ad who has been at ga tech should be able to realize that can be an advantage. Purdue hiring a triple option coach or stitt, is where my vote is. They could be the west division chaos team.

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Maddogrdt

October 16th, 2016 at 3:49 PM ^

Other than Alumni, who out there with actual coaching exp would even look at Purdue, sure I understand paychecks and moving from DIV 17 to Big Ten ...but I cannot see any legit coaching search finding anyone of worth to man this spot, maybe Bree's will retire from NFL and come coach there?

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Primo

October 16th, 2016 at 3:56 PM ^

I know Purdue has been bad for a long time, but I think all those saying anyone with any cred would be crazy to take the job are wrong. Bottom line is it is a B1G gig. Also, and importantly, the west is toilet. There is an opportunity to get something going in the west. I just don't see Nebraska or Wiskey turning into anything resembling UM or OSU.



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Mr. Yost

October 16th, 2016 at 3:56 PM ^

Hopefully he understands that it's a terrible situation.

 

In all seriousness, go throw some money at Bo Pelini. Or wait for Kentucky to fire Mark Stoops and try to get him. At least he's a Stoops.

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michfn2

October 16th, 2016 at 5:03 PM ^

Purdue only seems to hire former MAC or WAC coaches so that's their list of candidates.

Can pretty much figure that Fleck isn't stupid enough to even consider the job. So, the best they could hope for is Chris Creighton EMU's head coach.



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treetown

October 16th, 2016 at 5:08 PM ^

Putting aside OSU - that was an aberration - usually there is not a very successful coach just waiting to step in, and having lived through the years after Carr and before Harbaugh, some unsolicited advice for Purdue.

1. The Purdue AD needs to have a sound reasonable idea of what is desired; not some sloganeering but an actual reasonable plan that has reasonable resources. Don't laugh - we went through two ADs and it was the interim AD that sorted things out. The first was great at facilities and structure (how the stadium was renovated and YET still was in use should be a case study for civil engineers) but didn't really understand how the modern football HC market place worked. The second was slick at promotion but wanted too much to be the HC and to be publically loved. Finally the last guy, the guy who refused the permanent title and will always be an interim AD struck the right balance. 

2. They need someone equivalent to a Pat Fitzgerald of Northwestern. Purdue is never going to be a power house team and they shouldn't aim to be so. So they have to look to emulate a successful program that adapts to what limitations they have. They need someone who is inspirational and looks at the job as a destination and not just a waystation. Someone who understands the school and can have good relations with the school and alumni. Finally they need to be a fundamentally sound coach - one that can adapt with what is available. There are always a lot of genius coaches with a system or scheme and that may be fine for a OC or DC but for the head coach you need to have someone who can adapt. 

Some years you won't have the cannon arm QB or the guy who is coated with Teflon as a runner. Those are the years that one has to make do and adjust for what is there.

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Carcajou

October 17th, 2016 at 8:23 AM ^

Good points.

Understanding limitations and managing expectations is important at a place like Purdue. Don't expect to challenge at the top every year- great years will come along a few years a decade and then some years will fall back to the median. Most ADs at such places get greedy with a little success, and then fire the guy when when their inflating expectations aren't matched (Minnesota under Mason might be a good example).

Doubtful that Fleck or somebody rising would see Purdue as a destination. Better off looking at an older coach, like Miles, looking for his last stop. In that case the approach might be, "Look, we can't afford to pay you at the top of the scale for a head coach; but we will instead put more money into assistant coaches salaries; and, with your input, put money in other areas of upgrading the program." These are the kind of things coaches are usually fighting for, while the ADs are coming from the standpoint that they blew the budget hiring the head coach.

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