Purdue's Brohm: Hit on Speight was a clean play
That's what he said on the weekly B1G coaches' teleconference. From Aaron McMann at MLive:
"I didn't see anything egregious about it," Brohm said Tuesday on the Big Ten coaches teleconference. "I thought he made the tackle. I don't think there was a penalty called on it, was there?"...
"Yeah," Brohm said, when asked if it was a clean play. "From my standpoint, that's what it looked like."
Brohm also dismissed the locker-room talk:
"I can tell ya, a lot of visiting locker rooms across the country, it's not like your changing at the Marriott hotel," Brohm said. "They're normal locker rooms that definitely don't have a lot of the frills that you'd love to have, but it's a visiting locker room, you take it for what it's worth and you deal with it."
September 26th, 2017 at 8:36 PM ^
For those who don't remember, RR made a comment in his press conference that got a Purdue player suspended for a dirty play the refs didn't see. Hope brought the player to their postgame handshake the next year.
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/danny-hopes-classless-move-editpost-game-handshake
September 26th, 2017 at 8:39 PM ^
There are some jackass "Michigan" fans on twitter that are happy Speight was injured. Please ridicule and shame them.
September 26th, 2017 at 9:07 PM ^
September 26th, 2017 at 8:40 PM ^
At least Purdue's previous coaches had class. Brohm is a full on douche sandwhich. I speak for intelligent purdue alums, when I say we are ashamed for our locker rooms and our ass hat coach.
September 26th, 2017 at 9:06 PM ^
I give Brohm credit for acknowledging the beatdown they received in the 2nd half and sticking up for his team. There's no way I'd expect him to say anything remotely close to saying his guy made a dirty play. That's all we'd need to submit to the B1G office to get dude suspended.
Considering they lost a guy to a BS targeting call against L'ville, I'm not surprised at all when a break went their way.
September 26th, 2017 at 9:07 PM ^
Danny Hope was a total weasel.
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September 26th, 2017 at 8:57 PM ^
Anyone know if that pre-game chair has retained counsel?
/asking for a friend.
September 26th, 2017 at 8:58 PM ^
September 26th, 2017 at 9:07 PM ^
This is insane. Brohm might be a very bright coach from an X's and O's standpoint, but he's lost absolutely ALL respect from me as a person. Total bush league, douche bag with his words and his/his staff's dimeanor and attitude. I will be rooting against Purdue as long as he's there with the same vigor as I do against MSU.
September 26th, 2017 at 9:17 PM ^
September 27th, 2017 at 9:06 AM ^
I don't even know if I respect him in the X's and O's category. He was obviously out-classed by Don Brown. It may work against the Rutger of the SEC (Mizzou) and mid-level MAC teams, but not versus a top 25 defense. They will be shut down by Wisconsin and Iowa.
September 27th, 2017 at 11:17 AM ^
Curious if you were one of the people here saying the same things about Harbaugh when at Stanford... seriously..... because if this situation were reversed I'd bet many wouldn't be complaining.
September 26th, 2017 at 9:09 PM ^
I’ll happily take kicking your team’s fucking ass up and down your own field in front of all your fans who suddenly remembered they had a football team.
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September 27th, 2017 at 9:08 AM ^
You may get a chance in the Bahama's Bowl or other 4th tier bowl game.
September 27th, 2017 at 11:29 AM ^
The hit on Brohm is directly to the back of his head while he's looking the other direction and seitting down.
He said it's a clean hit, he won't be able to complain.
September 26th, 2017 at 10:36 PM ^
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September 26th, 2017 at 10:44 PM ^
Looked like an obvious intent to injure. The Big Ten ought to look at that play and suspend that player for this week's game.
September 26th, 2017 at 11:45 PM ^
Pansies
September 26th, 2017 at 10:50 PM ^
seen guys after the tackle is made lead with their head or shoulder on a guy who is down and hit him after the fact as though it were just a momentum stopping hit that was unavoidable. But such hits can always be avoided. And sadly the truth is, unless it's flagged, the behavior is tolerated.
Fact is in that game, that hit was just a series of unneccessary roughness hits Purdue committed. I think when you watch Brohm's pregame speech and his antics on the sideline challenging non-calls and basically assuming throughout that because Michigan was the opponent his team would get secondhand treatment, he led his team accordingly.
That was my impression throughout the game. I immediately thought the hit on Speight was late, unnecessary and gratuitous crowd-appealing contact, the subtle, borderline dangerous because it occurs to a player who is already down and not expecting it.
I also thought Michigan should have been flagged for hitting a Purdue receiver in the endzone. And the failure to flag that play may have made up for the non-call on Speight. In any case, I can imagine Purdue calling attention to it in the wake of Harbaugh's comments.
September 27th, 2017 at 9:04 AM ^
September 26th, 2017 at 10:57 PM ^
The words of a man who knows that unless a miracle strikes and he cons a program into thinking he's the next big thing, the best he can do will probably be West Lafayette, Indiana.
September 26th, 2017 at 11:01 PM ^
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September 26th, 2017 at 11:35 PM ^
This is one of those days that puts Harbaugh in perspective. Numerous coaches get indicted for conspiracy and profiting off amateurs. SEC coaches are rumored to be involved in similar shady business (see Old Miss). The shelf life on those stories is like a day.
Meanwhile Harbaugh's schtick is hard work and even his strongest critics would probably agree that he's not a cheat and wouldn't cheat if presented the opportunity. On the other hand, he doesn't release a two deep soon enough for the media's liking and the stories just keep coming two months later.
I like rooting against the smug, arrogant, and the cheats, but Harbaugh doesn't seem exceptional to me in any of those categories. I still don't see why everyone gets so annoyed by Harbaugh. I read the stories, but they seem like child's play compared to the real bad guys of the coaching world. I would love to be enlightened. Any thoughts?
One final thought: Brohm was whining at half time about the officiating (while winning) and not one story was written about that. (As it should be.) Harbaugh loses a close game and complains and the world loses its shit.
September 26th, 2017 at 11:23 PM ^
That was dirty.
The guy who landed on the back of his head saw him and had enough time to at least try to avoid him. Instead, he slammed down on top of him as forcefully as he could.
Scum of the earth football player. That bum deserves no excuse.
September 26th, 2017 at 11:51 PM ^
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September 27th, 2017 at 8:40 AM ^
Yet nobody is calling him a scum of the earth football player and calling for him to get a suspension.
The amount of indignation in this thread is laughable when one of our players had a hit that was just as bad that went uncalled.
September 27th, 2017 at 8:53 AM ^
Signed, Jeebus Cheebus
FOH
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September 27th, 2017 at 9:13 AM ^
I'm not trolling - I'm pointing out that we also had an obvious targeting penalty go uncalled where Kinnel took an extra two steps after the ball went by before launching himself into a defenseless receiver. It was fortunate nobody was hurt - and it was unfortunate that Speight was hurt on the other play that wasn't called, which in my perspective was also a dirty play. This isn't a pity party - it's a "try to have some perspective" party if you will.
I'll agree with you that the play was consistently aggressive on the Purdue side and that aggression/recklessness led to some pretty dirty hits. However, it's pretty hilarious that someone calling for a little perspective is instantly a troll that should go Boiler Up.
September 27th, 2017 at 9:22 AM ^
September 26th, 2017 at 11:40 PM ^
The dismissal by Purdue's coach and administration is just silly. So, student athletes are supposed to spend a few hours in a sweaty "hotbox" because that's just how visiting locker rooms are? Give me a break
September 27th, 2017 at 12:37 AM ^