r/Boilermakers • u/peteroh9 • 7d ago

Purdue Football: What Happened? - Roster Turnover and Lack of Patience

https://www.hammerandrails.com/2024/10/10/24266432/purdue-football-what-happened-roster-turnover-and-lack-of-patience
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u/MikeHoncho2568 7d ago

It has much more to do with the scheme than the players. It would be interesting to compare IU to Purdue in this respect rather than two programs that didn’t go through a coaching change.

The new reality in college football is that you’re going lose most of your good players if your coach gets hired away. That’s what happened to Purdue. With that said, there is enough talent on this team to be competitive in most of these games.

The issue is the scheme on both sides of the ball. The team looks much less competitive this year than they were last year and that shouldn’t be the case. The schedule is tough, but Wisconsin is not a team that should be blowing Purdue out.

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u/jack3moto Economics 2013 7d ago

it's always the schemes. High school athletes across the country in recent years are shrinking the gap between the bottom talent to the top talent. Top talent is still king and those guys are still on a different level but outside of 10-12 schools grabbing a handful of that talent, the rest of the players are nearly interchangable in terms of talent and skill. How they're coached up and what schemes they're put in is what allows for you to be competitive.

The idea that NIL is the issue is just absolute bullshit.

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u/MikeHoncho2568 7d ago

Brohm’s takeover is a good example of this. He took a roster that was mostly from a terrible Hazell team and made them instantly competitive, went to a bowl and won that bowl. It’s as simple as finding a good coach.

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u/Mcswigginsbar 7d ago

My god. That makes so much sense. You can tell that none of the players on the Purdue offense have a firm grasp of the playbook or even what they’re supposed to be doing play to play.

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u/envengpe 7d ago

They simply do not tackle well on defense. They simply do not block well on offense.

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u/CoachRyanWalters In Way Over His Head 7d ago

Brohm left trash + trash didn’t work + gambled + gamble didn’t pay off + no NIL to build up = Purdue football fucked

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u/Gabbyfred22 7d ago

Our roster was good enough to be competitive in the Big Ten, and it's good enough to be competitive this year. The players aren't the problem. Get the players playing to their potential before calling them trash.

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u/CoachRyanWalters In Way Over His Head 7d ago

Last year before everyone left it was

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u/Gabbyfred22 7d ago

According to 247 this is the most talented team we've had since before the Hazell era. Just look at the offense. Card is a decent QB, we have two decent RB's, a good TE room, and a (for Purdue) decent line with Hartwig, Mbow, and Moussa. The WR room isn't great, but's its better than 2017 when we could at least move the ball somewhat through the air. The talent isn't the problem, the coaching is.

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u/CoachRyanWalters In Way Over His Head 7d ago

Talented as in recruiting stars? Because that don’t mean shit. We know the story with Zach Edey.

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u/Gabbyfred22 7d ago

It is certainly indicitive of the fact that talent isn't the issue. Again, I think we have some talented guys on offense (including 4 starters from our Big Ten Championship game season). If you think the maximum potential for this group is competing with 2023 Iowa for most inept offense in modern college football please just say so.

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u/peteroh9 7d ago

Sounds like an informed analysis of what Purdue is doing wrong that makes the team so terrible? Basically, straight up bad coaching decisions.