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Purdue Boilermakers under Coach Danny Hope

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I will say that I think it is pretty classy of Purdue to allow Tiller to pick his replacement and groom him for a season. I wonder if the debacle that is also known as the scUM coaching search had something to do with the way that Purdue handled this. I know Carr had some veto power in the scUM search since Kelly from Cincy was never a canditate because of some past issues in TStateUN. I just have to wonder how much say he had as it got late in the process because DickRod wouldn't seem to be a Carr kind of guy. Wisky seemed to turn out just fine with Alvarez choosing his own successer so I hope this trend continues and when the time comes that Tress wants to hang up the vest tOSU lets him select and train our next leader.

And from one fisherman to another, hope the fish are biting Joe.
 
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NastyDogg72;1063727; said:
I will say that I think it is pretty classy of Purdue to allow Tiller to pick his replacement and groom him for a season. I wonder if the debacle that is also known as the scUM coaching search had something to do with the way that Purdue handled this. I know Carr had some veto power in the scUM search since Kelly from Cincy was never a canditate because of some past issues in TStateUN. I just have to wonder how much say he had as it got late in the process because DickRod wouldn't seem to be a Carr kind of guy. Wisky seemed to turn out just fine with Alvarez choosing his own successer so I hope this trend continues and when the time comes that Tress wants to hang up the vest tOSU lets him select and train our next leader.

And from one fisherman to another, hope the fish are biting Joe.
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I think it is more of a Purdue style of handling these retirements than it is anything with UM. Remember, this is exactly how Purdue handled the retirement of Keady last year. Painter was selected as the future by Keady a few years ago.
 
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Danny Hope was the head coach at EKU from 2002-2007. Compiled a 35-22 record over those 6 years. Offensive line coach at Purdue from 1997-2000, and offensive coordinator at Louisville in 2001.

So basically, he coached through Tillers first 4 years, meaning he coached during the Brees era.

Head coaching records through each season at Eastern Kentucky:

2002, 8-4, 3rd place conference finish
2003, 7-5, 2nd place conference finish
2004, 6-5, 3rd place conference finish
2005, 7-4, 2nd place conference finish
2006, 6-5, 4th place conference finish
2007, 9-3, 1st place conference finish

Scoring offense over the years:
2002, averaged 31.9 points per game, 15th place 1-AA
2003, averaged 28.9 points per game, 40th place 1-AA
2004, averaged 26.4 points per game, 50th place 1-AA
2005, averaged 31.5 points per game, 24th place 1-AA
2006, averaged 21.6 points per game, 67th place 1-AA
2007, averaged 31.8 points per game, 25th place 1-AA

Overall, though, on the Tiller subject, I personally thought he had a fine career. He enhanced the overall quality of football at Purdue, and raised the bar for that school.
 
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TGfan06;1063731; said:
I think it is more of a Purdue style of handling these retirements than it is anything with UM. Remember, this is exactly how Purdue handled the retirement of Keady last year. Painter was selected as the future by Keady a few years ago.
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Agreed. With the recent backstabbing and dishonesty being shown by some recent coaching hires I hope that more schools take note of Purdue, Wisky and FSU and their handling of replacing coaches. This is the most honorable way I can think of for a program to replace a long time coach, not by stealing one away from another school under a shroud of secrecy and lies.
 
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Just realized that with Joe leaving next year, that leaves only JoePa and Tressel as the Big 10 Senior Coaches who have been around for a while...
Hope your team sends you out with at least a 10 win season next year. (of course with a loss to :osu:
 
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Gothmog8;1063783; said:
Just realized that with Joe leaving next year, that leaves only JoePa and Tressel as the Big 10 Senior Coaches who have been around for a while...
Hope your team sends you out with at least a 10 win season next year. (of course with a loss to :osu:
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Ferentz was hired before Tressel.....
 
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Gothmog8;1063783; said:
Just realized that with Joe leaving next year, that leaves only JoePa and Tressel as the Big 10 Senior Coaches who have been around for a while...
Hope your team sends you out with at least a 10 win season next year. (of course with a loss to :osu:
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With all the departures from Purdue's roster they will be breaking in new hands at almost every key position.

They aren't going to sniff 10 wins - going better than 6-6 is Purdue's benchmark for success in '08, and they will struggle to get 0.500 done.
 
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Classy move by Purdue, for a classy guy Tiller. Love handling it that way. I was glad to see the basketball situation handled in a similar way. I have a lot of respect for Tiller, as well as Keady. Kudos to the Boilers for these moves. I'm very impressed!!!!!!!!!:purdue:
 
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Okay, so, since 2005, we have:

-Michigan: Carr to Rodriguez
-Illinois: Turner to Zook
-Michigan State: JLS to Dantonio
-Wisconsin: Alvarez to Bielema
-Purdue: Tiller to Hope
-Northwestern: Randy Walker to Pat Fitzgerald
-Indiana: Hoepner to Lynch
-Minnesota: Mason to Brewster

Teams that haven't replaced: Ohio State, Jim Tressel. Penn State, Joe Paterno. Iowa, Kirk Ferentz.

I don't see us replacing Jim Tressel any time in the next 8 years, regardless of the fact that his 3 bowl losses are against SEC teams. So, the local media can shut up.

Joe Paterno is gonna be leaving eventually. Maybe?

Kirk Ferentz won't be leaving Iowa. He has given up way too many big jobs.

So, excluding the eventual Paterno move, I don't see many coaching changes coming soon. And, as an item of note, of all the new head coaches:

-Fitzgerald - Spread
-Brewster - Spread
-Lynch - Spread
-Dantonio - Pro-Style
-Bielema - Pro-Style
-Rodriguez - Spread
-Hope - Spread
-Zook - Spread

We are seeing an evolution of Big Ten football.
 
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coastalbuck;1064023; said:
Classy move by Purdue, for a classy guy Tiller. Love handling it that way. I was glad to see the basketball situation handled in a similar way. I have a lot of respect for Tiller, as well as Keady. Kudos to the Boilers for these moves. I'm very impressed!!!!!!!!!:purdue:
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Thanks for the kind words...I know many of our alumni (including myself) were wondering why the team didn't try to go after a bigger name coach with more big game coaching experience. It all comes down to $$...we just don't have the athletic budget of an OSU or Michigan. The transitioning from Tiller to Hope definitely seems to be a classier way of doing coaching changes nowadays. Michigan seems like it is going to be a mess for a while after the way things went down over there. Word is Danny Hope is an intense coach, and is a pretty good recruiter...hopefully the results show on the field. I owe a big "thank you" to Coach Tiller though, he took us from perennial B10 doormat to consistent middle of the pack team, with a Rose Bowl appearance in 2000! I hope retirement treats him well.
 
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