madmax Posted November 29, 2017 Report Share Posted November 29, 2017 http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/21607338/tennessee-volunteers-turn-focus-purdue-boilermakers-coach-jeff-brohm https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/tennessee-football/report-tennessee-close-landing-purdue-coach-jeff-brohm/ Big loss for Purdue, if true. And big win for IU as well. Brohm seems like a real stud. Who here honestly thought Purdue would be 6-6 and bowling this year? And he did it in his first season, with none of his own players or chance to really establish the program. I can't imagine being a Boilermaker fan right now, that has got to be rough (Not that I feel bad). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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madmax Posted November 29, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2017 Knowing what we know about CTE/concussions/football head injuries this definitely shouldn't have ever happened but.... It's hard to not like the guy after seeing this. Talk about a hard nosed guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indykev Posted November 29, 2017 Report Share Posted November 29, 2017 This would be a big win for IU or better yet Tom Allen. Brohm runs circles around Allen as a coach and would have controlled the state for years. As you can see no one wants to be at Purdue if they don't have to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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madmax Posted November 29, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2017 1 minute ago, Indykev said: Yep saw that. Also saw a picture of Brohm with a recruit that was taken today(recruiting for PU, obviously). It would appear that these are bad rumors, although you really never know. It isn't unheard of for coaches to literally recruit up until the point that they take another job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier82 Posted November 29, 2017 Report Share Posted November 29, 2017 The only thing I've read is that Tennessee has "turned their attention" to Brohm. It doesn't say they've met, it doesn't say Brohm has expressed interest. This is no more (probably less) than the announcement that they were going to discuss the job with Gundy who later expressed no interest. I don't know how/why their targets are all getting leaked. If I were UT I'd start doing this way more behind the scenes before they get to their 5th-6th option and embarrass themselves any further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted November 29, 2017 Report Share Posted November 29, 2017 What would Brohm's buyout be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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madmax Posted November 29, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2017 https://mobile.twitter.com/JimmyHyams/status/935930384306573313 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmax Posted November 29, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2017 Coming from a radio guy in TN, so take it with an especially large grain of salt, but still.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacarcio Posted November 29, 2017 Report Share Posted November 29, 2017 Man the State of Tennessee is really mucking with Indiana college athletics lately haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iuthruandthru Posted November 29, 2017 Report Share Posted November 29, 2017 So if Brohm did decline what does that say about the stature of the Tennessee job now. Turning down Tenn to stay at Purdue would be a crazy thought a decade or two ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rico Posted November 29, 2017 Report Share Posted November 29, 2017 5 minutes ago, iuthruandthru said: So if Brohm did decline what does that say about the stature of the Tennessee job now. Turning down Tenn to stay at Purdue would be a crazy thought a decade or two ago. One has to realize that UT can toss money around. It is nothing to them. They are one of the Top Ten jobs in college football. Financially speaking. Now that being said.......they appear to have the wrong people in control. Which has perpetuated their demise. Several bad caching hires, running good coaches out of town. I just dunno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hoosier82 Posted November 29, 2017 Report Share Posted November 29, 2017 To play devils advocate...IF Brohm is the hire this cat/mouse game will have to continue for the next week to save UT a cool Million dollars. So even if a deal was reached and both parties are in fact on board no one is going cop to it until then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoB2011 Posted November 29, 2017 Report Share Posted November 29, 2017 23 minutes ago, rico said: One has to realize that UT can toss money around. It is nothing to them. They are one of the Top Ten jobs in college football. Financially speaking. Now that being said.......they appear to have the wrong people in control. Which has perpetuated their demise. Several bad caching hires, running good coaches out of town. I just dunno. I disagree. They're a top 25 job, not top 10. They're not even a top 5 SEC job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmax Posted November 29, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2017 19 minutes ago, KoB2011 said: I disagree. They're a top 25 job, not top 10. They're not even a top 5 SEC job. Depends really how you measure it. They offered Gundy around 7 million a year, which I believe would instantly be top 5 in all of CFB. Huge fan support year in and out. I’d say they’re probably very similar to IUBB in a lot of ways. Championship past, rabid fan base, trying to get things back to the glory days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoB2011 Posted November 29, 2017 Report Share Posted November 29, 2017 4 minutes ago, madmax said: Depends really how you measure it. They offered Gundy around 7 million a year, which I believe would instantly be top 5 in all of CFB. Huge fan support year in and out. I’d say they’re probably very similar to IUBB in a lot of ways. Championship past, rabid fan base, trying to get things back to the glory days. Half the SEC has that plus a better recruiting base. I don't think we want to say a top 5 job has to have a top 5 coach in salary. Dabo is the second highest paid coach in CFB, does anyone think Clemson is the second best job? Tennessee and IUBB aren't similar historically, they're just in similar ruts. Tennessee isn't one of the first names people think of in college football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CauseThatsMyDJ Posted November 29, 2017 Report Share Posted November 29, 2017 If this is true then who would go play for Brohm at PU? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Payday Posted November 29, 2017 Report Share Posted November 29, 2017 2 hours ago, madmax said: Yep saw that. Also saw a picture of Brohm with a recruit that was taken today(recruiting for PU, obviously). It would appear that these are bad rumors, although you really never know. It isn't unheard of for coaches to literally recruit up until the point that they take another job. 17 minutes ago, KoB2011 said: Half the SEC has that plus a better recruiting base. I don't think we want to say a top 5 job has to have a top 5 coach in salary. Dabo is the second highest paid coach in CFB, does anyone think Clemson is the second best job? Tennessee and IUBB aren't similar historically, they're just in similar ruts. Tennessee isn't one of the first names people think of in college football. The coaches, like the players, have agents that negotiate and make contact. I’m not saying it is true or isn’t, but there is always wiggle room in an AD’s ability to make statements like the one concerning hike “being out recruiting”. Also, at 1.2 million a year, filling the head coach and DC, I don’t think we are in danger of upsetting the pay scale on the high side if those numbers are correct. I thought if they had a good year this year we would hear that Allen’s contract was renegotiated. He may have really shot himself in the foot, contract and team, with his OC hire. I was around some Tennessee team people last summer, and yes they did warn me, and they seemed to suggest they wanted the head coach and the OC out of there but, as often happens, the HC quietly sacrificed the OC. Allen is a person of character who is a green first time head coach in college at a big ten program, he will need time and he needs a good OC and DC. But he has the character you want representing your school, there is no doubt about that. He just needs to delegate to good people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobSaccamanno Posted November 29, 2017 Report Share Posted November 29, 2017 I guess anything could happen, but I find leaving a school (even Purdue) after only one year to be bad form. I would have thought he'd stay longer. I guess we will see. I'd consider it a breach of trust, and in the end, that can dog you in life once you are that guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted November 29, 2017 Report Share Posted November 29, 2017 1 hour ago, KoB2011 said: I disagree. They're a top 25 job, not top 10. They're not even a top 5 SEC job. Hmmmmm.............. https://www.outkickthecoverage.com/the-20-most-profitable-college-football-teams-122215/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoB2011 Posted November 29, 2017 Report Share Posted November 29, 2017 4 minutes ago, rico said: Hmmmmm.............. https://www.outkickthecoverage.com/the-20-most-profitable-college-football-teams-122215/ Most profitable program =/= best job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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