Week 4 News & Games

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ptgrd23
EyeoftheIllini said:
A lot of the Purdue fans are in the older crowd and Walters definitely comes off as cocky and has said some things that he has not backed up yet. He said they had the Notre Dame game circled all year and then lays an egg. He said that he didn't have anything to learn about his team before the opener last year - then gets beat by Fresno State.
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Walters was a stretch hire @ Purdue. No experience as a head coach. 5 years as DC - 3 @ Missouri and 2 @ Illinois. I think they got tired of hiring coaches from Kentucky.

His predecessor Jeff Brohm (left for Louisville) was 30-10 in 3 seasons at W Kentucky. Darrell Hanzen (fired) was 16-10 @ Kent State, Danny Hope (fired) 35-22 at Eastern Kentucky.
 
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Ander1345
ptgrd23 said:
Walters was a stretch hire @ Purdue. No experience as a head coach. 5 years as DC - 3 @ Missouri and 2 @ Illinois. I think they got tired of hiring coaches from Kentucky.

His predecessor Jeff Brohm (left for Louisville) was 30-10 in 3 seasons at W Kentucky. Darrell Hanzen (fired) was 16-10 @ Kent State, Danny Hope (fired) 35-22 at Eastern Kentucky.
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Pretty clear that Purdue underestimated how much work Bret put in to molding this program and the plans he put in place. Pretty sure Walters' contract is pretty cheap though. I just don't think he was quite ready.
 
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