The "Official" Jeff Brohm Thread

#51
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Purdue has won 9 games in the last five years before Brohm became head coach. They've won 6 in year one of Brohm's tenure. He is a former player with extensive college and professional experience, he is widely regarded as a brilliant offensive mind who runs a pro-style attack, he is legitimately loved by his players and fanbase. Our QBs will be great under his tutelage.

He has a blue collar, no bs approach to the game of football. Honestly the perfect fit for our school's culture.

The Journey: Jeff Brohm talks Quarterbacking - YouTube
 
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He's consistently outperformed as a head coach. And gets a lot of his players. Including in a power 5 conference. In his very first year at Purdue, they were expected to win ~2 games and he has the bowl eligible - despite losing his top two rushers, and left tackle
 
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Brohm would've been my #8-10 choice behind the other names of Gruden, Petersen, Patterson, Campbell, Frost, Mullen, Kelly, etc. Now, he's top 2 and why is that? Because after the complete Chit Show our Glorious Administration put on yesterday, I do not see ANY Tier 1 coach taking this job now. At least not while Currie is the AD. If Currie isn't removed and does make the hire then who's he going to turn to? Either Brohm, Kiffin (Which I think is unrealistic) Tee (without head coach experience) or some guy from a school that we didn't know even had a football program......and we'll be told how great of a person he is blah blah blah.

A month ago, Brohm wasn't the Home Run Hire.
Today, IF we can land him then comparatively speaking he's Madden 2.0 because we can sure as hell do a lot worse than Brohm and probably will.
 
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I like the fact that he beat Iowa! Living in Iowa amongst these Chokeye fans, all we heard around here was about how Iowa beat OSU, then they turn around and get beat by Brohm and the Boilermakers! Made my day!
 
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From a Louisville fan I know, "Jeff Brohm is Bobby Petrino without the baggage."

That is why he was high on my list, along with Scott Frost back in early October following the UGA loss when I just assumed we would bargain hunt for a new head coach again. Frost obviously drove up his price with a perfect season, and is probably off the board now anyway with Nebraska's job being available. Brohm is a bright, young offensive mind with enough ties to the south and Midwest to be recognizable. If he hires a solid staff, he could definitely succeed here. I've always liked him, but once it was decided that we were going to go "big, explosive, and expensive," I figured he was the type of guy who would have been our floor. Now, he is probably our ceiling.
 
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he hasn't been implicated in any child sex scandals.....so he's a leg up on our first guy we looked at.
 
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VOLumeS said:
Why do some of you want him? Just sell me on Jeff.
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I was interested in Brohm, though a bit down the list, before Schiano happened.

No offense intended, but it’s going to be nearly impossible at this point to convince a qualified coach who is not an alum to walk in here right now and work for the Haslams and Currie or whoever replaces him.

Brohm was a good up and comer before Schiano.
After Schiano, Brohm is a grand slam.
 
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Never understood the lack of enthusiasm on the guy.

Petrino without the baggage sounds about right.

Shouldn't have been the top target but, given where this thing has landed, he probably should be now.
 
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ncvol17 said:
He would use a few years at UT as a stepping stone to the Louisville job. Insidious plan Brohm has.
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We don’t know that, but we do know that most coaches are going to run from our job now. And idiots nationally are going to entertain their audiences by taking easy shots at our fans instead of blaming our pathetic leadership.
 
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cncchris33 said:
From a Louisville fan I know, "Jeff Brohm is Bobby Petrino without the baggage."

That is why he was high on my list, along with Scott Frost back in early October following the UGA loss when I just assumed we would bargain hunt for a new head coach again. Frost obviously drove up his price with a perfect season, and is probably off the board now anyway with Nebraska's job being available. Brohm is a bright, young offensive mind with enough ties to the south and Midwest to be recognizable. If he hires a solid staff, he could definitely succeed here. I've always liked him, but once it was decided that we were going to go "big, explosive, and expensive," I figured he was the type of guy who would have been our floor. Now, he is probably our ceiling.
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The bolded part is spot on. Sadly, we're just not a place that a high profile coach is going to come - Up and comer U until the regime is revamped.

As an aside, is the "big, explosive, and expensive" comment a direct quote from Currie?
 
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Would take Brohm in a minute - in one year he DOUBLED the amount of conference wins in the previous four years at Purdue.
First season with 6 wins in the last 6 or 7 at PU.
Last 5 years win total is 9...he won 6 the first year.
Beat the in-state rival for the first time in 6 years.
Almost beat Iowa...same Iowa team that throttled Ohio State and Penn State.
By any and all accounts, a solid "players coach" guy.

My only reservations - only one season at Purdue, is he ready to move on already (what would keep him from moving on here)?
Recruiting - yeah he recruited Kentucky, Middle Tennessee, Eastern Illinois, Southern Indiana players to Western KY...that ain't hard to do...can he recruit in BIG markets like Florida, Texas, Ohio, Georgia for guys to come to UT?
Ties to the University of Louisville and Bobby Petrino (if the UofL job comes open, does he bolt...what about the Arky job too)...would he stick around any length?
 
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Jeff brohm has a very good pedigree... He has been around (coaches under or played under) Bill Walsh, Bill belichick, bobby Petrino, etc... I am a defensive guy and am usually never a big advocate for hiring a offensive guy as head coach.... They usually don't turn out as well as defensive minded head coaches but... Jeff brohm is a guy that knows X's and O's... Does some very good things from the offensive side of the ball... I like his route concepts coupled with his running concepts... It would work well in the SEC... His biggest hurdle would be finding a very good defensive coordinator... Which I think he can do.. Either hiring his guy or going after john Chavis... Which would be very doable... I thought through this whole process... He was the guy we needed outside of Christ Patterson and Frost... Those were my top three...
 
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Shock and awe, big splash hires? I'd rather end up wth a good, solid coach that wears well and builds a solid program. Always in the mix at the top, often contends for championships. One that is familiar with big boy football and doesn't shy away from building serious contenders, yet has enough backbone and moral maturity to do things right. If Doeren is not quite the one, OK... but count me among those who could care less if the digital or actual water cooler talk includes, "oooh" and "ahhh" on hiring day. On espn or in real life. Gimme someone who can put out and keep out a dumpster fire. A leader of men who play football. Someone who knows Xs and Os and can talk to Jimmies and Joes... and their moms and dads at the kitchen table, eye to eye.
 
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Maybe hire Phil as an "Interim Asst AD" long enough to do a real search. Ask Peyton to play a serious role, and have a serious search firm help. Let big donors mail in comments, not make them in person.
 
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VOLumeS said:
Why do some of you want him? Just sell me on Jeff.
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Became HC at WKU after being Petrino's OC for a year. Followed Petrino's 8 win season with an 8 win season followed by 12 and 10 win seasons that made WKU the Conference USA champs. He did not coach the last one but his 3 WKU teams won their bowls. Under his coaching, his two QB's led CUSA in QBR all three years.

Under Brohm, Doughty and Mike White averaged almost 70% completions and over 300 ypg. In three years they threw 141 TD's against 27 INT's. WKU's scoring O was 2nd, 1st, and 1st in Brohm's 3 years. Over his tenure, they averaged 45 ppg.

He's not a defensive coach but he apparently knows how to hire and manage a DC. At WKU, his D went from last to 3rd to 1st in CUSA scoring D.

Maybe even more impressive is that he can be adaptable when needed. He has no talent at Purdue. He'd love to run his high scoring O but that would have exposed his D. Scoring O did not improve this year... but points allowed were cut in half. It wasn't his "ideal"... but he found a way to compete. He got them to a bowl with one of the worst rosters in the Big 10 and probably P5.
 
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