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Coach Hope midseason evaluation...; My view.
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BoilerVision Oct 5 2009, 10:01 PM Post #1
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With one more game until mid-season, this may be early. But, win or lose the Minny game, I don't think Saturday will change my overall outlook on the job at hand.

Game Preparation: A
If I'm not mistaken Purdue has scored first in each of its games thus far. Defense has usually kept the opponent out of the endzone on the first one or two series as well. So I would have to say this seems to be Hope's strong suit at this point. Even the N. Illinois game, I thought the team was well-prepared at the start (but not for long).

Player Development: I
Definitely an incomplete. We won't really be able to judge this attribute until a couple more years.

In-game Adjustments: C-
I had to leave during the first quarter of the NIU game...so I didn't actually see the disaster. But based on what I saw in the Gomer and NW games, I don't think appropriate adjustments were made. Gomers were running the ball for 6 yards each play for seemingly forever before we finally brought more men to the line and slowed down the running game. I didn't see any real adjustments in the NW game. But in fairness, I really don't see what a coach can do when his team comes completely unraveled like that. Elliot started throwing picks and every ball carrier was fumbling all over the field, what's a coach to do? One thing I will say is that Royce Adams should have called fair catch and downed the ball late in the first half. We had just turned the ball over three times in less than two minutes, and Adams took the kickoff and ran with it, got hurt, and almost committed yet ANOTHER fumble in the process.

Game/Clock Management: C
Flunked on the Gomer loss. Prevent defense not only allowed them to march quickly down the field, but also allowed Clausen to find his rhythm for the first time the entire game. Then made a controversial decision to stop the clock (though I still dont' think he's the one who called it...it goes on him). The rest of the season, I thought the management was pretty good. Some have disputed his clock management in the NW loss, but we did run all of our "down and goal" plays...leaving just three seconds on the clock after the fourth attempt failed. The fourth-down play was definitely there, but Elliott got excited and overthrew Valentin. So overall, I think his management has been pretty good in four games, unacceptable in one.

Overall: B-
Bobobinc once said that this is not on-the-job training. I don't completely agree with that. There will be times that Hope will be coaching in a packed house on national TV. I don't think his previous experience has prepared him for that and it may cause his emotions to flaw his judgment. So I think it is a learning/developing process for him too. Time will tell how well he learns on the fly. He seems to have done well in motivating his players and getting them to play slightly beyond what I thought their capacities were. But continuous mental mistakes on the field does cast some doubt and suspicions of his overall coaching ability.
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Some have disputed his clock management in the NW loss, but we did run all of our "down and goal" plays...leaving just three seconds on the clock after the fourth attempt failed. The fourth-down play was definitely there, but Elliott got excited and overthrew Valentin. So overall, I think his management has been pretty good in four games, unacceptable in one.

Spiking the ball counts as a play now?
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Well, technically it does. Some of us don't agree on the spike, but I think we can all agree that the fourth-down play was good, but the execution of it was not.
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wow just wow


hopeless sucks
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My assessment:

Game Preparation: B-

At 1-4 I can't give any higher. My gut feeling is that the team is much better prepared to play than Tiller's last 2 years so far during the first 5 games, but the record speaks for itself. The NIU game is a huge black eye in my perspective also and cannot be overlooked. This is a huge flop-sure NIU came to play but its a MAC school and we are a Big 10 school. We should be able to force our way with them up front on both sides of the ball and stretch them down the field, at least in the 3rd and 4th quarters. Big 10 vs MAC all comes down to depth, and in this point in the game we should have been fresher to the point where we could have made a better comeback. On the flipside, we came to play against Oregon and ND and for this I applaude the staff, although it shouldn't be hard to get the kids ready to play for those type of games.

Player Development: B

All things being said, I believe the Coach when he talks of conditioning, hitting hard, etc. If anything this team hasn't quit or looked winded at all in any game (except NIU). Even when the Defense plays 3/4 of a game they are still playing tough in the end, and I give the coaches credit here. As far as skill position development I also give an (I) as there hasn't been enough time to tell.

In Game Adjustments: C

Our offense in the 2nd half speaks for itself. Short screens and dump passes only work for a while, then the Defense gets a sense of what you are doing and starts to tee off on you. If you don't come out and push the ball vertically at all then the Defense will shut you down. Turnovers are the other thing-you know you have a problem going into the locker room, yet still come out and cough the ball up all over the field. Tackling hasn't improved during the game either-they either come out sucking and stay that way or they are mediocre and stay that way. Nothing in between. On a positive note, big plays in the 2nd half have been limited which is a good sign for the Defense.

Game/Clock MGMT: D

Losing 2 close games at the end such as ND and NW can't bode well for this. I still don't agree with the timeout and don't agree with the spike either. The prevent offense was retarded (blitz already and sack that POS) and get them into long yardage situations-THEN sit back and make him throw it. I think this is where the coaching staff needs to grow and shows signs of inexperience at this level.

Overall: B-

Its a rebuilding year and the team is thin in key areas. New coaching staff all around, inexperienced QB among other things. The fact that we had a chance to win at Oregon and beat ND when it came down to the last play of the game says something about this program. I have faith it will continue to grow, I like the energy of the team and the positive spin Hope puts on things. I like the emphasis on physicality, finishing plays and hitting hard. I like the fact we don't get penalized much (sign of a well coached team). I haven't thrown in the towel yet. If its 1-4 2 years from now then we'll talk.
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its a rebuilding decade.


Hopeless=a bad Leon Burnett
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With one more game until mid-season, this may be early. But, win or lose the Minny game, I don't think Saturday will change my overall outlook on the job at hand.

Game Preparation: A
If I'm not mistaken Purdue has scored first in each of its games thus far. Defense has usually kept the opponent out of the endzone on the first one or two series as well. So I would have to say this seems to be Hope's strong suit at this point. Even the N. Illinois game, I thought the team was well-prepared at the start (but not for long).

Player Development: I
Definitely an incomplete. We won't really be able to judge this attribute until a couple more years.

In-game Adjustments: C-
I had to leave during the first quarter of the NIU game...so I didn't actually see the disaster. But based on what I saw in the Gomer and NW games, I don't think appropriate adjustments were made. Gomers were running the ball for 6 yards each play for seemingly forever before we finally brought more men to the line and slowed down the running game. I didn't see any real adjustments in the NW game. But in fairness, I really don't see what a coach can do when his team comes completely unraveled like that. Elliot started throwing picks and every ball carrier was fumbling all over the field, what's a coach to do? One thing I will say is that Royce Adams should have called fair catch and downed the ball late in the first half. We had just turned the ball over three times in less than two minutes, and Adams took the kickoff and ran with it, got hurt, and almost committed yet ANOTHER fumble in the process.

Game/Clock Management: C
Flunked on the Gomer loss. Prevent defense not only allowed them to march quickly down the field, but also allowed Clausen to find his rhythm for the first time the entire game. Then made a controversial decision to stop the clock (though I still dont' think he's the one who called it...it goes on him). The rest of the season, I thought the management was pretty good. Some have disputed his clock management in the NW loss, but we did run all of our "down and goal" plays...leaving just three seconds on the clock after the fourth attempt failed. The fourth-down play was definitely there, but Elliott got excited and overthrew Valentin. So overall, I think his management has been pretty good in four games, unacceptable in one.

Overall: B-
Bobobinc once said that this is not on-the-job training. I don't completely agree with that. There will be times that Hope will be coaching in a packed house on national TV. I don't think his previous experience has prepared him for that and it may cause his emotions to flaw his judgment. So I think it is a learning/developing process for him too. Time will tell how well he learns on the fly. He seems to have done well in motivating his players and getting them to play slightly beyond what I thought their capacities were. But continuous mental mistakes on the field does cast some doubt and suspicions of his overall coaching ability.
Use of Whistle: A+

His days as a CYO coach are obviously an invaluable experience. When Hopeless runs out of timeouts, blow the whistle!
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I will agree, A+ on the comfort blanket
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Wish Nage was here to give his grades. We could see if there was a limit on characters in a post.
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I'm starting to see why UB thinks he is a boob. I'd like to strangle him with his whistle right now...........
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I'm starting to see why UB thinks he is a boob. I'd like to strangle him with his whistle right now...........
I called it a few years ago. Still don't understand why turdue felt compelled to hire some D2 scrub. Who cares if he coached at Turdue? The guy is in way over his head even at turdue.

and the whistle is just priceless.
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www.JohnGrudenforPurdue.com is up and running
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