Monday, January 26, 2009

Say Hello to Purdue's new DC

Not sure if I feel real good about this hire...I really thought they could get a guy with BSD coaching experience*. Kind of how I feel with Hope- I'm going to wait and see until I judge. That said, my gut feeling about an older coach with not-the-best resume isn't a good one.

Donn Landholm

I thought for sure that Hagen would get a look for this job...since he wasn't hired, I think he might be the next Boiler coach to hit the road...Please note, I have no reason other than opinion to say this. Also note that I don't know if Hagen was the right guy for the job or not, either.

To me, this is a bit of the continuation of a blah day for Purdue football.

In other news you probably already know, Purdue hired Cornell Jackson as the running backs coach. I like this hire a bit better as he's coached BSD schools and is an African American which surely won't hurt recruiting...That said, he's been a defensive coach for most of his career. Once again; wait and see, I guess.



*other than GA or volunteer experience

4 comments:

Purdue Matt said...

I was in favor of promoting Hagen. We need to hang on to that guy. The hire of Donn isn't very exciting, but I hope he surprises us.

Purdue Matt said...

France Cordova is too busy trying to save the planet to spend money on football assistants.

Anonymous said...

Why did it take so long to hire a DC? Bet Hagen's gone soon if anything decent is still open. It's a shame; he's a good coach.

boilerdowd said...

The more I investigate this hire, the worse I feel about it...I hope I'm very wrong.