I'm not sure whats in the water in West Lafayette, but it seems to make grown men grow mustaches and lose their mind every once in awhile (mostly when it comes to Michigan).
I understand being competitive, I understand the heat of the moment, but the Purdue current and former head coaches have always seemed to have a problem with the former and current Michigan coaches.
Joe Tiller the former Purdue head coach never had a nice word for Lloyd Carr. There really isn't any evidence of the rift between the two but Joe always made it know he was not a fan of the Wolverines and the coaching staff. Two years ago after LC retired, Joe got upset that Roy Roundtree a WR changed his mind from Purdue to Michigan on signing day. Joe during his press conference, laid the famous "snake oil salesman" on Coach Rod for convincing Roy to change his mind. Roy had his best game of the year against Purdue on Saturday going for 10 catches for 176 yards. He also said today at RR's press conference that the Purdue DB's were in his ear the entire game talking smack saying they were going to hit him hard, he was going to drop the next ball, etc.
Then after Purdue beat Michigan this weekend, Danny Hope went to shake Rich Rodriguez hand and introduced him to Purdue offensive lineman Zach Reckman who was suspended by the Big Ten for a late hit earlier in the year. Danny's "thinking" was that Rich Rod played a role in Zach's suspension by this comment RR made earlier in the year: "We will watch every Big Ten game very closely, and any non-football act -- whether it's a 6-inch jab or anything that's not called for the game of football -- we're going to ask that person get the same type of punishment Jonas Mouton got."
So my understanding of Danny's way of thinking is that, Coach Rodriguez had mystic powers to make Zach make the penalty and then convinced the Big Ten to punish him. Makes sense to me. If RR really has that type of power look for the entire Wisconsin offense and defense to be suspended this week.
Danny I understand this is your first year as a head coach and you had some nice wins this year. A couple of pointers moving forward:
1) Act like you have been there before
2) Show class after you get a win or a loss
3) Don't alienate fellow head coaches (you never know who you might be working for in a few years)
4) Don't give teams any more reasons to beat you next year
Good luck with the rest of your season and stay "classy" my friend.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Purdue Head Coaches's Lack Class
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No, Danny Hope has class...he quit reading this stupid blog too!!!!! Post my comments, you gutless thug!
Hope is a douchebag. What he did was extremely classless. Oh well, it's Purdue.
Hope is Not only classless, but stupid, too. When you are a Purdue, you can't give a Michigan a reason to "look forward" to playing you.
I think Hope, like the mouse floating on his back asking for the drawbridge to be raised, is severely overestimating his place on the food chain.
I "hope" that he gets at least five more years at Purdue to figure it out; it would be nice to see Michigan go into that game fired up when they are back to their traditional talent level. I would guess that about five thumpings would be enough for even someone as pig-headed as Hope.
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