Hope's postgame explanations of his in-game decisions vs. Rice
by carmen_fanzone on Sep 11, 2011 9:16 AM EDT
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PrintTrailing by two points and facing a fourth-and-1 from their own 25-yard line with 3:46 to play, the Boilermakers lined up to go for the first down. Hope said he was trying to draw the Owls offsides, but eventually burned a crucial timeout.
"We were hoping they would jump offsides," Hope said. "We hard-counted them and punted it away."
Following the timeout -- Purdue's second of the half -- Hope sent the offense back on the field. At the last second, the punt team ran onto the field and Cody Webster delivered a 56-yard punt.
I didn't have the benefit of seeing it on TV, only can rely on the radio call, but did they actually line up to try the hard count? More importantly, WHY DO YOU SEND YOUR OFFENSE BACK ONTO THE FIELD AFTER THE TIME OUT?
The Boilermakers faced a fourth-and-1 from the Owls 2-yard line with less than two minutes remaining in the 3rd qtr
Instead of lining up Carson Wiggs for what would amount to be an extra point, Hope elected to go for the first down, and possibly a touchdown with his team trailing 24-17.
"That was my call. That was my decision," Hope said. "I made a decision to go for it. It was a chance to tie and kick it away to them, and a chance to get the ball back. I wanted to get ahead and stay ahead.
"That was a tough call. I'm glad it wasn't a difference maker at the end of the ballgame or I would have a lot of questions about it."
Glad it wasn't a difference maker? And he's worried about "a lot of questions about his decision"? Isn't that what was happening when, you know, the reporter asked why he made the decision?There's a difference between taking the points with plenty of time left and the risk of getting nothing.
Hope also passed on allowing Wiggs to attempt a 51-yard field goal into the wind midway through the third quarter with the Boilermakers down seven points.
"I didn't want to miss and give it to them at midfield," he said. "That was a tougher call than the other one."
Seriously? You just made a decision that was based on your team NOT failing, and then you make a call based on your All-American kicker FAILING? And I don't care how about the degree of difficulty in your decisions, Danny.
And finally, the decision to not kick on 3rd down, and no, Danny, it wasn't the right decision it was still horrible clock management. And why are you worried about what the freakin reporters are going to say after the game?
On Wiggs' 31-yard field goal that was blocked as time expired, Hope said he discussed with coaching staff attempting the kick on third down but opted to run one more play."We didn't want to have any time left on the clock for those guys," Hope said. "If we would've kicked the field goal with 30 seconds left, they came back and won the ballgame, it would've been the worst example of clock management.
"You wouldn't be talking about the fourth-and-1 or us trying to draw them offsides. You would've been talking about how could you leave 30 seconds on the clock. I think we made the right decision.
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Kudos to Mike Carmin of the JandC for actually asking the tough questions for a change...
Instead of throwing this coach softballs…
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
But They didnt try to draw them offsides did they?
They just lined up and TerBush called a timeout if i remember right.
Also: “That was a tough call …” is that all he can say to the decisions he makes.
if he is so focused on what the tough calls are we should find someone who
knows them and knows the right play to put in. i.e Mike Leach
On the video, the writers kind of call him out on that "hard count" comment...
…so I think you may be right.
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Sep 11, 2011 10:19 AM EDT up reply actions
And Bob Kravitz comments on it in his article...
But that’s not what happened. Purdue didn’t go to the line of scrimmage and attempt to draw Rice offsides. Quarterback Caleb Terbush lined up his group momentarily, then walked away and a timeout was called. The offense came back out briefly and was replaced by the punt team.
“I don’t know if Caleb heard that or didn’t hear it,” Hope said. “But that was the conversation we had on the headset.”
Nothing like throwing your QB under the bus, either.
Nobody cares about your fantasy baseball team
by carmen_fanzone on Sep 11, 2011 10:26 AM EDT up reply actions
The man completely blames his players.
Did you hear that “low kick” bullshit he was spouting? He’s trying to blame Wiggs too! And that line about dropped interceptions was priceless. News flash, asshat: it shouldn’t fucking matter. THIS. WAS. RICE! You don’t beat them on last second field goals, you score 8+ TDs on them like Illinois did to South Dakota State!
Think about that friends….I just compared Danny Hope unfavorably with Ron Zook. We are doomed.
"Hey Jay, what time is it?"
"9:30"
"AND IU STILL SUCKS!"
by Boiler Bandsman on Sep 12, 2011 1:02 AM EDT up reply actions
An embarrassment
The coaching is an embarrassment – I watched the whole game and the end was sad. No they didn’t really try to draw them offsides on 4th and 1. And then Bolden was gaining 10 yards a crack and suddenly he was gone. Not kicking on 3rd down is reason enough to get fired. After Rice timeout they had time to get the FG unit on the field and properly lined up instead of rushing them out on 4th down and not being ready. Wiggs makes that kick 99% if the other 10 guys are ready.
Quote from Kawaan Short from Bob Kravitz's article in the J&C
In a fit of honesty that is too rare among athletes, Boilers defensive tackle Kawaan Short laid it out simply and eloquently: “Everybody thought we had excuses last year, but this year, we’ve got no excuses. We’ve lost one player (quarterback Rob Henry). There should not be doubts in our minds about how to win. Why do we come out so soft in the first half? Why isn’t anybody doing their job? There are no excuses. I don’t know what it is, but it has to change.”
Sums it up pretty well.
Full link -
http://www.jconline.com/article/20110911/COLUMNISTS02/109110359/Purdue-proving-its-own-worst-enemy
Let's hire him as our Head Coach
He knows something is wrong and is willing to admit it to the media. He’s already shown more maturity than Hope.
MSULaxer27 was probably giggling like a school girl last night.
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Ok, I'm done with him
I think we made the right decision.
No, no it wasn’t. I’m not after his head due to the Ws / Ls – it’s the decision making. He clearly can’t manage the team.
I’m guessing that Burke is far, far, far too chicken to fire Hope mid-season, but I think it needs to happen.
>Hoosier by birth, Boilermaker by the grace of God
>Don't cry, MSU - It's just a game...
I know this is an old discussion but.....
It needs to go deeper than Hope. Who is responsible for his hiring in the first place? Even is he does let him go eventually, do you trust that same clown to make the next HC decision? This disgrace of a football program coupled with the close call on Painter, should tell you all you need to know. Boiler nation needs to concentrate on first things first, and axe Burke. I’ll always believe our collective efforts is the reason we still have Matt Painter. Now we need to put that same effort into a new AD. I’ll be doing my part, again.
by Hummel's figurines on Sep 11, 2011 12:02 PM EDT reply actions
Sigh, I hate to say this, but I'm officially done with trying to give Hope the benefit of doubt
Throughout these years I’ve always refrained from criticizing Hope (except for the ND timeout). I give him the benefit of doubt. I thought as a line coach he’ll make sure we have a strong line. I honestly like his positive attitude (although sometimes he goes way too optimistic that becomes unrealistic). But at some point, he has to be held accountable.
Look, the opposing QB had only 79 yards last week, but he has 230 and 2TDs with no INT and even convert a 3-and-19 on us. The middle of the field is wide open all day as everyone pointed out. The clock management is HORRIBLE (on the contrary, look at how Rice takes care of business at the end of first half to score the TD with 1 second left). The 4th-and-1 timeout is absolutely unnecessary. The final sequence to rush the FG unit to kick the FG with clock running down is just poor coaching. I just can’t stand up for Hope anymore.
I said that too.
The turning point was that look of disgust Wiggs had walking off the field. Something just switched off in me.
I come from a land down unda
D.A.
We need to rally around the players right now. Danny Hope can only do so much. The biggest problem is preparation, not game management. If the players were better prepared throughout the week, teams like Rice and MTSU are not a problem, they are an afterthought. What about the assistant coaches? They should not be allowed to get off the hook so easy. If you truly think Hope is the problem, who do you bring in as coach? Can Purdue ever get a high profile guy?
This is a joke, right?
The game management is the worst part.
When the running game is tearing up the opposing D, what do they do? Stop running the ball. Why? Nobody knows.
Burning a timeout only to decide to punt the ball away is NOT an effective use of a timeout in any level of play.
And we consistently have that mysterious area in the middle of the field that goes uncovered on every single play. Sacrificing coverage to blitz on a 3rd and VERY LONG sounds like a great idea, guys!
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J.C. Article Today
Hope made the following statement toward the end of the article "We have to do a better job of coaching and a better job of playing.
I think he should have left off the better job of playing. Good coaching will get you better playing.
From The Exponent today
“There’s some other clock management issues that people have questioned, but I still look back on them and there’s always a rationale as to why we make a decision or call that we make”
Well duh, you can rationalize anything but that doesn’t make it the right call. Just once I would like him to come out and say, “Yep I missed that one”
The fact that he doesn't get it
tells me all I need to know.
Horrible, horrible decisions. And not Monday morning QB’ing either. I was sitting in Rice Stadium surrounded by Purdue fans, and universally we called those horrible decisions on the spot. Every coach at every level tries that FG on 3rd down, bad snap or a defender breaks through the line and the holder falls on the ball. Simple. Hell, they could even fall on the blocked kick and take another try.
“We didn’t want to have any time left on the clock for those guys,” Hope said. "If we would’ve kicked the field goal with 30 seconds left, they came back and won the ballgame, it would’ve been the worst example of clock management.
“You wouldn’t be talking about the fourth-and-1 or us trying to draw them offsides. You would’ve been talking about how could you leave 30 seconds on the clock. I think we made the right decision.
This is so dumb. I know our pass coverage was terrible, but he was worried about 30 seconds?
He relied on his defense to stop them right after the punt after time out
but didn’t rely on them to stop them with 30 seconds left in the game.
I wish he would just make up his mind already.
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Rice Read Option
This play worked early because no one was assigned to the pitch man. I thought our coaches would adjust. They didn’t it was there all day.
In addition to everything said above, Hope & Co don’t seem to be capable of plugging holes in thier game plan on game day. The Rice Read Option is the poster child for this weakness, one of many, many examples.
"To HELL with the cup - give those Boilers KNEE braces!!"
- Dennis Miller (I know he's thinkin' it!)
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