GrayGhost77
- Centennial, CO
Pretty sure George McDonald does, too.Remember coaching is a job to these guys, they have no loyalty to the schools. None of those guys came to Illinois because they love Illinois(minus Whitman and Chester).
Pretty sure George McDonald does, too.Remember coaching is a job to these guys, they have no loyalty to the schools. None of those guys came to Illinois because they love Illinois(minus Whitman and Chester).
Thankful for his contributions, he has had some big moments. but IW has not lived up to the hype. Many costly mistakes. Shifty, but ain't blowing the doors off anything. We haven't had a real recieving threat in awhile. Nobody you can point too and say, that dude got NFL all over him. Dudeks career broke my heart.. what could have been.
InterestingThankful for his contributions, he has had some big moments. but IW has not lived up to the hype. Many costly mistakes. Shifty, but ain't blowing the doors off anything. We haven't had a real recieving threat in awhile. Nobody you can point too and say, that dude got NFL all over him. Dudeks career broke my heart.. what could have been.
Huh?Thankful for his contributions, he has had some big moments. but IW has not lived up to the hype. Many costly mistakes. Shifty, but ain't blowing the doors off anything. We haven't had a real recieving threat in awhile. Nobody you can point too and say, that dude got NFL all over him. Dudeks career broke my heart.. what could have been.
Split ends tend to grow slowly though. . .More growth from our split ends will open up the field for IW.
Split ends tend to grow slowly though. . .
We're giving way too much credit to RW and Coordinators in general. Would Bama or Georgia fight over RW? If you don't have the players all the concepts and game plans mean little. Same play executed by Bama or Georgia gets different results from same play executed by Northwestern.I don't really get all the talk about RW stealing or taking our coaches. Do our assistant coaches not have agency of their own to decide where they want to work? I get it if Purdue offers a raise or promotion to go there that you'd make that move. But all else being equal I don't know why you'd want to uproot your family, move to a new city, and not coach all of the players that you worked so hard to recruit and build relationships with on the team for a lateral position unless something is really toxic about where you're at.
Take the elite running back out of the equation... Then how good is IW? Maybe with a better deep threat reciever, I'd appreciate IW more. But I'm just not seeing what others are, apparently. He was a fumble machine in crucial times of the game. He belongs on the team and should be a starter, he can be electric at times. But if he's the ceiling we got problems.Huh?
IW is very important to this offense whether he has 15 or 115 receiving yards. Spread offense that is run heavy with the D focusing on Brown and IW this season. I will be the first to say watching IW at times can be frustrating. Few drops where he is looking to manuever before catching the ball or an inch of grass that is likely an inch taller than the other and he trips and lost his footing The guy is a playmaker at the collegiate level who has HR potential anytime he touches the ball. 72 receptions with a new OC and QB is quite impressive. They were looking for ways to get IW the ball, sometimes effective and other times not so much. Take him off this teams offense and you have a bigger crowd in the box against Brown.
Dang. How'd they manage to get him? This is a formidable defense / offense combo...
Brown is a great college RB but teams would load the box without IW on this roster. How long has IW played WR at the collegiate level? He moved positions because he is dynamic with the ball in his hands. IW has some flaws...but saying he hasn't lived up to the hype is completely false.Take the elite running back out of the equation... Then how good is IW? Maybe with a better deep threat reciever, I'd appreciate IW more. But I'm just not seeing what others are, apparently. He was a fumble machine in crucial times of the game. He belongs on the team and should be a starter, he can be electric at times. But if he's the ceiling we got problems.
I'm surprised he survived this year to be honest, and Harrell is a part of that. His was a white-hot coaching stock that cooled rapidly as Clay Helton's USC fell apart.Graham Harrell probably wanted to get to somewhere stable. PU is in the resource rich B10 w/a new coach, whereas I think (could be wrong) there is some question as to how long Neal Brown will be around at W Virginia. I believe I read an article saying Brown is a hot seat candidate heading into 2023.
Thankful for his contributions, he has had some big moments. but IW has not lived up to the hype. Many costly mistakes. Shifty, but ain't blowing the doors off anything. We haven't had a real recieving threat in awhile. Nobody you can point too and say, that dude got NFL all over him. Dudeks career broke my heart.. what could have been.
I'm surprised he survived this year to be honest, and Harrell is a part of that. His was a white-hot coaching stock that cooled rapidly as Clay Helton's USC fell apart.
Still, a good get for Walters, and another Air Raid guy coming to the B1G West. Obviously avant garde passing offense isn't as foreign to Purdue as it is to Wisconsin, but I'm happy to see that we're starting to be a bit of an outlier playing a style our conference opponents will be less used to and which certain types of recruits will fit better in than some of our competitors.
Though I suspect all of these programs are starting to seek the insight that Bielema and Lunney did so well in many parts of this year, how to gain the tactical advantages tempo brings while also gaining the strategic advantages clock control brings. Best of both worlds. Walters is a 36-year-old Power Five head coach because he had a rested defense playing a limited number of snaps and I am sure he fully recognizes that.
If IW just repeats his 2022 performance next season, he'll be:
#2 all-time in receptions
#10 all-time in receiving yards
#6 all-time in receiving TDs
He's not strong with the ball either catching it in the first place or retaining it once he's got it. NFL scouts will not look kindly at that. But he's one of our most important offensive weapons regardless, this would be a lesser team without him.And hes a SOPHOMORE IN HIS SECOND YEAR PLAYING THE POSITION! Nobody is talking about Pat Bryant like this because they would be laughed out of the building...
WVU fans are fine seeing him leave. Questions whether Brown actually gave him full play calling does make him more of a potential to work out if he didn’t get the full option to do what he wanted but he’s turning into a big name with meh results. Think he left for more of a stable situation thoughDang. How'd they manage to get him? This is a formidable defense / offense combo...
Players of his size and skill profile are impact players all over the NFL, whose offenses are becoming more and more college-y every year. He's always been considered and considered himself an NFL prospect and should continue to do so, he's not some ill-suited tweener at all, that's not a category that exists anymore.agree with most of your comment. I think hes a really good college player, but hard to see him playing on Sundays in the fall after college.
If hes going to be a pro, his style of game is very well suited for the CFL , or maybe a spring pro league here
Walters is a 36-year-old Power Five head coach because he had a rested defense playing a limited number of snaps and I am sure he fully recognizes that.
I thought coach Jamison had a link to Purdue and might return, but looked into it and he was the dline coach for only one year before joining Illini. So, assuming unlikely to join RW but??
On Harrell…seems like people not enthusiastic about him last year at WV or at USC year before. Could be him or micromanaged last year or not right qb fit.
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TJ is a Badger, not a Colorado/Mizzou guyI thought coach Jamison had a link to Purdue and might return, but looked into it and he was the dline coach for only one year before joining Illini. So, assuming unlikely to join RW but??