
05-03-2009, 03:50 PM
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A brief look at new head coach Danny Hope.
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Purdue
Head Coach: Danny Hope
Former Coach: Joe Tiller
Last Seen: Assisting Tiller as Purdue's coach-in-waiting
Reason to like the hire: The Boilermakers may have written the coach-in-waiting blueprint for other schools to follow. They found their successor to Tiller a year ago, brought him on board, and got him up to speed with the personnel and the program. Now, Hope can spend his first season navigating a much flatter learning curve. Think Wisconsin?s Bret Bielema in 2006. He?s no stranger to Purdue, having coached the O-line from 1997-2001, and had a successful five-year stretch as the head coach of Eastern Kentucky.
Reason to question the hire: The Big Ten might be down a bit, but it's not the Ohio Valley Conference. Hope will find the leap from Eastern Kentucky to West Lafayette to be a big one that's littered with all kinds of new challenges and hurdles. In Richmond, his defenses were a periodic liability, which is a concern for a Boiler team that's been way too vulnerable for way too long on that side of the ball.
The Early Hunch: By hiring Hope a year before his official start date, Purdue has put the coach in the best possible position to succeed right away. His rugged, blue-collar approach to the game should find a receptive audience in Big Ten land.
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