Purdue hiring UNLV’s Barry Odom

Wish State would've hired him last year when we had the chance

Getting fired at Missouri then getting a 2nd P4 job is actually pretty amazing.

I like Barry Odom, did a nice job at unlv and was generally solid at Missouri.

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Genius move. Rebuilt UNLV quickly and doesn’t have to do much to rebuild a 1-11 Purdue team.

Get them to 6 wins and would be highly courted by bigger programs.

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that's one possibility. if I'm barry odom, i build purdue into the best program i can, and then stay there as long as possible, kinda like Pat Fitzgerald at Northwestern or Ferentz at Iowa

if he's already been at a program like mizzou and been fired, what's the point in just getting to a blue blood with all that pressure?

purdue is a solid program in the big 10 with decent resources, and if you go 7-5-ish most years, they'll be happy. he should parlay that to a long-term contract (10 year/$65M) and be set

that's what I'd do anyways

A little odd. Ryan Walters was with Odom at Memphis and Odom brought him to Mizzou.

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Get them to 6 wins and would be highly courted by bigger programs.

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Are big programs really after 6 win coaches in power ranks?

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Are big programs really after 6 win coaches in power ranks?

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Is Purdue considered a’Big’ program (for football)?

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Get them to 6 wins and would be highly courted by bigger programs.


Are big programs really after 6 win coaches in power ranks?

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Going from 1 to 6 or 7? Yes

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that's one possibility. if I'm barry odom, i build purdue into the best program i can, and then stay there as long as possible, kinda like Pat Fitzgerald at Northwestern or Ferentz at Iowa

if he's already been at a program like mizzou and been fired, what's the point in just getting to a blue blood with all that pressure?

purdue is a solid program in the big 10 with decent resources, and if you go 7-5-ish most years, they'll be happy. he should parlay that to a long-term contract (10 year/$65M) and be set

that's what I'd do anyways

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I'm with you. Look at Bert at Illinois. They just went 9-3, and the only game they were totally outclassed in was against Oregon. In his 2nd year, they were a couple of heartbreakers away from being in the B1G CG.

I heard someone on local Chicago radio say that if Bert hangs around for the long haul, stays competitive, and has just one or two great seasons (for Illinois), he'd probably have a street named after him on campus.

Odom could have the same at Purdue. Joe Tiller is revered there, and never even had a 10-win season.

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Is Purdue considered a’Big’ program (for football)?

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The question was not if Purdue is a big program, it’s if a big program would have been interested with success there.