My_name_1s_MUD wrote:
Separately, is Hope playing the hard ass card? He needs to keep his emotions in check if he wants to keep a staff together. This shit happens in this business.
From what I understand, in recruiting and in day to day operations that Hope is actually quite a good leader. The players and staff really like him. Matt Light, who was an offensive lineman at Purdue while Hope was OL coach has said that he would run through a wall for him. I think this was a fluke thing.
The problem with Hope is that he gets too emotional in regards to things outside the program like this, the RichRod saga, Ron Zook running up the score this year(which he did), and other things. He needs to learn how to keep his mouth shut instead of making it a big deal in the media.
So far I am unimpressed by Hope but I am withholding judgement until I see if the team does well this year and last year was a "too many injuries" situation.