Boilernation

Yep. He'll get picked up quickly in the offseason and be just fine.

THIS!!! Some of the ego's on the D had the loudest voices in the locker room when it came to knocking Flus and they give up over 300 yards of offense in the 1st half!!! LOL. Williams has now been sacked 56 times this season. The closest to that number is Stroud at 41.

I believe Frankfort HS is 57% Hispanic, which is a completely crazy stat for a rural Indiana town. I'm not surprised baskeball and football are struggling there.

I don't think there's much left to be developed in The Eagle Township portion of Whitestown unless the owners of the horse farms off of Hunt Club road start selling to developers. There are some wooded areas north of ZWest MS that probably can't be developed due to wetlands. The only new developments in the southern portion of Whitestown that I can think of would be going up around the Golf Club of Indiana and that's within Lebanon's district. The neighborhoods with entrances directly on Indianapolis Road are the only neighborhoods west of 65 that feed into Zionsville. The NW portion of Eagle Township that is within Zionsville limits is still getting developed and has one very large development planned. It'll be something similiar to the Village of West Clay in Carmel. I haven't seen any studies regarding expected future enrollment numbers, but I would agree that the recently developed areas in Whitestown will start pushing Zionsville's enrollment up at some point.

I'm on the fence regarding Vrabel. I think he would immediately change the culture and take control of the locker room. A group of players, lead by Johnson and Brisker, just learned they can't their way if they squawk enough. But, like you alluded to, pair CW with a good OC and then the OC is likely leaving for a HC job. Great point on Johnson. I would say in comparison to Nagy he's actually calling the plays whereas Nagy wasn't with Reid. But, can Johnson take control of an entire team and look good without Detroits OL? Johnson is also reportedly very selective about who he would leave Detroit for. Maybe he's aware of some weaknesses that would get exposed in Chicago. Love Brady for his resume. No idea if the guy could actually lead as a HC. Out of the list above I'd be contect with either of them. Though I think Warren marked his territory in that presser and made it clear that he's running the show with Poles providing input. From what I've heard from Chicago media guys is that Warren commands attention in every room he's in. I have a feeling he's going to go the route of hiring someone like himself, which would point to a Vrabel or Flores type of guy. Honestly, the more I hear from Warren the more I feel like he sounds like a politician. He should stick to trying to build a new stadium and let Poles do his job as GM.

HOLD ON!!!! Did you just refer to CW as elite? You've come a long way, Bob.

That top bracket with Penn State, Arizona State and Boise State just seems......wrong. Oregon, Texas and SMU would all likely have a tougher game than Boise will get. Agree on Alabama. I don't think Miami's resume is the greatest, but Bama's loss to Oklahoma is a major blemish. Any of you guys seen SMU play? I haven't. No idea if they're legitimately good or feasted on a weak schedule.

Sumrall and Helton are both Southern boys with no background of coaching in the Midwest. I like both of them, but I would be shocked if they actually took the job.

Hey, stop dragging me into this never ending impossible to prove any side correct type of subjective argument, lol. I will say I was in the stands while Zionsville beat Franklin Central. I don't believe for a second the defense I saw that night could have stopped Crown Point's OL and Run game. Zionsville had 191 yards rushing that night with a smaller OL than Crown Point and a Junior RB (Manna) who is not as good as Ellison. I also saw nothing from FC's offense to make me think Crown Point's DL and LB'ers would have struggled with them. It is what it is. Westfield's lines dominated Crown Point in crappy weather and the MOV will forever be used as definitie proof that subjective opinions are correct.

Ultimately though, I always think cash is king. Places like Cal don't have it. Too many schools affiliated with the University of California school system and funding for athletics is not a high priority. And I would definately go the Cignetti route. Mature, experienced coach who can scheme and build a culture. It worked once with Tiller, but it's fair to admit that was at a completely different time and he got very lucky when a youngster in Austin hurt his arm and the Texas schools stopped recruiting him.

Got ya. Worst team, very likely. Worst job? I guess it just depends on how you look at. An empty coupboard can be corrected a lot quicker nowadays with the portal. NIL and Conference Revenue are important as well. I would think there are much worse jobs out there, like Cal.

You think a coach looking at Purdue cares about this years record or who is going to Bowl games? Are you saying it’s the worst job among Power 4 or just the worst team this year? Maybe I misunderstood you.

Ryan Poles did not look happy at the podium today. Looked like a man who had been clipped by Warren.

Well, for starters there are only 4 power conferences. And it's truly hard to guage without knowing each schools NIL collective. We do know that Purdue will have much more Revenue from being in the Big Ten than most schools. I would say why is Purdue a difinitively worse job than the following low hanging fruit: Big 12: Kansas, CIncinnati, UCF, West Virginia ACC: Syracuse, Boston College, Duke, Virginia, Call, Stanford, Wake Forest Again, without knowing NIL availability, it's truly hard to gauge who is better or worse for a perspective coach.

And waiting for Tibbs to hit the portal.

the worst? Seems a little hyperbolic. It's still the Big Ten. Plenty of coached who know they aren't getting a job at a National Title contender would be interested. Find a proven leader who can schem and build culture. Shoot for a consistant 7-9 win season type of program.

it's well known Dan Quinn was one of the finalists when Flus was hired. Per Dave Kaplan, a former Bears exec told him the Bears flew Quinn into Chicago with a middle seat coach ticket in the back of the plane.

Various Chicago reporters on Thursday mentioned that it was taking longer than normal to have access to the Bears locker room post game. I just heard on Chicago radio that multiple players were screaming at Flus after the game with Jaylon Johnson leading the way. And Poles definately told Warren / McCaskey he was firing Flus after the NE game and was told he couldn't.

I would put tape on and break down their strengths and weaknesses and how each team matches up against each other. But, I’m not paid to do that, nor would I be the best at it.

Here is the original comment. Again, if you officiate a DAC or SAC or NIC game next season with a 6A team I suggest you own this comment in person and ask those coaches if they honestly believe they have a chance. Of course history is massively against the true North in the largest class. Still doesn’t make it a condescending comment, imo. Especially from someone who sometimes shares a field with those coaches and players.

Brownsburg beat Westfield by 30 last year and Westfield still managed to win out in the HCC. The MOV from one independent game is a meaningless.

Fair point. I looked up who hired Ditka and it was George Halas. I think it’s fair to say the McCaskeys have never hired an alpha male. It’s really a shame that Mugs Halas died in his ‘50’s in 1979. Perhaps the fortunes of the Bears would have been much different if Mugs carried the torch as opposed to the McCaskeys via Virginia.