The difference between Brohm and Petrino is the fact that he gets his team ready for big games, he is energetic on the sidelines, yelling and hollering in the locker room.
He went on the road today and lost by 8 to a #7 Wisconsin who is a really good team.
He gets his team up for big games. The only big game we were ready for AND won was FSU last year.
Brohm has many years ahead. He's already won more games at Purdue than they were projected to win the entire season. He does more with way less talent.
Do you honestly think that if we had Brohm since January that this team would've given up 47 to a top ranked Clemson team on the home opener at night with gameday and everyone nationally watching? I think not.
The dude can coach. He and his team need to right the ship here at UofL. His DC acts just like him, they are always fired up. Idk if any of us have even seen Sirmon show any emotion.
The point is, we are way more talented than Purdue and he gave us a run for our money and almost beat us in his first game ever at Purdue. We were projected to blow them out of the water. He lost by 8 on the road against a top 10 team in his first season.
Here's the thing, UofL has talent, much more than Purdue. It's just not seen because Sirmon is seriously so bad and Petrino has lost it it seems. Give Brohm all of UofL's talent and he would've beaten Wisconsin today, we probably would've played a game of the season nationally against Clemson, and probably beaten NC State on the road (better defense).
The two top teams he has played already (Michigan and Wisconsin) he has put up a better fight against them than we have against the ranked teams we have played with LESS talent. They lost because of the lesser talent.