Brent Yarina, BTN.com Senior Editor, November 25, 2012
Purdue fired football coach Danny Hope on Sunday. In four seasons as the head man, Hope went 22-27 overall and 13-19 in the Big Ten. With Saturday's win over Indiana, he got the Boilermakers (6-6) to their second consecutive bowl game. In the end, though, it wasn't enough. Several of Hope's players went to Twitter to react to the news. See some the tweets in this post.
[RELATED: Dienhart: Hope never got Purdue over proverbial hump]
We'll give everything we have to win one more game for ya, coach. Can't wait for the bowl game.
— Crosby (@CWright1001) November 26, 2012
Whatever may be said, let there be no doubt about this: Purdue Football is in a better place than when Coach Hope took over, in every way.
— Crosby (@CWright1001) November 26, 2012
https://twitter.com/RKRelentless/status/272841216972972032
https://twitter.com/RKRelentless/status/272854622895472641
Coach Hope believed in me and gave me an opportunity to play Big Ten Football. I thank him for that.
— Joe M. Gilliam Jr. (@Run_jmg39) November 26, 2012
https://twitter.com/Ricardo21Allen/status/272855253978857472
Anger and frustration… Just flat out shocked and speechless
— Danny Anthrop (@DannyAnthrop) November 25, 2012
Speechless…
— Charles Torwudzo Jr. (@ChuckT17) November 25, 2012
The school also announced Hope will receive a $600,000 buyout and that wide receivers coach Patrick Higgins will serve as the interim coach for the bowl game.
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