the interesting thing (to me, at least): conventional wisdom says when you make a coaching change, you bring in a guy who is the opposite of the former coach, or whose area of expertise is in the area where the team is the weakest. i.e., previous coach was a "player's coach," hire a disciplinarian. Team is perceived as weak on offense, hire an "offensive" coach.
But with Purdue, their MO in recent years has been decent on offense, awful on defense. And yet, they bring in an offensive guru type in Brohm. Apparently they feel they can succeed by outscoring everyone. Where conventional wisdom would say, improve the defense and you don't have to score as many points to win. It will be interesting to see how it all works out.
Certainly, Fleck is the opposite of what the Gophers had before. Claeys laid-back defensive guru. Fleck high-energy guy with offensive credentials. So the Gophers followed conventional wisdom - Purdue did not. Which approach will turn out better in the long run? Only time will tell.