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COACH DANNY HOPE LAST MONTH
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT
OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER DANNY
ETLING WOULD STILL GO
TO PURDUE... IN A ONE ON ONE
INTERVIEW TODAY WITH SPORTS 10
THE TERRE HAUTE SOUTH SENIOR
QUARTERBACK ANSWERED ALL
THE QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS
FUTURE.....
DANNY ETLING TOOK HIS OFFICIAL
VISIT AT PURDUE THE SAME
WEEKEND THAT DANNY HOPE, THE
HEAD COACH THAT RECRUITED
HIM AND WON HIM OVER WAS FIRED.
DANNY "SAD TO SEE GUY LOSE HIS
JOB, BUT IT HAPPENS ALL THE
TIME. NOT FIRST KID TO GO
THROUGH A COACH GETTING FIRED."
WITH PURDUE LETTING
COACH HOPE GO AND DANNY BEING
HOPE'S GUY IT LEFT ETLING A
LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT HIS CAREER
UP IN WEST LAFAYETTE.
DANNY: "NERVOUS ABOUT MY FUTURE
AT PURDUE. ESPECIALLY WHEN OTHER
SCHOOL AND
CALL ME. STARTED TO LOOK AT
OTHER OPTIONS." EVEN THOUGH
ETLING WAS BEING RECRUITED BY
SEVERAL OTHER MAJOR
FROM THE TIME OF HOPE'S
THE NEXT COACH AT
PURDUE WOULD BE. LAST WEEK THE
SCHOOL HIRED DARRELL
HAZELL FROM KENT STATE. ETLING
ADMITS HE DIDN'T KNOW
MUCH ABOUT HIM BUT HE WAS EAGER
TO SEE WHERE HE FIT
INTO NEW COACHES PLANS. DANNY:
"HE TOLD ME I WAS HIS
FIRST CALL AND FIRST VISIT. I'M
HIS GUY FOR THIS CLASS. NO
AT OTHER SCHOOLS HE
WANTS ME THERE AND THINKS I CAN
DO BIG THINGS THERE." AS YOU
CAN TELL ETLING FEELS
COMFORTABLE AND TRUST HIS
NEW COACH AND HIS VISION FOR
PURDUE FOOTBALL...
"REALLY GOOD GUYS FIRST OFF AND
THEN REALLY GOOD COACH.
AND MAKE A GREAT
PERSON YOU WANT TO PLAY AND WIN
FOR. HE IS REALLY GOING
THING IS REALLY
STRIVING TOWARD BACK TO WHEN
THEY WON WITH DREW BREES AND
GETTING 50 THOUSAND IN STANDS.
THAT'S SOMETHING I
OF. SO ETLING CONFIRMS
TO SPORTS 10 TUESDAY HE WILL
HONOR HIS VERBAL
COMMITMENT AND REMAIN A
BOILERMAKER. WITH THAT
RATED RECRUIT IN ETLING, THE QB
IS
A FOUR-STAR RECRUIT RANKED 172ND
IN THEIR ESPN'S TOP 300
FOR THE 2013 SENIOR CLASS. THE
BRAVES QB IS ACTUALLY DONE
WITH SCHOOL AT TERRE HAUTE
SCHOOL. HE WILL ENROLL JANUARY
7TH FOR SPRING CLASSES AT PURDUE
AND TAKE PART IN SPRING
WITH THE
HOPE OF TRYING TO START NEXT
SEASON FOR THE BOILERS. DANNY
PURDUE HAS TOLD ME I CAN GO IN
AND AT LEAST COMPETE. IF I
DON'T WIN I REDSHIRT THAT'S
WORSE CASE SCENARIO FOR
ME. I JUST WANT A CHANCE TO
COMPETE AND WHERE I STACK
UP WITH THE OTHER GUYS...
THAT DOES IT FOR SPORTS, THE
NEWS WILL BE RIGHT BACK.