his coach was still his coach and this coach knew about the job he was being hired for, that a basic conversation could have been made. There is nothing nefarious or underhanded in that scenario and these two attempted to look like they weren't saying as such, but they were.

I believe it would be totally on the up and up. Just like they kept saying, "It's just not how Purdue works." Same here. What they were attempting to say while trying to act like they weren't saying falls out more truthfully, "It's not how BYU works."