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I'd say you're probably right on this.....it gets back to "the standard" and "the process".....earlier we discussed being player-friendly - I know that Cig removed some of the BS / barriers for student athletes (an incredibly tough thing to do both successfully!). For example - bring the tutors closer to the students (why trudge across campus 4 times?)....rearrange the schedule so they can sleep, focus, etc. If your football culture didn't study film - that's about to change. Was always impressed when players would say post-game "oh yes, we saw that on film and we weren't surprised when they did x,y,z"

Thanks for the great question - Elon was a dog for a long time...so didn't follow them closely - but we knew by halftime that we were going to lose. CC had clearly out-thought and out-prepped our coach for that game...went right after our weaknesses and Elon played "up" that day...probably a big part of why we hired him. If memory serves me....Elon already had a beast of an RB that year, probably should have been FBS but this was prior to the "free for all where IU keeps taking JMU recruits" days ... ;)

LOL...oof, that's a face-palm right there Coach Allen.... Here is what you'll see sometimes - yourself yelling at the TV - "call a timeout. why no timeout? CALL A TIMEOUT!!".... 7 seconds later from the announcers...."coach Cignetti has called a timeout" Again - I'm not trying to run the guy ragged, but you'll see "too cute" - against NDSU in the championship we are running it on them. i mean, all over them...so he abandons it and switches to pass happy (in *advance* of them adjusting...). We lost.

Many thanks. That's not a term we heard at JMU...Cig is oddly warm and fuzzy - runs deep but may not feel genuine to a 19 year old. Maybe he received some feedback on that front and is adjusting a bit? He's a CEO first...he'll tell a kid to his face "you were the best last year. you just lost three matchups in practice, and haven't hit the weight room, enjoy the bench until you earn your role back" It's an odd term - any coach that is "player unfriendly" is certainly out of a job!

Thanks for the welcome! Really cringing at this "Purdue Jockstrap" label...but i'll have to post more... ;) Non-defensive comment - JMU isn't small...22,000 students (OK, compared to B1G schools...) but we aren't Holy Cross (see what I did there?) I'd say this - it's a blend: 1) he's gonna get the most out of any kid that buys into the process - you'll hear that a lot from him. Trust the process, win each play, do your job. 2) he's a very good promoter (tad too cocky for my taste...but ya'll need a boost) - any positive stat for the team, school, etc will be repeated and used in a smart way with recruits (for QBs, he'll say "look what I did with the last fourJMU QBs - compare their performance before and after my presence). All those QBs had incredible improvements - Cole Johnson, DiNucci, Centaio, McCloud 3) you'll start beating out some other P4 schools for recruits, but that's a slower ship to turn than squeezing the most juice out of what you have (and he's good at that)

Hey Hoosier fans - I come in peace! Glad to see the excitement over this hire - mixed feelings at JMU, but cannot deny that the man kept the winning going and took us through an incredible transition to FBS. CC has some serious swagger - the only real knock on him is that sometimes BIG moments scramble his brains a little (very weird TOs, clock management, and play calling on rare occasions). The phrase "don't get too cute" was thrown around his first couple years...if you know what I mean. The guy is world class at recruiting, eyeing talent, and getting other coaches on board. This interview that someone posted a few pages back is pretty spot on - good luck this year...we'll sorta be rooting for you. https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/qa-on-cu...orts-news/