They Fired Tom Allen!

[RaceToTheTop 26,223]

51 minutes ago, Deserthoozier said:

FFS, let’s go get Harbaugh!! Dude knows how to coach and compete. How much is Dolson’s buyout? His greatest attribute is shamelessly begging donors to kick in to get us out of horrible contracts. Their willingness will definitely be spent after this call to pitch in! 

Harbaugh hearing IU wants him:

 

[go iu bb 6,313]

Moral victory against the #10 team in the nation Get this guy an extension!

[WhiteyMcSpeed 116]

Tom Allen 2-21 in his last 23 BIG Ten games. Moral victories are great with that kind of record. On a positive note the Hoosiers moved to 4-4 against the spread this year. Hoosiers are only 5.5 point underdogs vs Wisconsin, maybe Tom will play for the tie again and cover the spread.

[IUFootballHappyHappyJoyJoy 771]

On 10/29/2023 at 12:17 PM, WhiteyMcSpeed said:

Tom Allen 2-21 in his last 23 BIG Ten games. Moral victories are great with that kind of record. On a positive note the Hoosiers moved to 4-4 against the spread this year. Hoosiers are only 5.5 point underdogs vs Wisconsin, maybe Tom will play for the tie again and cover the spread.

Too bad nobody has told Tom that ties were eliminated after 1995.

[LIHoosier 26,512]

On 10/29/2023 at 12:17 PM, WhiteyMcSpeed said:

Tom Allen 2-21 in his last 23 BIG Ten games. Moral victories are great with that kind of record. On a positive note the Hoosiers moved to 4-4 against the spread this year. Hoosiers are only 5.5 point underdogs vs Wisconsin, maybe Tom will play for the tie again and cover the spread.

Where in the world are you getting 5.5? Everywhere I see is between 8.5-9.5. I'm sprinting to take Wisky with that number.

[Lebowski 2,810]

They have played better the last two games and just beat a 5 win Wisconsin team.  

The remaining schedule at Illinois, MSU, at the school up north.  All schools currently have 3 wins or less.  

So the question still stands. If, and it's a big if, this year's IUFB team goes bowling and wins said bowl; still want him gone?

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich 8,713]

23 minutes ago, Lebowski said:

They have played better the last two games and just beat a 5 win Wisconsin team.  

The remaining schedule at Illinois, MSU, at the school up north.  All schools currently have 3 wins or less.  

So the question still stands. If, and it's a big if, this year's IUFB team goes bowling and wins said bowl; still want him gone?

Umm... Yes. Still fire him.

[Lebowski 2,810]

I can't believe folks would want to let go a coach that takes IUFB to a bowl victory.  Tough crowd.  

[mamasa 15,384]

51 minutes ago, Lebowski said:

They have played better the last two games and just beat a 5 win Wisconsin team.  

The remaining schedule at Illinois, MSU, at the school up north.  All schools currently have 3 wins or less.  

So the question still stands. If, and it's a big if, this year's IUFB team goes bowling and wins said bowl; still want him gone?

Nope. I like CTA, if he wins, he’s golden w me

[Stuhoo 81,673]

What to do if he’s Winning?

Winning solves everything 

[Hoosierfan2017 21,786]

2 hours ago, Lebowski said:

They have played better the last two games and just beat a 5 win Wisconsin team.  

The remaining schedule at Illinois, MSU, at the school up north.  All schools currently have 3 wins or less.  

So the question still stands. If, and it's a big if, this year's IUFB team goes bowling and wins said bowl; still want him gone?

Yes. Can’t stand him 

[IUFootballHappyHappyJoyJoy 771]

2 hours ago, Lebowski said:

They have played better the last two games and just beat a 5 win Wisconsin team.  

The remaining schedule at Illinois, MSU, at the school up north.  All schools currently have 3 wins or less.  

So the question still stands. If, and it's a big if, this year's IUFB team goes bowling and wins said bowl; still want him gone?

Well, yeah.  All of his wins seem to be against teams with self inflicted wounds or teams with bad luck. 

[go iu bb 6,313]

3 hours ago, Lebowski said:

They have played better the last two games and just beat a 5 win Wisconsin team.  

The remaining schedule at Illinois, MSU, at the school up north.  All schools currently have 3 wins or less.  

So the question still stands. If, and it's a big if, this year's IUFB team goes bowling and wins said bowl; still want him gone?

Yes. Winning the next 3 games against bad teams won't change my mind that Tom Allen is a bad coach.

Even if IU somehow finds a way to make a bowl, this win will likely be the only win against a good team. If IU makes a bowl, I very much doubt they win. If they somehow defy that expectation, that means it was likely a crappy bowl against another bad team.

[AZ Hoosier 7,539]

1 hour ago, Stuhoo said:

What to do if he’s Winning?

Winning solves everything 

Just please, God, not another extension. IU football sucks. Tom Allen is not the answer, no matter how the remainder of this season turns out. Pack your bags, Tommy boy.

[NashvilleHoosier 3,719]

6 hours ago, Lebowski said:

They have played better the last two games and just beat a 5 win Wisconsin team.  

The remaining schedule at Illinois, MSU, at the school up north.  All schools currently have 3 wins or less.  

So the question still stands. If, and it's a big if, this year's IUFB team goes bowling and wins said bowl; still want him gone?

We do not have an attractive job to offer any candidate. It is even less attractive with the conference expanding. My personal thoughts on TA aside, if we fired him after winning the program’s first bowl game since ‘91….holy cow I can not imagine how thin that applicant list would be. 

[AZ Hoosier 7,539]

We do not have an attractive job to offer any candidate. It is even less attractive with the conference expanding. My personal thoughts on TA aside, if we fired him after winning the program’s first bowl game since ‘91….holy cow I can not imagine how thin that applicant list would be. 

That’s quite a leap of faith - to even get bowl eligible, let alone actually winning a bowl game. Honestly, it’s not something to worry about at this point.

[DChoosier 8,725]

22 minutes ago, NashvilleHoosier said:

We do not have an attractive job to offer any candidate. It is even less attractive with the conference expanding. My personal thoughts on TA aside, if we fired him after winning the program’s first bowl game since ‘91….holy cow I can not imagine how thin that applicant list would be. 

I don’t think the applicant list would thin out at all if the administration was willing to throw around 5-8 million a year. We would tell the applicants that Tom’s service was deeply appreciated but in order to make the “next step” it was time to move on. The applicants would piously nod their heads in agreement but then ask if we were offering 5 or 8 million per and for how many years.

That being said…..if we win 4 in a row and then win a bowl (highly unlikely) there is zero chance we would fire Allen with a 20,000,000 payout.

[Lebowski 2,810]

38 minutes ago, NashvilleHoosier said:

We do not have an attractive job to offer any candidate. It is even less attractive with the conference expanding. My personal thoughts on TA aside, if we fired him after winning the program’s first bowl game since ‘91….holy cow I can not imagine how thin that applicant list would be. 

My thoughts exactly. No coach that folks are wanting to replace CTA would ever think about working for a program that would do that.  Not a single one. 

[Lebowski 2,810]

43 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

That’s quite a leap of faith - to even get bowl eligible, let alone actually winning a bowl game. Honestly, it’s not something to worry about at this point.

My question was hypothetical and you are free to answer if you desire. 

If this year's IUFB team goes bowling and wins said bowl game; still want him gone? 

[NashvilleHoosier 3,719]

6 hours ago, AZ Hoosier said:

That’s quite a leap of faith - to even get bowl eligible, let alone actually winning a bowl game. Honestly, it’s not something to worry about at this point.

Sure, I don’t think there is a chance we are in this position, but that’s not the question that was posed.