They Fired Tom Allen!

[IU_FanClub]

If Dolson doesn’t fire him then he has to go too

[Hovadipo]

48 minutes ago, Josh said:

I want to win as bad as anybody, it's out of my hands.  I'm sure there's some context there but woof

I think the job security part is what he’s saying is out of his hands. 

On the other hand, he’s also been pretty straightforward in press conferences that it’s everyone else’s fault so who knows. 

[iubb]

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[Trish]

Im hoping Scott has sent the text message. 
 

“Let’s meet at 9AM in my office”

 

Anyone remember when Fred went to fire Crean and instead, Crean was on a plane with his family to Florida? LOL. 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

Is it odd that the downfall of Tom Allen's time was the win over Wisconsin in 2020 and that Wisconsin 2023 could very well be his last win at IU?

[MemphisHoosier]

4 hours ago, AKHoosier said:

They had no business losing this game, but can't be surprised. 

*the last three games

[LIHoosier]

 

 

[Trish]

WE DID IT!

[OliviaPope40]

5 minutes ago, LIHoosier said:

 

 

And there it is. Now who do we get that wants to come here? Who all transfers?

[Banksyrules]

Needed to be done.

[cbp4iu]

Thank goodness.

[Jeff Flabjohns]

Yes!!!

[LamarCheeks]

We went from 8-5 (Gator Bowl) in what was a "normal" season in 2019, to 6-2 (Outback Bowl) and a top 10 ranking in the anomaly that was 2020, to 2-10 and an 0-fer in the B1G in 2021. 

Really dramatic and really weird dropoff. Was hard to see things getting turned back around after that. 

[Magnanimous]

Despite the team showing flashes of competency after Bell was let go, I think this was the right move. There had been too many boneheaded decisions the last few years and the momentum around the program completely bottomed out. 

I’ll say this though, Tom Allen in my opinion was the best IUFB coach in 40 years. Kevin Wilson made us look like an actual football team, but Allen took that foundation and started winning. In 2009 our secondary was our baseball team, and for a bit, Allen made us competent defensively for the first time in forever. Give Allen’s credit to the DeBoer and Womack all you want, he was the one hiring and winning with them. He also loved the program in a way we hadn’t seen since Hep was here.

My collegiate tenure at IU was all four years of Bill Lynch and (near) concluded with losing to Wisconsin 83-20. Coach Allen beat Wisconsin twice. Indiana has beaten Michigan twice since 1968. Coach Allen owns one of those victories. Nebraska may not be what they used to, but Coach Allen went into Lincoln in front of 90,000 fans and won. And Covid excuses be damned, there was one week in my life where I checked the AP poll and saw IU in the top 10. If there was an expanded playoff that year we would have made it.

I get that Coach Allen wasn’t everyone’s cup of tea and the LEO schtick got old. With the transfer portal now available his Tampa recruiting pipeline also didn’t carry the weight it used to. I agree it’s time for a change and this program is at a crossroads. But Tom Allen gave us a few years of very competitive and exciting football, and that should not be lost in all of the “thank the Lord he’s gone” posts that are about to fill this thread for the next 24 hours. 

[RaceToTheTop]

He even could have saved his job….three very winnable games at the end of the year.  Blew leads in all of them.

[Demo]

Wish him the best. Will be interested to see what he decides to do next. He’s a rich guy. He certainly doesn’t need it. If he takes a year off he’ll be 55 before he’d coach again. Would he be interested in an FCS job? Does he want to be a P5 DC? 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

FINALLY!!!

[LamarCheeks]

14 minutes ago, Magnanimous said:

I’ll say this though, Tom Allen in my opinion was the best IUFB coach in 40 years.

 

I was at IU during the height of the Mallory Era. Man, that was a lot of fun. 

Dominating OSU for a two-year run. Beating them and Michgan in the same season. The shootout between Hartleib and Schnell in B-town. Destroying South Carolina in the Liberty Bowl. Watching AT run all over Memorial Stadium. 

Good times. 

[Alford Bailey]

Good riddance. He was terrible and got paid an insane amount to be terrible.

[Rico]

What took so long?