They Fired Tom Allen!

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

[LamarCheeks]

4 hours ago, rcs29 said:

Let's hire Womack after this year

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Dayum -- just saw South Alabama beat the crap out of Oklahoma State yesterday. 

He went 5-7 his first year and 10-3 last year. If he has another double-digit win season this year, a Power Five school will scoop him up. DeBoer only lasted two years at Fresno before UW came calling. 

[maharkn]

I think we offer deboer whatever he wants to come back

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[Class of '66 Old Fart]

12 minutes ago, maharkn said:

I think we offer deboer whatever he wants to come back

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Honest question  --  why would he want to come back to IU football and our history?

[rcbowla]

Honest question  --  why would he want to come back to IU football and our history?

Honest answer: he wouldn't. He can win and win big in Washington. That's not true at IU

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[HoosierX]

19 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Honest question  --  why would he want to come back to IU football and our history?

It’s not even a lateral move, it’s straight backwards.

[MemphisHoosier]

31 minutes ago, rcs29 said:

Honest answer: he wouldn't. He can win and win big in Washington. That's not true at IU

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This. Great recruiting base in the west and Seattle has a really nice quality of life for a major city.

[Scotty R]

1 hour ago, maharkn said:

I think we offer deboer whatever he wants to come back

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Why would he leave UW for IU

[IUFootballHappyHappyJoyJoy]

Guys, let's be realistic. 

We need to look at who wins the MAC Championship game this season and hire that dude. That's what Indiana will just end up doing anyway. 

[TTT]

Just keep T.A. and let contract run its course.  Unless a football miracle for remainder of contract… make sure T.A. is not extended if IU would happen to have a 6 and 6 season (win 2 or 3 games in a row…still looking for program stability)

Regardless, the circumstances not to long ago IU had a nationally ranked team if decision making was based on  identifying what it had in DeBoer, Womack…and Penix vs giving expensive long contract extension.

[kreigh8]

Deion is probably too much football for IU and it's athletic department but that type of candidate should be considered. Someone like Reggie Wayne or Ed Reed to get kids excited to consider Bloomington Indiana and it's football program or whoever that may be. The hot coordinator or MAC level HC likely just has another coaching search in 3 to 4 years

[Scotty R]

Hire Urban Meyer and just sale your soul

[LamarCheeks]

Bring back No. 11!!!

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

1. Urban Meyer

2. Kliff Kingsbury

3. Kane Wommack

4. Antwaan Randle El

 

If you're gonna throw 5M at a dude... it isn't Tom Allen. It's Urban Meyer. If you actually care to ever win in football, it's Urban Meyer.

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

17 minutes ago, Hardwood83 said:

Well, sure but I don't think the biggest issue with your proposition is with IU or even money. I can't imagine any scenario where Meyer returns to a job the level of IU. Can't hurt to make the call though. 

Gotta make the call. I don't think there are any big time programs with a job coming open anytime soon except maybe Texas A&M.

[go iu bb]

1 hour ago, Hardwood83 said:

I just confirmed, per Indystar: If, for example, he were to be fired without cause following the 2023 season, Indiana University would still owe him more than $20 million. Beginning Dec. 1, 2024, IU’s duty falls to just 50% of that remaining income, a substantially smaller amount. Termination on that date, for example, would require the university to pay Allen a little under $8 million, and that number would fall under $6 million a year later.

In other words, nothing is gonna happen until after 12/1/24. 

It's unfortunate but true.

[monskisprodigy]

8 hours ago, TTT said:

Just keep T.A. and let contract run its course.  Unless a football miracle for remainder of contract… make sure T.A. is not extended if IU would happen to have a 6 and 6 season (win 2 or 3 games in a row…still looking for program stability)

Regardless, the circumstances not to long ago IU had a nationally ranked team if decision making was based on  identifying what it had in DeBoer, Womack…and Penix vs giving expensive long contract extension.

I’m pretty sure his contract has an automatic 1 year extension added if he makes a bowl game.
 

Dudes agent pulled a masterclass on Dolson. 

[LamarCheeks]

You'd like to think that IU is a place coaches go to stay -- as long as they're successful -- rather than as a stepping stone. Though Glass was still the main man at the time, I wonder if Dolson had Tracy Smith and Chris Lemonis on his mind after CTA had a couple good years, and panicked.

Because man -- that was a foolish contract extension. 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

34 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

You'd like to think that IU is a place coaches go to stay -- as long as they're successful -- rather than as a stepping stone. Though Glass was still the main man at the time, I wonder if Dolson had Tracy Smith and Chris Lemonis on his mind after CTA had a couple good years, and panicked.

Because man -- that was a foolish contract extension. 

Insanely foolish considering no one was after Allen.

[rayl456]

I have often thought that Allen being hired as HC by IU was a really, really bad imitation of Gerry Faust being hired by Notre Dame back in 1981.