They Fired Tom Allen!

[Hovadipo]

16 minutes ago, Demo said:

Apocalypto. Wow, that is a nice pull. 

That movie f’d me up as a kid when my dad thought it’d be a fun historical flick to watch together. 
 

NOPE, HOVADAD, NOPE. 

[WayneFleekHoosier]

That movie f’d me up as a kid when my dad thought it’d be a fun historical flick to watch together. 
 
NOPE, HOVADAD, NOPE. 

Top 5 all timer imo.


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[Alford Bailey]

Great scenes in that one. The snake bite to the  neck was probably my favorite.

[Hovadipo]

3 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Top 5 all timer imo.


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You needed someone as nutty as Mel Gibson to do that one right and boy did he go all in. I can definitely say I’ve never had a movie stick with me like that one did. 

[IUFootballHappyHappyJoyJoy]

1 hour ago, cthomas said:

Maybe we shock the world and only lose by 40 and walk away feeling good about ourselves.

And more generic crap from Tom Allen after the postgame about how Grant Gremel worked really hard.

[JSHoosier]

7 hours ago, cthomas said:

Maybe we shock the world and only lose by 40 and walk away feeling good about ourselves.

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

I'll take Kevin Wilson back about now... If we are gonna lose by 30, I'd rather it be 70-40 then 45-14. 

[rayl456]

49 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

I'll take Kevin Wilson back about now... If we are gonna lose by 30, I'd rather it be 70-40 then 45-14. 

Yeah, I always found it interesting how quickly the Suckeyes hired Wilson and have had no problems with his coaching style.  That says something about both IU and OSU, I think.

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

2 minutes ago, rayl456 said:

Yeah, I always found it interesting how quickly the Suckeyes hired Wilson and have had no problems with his coaching style.  That says something about both IU and OSU, I think.

Well he was mean or something. I really can't remember. Clearly none of those players could play for a guy like Saban, but when you're winning, it doesn't matter much. 

[Hovadipo]

Wilson wasn’t nearly a good enough coach for the AD to tolerate him being an absuive alcoholic and forcing players to play through injury…

Let’s not sugarcoat the Kevin Wilson era, as fun as his teams were. 

[Alford Bailey]

Wilson is an elite offensive coordinator. Top offenses at Oklahoma and Ohio St. Wasn’t a great HC. Not sure what Allen is good at?

[TheWatShot]

30 minutes ago, rayl456 said:

Yeah, I always found it interesting how quickly the Suckeyes hired Wilson and have had no problems with his coaching style.  That says something about both IU and OSU, I think.

He's fine as an offensive coordinator. They would never in a million years hire him to be their head coach. 

 

24 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Wilson wasn’t nearly a good enough coach for the AD to tolerate him being an absuive alcoholic and forcing players to play through injury…

Let’s not sugarcoat the Kevin Wilson era, as fun as his teams were. 

I think people forget that Wilson was the one who brought Allen here, and he was so epically bad when it came to defense that Allen simply doing a good job looked phenomenal and ultimately led Glass to hiring him. 

[Hoosierfan2017]

Take away the two fluke seasons and Allen is 5-28 in conference play. We can’t fire that cringy goof soon enough. 

[Alford Bailey]

Fire Allen and hire a mid major staff at half the price. The results won’t be any worse.

[Rico]

1 hour ago, Alford Bailey said:

Fire Allen and hire a mid major staff at half the price. The results won’t be any worse.

Jason Candle works for me.

[Dave from Dayton]

1 hour ago, Alford Bailey said:

Fire Allen and hire a mid major staff at half the price. The results won’t be any worse.

Archie Miller is available.  His team beat OSU while at Dayton.  Just think what he could do with our resources!

[GoIU8]

Tom Allen's record with Kalen DeBoer/Michael Penix: 14-7, 11-5 in conference, 2 bowl appearances.

Allen's record without them: 15-31, 5-28 in conference, 0 bowl appearances.

[Dave from Dayton]

I have seen a lot in my time.  I remember IU playing in the Rose Bowl.

IU will return and play in the Rose Bowl again.  But when we do, it will be on BTN+.

[darB s'tI]

We'll see if Dolson is willing to own his mistake(s). I bought into the hype as LEO was growing as many of us did, and we had our remarkable season which ended in a VERY poor coaching decision that cost us a bowl win. That said, it's over and we're headed down a very dark path. If you think this year feels bad, wait until next year...and the year after...with very limited recruits coming in and likely a flood of players entering the portal. We won't win a single B1G game next year. Tell me I'm wrong.

IU Football has been a great love of mine since I was young. We always had season tickets and drove from 3.5 hours away for every home game. I'm 44, so I got to see some great years with AT and Randel El coming to mind. But that's not who Indiana Football is now. Very simply stated, we're cheap. We seem to think it's ok to remain a true loser program, yet there's a major disconnect. First, the fans don't like it at all - they're/we're fed up. And second, we're leaving SO much revenue on the table by being a bottom-feeding program. Step up, pay for a proven winner and fix it. Get your guy, pay him big for 3 years then re-up BIG. Go find a former NFL player and/or proven coach that can speak to recruits, and don't put a cap on his recruiting budget. Deion Sanders. Urban Meyer (red flags, I know, but if given the opportunity...) or someone with a similar profile. Then, look back at how much more financially stable the entire athletic program is. This is not an opinion. We need to quit this nonsense with embracing being losers. I'm cranky! Feedback is welcome if you support my logic! HA~!

[J34]

In no way is this a defense of CTA, but IU football hasn't had a coach with a winning record since Bo McMillan (1934-1947). 

Allen is not the answer, but I don't know who is!