Coach Curt Cignetti to INDIANA... Forever and Ever, Amen!

[Pagoda]

30 min Cig interview.

 

[Stuhoo]

11 hours ago, Pagoda said:

30 min Cig interview.

 

Cig clearly lied to Rich Eisen; told him that he was the last and best interviewer he would be sitting with this summer.

[Brass Cannon]

15 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Cig clearly lied to Rich Eisen; told him that he was the last and best interviewer he would be sitting with this summer.

We knew that was a lie when he said it. 
 

The way he talked about the assistance it does sound like they are still here because they aren’t dead set on being head coaches.  The work life balance has to be pretty good here.  

[Hovadipo]

23 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Cig clearly lied to Rich Eisen; told him that he was the last and best interviewer he would be sitting with this summer.

Would be a lot easier to prove my theory that it was probably shot the day of or before the Eisen interview if he didn’t wear the same GD shirt every day. 

[jermhoosierfan]

13 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Would be a lot easier to prove my theory that it was probably shot the day of or before the Eisen interview if he didn’t wear the same GD shirt every day. 

He was supposedly leaving for vacation after the Eisen interview for a couple of weeks.  I would think that he did this before seeing they had to edit it.

[skhoosier2]

28 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

We knew that was a lie when he said it. 
 

The way he talked about the assistance it does sound like they are still here because they aren’t dead set on being head coaches.  The work life balance has to be pretty good here.  

I got that impression as well. Both are younger guys and Bryant has a baby. I think the fact that Bryant can spend time with his family plus do what he loves which is head coach the defense is keeping him here. Not to mention they see what happened with Tino. It’s a risk to leave. I’d venture to guess Bryant would be ok if he failed as a hc…he’d likely get a D coordinator position quickly. But how much would he like working with the next guy. He’s been with Cig forever. I think the comfort level he has coupled with his success and his family time may just keep him here a while unless the NFL comes calling for D coordinator. Not convinced Shannahan would be as successful. Cig has a lot to do with the offense coupled with Bostad. I think it’s a collective and they are all pieces of that puzzle for success. While I know Haines has all of his coaches as well, I do believe he is the reason that D is as successful as it is. 
 

We continue to be lucky Cig can retain his staff. Have to enjoy the ride while they are all around. 

[Brass Cannon]

5 minutes ago, skhoosier2 said:

I got that impression as well. Both are younger guys and Bryant has a baby. I think the fact that Bryant can spend time with his family plus do what he loves which is head coach the defense is keeping him here. Not to mention they see what happened with Tino. It’s a risk to leave. I’d venture to guess Bryant would be ok if he failed as a hc…he’d likely get a D coordinator position quickly. But how much would he like working with the next guy. He’s been with Cig forever. I think the comfort level he has coupled with his success and his family time may just keep him here a while unless the NFL comes calling for D coordinator. Not convinced Shannahan would be as successful. Cig has a lot to do with the offense coupled with Bostad. I think it’s a collective and they are all pieces of that puzzle for success. While I know Haines has all of his coaches as well, I do believe he is the reason that D is as successful as it is. 
 

We continue to be lucky Cig can retain his staff. Have to enjoy the ride while they are all around. 

The dream would be Haines steps in as HC and cig transfer to an official GM role when Cig is ready to dial it back.  
 

Not guaranteed but continuity is always preferable 

[skhoosier2]

5 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

The dream would be Haines steps in as HC and cig transfer to an official GM role when Cig is ready to dial it back.  
 

Not guaranteed but continuity is always preferable 

For sure.  and who knows there may be some type of long term plan in place for Haines to take over.  I do think maybe he thinks about the NFL D coordinator position. I feel like Cig mentioned something in an interview I saw once about who knows if the NFL came calling regarding Bryant.  It will be interesting to see if/when we lose other assistants.  Wouldn't think Bostad would be looking to go anywhere unless the NFL comes around again and he's tired of recruiting.  But how long can we keep Grant Cain/John Miller/Pat Kuntz et al  We've got some good young guys in the program under them so hopefully they are sponges soaking up everything so they can move into those positions should be lose some of the guys.  It says ALOT for Cig that he's been able to keep his staff together as long as he has with losing just this year his S/C guy (which will be interesting to see if that loss hurts the team and helps UT).

[jermhoosierfan]

3 hours ago, Hovadipo said:

Would be a lot easier to prove my theory that it was probably shot the day of or before the Eisen interview if he didn’t wear the same GD shirt every day. 

In this interview, he does say he is going on vacation in a couple of days while the Eisen interview he said the next day I think.