Coach Curt Cignetti to INDIANA

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8 minutes ago, IUHoosierJoe said:

No doubt he inherited a mess.  Still, in his 5 years before he hired Tom Allen, he was 8-32 in the Big 10.  The first bowl game he went to, we were 2-6 in the Big 10.  

That doesn't tell me anything. 

That season we played 4 top 15 teams. 

We lost 3 of those games by 1 score games, and one was double OT to UM. yep.. RU beat us in a horrible game. Yuck still remember that. 

Wait wait.. his first year for the bowl was when Sudfeld+Howard both got hurt against OSU. We beat OSU if that doesn't happen. Hmmm .... Kevin Wilson was/is a really good coach. 

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Just now, Lebowski said:

The same reason Gruden is? LOL!

Gruden was at least rumored for a hot second. Diaz had literally never been mentioned. Like ever.

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Manny Diaz isn't even a candidate, why is this discussion even happening

There was a Penn State article about it

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Weaver just updated that Mike Hart is interviewing right now. Boy, he's never called plays, or been an OC or HC. 

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4 minutes ago, GoIU8 said:

Gruden was at least rumored for a hot second. Diaz had literally never been mentioned. Like ever.

He got mentioned by me and some other cat on like page 20-50 or something. LOL. 

I was just throwing out coordinator names, since Lewis is being discussed. I guess my point was to point out there are plenty of other coordinators that have a more experienced resume than Lewis. It was more of a knock on Dolson than anything. 

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2 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Weaver just updated that Mike Hart is interviewing right now. Boy, he's never called plays, or been an OC or HC. 

Not completely true he was a HC for one of the games Harbaugh was suspended for. And he did such a good job they didn't let him do it again.

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12 minutes ago, btownqb said:

That doesn't tell me anything. 

That season we played 4 top 15 teams. 

We lost 3 of those games by 1 score games, and one was double OT to UM. yep.. RU beat us in a horrible game. Yuck still remember that. 

Wait wait.. his first year for the bowl was when Sudfeld+Howard both got hurt against OSU. We beat OSU if that doesn't happen. Hmmm .... Kevin Wilson was/is a really good coach. 

Unfortunately his defenses wasted the talents of Latimer in 2013 and Coleman in 2014.

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12 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Weaver just updated that Mike Hart is interviewing right now. Boy, he's never called plays, or been an OC or HC. 

Lol see ya. We can not be serious.

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35 minutes ago, lillurk said:

You hire for what a coach WILL do, not what he’s done.

What he’s done is only part of the calculus of figuring out what he’ll do.

Past performance doesn't guarantee future results?   

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5 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

Unfortunately his defenses wasted the talents of Latimer in 2013 and Coleman in 2014.

 .... he got them on campus to begin with.

Nate Sudfelds injury in 14 is the reason we didn't go to a bowl, and nothing more. 

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24 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

For sure. But past won/lost record is not always the best metric of past performance. 

NOT that we're going to find a hall of famer, but Belechick's won/lost record was 36-44 before New England. However, there was something about his past performance; the leadership, the relationships he built, the innovation, that got him that Patriots job.

And two dudes named Bledsoe and Brady.  :)  

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5 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

Unfortunately his defenses wasted the talents of Latimer in 2013 and Coleman in 2014.

Obviously we all hope for someone better than Wilson. The point is if Lewis' floor is Wilson we could certainly do worse, at least it'll be fun. 

Wilson was always a DC away from being truly good and a lot of that was the administration hamstringing him with no budget for assistants. He finally figured it out with Allen and we never got to see how that would work out, I think there is evidence to suggest that the administration is ready to pay now. What matters is can the head coach identify defensive coaching talent and can the administration come up with the money when he does. That is the upside with Lewis. 

At a school like IU, where good coordinators are poached almost immediately, I think it can only help if the HC is the play-caller and heavily involved in the offense. That way, you only need to hit on the DC instead of having to consistently hit on OC and DC, which is what killed CTA.

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11 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Lol see ya. We can not be serious.

Does Hart have the ability to effectively bullshirt his way through an interview? 

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30 minutes ago, btownqb said:

That doesn't tell me anything. 

That season we played 4 top 15 teams. 

We lost 3 of those games by 1 score games, and one was double OT to UM. yep.. RU beat us in a horrible game. Yuck still remember that. 

Wait wait.. his first year for the bowl was when Sudfeld+Howard both got hurt against OSU. We beat OSU if that doesn't happen. Hmmm .... Kevin Wilson was/is a really good coach. 

Who knows, maybe he’s a candidate to get his old job back, lol.

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2 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Does Hart have the ability to effectively bullshirt his way through an interview? 

Let's hope not.

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26 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Weaver just updated that Mike Hart is interviewing right now. Boy, he's never called plays, or been an OC or HC. 

Next candidate might be a coordinator for high school, not Bishop Chatard as they're used to winning. I mean if we're not going to be serious might as well be completely unserious.

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Maybe they have a HC and interviewing Hart for something else. I know, wishful thinking that we don't completely IUFB it up.

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2 minutes ago, JSHoosier said:

Next candidate might be a coordinator for high school, not Bishop Chatard as they're used to winning. I mean if we're not going to be serious might as well be completely unserious.

My former HS coach works at Home Depot now so he has some time on his hands if IU is interested. He ran the wishbone so it would be new to the Big Ten

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Gerry Faust come on down.  You're the next coach at Indiana University.   lol

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Does anyone know the budget for assistant coach salaries for IUBB? Like is it market value for a top tier program?