Coach Curt Cignetti to INDIANA

[Dave from Dayton 3,903]

Really looking forward to beating Puredoo and winning more than 3 games a year. Phukin AAA!

Good luck Hoosiers!

[AZ Hoosier 9,417]

40 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Technically I believe scholarships are year to year anyway -- you don't HAVE to renew a player's scholarship.  

Even if a team were to honor their scholarships year to year -- pretty much everyone does -- I do not think they are under any obligation to take a player back if they enter the portal.  For instance, a player like Khristain Lander hit the portal and I believe was hoping for a bigger landing spot than Western Kentucky......but I do not think IU was under any obligation to take him back if he didn't like his other options.

I am sure Glass' athletic bill of rights would guarantee the player the remainder of a 4 year scholarship... probably would not necessarily guarantee a spot on any team, but certainly would cover the cost of the education.

[southsidehoosier 5,148]

38 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

Me to the wifey: Babe we got our guy & we’re getting season tickets for next year.

wife: who is it?

me: Curt Cignetti

wife: Don’t know who that is but sounds Italian so I’m in. 
our son will be a freshman at IU too

Rick Pitino: Don’t know who that is but sounds Italian so I’m in. 

[Hovadipo 59,553]

Free way to support NIL. Make as many X accounts as your thumbs can handle. 

[Lebowski 2,992]

Some things to note.

• JMU's FBS conference recruit rankings have been at the bottom of the SBC. Just like IUFB. 
• A few JMU transfers jumped from 3 to 4 stars after this year
• Coach Cig is 100% of an above .500 record his first season of taking over a new job

I won't be surprised if Elijah Sarratt and Jalen Green transfers into IUFB. And every single player on IUFB's current roster will have a dramatic improvement in development. Folks like Tayven Jackson will benefit exponentially. So even if we aren't able to retain players that have entered the portal we'll still see improvement and a better product will be playing on the field 2024. But I do hope they rethink leaving the program now because they'll benefit in player development under a Coach Cig staff. 

My point being, player development is something that is a proven track record and follows Coach Cig wherever he coaches.  I truly won't be surprised if we go bowling next year. However, I won't be disappointed if we don't. 

I will say this though, there are no guarantees because we are talking IUFB here.

[Chris007 55,340]

1 minute ago, Hovadipo said:

Free way to support NIL. Make as many X accounts as your thumbs can handle. 

I wouldn’t be surprised to see our NIL go above 7 million this season. 

[Hoosierfan222 734]

2 hours ago, Hovadipo said:

^^^^^

Pretty cool to see, they’re asking for 100k in donations as a goal, already close to 60k donated in a couple hours.

[Hoosierfan222 734]

Just now, Chris007 said:

I wouldn’t be surprised to see our NIL go above 7 million this season. 

That would be pretty shocking, but you could get a lot of impact guys in the portal with that kind of cash…

[Chris007 55,340]

1 minute ago, Lebowski said:

Some things to note.

• JMU's FBS conference recruit rankings have been at the bottom of the SBC. Just like IUFB. 
• A few JMU transfers jumped from 3 to 4 stars after this year
• Coach Cig is 100% of an above .500 record his first season of taking over a new job

I won't be surprised if Elijah Sarratt and Jalen Green transfers into IUFB. And every single player on IUFB's current roster will have a dramatic improvement in development. Folks like Tayven Jackson will benefit exponentially. So even if we aren't able to retain players that have entered the portal we'll still see improvement and a better product will be playing on the field 2024. But I do hope they rethink leaving the program now because they'll benefit in player development under a Coach Cig staff. 

My point being, player development is something that is a proven track record and follows Coach Cig wherever he coaches.  I truly won't be surprised if we go bowling next year. However, I won't be disappointed if we don't. 

I will say this though, there are no guarantees because we are talking IUFB here.

I think we have some kids on this team who are dying to be coached up. I really think the new staff will be able to get more out of this roster.

[Lebowski 2,992]

1 minute ago, Chris007 said:

I think we have some kids on this team who are dying to be coached up. I really think the new staff will be able to get more out of this roster.

You can almost guarantee they'll be a better football player next season. 

[Chris007 55,340]

Just now, Hoosierfan222 said:

That would be pretty shocking, but you could get a lot of impact guys in the portal with that kind of cash…

I thought we had 2 million already raised, then 3 million the other day plus the new coach boost.

[Golfman25 6,288]

48 minutes ago, btownqb said:

Diamont wants the best food in D1 for the players. I thought that was an excellent idea and starting point. 

So Taco Bell.  :)

[Dave from Dayton 3,903]

7 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Free way to support NIL. Make as many X accounts as your thumbs can handle. 

Would be happy to help.  But not on X.  How about Mastadon?  I gave up the bird when Musk gave Democracy the bird and the shaft.

[Chris007 55,340]

 

[iubb 3,678]

14 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Free way to support NIL. Make as many X accounts as your thumbs can handle. 

That donor is Cuban... right?

[8bucks 7,030]

7 minutes ago, Dave from Dayton said:

Would be happy to help.  But not on X.  How about Mastadon?  I gave up the bird when Musk gave Democracy the bird and the shaft.

Love X now so I will cover for you. 

[Scotty R 2,841]

3 hours ago, hper50 said:

What am I supposed to do with all the time I was wasting at work this week?

Checking to see who we bring in from the portal 

[8bucks 7,030]

Anyone see the compensation and term of the contract?

[Dave from Dayton 3,903]

3 minutes ago, 8bucks said:

Love X now so I will cover for you. 

I am not going to derail this thread.  So read this if interested in Musk's bigotry and politics.

  Elon Musk prepares to walk away from the smoking crater that was Twitter (dailykos.com)

[JSHoosier 21,664]

2 minutes ago, Dave from Dayton said:

OK.  Elon Musk prepares to walk away from the smoking crater that was Twitter (dailykos.com)

Translation, Musk prepares to walk away from the mess he created.