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

[JSHoosier]

https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/indiana/2023/11/30/curt-cignetti-indiana-football-schemes-will-he-run-iu/71756504007/

https://hoosierhuddle.com/hoosier-blog/what-indianas-offense-is-getting-with-hiring-of-curt-cignetti/2023/11/30

 

[LamarCheeks]

Just now, Dave from Dayton said:

Indiana football news other than they lost again?  Wait!  What?

A really good experienced and winning football coach hire at Indiana?   Yes!  Welcome Coach Cignetti!  Good luck.

Is this real life or is it just fantasy?

[JSHoosier]

Decent discussion.

They mention he has some experience being at a place where it's not easy and having to punch up, like Elon.

 

[Chris007]

Press conference at 2:30

He will be on with JMV at 5:30

Hoosiers beat Maryland at 7pm

Penix beats Oregon again at 8PM

Pretty good Friday. Happy December

[Hovadipo]

Excited for this staff. 

[cbp4iu]

Just now, Hovadipo said:

Excited for this staff. 

Good! Good! I’m excited to see what the next month+ holds. I also saw JMU’s top recruit backed out on his commitment as well.

[CSP]

12 minutes ago, cbp4iu said:

Good! Good! I’m excited to see what the next month+ holds. I also saw JMU’s top recruit backed out on his commitment as well.

Twitter, so who knows the validity, has stated we are the leader for Jah Jah Boyd. 4.4 speed

[Tom White]

14 hours ago, southernindianahoosier2 said:

 

Anyone know if moving away from Adidas is up next?

I've seen several people bemoan IU's relationship with Adidas before but have never seen what the source of the concern is. Can someone point me towards anything that lays out the problems with Adidas?

[CSP]

4 minutes ago, Tom White said:

I've seen several people bemoan IU's relationship with Adidas before but have never seen what the source of the concern is. Can someone point me towards anything that lays out the problems with Adidas?

Yeah, kids prefer Nike, at least football and basketball players do. That's a massive part of it. 

Plus.. Adidas gear sucks, and the Adidas gear designed for IU sucks. 

[Lebowski]

6 minutes ago, Tom White said:

I've seen several people bemoan IU's relationship with Adidas before but have never seen what the source of the concern is. Can someone point me towards anything that lays out the problems with Adidas?

I'm just speculating here, but I think it might have something to do with NIL deals.  Again, pure speculation. I could be mistaken. 

[IU_FanClub]

4 minutes ago, btownqb said:

Yeah, kids prefer Nike, at least football and basketball players do. That's a massive part of it. 

Plus.. Adidas gear sucks, and the Adidas gear designed for IU sucks. 

They also gave us the cheap @$$ football uniforms this year that looked like they were purchased at Walmart

[8bucks]

37 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Excited for this staff. 

I wonder if either the DC or OC will eventually stay behind and become the head coach

[Dave from Dayton]

I wonder if Coach Cignetti will be allowed to offer recruits and/or portal transfers from James Madison.  I seem to recollect that the IU Administration (AD?) stopped Archie Miller from bringing in a PG he had recruited previously to Dayton.  

Not sure if it is apples to apples comparison.

[Chris007]

Great Job everybody on this search. We really bonded together on this board & found the right coach for IU. Pat yourselves on the back, give yourself a hand, whatever it is you do to celebrate do it tonight. I'm going to ask Dolson & the administration to buy us all a round of drinks for all of hard work. Cheers!!! Go Hoosiers!!

[Chris007]

6 minutes ago, 8bucks said:

I wonder if either the DC or OC will eventually stay behind and become the head coach

I believe their AD already announced that they are going to go outside for the next coach. 

[Chris007]

4 minutes ago, Dave from Dayton said:

I wonder if Coach Cignetti will be allowed to offer recruits and/or portal transfers from James Madison.  I seem to recollect that the IU Administration (AD?) stopped Archie Miller from bringing in a PG he had recruited previously to Dayton.  

Not sure if it is apples to apples comparison.

If I remember correctly he wasn't allowed to run anyone off & we didn't have any spots open for the PG he wanted to bring in. But I could be wrong. 

[Artie86]

14 minutes ago, btownqb said:

Yeah, kids prefer Nike, at least football and basketball players do. That's a massive part of it. 

Plus.. Adidas gear sucks, and the Adidas gear designed for IU sucks. 

I respectfully disagree....Personally, I love Adidas. I am speaking about fan apparel, not basketball or football player's equipment. I know it's not about me, but the kids and what they like.  I love shoes and have never liked the way Nike shoes look overall and fit compared to Adidas. That's obviously my personal opinion.

[Chris007]

 

[JSHoosier]

5 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I believe their AD already announced that they are going to go outside for the next coach. 

They are. They're hiring a search firm and doing a nationwide search.

[JSHoosier]

On the Adidas relationship, I know Nike is more popular but from a $ standpoint would IU be better off? Right now we're one of the bigger Adidas programs I think, but if we switched to Nike then Duke/pUKe/etc all jump ahead of us.