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

[CSP]

6 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

 

Negative.

yeah well, he's gone. Enjoy this season while it lasts. 

[Lebowski]

Everyone just settle down. We haven't even played 4 games yet.

Plus this whole idea that we somehow aren't able to get into the ring to fight is absurd. I'll say it again, if all of this takes place and he goes elsewhere it won't be because IU didn't throw him everything and the kitchen sink. And our kitchen sink is a pretty effin' big sink. 

[ronzo4IU]

If we unfortunately lost him after one season, I imagine we would wind up with one of the two top assistant coaches..

[Stuhoo]

21 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

yeah well, he's gone. Enjoy this season while it lasts. 

^^That's some crap-@$$ 'Certified Sunshine Pumping'.^^

[AZ Hoosier]

yeah well, he's gone. Enjoy this season while it lasts. 

That’s a lot of negativity from a “certified sunshine pumper”. #mindBlown

[cthomas]

We are, and rightfully so, the most bi-polar football fanbase ever. We worry about being able to get a good coach, finally hire one, and then worry about losing him three games into the season.

[Stuhoo]

1 minute ago, cthomas said:

We are, and rightfully so, the most bi-polar football fanbase ever. We worry about being able to get a good coach, finally hire one, and then worry about losing him three games into the season.

Not bi-polar - PTSD: 

• If things are bad we piss and moan. 
• If things are good we identify ways that will make things really bad again soon.

[AH1971]

I don't see Cignetti leaving IU after 1 year unless it's for a program that has legitimate means and resources to contend for a national championship nearly every single year. The only job likely to be open that remotely offers that is the Florida job. If Florida wants Cignetti there's likely nothing Dolson can do. But that's if Florida wants Cignetti. I'd think a lot of people would have to say no before Cignetti ever gets a call and Florida isn't really a job you say no to. On paper it's one of, if not the top job in college football. The board of regents have already met at Florida to work out Napier's $26 million buyout 3 weeks into the season, they aren't going to buyout Billy Napier just to hire Curt Cignetti. 

[Lebowski]

Even if Flordia wanted him, I don't think he leaves. He's here for a reason. He already left a job that he fully intending on retiring from. While Flordia is an enticing job he would be leaving a job that's in his full control with the backing of the administration. I doubt Florida admins would let go of the reins like he would demand. He's ours guys and we need to embrace this and support the poop out of his team. The only thing I'm 'worried' about is when Haines, Shanahan, Sunseri, etc. etc. go (because they will), will he hire the right coaches to fit in and win. But honestly, I'm not that worried. 

[cthomas]

1 hour ago, Stuhoo said:

Not bi-polar - PTSD: 

• If things are bad we piss and moan. 
• If things are good we identify ways that will make things really bad again soon.

PTSD, no doubt. But I stand by my bi-polar, mood swings diagnosis.

[Scotty R]

This fan base can't ever just enjoy some success 

[J34]

This dudes a competitor and he loves a challenge. I see no reason for him(with his age) to want to be anywhere else than Bloomington Indiana, on a fall Saturday night, playing games that matter. Not many places in the country can replicate it. Unless he's always had a dream job in mind, Bloomington is the perfect place for him and his family. Only 3 games in and we're creating a national buzz, and now is when we start filling up the stadium and  showing recruits we're serious. This does nothing but help our basketball recruiting either. They love visiting during football season.

[cybergates]

2 hours ago, cthomas said:

We are, and rightfully so, the most bi-polar football fanbase ever. We worry about being able to get a good coach, finally hire one, and then worry about losing him three games into the season.

[Banksyrules]

I think he stays. This guy just thinks differently. He already knows how good he is.  I think he just wants to get a fair shot to compete at the college playoffs.   SEC right now has more football depth than we do so depending on the team, recruiting might actually too hard to come by.  Just my opinion.  We have to pay him accordingly though. 

[LamarCheeks]

Not taking anything away from the excitement Cigs has created.  

Hell, I'm pretty excited as well. 

But here's a little perspective. Bill Lynch's record after three games as IU's head coach: 3-0. 

 

[cthomas]

10 hours ago, LamarCheeks said:

Not taking anything away from the excitement Cigs has created.  

Hell, I'm pretty excited as well. 

But here's a little perspective. Bill Lynch's record after three games as IU's head coach: 3-0. 

 

Exactly right. We've had good starts before only to end up the same old IU football. However, other than coaching at IU, there is no similarity between Coach Lynch and Coach Cignetti.

[CSP]

10 hours ago, LamarCheeks said:

Not taking anything away from the excitement Cigs has created.  

Hell, I'm pretty excited as well. 

But here's a little perspective. Bill Lynch's record after three games as IU's head coach: 3-0. 

 

With Hep's players. 

Kellen Lewis, Tracy Porter, Greg Middleton, Austin Thomas, Nick Polk... and James Hardy. 

We beat D1-AA IN St, squeaked by Western MI by 10 (they finished 5-7), didn't handle Akron (they finished 4-8) but won... 

Another W that season was Ball St, Iowa (they went 6-6), Minnesota (they were 1-11), and Purdue (8-5). 

[Stuhoo]

2 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

With Hep's players. 

Kellen Lewis, Tracy Porter, Greg Middleton, Austin Thomas, Nick Polk... and James Hardy. 

We beat D1-AA IN St, squeaked by Western MI by 10 (they finished 5-7), didn't handle Akron (they finished 4-8) but won... 

Another W that season was Ball St, Iowa (they went 6-6), Minnesota (they were 1-11), and Purdue (8-5). 

^^So ... more excellent perspective.^^

[Lebowski]

13 hours ago, LamarCheeks said:

Not taking anything away from the excitement Cigs has created.  

Hell, I'm pretty excited as well. 

But here's a little perspective. Bill Lynch's record after three games as IU's head coach: 3-0. 

Good football teams beat who they are supposed to beat pretty handedly. That wasn't the case with Coach Lynch. 

[TTT]

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