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

[go iu bb]

This new contract is great for many reasons.

• It keeps C^3 at IU for the foreseeable future. The guy has shown he's a winner.
• It shows IU is finally serious about football. This helps with:
  • recruiting
  • hiring assistant coaches when the current ones inevitably leave to become HC themselves
  • hiring C^3's replacement when the time comes
  • this, plus winning, will further change the perception about IU football

[go iu bb]

1 hour ago, LamarCheeks said:

Just the other day, Cigs said on the Dan Patrick Show: "It feels like this is where I'm supposed to be."

We've jumped the gun after football success in the past (some guy named Allen), and the results were disastrous. 

Though Cigs is 63, this doesn't feel so fleeting -- as if it might actually be somewhat sustainable. Let's hope that's the case. 

 

Even when we were winning, I wasn't buying what Allen was selling. No fans at the games and the schedule was even weaker than this year but mainly it was that IU still made tons o mistakes so didn't seem all that well coached.

[Golfman25]

33 minutes ago, DChoosier said:

Yes, you would think so but I’m curious what the actual number is. Sure it will come out shortly.

That’s the key — what is the buyout.  Someone can always pay it. 

[Demo]

 

Anyone care to do the math on how wrong this comp is?

[HoosierX]

28 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

Even when we were winning, I wasn't buying what Allen was selling. No fans at the games and the schedule was even weaker than this year but mainly it was that IU still made tons o mistakes so didn't seem all that well coached.

Allen caught lightning in a bottle with 2 great coordinators. He was not a good coach.

[HoosierX]

1 hour ago, DChoosier said:

I was wondering the same thing.

Basically sounds like he is getting 9mm a year.

Maybe we don’t owe the retention 1mm per year if he is fired?

Also, I wonder what his buyout is if someone wants to try to poach him.

That is my question. It had to have gone up considerably from $8M or Dolson is an idiot, which he’s not. I haven’t seen that number yet.

[Banksyrules]

1 hour ago, sirhoosierlot said:

We may actually see a Hoosier football national championship in our lifetimes. This is like a celestial event

Let’s get it out of the way now and do it this year.

[DChoosier]

24 minutes ago, HoosierX said:

Allen caught lightning in a bottle with 2 great coordinators. He was not a good coach.

Coordinators were 100% the key for Allen.

Cig also has great coordinators. (NOTE: I am in no way comparing Cig and Allen). Will be interesting to see how well he can fill those positions when the assistants are inevitably offered HC opportunities.

 

[DChoosier]

26 minutes ago, HoosierX said:

That is my question. It had to have gone up considerably from $8M or Dolson is an idiot, which he’s not. I haven’t seen that number yet.

Dolson is not an idiot but part of the equation is how high of a buyout did Cig agree to? If it’s too low, which I doubt, it would provide him some wriggle room to move on.

Hopefully we are talking 50-75mm+++
 

[CSP]

Who cares about Tom Allen? Jesus 

[HoosierX]

18 minutes ago, DChoosier said:

Coordinators were 100% the key for Allen.

Cig also has great coordinators. (NOTE: I am in no way comparing Cig and Allen). Will be interesting to see how well he can fill those positions when the assistants are inevitably offered HC opportunities.

 

I guarantee if we lose our defensive coordinator we'll do better than a Georgia DB coach they were happy to see leave.

[HoosierX]

15 minutes ago, DChoosier said:

Dolson is not an idiot but part of the equation is how high of a buyout did Cig agree to? If it’s too low, which I doubt, it would provide him some wriggle room to move on.

Hopefully we are talking 50-75mm+++
 

I doubt it's that much, I'm hoping for $30M plus. Still doable for some schools probably, but at least difficult to buy out a coach, pay that much, and then pay the coach. Plus $30 would be a nice little war chest.

[ap2345]

3 hours ago, LamarCheeks said:

Just the other day, Cigs said on the Dan Patrick Show: "It feels like this is where I'm supposed to be."

We've jumped the gun after football success in the past (some guy named Allen), and the results were disastrous. 

Though Cigs is 63, this doesn't feel so fleeting -- as if it might actually be somewhat sustainable. Let's hope that's the case. 

 

There’s no comparison between Cig and Allen. Allen had never been a HC above the HS level. Cig has been a HC at multiple levels of college football. Cig also had other schools sniffing around and Dolson didn’t want to give him a reason to even think about leaving. 

[Hoosierfan2017]

All you have to do is look at their demeanors and you’ll see that Cignetti couldn’t be more different from Allen. 

[Lebowski]

On 10/24/2023 at 1:28 PM, Lebowski said:

My thought was more of trying to land a coach that has had success (winning records) with more than one program and left their previous schools in good shape. That means, most likely the ages of this type of coach will be older than 45 and more likely in their 50s or 60s. For me it's about establishing a foundation. Will it work? Who knows, we're talking IUFB here. 

The extension basically tells me what I have desired pretty much my entire life since I was a wee one watching my beloved IUFB. 

Also, restroom and seating upgrades baby!

This has to be the best football season dream I've ever had. Don't wake me up.  

[ap2345]

Some people just can’t help but be daunted and can’t believe that IUFB can have nice things. 

[LIHoosier]

On Big Noon right now

1st line; 'People ask me why wouldn't you want to be the hot commodity...We're the emerging superpower in college football, why would I leave?'

https://twitter.com/BNKonFOX/status/1857828181241176521

 

[LIHoosier]

1 hour ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

Who cares about Tom Allen? Jesus 

Yeah, probably Him 

[LamarCheeks]

Loving social media. 

Just a couple weeks ago, it was: "Enjoy him while you can, Indiana -- he'll be gone after this year." 

Now, it's: "You guys really haven't played anybody. And geez -- the guy's 63. That's pretty old." 

You can just tell ... 

[Banksyrules]

37 minutes ago, LIHoosier said:

On Big Noon right now

1st line; 'People ask me why wouldn't you want to be the hot commodity...We're the emerging superpower in college football, why would I leave?'

https://twitter.com/BNKonFOX/status/1857828181241176521

 

I love him so much that as a Hispanic, I’ll campaign hard to name my first child Curt.