Coach Curt Cignetti to INDIANA

[AZ Hoosier 7,346]

8 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

I'd take being good in football over basketball any day of the week! 

Apparently, so does Quinn Buckner.

[Hovadipo 56,427]

Asking nicely to please not start that in this thread. 

[rcbowla 7,132]

2 hours ago, HoosierX said:

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

Yeah....his name is Pat Kuntz and he's already on staff

[TadQueasy 727]

1 hour 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

 

That is awesome!  I love how he got out in front of any future speculation of other programs.  It seems he is truly happy to build things here.  Lets GOOOOOO!!!!!!!! 

[Dhop 406]

Even Charlie’s on board

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,915]

Announcement on our bye week Saturday keeps us in the news.

Sends the message to every other D1 program - don't bother

Recruiting targets don't have to worry that he'll be poached if they commit to IU.

[LamarCheeks 19,105]

Cigs made an appearance at the IU Dance Marathon today. 

How great is it to have a coach who just gets it! 

(Although instead of his "GO IU" chants, he should use the more traditional "Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoosiers!" LOL)

https://x.com/IndianaFootball/status/1857814853538189582

[Stuhoo 81,202]

1 hour ago, LamarCheeks said:

Cigs made an appearance at the IU Dance Marathon today. 

How great is it to have a coach who just gets it! 

(Although instead of his "GO IU" chants, he should use the more traditional "Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoosiers!" LOL)

https://x.com/IndianaFootball/status/1857814853538189582

That’s some old school shite right there.

[8bucks 6,470]

8 hours ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

I'd take being good in football over basketball any day of the week! 

Same. Living down in SEC country it is cool to where my IU gear and have people stop and ask about the team. It would be nice to have both but If I had to choose one to be a perennial top 10-15 team I would choose the football Hoosiers. 

[JSHoosier 20,301]

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/42423807/sources-curt-cignetti-gets-new-deal-indiana-10-0-start

Not really anything new, but says the new contract includes a "significant increase for staff and assistants". 

[JSHoosier 20,301]

https://sports.yahoo.com/forever-a-basketball-school-curt-cignetti-has-awakened-a-sleeping-giant-of-a-football-program-at-indiana-133249231.html

Pretty long read but pretty good.

[HoosierHoopster 7,061]

Cig on cover of espn.com

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/42487935/curt-cignetti-google-indiana-hoosiers-college-football-playoff

https://www.espn.com/

 

[Hovadipo 56,427]

New contract deets. Big ole pile of money coming to the staff. Outside of getting a HC job, I don’t see the coordinators leaving now. 

[go iu bb 6,197]

12 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

New contract deets. Big ole pile of money coming to the staff. Outside of getting a HC job, I don’t see the coordinators leaving now. 

The contract still has a huge difference in buyouts. Still easy for him to leave but hard for IU to fire him.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,915]

Jared Kelly -

Indiana's $11 million assistant salary pool is a MONSTER number. According to a report, Ohio State this season bumped its assistant salary pool to $11.43 million, the highest in the nation. So yeah, there is clear commitment from IU in investing in football.

[DChoosier 8,540]

1 hour ago, go iu bb said:

The contract still has a huge difference in buyouts. Still easy for him to leave but hard for IU to fire him.

Yep.

For all the $$$ we have committed I find his buyout number surprisingly small. Any traditional power/SEC team etc can come with that cash without breaking a sweat. I expected it be at least 27-30mm.

[IUHoosierJoe 1,167]

1 hour ago, go iu bb said:

The contract still has a huge difference in buyouts. Still easy for him to leave but hard for IU to fire him.

Correct.  That part is pretty disappointing.

[Lebowski 2,745]

1 hour ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Jared Kelly -

Indiana's $11 million assistant salary pool is a MONSTER number. According to a report, Ohio State this season bumped its assistant salary pool to $11.43 million, the highest in the nation. So yeah, there is clear commitment from IU in investing in football.

 

 

[go iu bb 6,197]

1 hour ago, DChoosier said:

Yep.

For all the $$$ we have committed I find his buyout number surprisingly small. Any traditional power/SEC team etc can come with that cash without breaking a sweat. I expected it be at least 27-30mm.

Yeah. I was expecting it to be about twice of what it is. Pretty much the range you stated.

I guess if he does bolt (which I don't expect), IU shows its willingness to spend and CCC's success will show that it's possible to win here. That should be attractive to good coaches.

[Hoosierfan2017 21,513]

Disappointing that the buyout is so low, but if we’re giving Coach Cig everything he wants (and it sounds like we are), it seems unlikely he’ll want to go elsewhere.