Coach Curt Cignetti to INDIANA

[Class of '66 Old Fart 81,558]

Rick Bozich with this tweet -

And not to leave Indiana football fans out, new coach Curt Cignetti will no longer give 10% of his time to coach James Madison in its bowl game. He's all IU all the time now.

[LIHoosier 25,049]

2 minutes ago, WhiteyMcSpeed said:

James Madison’s Offensive Line coach will be coaching them in their bowl game. 

I'm sure he'll get a nice 6 year contract this afternoon. That's the norm, right?

[mamasa 14,869]

I swore that I’d never get caught up in IU football hype again (I’m 52 for reference), but find myself so excited about the next years lol

[Hovadipo 53,167]

Sounds good to me!

[MemphisHoosier 1,930]

Mods please feel free to move as you deem appropriate, but we've seen three more decommitments from the '24 class over the last 24 hours or so, see below, judging by the comments you can infer this may have been approached by the incoming staff.  N of 1, I don't have an issue, and know many times these moves are in the best interest of the athlete and program, although the timing is unfortunate.

 

[Stuhoo 76,319]

4 minutes ago, MemphisHoosier said:

Mods please feel free to move as you deem appropriate, but we've seen three more decommitments from the '24 class over the last 24 hours or so, see below, judging by the comments you can infer this may have been approached by the incoming staff.  N of 1, I don't have an issue, and know many times these moves are in the best interest of the athlete and program, although the timing is unfortunate.

 

Ummm… I detect a trend!

Three different kids with three different families and three different coaches compose nearly the exact same de-commitment message.

To me? Sounds like Indiana wrote it for them, and they slightly modified it and sent it out.

For me again? Therefore seems like these are Indiana’s decision primarily.

[JSHoosier 19,645]

14 minutes ago, MemphisHoosier said:

Mods please feel free to move as you deem appropriate, but we've seen three more decommitments from the '24 class over the last 24 hours or so, see below, judging by the comments you can infer this may have been approached by the incoming staff.  N of 1, I don't have an issue, and know many times these moves are in the best interest of the athlete and program, although the timing is unfortunate.

 

Yeah to me seems like these players have talked with the new staff and know they should move on. The staff's responsibility is to put IU in the best position to win, if they don't feel these guys can perform at this level they need to find recruits that can.

[IndyResident16 567]

39 minutes ago, JSHoosier said:

Yeah to me seems like these players have talked with the new staff and know they should move on. The staff's responsibility is to put IU in the best position to win, if they don't feel these guys can perform at this level they need to find recruits that can.

Judah Jenkins is surprising. Baltimore kid who played at a powerhouse program that was offered by JMU while CC was the coach. A lot of DMV area kids played for CC.

[go iu bb 4,880]

1 hour ago, Stuhoo said:

Ummm… I detect a trend!

Three different kids with three different families and three different coaches compose nearly the exact same de-commitment message.

To me? Sounds like Indiana wrote it for them, and they slightly modified it and sent it out.

For me again? Therefore seems like these are Indiana’s decision primarily.

I'm pretty sure you're correct. Carpenter and Etheridge were both quoted in a article saying they liked the Cignetti hire.

Edit: Here's the article. All 3 were mentioned in it and 2 were recruited by by JMU according to the article and their 247 profiles.

https://247sports.com/article/indiana-football-curt-cignetti-hired-recruits-talk-hoosiers-221872939/

[go iu bb 4,880]

44 minutes ago, JSHoosier said:

Yeah to me seems like these players have talked with the new staff and know they should move on. The staff's responsibility is to put IU in the best position to win, if they don't feel these guys can perform at this level they need to find recruits that can.

Either can't perform or just didn't fit the system.

Although the Etheridge one would be odd for either of those. He was recruited by JMU and had offers from Penn State, Duke, VT, and a few other P5 schools. So that one may have been his choice, since he didn't commit to JMU in the first place.

[JSHoosier 19,645]

3 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

Either can't perform or just didn't fit the system.

Although the Etheridge one would be odd for either of those. He was recruited by JMU and had offers from Penn State, Duke, VT, and a few other P5 schools. So that one may have been his choice, since he didn't commit to JMU in the first place.

True on both. Could be about fit or the recruit coming to the decision on their own.

[WhiteyMcSpeed 101]

Based on the below tweet, the new staff is probably not re-offering everybody.

[WhiteyMcSpeed 101]

Looks like Buddha Williams is being added to the staff, previously with Colorado State

Edited December 3, 2023 by WhiteyMcSpeed

[Stuhoo 76,319]

26 minutes ago, WhiteyMcSpeed said:

Looks like Buddha Williams is being added to the staff, previously with Colorado State

Pretty strong name for a D line guy. Sounds nose-tackle-ey

[WayneFleekHoosier 47,059]

Looks like Buddha Williams is being added to the staff, previously with Colorado State

What a name. Lol.


Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners mobile app

[WayneFleekHoosier 47,059]

What a name. Lol.


Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners mobile app

Birth name, LeDominique. “LD”. Dom. Nique. The nicknames are endless.


Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners mobile app

[mamasa 14,869]

https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/7fa5812d-daa5-4015-be24-e62537947606
 

my name is Jim…

[JSHoosier 19,645]

2 hours ago, WhiteyMcSpeed said:

Looks like Buddha Williams is being added to the staff, previously with Colorado State

A coach specifically for DE, he didn't have that at JMU. Checking the CSU site, Williams has a developed some All Conference players granted at FCS.

[btownqb 8,592]

5 minutes ago, JSHoosier said:

A coach specifically for DE, he didn't have that at JMU. Checking the CSU site, Williams has a developed some All Conference players granted at FCS.

Kuntz is coaching DTs 

[JSHoosier 19,645]

1 minute ago, btownqb said:

Kuntz is coaching DTs 

Obviously. Just saying at JMU they didn't have a coach specifically for DE, Kuntz handled the whole defensive line there so this is something that Cignetti is doing differently at IU.