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10 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

I know the staff has a history with Mendoza so I wouldn't be surprised if they land him, but I'd like to land Cherry.

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I'm playing the Devil's advocate here....It's hard for me to wrap my head around seeing IU go from a bottom dweller to a team with a winning record. It's been this way for so long, with so many different coaches. What is so different and special about Coach Cignetti? I'm sure there are current IU players and IU portal players that feel that way too. 

I am all in on what Coach Cignetti is bringing. He's not going to change the way he does things, just because it's the mighty BIGTEN. If anything, IMO, he wants to "shock the world"  on how we're going to see IU next year and in the future. I'm sure he's heard how bad IU has been for decades and how many coaches have vowed to turn the program around and failed.

Coach Cig is not the soft, fuzzy and sensitive coach we are used seeing and that may turn some fans and players off. However, his commitment to a consistent plan, method and style of coaching as well as playing has been obvious. It will take time, energy and effort to build what he wants and is accustomed to. I can't wait to see he has in store for IU.

GO IU!

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32 minutes ago, Artie86 said:

I'm playing the Devil's advocate here....It's hard for me to wrap my head around seeing IU go from a bottom dweller to a team with a winning record. It's been this way for so long, with so many different coaches. What is so different and special about Coach Cignetti? I'm sure there are current IU players and IU portal players that feel that way too. 

I am all in on what Coach Cignetti is bringing. He's not going to change the way he does things, just because it's the mighty BIGTEN. If anything, IMO, he wants to "shock the world"  on how we're going to see IU next year and in the future. I'm sure he's heard how bad IU has been for decades and how many coaches have vowed to turn the program around and failed.

Coach Cig is not the soft, fuzzy and sensitive coach we are used seeing and that may turn some fans and players off. However, his commitment to a consistent plan, method and style of coaching as well as playing has been obvious. It will take time, energy and effort to build what he wants and is accustomed to. I can't wait to see he has in store for IU.

GO IU!

I'd love to be wrong, but there will be such a talent gap for awhile that I suspect we will get destroyed by decent teams throughout the first season or two. 

However, I have real hope that we can play with and prevail against the Purdoos and Western Kentucky's of the world far better than we have.

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1 hour ago, Stuhoo said:

I'd love to be wrong, but there will be such a talent gap for awhile that I suspect we will get destroyed by decent teams throughout the first season or two. 

However, I have real hope that we can play with and prevail against the Purdoos and Western Kentucky's of the world far better than we have.

When you think about how well we competed against Louisville and Penn State, I believe a competent coach with a solid plan can get us over the top in at least one of these games we keep losing and hopefully win consistently these games we should be winning by two touchdowns!

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Not sure what to think about the exodus of current players to the portal just yet. I know everyone wants that $$$$, but some of the exits seem to have possibly just experienced a culture shock from the new staff. From the outside looking in, the new plan seems to be about as close to a 180 from LEO as you could get.

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2 hours ago, Artie86 said:

I'm playing the Devil's advocate here....It's hard for me to wrap my head around seeing IU go from a bottom dweller to a team with a winning record. It's been this way for so long, with so many different coaches. What is so different and special about Coach Cignetti? I'm sure there are current IU players and IU portal players that feel that way too. 

I am all in on what Coach Cignetti is bringing. He's not going to change the way he does things, just because it's the mighty BIGTEN. If anything, IMO, he wants to "shock the world"  on how we're going to see IU next year and in the future. I'm sure he's heard how bad IU has been for decades and how many coaches have vowed to turn the program around and failed.

Coach Cig is not the soft, fuzzy and sensitive coach we are used seeing and that may turn some fans and players off. However, his commitment to a consistent plan, method and style of coaching as well as playing has been obvious. It will take time, energy and effort to build what he wants and is accustomed to. I can't wait to see he has in store for IU.

GO IU!

IUFB hasn't had a coach like this, ever. I could be wrong but I believe IUFB will go bowling next year and we fans will enjoy the vast improvement of the product on the football field. We'll see a team that is disciplined, executes and has a completely different mindset then we are used to seeing. Again I could be way off but I'm really happy with who's running the program. I never thought in my lifetime we'd ever land a coach like him. 

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1 hour ago, Stuhoo said:

I'd love to be wrong, but there will be such a talent gap for awhile that I suspect we will get destroyed by decent teams throughout the first season or two. 

However, I have real hope that we can play with and prevail against the Purdoos and Western Kentucky's of the world far better than we have.

I don't think the talent gap is all that bad. They just didn't have the proper coaching, but that's just me. I say this because of all the one score losses (4 total) on this year's schedule. 

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