Scott Dolson Thread

[Home Jersey]

Scott hired the best football coach in IU history and hired a basketball coach with the best mind we've had since Sampson. Given how Sampson's tenure turned out, DDV is probably the best basketball hire we've made since Knight. Future of IU athletics is bright. It's going to be fun to be an IU fan again. 

[68Hoosier]

10 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

Scott hired the best football coach in IU history and hired a basketball coach with the best mind we've had since Sampson. Given how Sampson's tenure turned out, DDV is probably the best basketball hire we've made since Knight. Future of IU athletics is bright. It's going to be fun to be an IU fan again. 

Things are looking up for sure.  I hope the BB team exceeds my expectations!  

[Old Friend]

The best thing he did was get out ahead of the NIL era.  I heard this morning there will be > $250 million in dead money paid to coaches (James Franklin, Brian Kelley, etc) as contract buyouts.  That's crazy.

In college football, no team can win consistently without an elite coach.  There might be a dozen of them nationwide and we have one of them who is happy at Indiana.  Scott being ahead of things and finding that coach before everyone else found out they had to changed the game and everything about athletics at Indiana.   Basketball will benefit from football's success AND get better on its own.

We're sitting in a really good spot and Indiana is most definitely here to stay.  We have perfect alignment - for the first time since Ralph Floyd and John Ryan - between coaches, athletic director, and school president.  That's rare and we get to enjoy it.

[akumanina]

He almost single-handedly saved the IU athletics. He's arguably the most important figure in IU sports by bringing in coach Cig and coach DeVries. Something that had never been done by any former AD. 

[8bucks]

45 minutes ago, akumanina said:

He almost single-handedly saved the IU athletics. He's arguably the most important figure in IU sports by bringing in coach Cig and coach DeVries. Something that had never been done by any former AD. 

Plus he was previously in a fund raising role which certainly helps, we hope, in this NIL world. 

[Pagoda]

Credit where credit is due. And a lot of credit is due here.

I think we've got to congratulate Scott Dolson, the AD who played a huge role in this College Football National Championship.

- He raised $15M to move on from Tom (yea he did give him an extension in 2021, but who wouldn't?)
- He identified Cig
- He convinced Cig to come here
- He led an unprecedented and enormous increase in football resources
- He kept Cig at Indiana despite several traditional powerhouses wanting him badly.  In fact, of all the coaches in the coaching carousel this season, Cig took his name off the market the fastest (~48 hours)  
- IU is the National Champion in the biggest college sport and this is the greatest turnaround in college sports history

Great job Scott!

[Home Jersey]

2 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

Credit where credit is due. And a lot of credit is due here.

I think we've got to congratulate Scott Dolson, the AD who played a huge role in this College Football National Championship.

- He raised $15M to move on from Tom (yea he did give him an extension in 2021, but who wouldn't?)
- He identified Cig
- He convinced Cig to come here
- He led an unprecedented and enormous increase in football resources
- He kept Cig at Indiana despite several traditional powerhouses wanting him badly.  In fact, of all the coaches in the coaching carousel this season, Cig took his name off the market the fastest   
- IU are National Champions in the biggest college sport and this is the greatest turnaround in college sports history

Great job Scott!

Given the effects a good football program can have on the entire University, truly nothing else matters about Dolson's tenure. He picked the right North Star for the athletic department to pursue and everything has fallen perfectly into place around that. We need to sustain this success (and I'm certain we will with this staff) for a few more years and then the transformative impact across IU will be obvious. Tip of the cap to Scott.