USA Today says that IU FB Coach is the 6th hardest job in sports

[HoosierReb01 7,511]

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/12/the-7-hardest-coaching-jobs-in-sports/

 

Interesting. And that's not just in college football, not just in the USA, its in pro and college sports worldwide.

[IU Hoosier41 14,465]

Say what?????

[All_Hoosiers 873]

Dealing with a losing culture as old as the program is tough, especially when a coach has to deal with the Big Ten while trying to change said losing culture.


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[Dalton26 16,909]

Not to mention being at a school with the history of iubb.


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[JSHoosier 21,326]

Understandable.  Now add in having a DC as awful as Doug Mallory, and it makes climbing Everest seem easy.

 

Why do people want Wilson fired already?

[LockdownD 2,246]

It's critical to surround yourself with a really good staff.

[Parakeet Jones 3,868]

Did you ever really believe you'd see the day IU football was mentioned in the same sentence so to speak with the New York Yankees and Dallas Cowboys?  

[LIHoosier 27,134]

That's ridiculous. If Wilson was 6-7 the last 2 years with the 7th loss being an ESPN-created bowl game, he'd be one step from being a deity at IU. Off the top of my head, these are tougher jobs going by the other 5 tough jobs listed.

 

Washington Redskins

Toronto Maple Leafs

Real Madrid FC

Brazilian/Italian/English national soccer team

Team Principal at Ferrari

[Parakeet Jones 3,868]

 

Team Principal at Ferrari

 

The fact that you listed this makes me smile.  Posts like that make me glad you found your way over here too. 

[bronkonagurski 894]

It is an oddly constructed list.  Indiana football is neither a high profile nor high stress job.  Putting IU in a category with those other sports teams is just bizarre.  It has historically been an extremely difficult program to win at but the peer comparison is out of whack.

[Bobman1 2,909]

Then again with a basketball program as rich with history that we have. There has to be some pressure on a very bad football team.