Wilson agrees to 6-year contract

[Miller'sTheMan]

I like that they're dishing out more $$ for Wilson. Shows a commitment to the football program.

[prodigal hoosier]

I said previously I thought it was premature as his record is identical to Lynch's so far (plus 3 B10 teams went bowling this year at 5-7, so I assume we would've too although I don't know our APR offhand), but 4 years on top of his remaining two isn't too bad so long as the buyout isn't  expensive.  This next season is the make or break in my opinion: .500 teams feasting on cupcakes and losing in the postseason isn't acceptable - this isn't basketball after all.....   

[Bobman1]

#BOOM #812

[hoosierwhodey]

I love it. Now go get some recruits!

[Magnanimous]

I said previously I thought it was premature as his record is identical to Lynch's so far (plus 3 B10 teams went bowling this year at 5-7, so I assume we would've too although I don't know our APR offhand), but 4 years on top of his remaining two isn't too bad so long as the buyout isn't  expensive.  This next season is the make or break in my opinion: .500 teams feasting on cupcakes and losing in the postseason isn't acceptable - this isn't basketball after all.....   

 

I see zero perspective in this post. What direction was Lynch's program heading in during his final season here? What direction is Wilson's program heading? .500 Indiana football teams and even the word postseason are huge accomplishments for this program (sadly to say...). IU is at a point for the first time in decades where it should routinely get to a bowl game. Recruiting is at an all-time high. Though not winning (except against that ranked SEC East champion), we're starting to hang with the big boys. IUFBis trending up big time, and the reason behind that deserves some security. CKW is far from perfect, and I've said for a while he's learning how to win as much as our team, but the guy is taking this program from scratch and building annual bowl-caliber teams. 

 

Do you even remember what this program was like when Lynch was here, sans his first season? Two quarterbacks in the backfield on the same play. Zero running game. Our baseball team playing secondary for us. The product on the field now actually looks like a football team. 

[akhosrof]

Love it! Hopefully CKW was able to negotiate additional investments to the program (assistant pay raises, facilities, South End Zone?).

I said previously I thought it was premature as his record is identical to Lynch's so far (plus 3 B10 teams went bowling this year at 5-7, so I assume we would've too although I don't know our APR offhand), but 4 years on top of his remaining two isn't too bad so long as the buyout isn't expensive. This next season is the make or break in my opinion: .500 teams feasting on cupcakes and losing in the postseason isn't acceptable - this isn't basketball after all.....

I agree with you that wins will be more difficult to come by. Especially with conference slate going to nine games. Next year we have out of division games against NU, Nebraska, and Purdue of course. Yes, small margin for error. Need wins for the three out of conference games, plus Purdue, Rutgers and UMD.

However, I think this team will win a game or two that's it's not expected to. Last year was a six win year, but look how close we were in 2013! We beat PSU and Illinois. We had close losses to Navy and Minny. We could have easily been a seven win team that year.

We were not competitive in any of our losses in 2013. 2015 every loss sans PSU was an extremely close game. This team is close to breaking through with winning a game against one of PSU, MSU, Michigan or OSU. NU will be a tough game, but I think Nebraska is winnable. So if we slip up against a team we should beat, the path to six wins should be there.

2014 was a set back, but people don't give credit to how big a step 2013 was and 2015 built upon that. I have no reason to believe 2016 we'll keep building.

Next year, I think 7 wins plus a bowl win is achievable.

[ThompsonHoosier]

Next year's schedule:
@FIU
Ball St.
Wake Forest
Michigan St.
@OSU
Nebraska
@Northwestern
Maryland
@Rutgers
Penn St.
@Michigan
Purdue

We should get to 6 or 7 wins and a bowl game but a lot of it will have to do with our QB play and how much our defense improves.

[Walking Boot of Doom]

Next year's schedule:
@FIU
Ball St.
Wake Forest
Michigan St.
@OSU
Nebraska
@Northwestern
Maryland
@Rutgers
Penn St.
@Michigan
Purdue

We should get to 6 or 7 wins and a bowl game but a lot of it will have to do with our QB play and how much our defense improves.

Not an easy looking schedule. Have to go 3-0 to start the season, but Ball State always puts up a fight.

[LIHoosier]

Not an easy looking schedule. Have to go 3-0 to start the season, but Ball State always puts up a fight.

Lembo left to join Maryland as an asst. head coach/special teams coach.

[Walking Boot of Doom]

Lembo left to join Maryland as an asst. head coach/special teams coach.

Yeah, still don't expect them to rollover. But that doesn't hurt at all.

[RBB89]

Albers is normally full of crap, but he's right on this one. Hopefully we can keep scheduling 4 wins and not blow any of them, because Big Ten wins are still going to be hard to come by.

We're competing with everyone now, even with a terrible D this year.

[RBB89]

Also, it's 4 years on top of the remaining 2. Not 6 more. Albers is a tool.

[LIHoosier]

The best part of this is we get more years of great tweets from @fakecoachwilson.

Double the money = Double #victorybacon

[Alford Bailey]

I'm not sure Wilson deserves it but then again who you gonna replace him with? If he is the 7th highest paid in the B1G I guess that is about right. All you guys that say he is building something, he better be. That schedule, with a new to the system QB, hard to find 6-7 wins there.

[lucel15]

This shows Wilson we want him. It also shows the recruits we are in it for the long haul and no longer want to be the Cleveland Browns or Miami Dolphins of the NCAA. Wilsons record may be equivalent to Lynchs but his progress on the field win or lose is there. And it is also showing on paper and stats. Oh and his recruits. Can't forget those. We are challenging SEC, ACC and other top tier teams. I think that's what I want to see from a progressing program. Remember men we were not a football school. But we are becoming one slowly but surely and a steady coach is what we need.

[jmsgws]

I was thinking they would do a two year extension.  I am glad to see the 4 year extension.  He had a pretty rough start, but I think he has done a lot the last few years to really make IU competitive.

 

[Miller'sTheMan]

I'm not sure Wilson deserves it but then again who you gonna replace him with? If he is the 7th highest paid in the B1G I guess that is about right. All you guys that say he is building something, he better be. That schedule, with a new to the system QB, hard to find 6-7 wins there.

Every program has a new to the system QB. That shouldn't be an excuse. I think we'll be fine and I can certainly pick out 6 possible wins. Whether we win all of them or not but there are at least 6 possible wins on the schedule. 

[DChoosier]

Well this is obviously not a popular opinion, as he was called a "tool", etc., but I am with Justin...6 years at 2.5 per after beating 2 1-7 BT teams...WOW.
I get being competitive , and enjoyed watching us A LOT, with good teams this year but after 5 years I say C+. Sorry for saying it again but we have won 3 BT games in two years and 2 of the wins were against two of the worst PU teams ever. In years 2/3 his Big Ten record was 5-11. In years 4/5 it was 3-13.
Without Suds, a couple of the OL guys and a few of our defensive departures I am afraid we will regress next year.
Hopefully the contract will draw more recruits this year, we win 7 next year and I will eat my words.
I am very pro-IU and really hope I am wrong about my concern that we will regret the size and length of this in a couple of years.
I think he should have been retained but 6 @ 2.5 seems like a stretch.

[Walking Boot of Doom]

Read something else that makes me think the raise was a good move: Indiana football has a competitive salary at the HC position for the first time in maybe ever. If we need to replace KDub at some point, we now at least have the precedent of $2.5 million/year. Wouldn't be hard to stretch that to $3 million for a proven coach. Smart move by Glass.

[DChoosier]

Read something else that makes me think the raise was a good move: Indiana football has a competitive salary at the HC position for the first time in maybe ever. If we need to replace KDub at some point, we now at least have the precedent of $2.5 million/year. Wouldn't be hard to stretch that to $3 million for a proven coach. Smart move by Glass.

Yes it does make it easier to go to 3mm down the road but we are tied-in for 6 years......the longest in the Big Ten.