I really hope, and believe, Indiana gets up 14+ points on the Nubs and Raiola is forced to be more than a game manager.
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I totally agree. I think if you have Travis Hunter erase #1 from the equation, playing aggressive against the rest of the KSU offense makes sense. Without him, making them earn their way down the field was probably the right call. But hindsight is 20/20....
Ugh. I hate watching ASU football. I have no idea why but that RB makes me irrationally angry.
Indiana is legit, love the offense and the QB's composure
Skattebo took a cheap shot at one of our guys on the last play of the game last year.
He rides that line between epic effort and easy to love if he's on your team, and dirty bastard against your team.
His prize will be CTE and eternal love from the fans in Tempe.
Two important checkdowns to the RB that kept that drive singing along. That's the type of thing I hope we see from SS the rest of the way.
I'm falling in love with Cignetti
Why is the immediate talk about Prime to a bigger program, or Cignetti to a bigger program legit? Cignetti has a seat at the big boys table with a big school that would give him anything and everything, and they are getting big money. I think he will be at Indiana for a long time
Both are older, and will only have so many bites at the apple.
There is sensible logic that they might seek one last massive payday, and the best situation to take a crack at getting a title.
I don't think it's a given, but if a top tier job opens up, you know Cignetti is getting a call and a big offer.
I think times are different
Indiana can pay him a lot of money
The CFP will take 4 teams from the B1G, so just get to 10-2 and you are in
The B1G is really not that overall great of a conference beyond 2-3 top teams, so he is positioned well
He also seems like a guy that wants to go at least 4-5 years at a program to get things maximized, versus doing it over.
Also, if a "big" program opens up, that does not mean things are in good shape or running well at that "big" program
Some big time program is going to get a big time coach.
Nebraska gonna Nebraska and it is glorious
Bama was in great shape for DeBoer, the resources were there for Lanning at Oregon, Georgia was good but not great when they moved on from Richt, things are in good shape at Michigan for Moore taking over.
There are going to be at least a couple of jobs with way more resources than Indiana that open up pretty much every year.
I could see Cignetti thinking Indiana is a great fit and staying put.
Let's say Ryan Day keeps losing against top 5 teams and has two first round exits in the first two 12 team playoffs. I can see tOSU canning him and offering Cig 3×+ what Indiana is paying him. You're delusional if you don't think tOSU is a better job than Indiana.
Especially with so much of talent acquisition being about your NIL infrastructure, I think being a HC is going back to running a football operation. I think we're going to see a trend in P4 toward hiring HCs who are proven winners at lower levels vs tabbing P4 coordinators for access to their recruiting network & coaching tree. Infrastructure at well-resourced programs can handle a lot of the GM type needs.
I think the GM + HC model is going to get tested.
Something that Chip Kelly might love, where he's coaching ball and letting a GM figure out the NIL, portal, etc.
I’m not sure where the narrative that 2 doesn’t use check downs comes from. He’s hit Welch, Hayden, and Augustave on check downs throughout the year
Indiana has the funds, but they can’t provide the local talent that an SEC school can. They also don’t have the brand of an upper tier B1G school to pull in as many elites athletes. It’s always possible, but he will likely be at an elite tier school soon.
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IU receivers are making some nice catches
With the rapid increase in media dollars, NIL, open transfers, players having agents, conference re-alignment, etc. etc. the job is only going to continue to get more stressful.
It used to be that being the head coach at an elite program was a great gig. Big contract, donors money coming in, hire the best assistants to recruit and coach, and the head coach could ease back a little (as much as those personality types can ever ease back) and enjoy the ride.
That is now over. Coaches have to worry every year about who is staying, who is coming in, who is trying to poach your players, poach your coaches, and players making business decisions about their commitment to the game.
The money people want results right now and every year. Donor pressure continues to increase.
Expect to see much more turnover in the top jobs than we are used to. If they aren't forced out (like the example you give with Day above) they will leave on their own due to burnoout.
Meanwhile expect to see a continuation of the trend for top coaches, head and assistant, to look to move to the NFL where they can make their money and only have to worry about football, not recruiting and donor relations.
Come on Hoosiers, keep it up
Also have to wonder if Indiana has and is willing to keep the kind of culture that puts winning football games above everything else that is required to maintain a program at that level.
The did it to an extent with Bobby Knight in basketball but he could always justify it because his program maintained very high academic standards.
Bearcats doing good work today. That offense is going to be a challenge next week.
Raiola, 17 attempts for 97 yards.
At best, he's a work in progress. Good at completing passes behind the LOS and not turning the ball over.
Let's see another Indiana score here, and the second half will finally be a real test for him.
At best, he's a work in progress. Good at completing passes behind the LOS and not turning the ball over.
Let's see another Indiana score here, and the second half will finally be a real test for him.
HOOOOOSIERS
Cignetti might get a new contract before the end of the season if this is how cheap they got him
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Breaking Down Curt Cignetti’s Indiana Contract — Hoosier Huddle
Written by: Nate Comp (@NathanComp1) On November 30th this year, Curt Cignetti was officially announced to have agreed upon a deal to become the next head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers football program. Yesterday, we officially saw the memorandum of understanding (MOU), which is a formal document g
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