IUJoe

1 minute ago, Sea Turtle said:

This would be a good hire. 

Is he the running backs coach you said we're hiring?

4 minutes ago, Kdug said:

Man, it’s hard to find many negatives with Cignetti IMO. I don’t know anything about scheme or system, so maybe there’s a negative there, but everything else looks great. He’s won everywhere he’s gone, experience building up really bad IUP and Elon programs, and flawlessly transitioned JMU to d1. Being a Saban assistant and coaching Phillip Rivers at NC St is just the icing on the cake.

Even his age isn’t really a negative to me.  If anything, it makes it more likely that he sees IU as his last stop. I’d be very excited if he were the guy.

Don't know about his defense, but his offensive scheme is very similar to Mike McCarthy, the Dallas/Green Bay coach.

4 minutes ago, Steubenhoosier said:

In regards to Gruden.... I get the concern. I get the potential backlash. I get that the President and AD would be sticking their necks out. But...

At what point does someone get another chance after having done some things a long time ago? If the university is serious about having a winning program, shouldn't the best candidate be hired. If Gruden is viewed as having the best credentials, isn't it time to take a leap of faith and give him a shot?

I am not saying that he should be the coach. I am not saying he should be automatically disqualified. I am saying that he should be given the opportunity to pursue the position, and let his coaching acumen be the determining factor.

Has he ever even apologized for it?  And I don’t know, I’m just asking.  All I’ve ever heard that he’s done is sue the NFL for exposing the filth that he wrote.

30 minutes ago, jojo123 said:

And this PC bull fluff is why IU is no longer relevant in Mens sports. 

Sure.  And if I similarly insulted you here, you’d be the first one demanding I get banned.

5 minutes ago, ephul said:

Correct. Both are in the running for HC

Anybody else in the running that's not being mentioned?

24 minutes ago, IU Scott said:

I noticed that Syracuse just hired a coach who was a position coach at Georgia DB. So they hired someone with no HC experience or wasn't a coordinator 

Have you checked their message boards?  😁

2 minutes ago, KoB2011 said:

We know ARE has a lack of experience running a program. We don't know if he has a lack of skill for it or not, but given that he has never spent a single minute around a successful college program in his entire life I think it's fair to question if that skill is there. 

It’s certainly a fair question.

10 minutes ago, 3Ballin said:

This is a big picture question, nothing directed at you.......but,

Whats the difference between making sure ARE has a grade A, top of the line coaching staff to make sure he is successfull that can cover up his potential warts and doing the same for FCTA??  

My answer to that, just off the top of my head, is that ARE and FCTA have different warts.  ARE’s is a lack of experience running a program, while FCTA’s is a lack a skill running a program.  While I see a lot of assumptions here that lack of experience automatically means lack of skill, that is not necessarily the case.

17 minutes ago, DC2345 said:

You mean like the time boosters were convinced Stevens was going to say yes. Some boosters do tend to put the cart in front of the horse so to speak. 

Some of them just assume their money is going to get them whatever they want.

53 minutes ago, jojo123 said:

The players know. You’re seeing it play out now. Watch for more receivers to enter the portal soon. 

Why would WRs leave if we’re keeping the same OC?

4 minutes ago, btownqb said:

unreal

also the wrong thread

My apologies 

McCulley in the transfer portal 

1 hour ago, BobSaccamanno said:

The Boca Raton flight is interesting because that’s exactly where FAU is. Not nearby. The exact town.  On the other hand, it could be a family who spent the holiday weekend in South Florida lol.  Not unheard of for a Thanksgiving weekend.  

There's also a huge donor who makes his winter home there.

Just my opinion…used to enjoy Robbie Hummel, but he seems to have turned into Jay Bilas/Dan Dakich.  Turned the sound off and turned on Don.

Also where Mr. Pfau lives in the winter.  $$$

Just heard an intriguing name:  JaMarcus Shephard, currently Kalen DeBoer's associate head coach at Washington, and a native of Fort Wayne.

46 minutes ago, Seeking6 said:

I can appreciate a player standing up for his coach but the young man needs to sit this one out. IU Football and our Administration has invested plenty in facilities/upgrades/stadium improvements.....when I hear generic phrases like they need to invest in our program my question is what specifically are you talking about kid??

If there are specific things we need to do besides NIL let us know. Otherwise I feel like IU across the board has invested plenty....unless he's saying we need more $ for better assistants.

Agree.  Nobody in IU’s administration missed 100 tackles yesterday.

9 minutes ago, rico said:

Thank God you aren't in charge.

No offense, but I'd say the same for everybody the posts on message boards.  You don't get the benefit of the rear-view mirror in real jobs like you do on message boards.

1 minute ago, IU Scott said:

I take Gary Patterson 

With all due respect, this is what I don't get.  Patterson was below .500 his last 4 years at TCU, then they fire him and go to the playoffs.  Why would a guy who stopped winning at a school capable of going to the final 4 be successful at Indiana?  A lot, if not all, of these "experience" guys would be Gerry Dinardo, Part 2.

25 minutes ago, IU Scott said:

I guess you have to ask what is the most important thing when looking at a HC candidate. Do you want a person with HC experience and if we do then it will probably come from a smaller conference. Do you want someone known as a great recruiter who has been a coordinator at a high level program. If we go the experience route does he have good recruiting connections who can recruit the higher rated kids.

My hope is we leave no stone unturned and find the best possible candidate.  I understand the want for experience, but I also hope we don’t hire a guy who failed at place with more resources than we have available (for example, a Gerry Dinardo type) just for the sake of experience.

4 minutes ago, Hoosier987 said:

I look at Marquette at just smh. How does a program like that become top 5 with a relatively new coach and we can’t ever seem to sustain success…it’s disappointing.

I’m not sure what they’ve sustained.  Sure, they were good last year and look good this year, but they haven’t made it past the first weekend of the tournament since 2013.  They got bounced by a 7 seed last year.  If they were us, this board would be griping about how they underachieved in the tournament and wasted last season.  Probably would have started a Fire Shaka thread.  I guess time will tell if they actually sustain anything.

IU scored but it’s not golden goal anymore

3 minutes ago, Mike said:

They looked a lot better than us.Would be surprised if we win.

Great insight.  Glad I clicked on it.

7 minutes ago, IU Scott said:

Also why did we ice our own kicker before that FG attempt 

We did it at the end of the first half, too.

18 minutes ago, IUJoe said:

He was on our staff.  He had coached at Ball State previously, though.

I had forgotten about Bill Mallory, who we hired from Northern Illinois before NIU left the MAC for a while.  So, Bill Mallory and Terry Hoeppner are the two coaches, at least in modern times, that we've hired directly from the MAC.  Hmmmm.