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Cignetti Signs with IU Through 2033

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A Head Coach getting fired must be a bat signal for agents.

I bet they ring up their client within 5 minutes of finding out and work out whether they want them to find out about the new vacancy or simply use it as leverage to get them a raise. It's like clockwork.
 
FL Cane said:


Didn’t think he was leaving IU to begin with, but him being definitely off the market shakes things up in the CFB job market, especially for Penn State.
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Who’s next to get an extension?

With Penn State being the job, my guess is at least 2-3 more. The one that doesn’t get it might be the guy:

- Rhule
- Drinkwater
- Campbell
- Freeman
- Kiffin
- Schiano (dark horse candidate - he’s a PSU guy as well).
- Insert coach name here …….
 
Problem2 said:
They're gonna get stuck with Manny lmao
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PIPO said:
Who’s next to get an extension?

With Penn State being the job, my guess is at least 2-3 more. The one that doesn’t get it might be the guy:

- Rhule
- Drinkwater
- Campbell
- Freeman
- Kiffin
- Schiano (dark horse candidate - he’s a PSU guy as well).
- Insert coach name here …….
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Rhule will get one. Just with the PSU letterhead.
 
PIPO said:
Who’s next to get an extension?

With Penn State being the job, my guess is at least 2-3 more. The one that doesn’t get it might be the guy:

- Rhule
- Drinkwater
- Campbell
- Freeman
- Kiffin
- Schiano (dark horse candidate - he’s a PSU guy as well).
- Insert coach name here …….
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Oh Rhule will absolutely use this to his advantage - he'll either be at Penn St or getting a pay rise at Nebraska. The rat.
 
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QuattroCane said:
That’s crazy. I get that you don’t wanna lose your coach, but there’s no way he’s worth that unless they make a run in the CFP.
For some reason, I’m just not a believer and he or Indiana.
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Is it the school being Indiana? Because if you dig into his history the guy has taken a loser and built them into a champion level program every single stop in his career. In year 1 he had Indiana in the playoff and now in year 2 they look to be even better. He’s got more top 10 wins so far at Indiana than Franklin had his entire tenure at PSU. Cignetti is a **** good coach
 
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skydogcane6 said:
Is it the school being Indiana? Because if you dig into his history the guy has taken a loser and built them into a champion level program every single stop in his career. In year 1 he had Indiana in the playoff and now in year 2 they look to be even better. He’s got more top 10 wins so far at Indiana than Franklin had his entire tenure at PSU. Cignetti is a **** good coach
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Probably so. He’s definitely won wherever he’s at. I’m interested is seeing how the rest of the season plays out.
 
How much is his buyout? 8 years and over $90M likely means a pretty hefty buyout. I know this man is getting slurped more than a Tootsie Roll Pop on this board right now, but it is 100% possible that in a year or two Indiana regresses to the mean. Could Cignetti have turned the Hoosiers into a top tier football program in less than two seasons? Sure, it's possible. Thing is, how many other times in the last 50 years has a perennial underachiever made a turnaround like this AND had it be lasting? I can't think of any. Typically some loser team will make a run for a year or two then regress to the mean. Mark Mangino (if you haven't seen it, google his name with "Obie" next to it - thank me later) at Kansas comes to mind. He had a 12-1 season and two season later was gone. 50-48 career record there. Sonny Dykes sure was pointed at a LOT at the beginning of Mario's tenure. Now, crickets.
Am I glad that there's another team in the B1G to compete? Sure am. Do I think Cignetti is a good coach? Yes, I'm just not a slurper and I think in time we will find out that Indiana is still a basketball first school.
 
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