Blidi in portal
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Damn! That hurts. DThompson, anything you want to pass along?
It has to mean there are some new dudes in town, right? Writing on the wall kind of thing.
Well this is disappointing. I enjoyed watching Philip play and seems like such a good family. Wonder if he wants to be closer to home.
It could mean anything. New competition, NIL was cut, girlfriend broke up with him, realized it wasn’t gonna be as easy as he thought, decided he didn’t like the coaches as much as he thought, anything.
Well he is now a grad transfer. Smart to wait until spring portal. That may have been the plan all along.
Not the girlfriend thing. CTA helped His wife through a difficult child birth last year when Phillip could not get home fast enough. I think this is a big loss.
This is a big loss right now as IU is thin on DL players. I wish Philip good luck in the portal.
Hate to see him go. Hope he finds a good landing spot.
One of our bright spots on the line last season.
Next man up.
Next man up.
IU athletics is overdue for some good news. Maybe the girls can earn a big red banner to hang with the boys. Cignetti is seeing the reality that comes with IU football’s tradition.
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Something has changed. IIRC, all was good with Philip and the new regime back in December.
I agree and enjoy him on twitter and his dad on here. I will not judge and just wish him well. I thought he was going to be big contributor on the defensive line.
Thank you all. This was not easy. Still big fans of the coaching staff…particularly Kuntz and Coach O.
EDIT: I know there have been some questions about the timing. The logic was pretty simple, every snap he took this spring took a snap away from someone else. He felt like that was not right.
EDIT: I know there have been some questions about the timing. The logic was pretty simple, every snap he took this spring took a snap away from someone else. He felt like that was not right.
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Good luck to you all. Always mad respect to you and Philip. Go get that grad degree.
He’ll be taking snaps away from someone else at his next school, if logic serves me well.
It doesn’t. But you do you.
Thanks D. That's probably the most honorable, unselfish thing I've ever heard from a player who decides to transfer. (And don't let abraxis tell you otherwise.)
I know it's personal and you have to be circumspect, but if there's been any program related things going on that you could clue us in on, we'd been interested in hearing them. We're all looking forward to next season with anticipation and starving for information
Good luck to Phillip and his family wherever they land.
In a season that was hard to watch at times, he was always a bright spot for us.
Best wishes.
I wish him luck too, I guess, but these guys are just mercenaries now. I wish them all luck, but he's just like anyone else who has come in here, used the opportunity, and then moved on to the next greener pasture.
Man…I don’t want to hash it out on a public forum, but just know that this has all happened in the last 72 hours. He called Coach Kuntz within 24 hours of his decision.
You're good! You don't owe anyone anything other than giving your son the respect he deserves. As you know, inquiring minds are just desperate for this new staff to succeed so if we see any smoke, we're calling in the entire fire department. Ha
You can take it as a compliment everyone cares as much as they do because that means PB was valuable.
Best of luck!
There really isn't a next man available at this position. That's why this hurts so much.
Well, Philip doesn't owe us, he has been a good Hoosier. Sorry to lose him though.
Best wishes Philip! Always a Hoosier. Your future school will be lucky to have you.
Best wishes Philip! Always a Hoosier. Your future school will be lucky to have you.
Wouldn’t be surprised to see him in a Penn State uniform playing for CTA.
It’s not serving you well. He knows he’s leaving so doesn’t want to screw with IUs depth chart in spring ball or take snaps away from IUs players.
At his new school he will (hopefully) take snaps from someone but will be practicing with his future team. Those are not the same.
I never said they were the same. What you said is exactly what I thought while saying it. If you go looking for trouble when it’s not there you’re wasting your time and mine.
Not looking for trouble in the context it reads as a negative statement but it sounds like you didn’t mean it that way. Thanks for clarifying.
Curt Cignetti Defines Success for IU's Spring Practice — Hoosier Huddle
Written by Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle) The Indiana Hoosiers opened their first spring practice under head coach Curt Cignetti. The new head man outlined what would be a successful spring session for the Hoosiers.
hoosierhuddle.com
Mentions Blidi's departure at the end.
Definitely, a head scratcher. I hate to think it was NIL, as that's one position on defense that we need NIL.Curt Cignetti Defines Success for IU's Spring Practice — Hoosier Huddle
Written by Sammy Jacobs (@Hoosier_Huddle) The Indiana Hoosiers opened their first spring practice under head coach Curt Cignetti. The new head man outlined what would be a successful spring session for the Hoosiers.
Mentions Blidi's departure at the end.
I imagine he had to wait for Allen to get his NIL set up at PSU before he decommitted.
I don’t know what the reason is after reading all this, but it sucks for IU. As usual.
DThompson started it unintentionally, thinking I was dissing the guy when I wasn’t. I was imagining more of a yin-yang sort of thing in response but it mushroomed from there. I can hear the distant refrain of Elvis’ “Peace in the Valley” as we speak. All is well in Hoosier-ville, in mutual understanding of the way things really are.
Tough news. Remaining bit of roster shake-up with the transition. Still have the spring portal to try and offset it.
