Dolson

[CC Mac]

During the hiring process was a list of candidates that was interviewed other than Cig ever released?
Just curious,I know there was a lot of speculation but wasn’t sure if those names were ever verified.
He obviously made the right decision.

 

[Big Red Crimson Buffalo]

During the hiring process was a list of candidates that was interviewed other than Cig ever released?
Just curious,I know there was a lot of speculation but wasn’t sure if those names were ever verified.
He obviously made the right decision.

I don’t think IU, nor any school, ever officially confirms who it was that they interviewed. A lot of the stuff comes from leaked info.
My understanding is that the following did get interviews:

Jason Candle -Toledo
Tom Hermann- FAU
Mike Hart - Michigan assistant
Justin Frye - OSU assistant

I think those had the strongest info circulating that they did interview here.

 

[vesuvius13]

I don’t think IU, nor any school, ever officially confirms who it was that they interviewed. A lot of the stuff comes from leaked info.
My understanding is that the following did get interviews:

Jason Candle -Toledo
Tom Hermann- FAU
Mike Hart - Michigan assistant
Justin Frye - OSU assistant

I think those had the strongest info circulating that they did interview here.

I am glad you they did hire as coach Cignetti will continue to change IUFB into a top team in the B1G.

 

[RegionHoosiers]

Ryan Walters, IL DC

 

[CC Mac]

I don’t think IU, nor any school, ever officially confirms who it was that they interviewed. A lot of the stuff comes from leaked info.
My understanding is that the following did get interviews:

Jason Candle -Toledo
Tom Hermann- FAU
Mike Hart - Michigan assistant
Justin Frye - OSU assistant

I think those had the strongest info circulating that they did interview here.

Ok thanks,I do remember a couple of those names being mentioned.

 

[CC Mac]

Ryan Walters, IL DC

Darn and he got away.
Oh well,our loss was PU’s gain🤦‍♂️

 

[Crossblock]

Ryan Walters, IL DC

Wait a minute. Walters was hired as Head Coach by Purdue in late 2022 or 2023, and served his first year at Purdue in 2023. He wouldn't have been available for Us to interview in late 2023 or early 2024.

 

[RegionHoosiers]

Wait a minute. Walters was hired as Head Coach by Purdue in late 2022 or 2023, and served his first year at Purdue in 2023. He wouldn't have been available for Us to interview in late 2023 or early 2024.

Clearly IU should have moved a year earlier then.

 

[82hoosier]

I had no idea how little Kevin Wilson and Tom Allen knew about the other side of the ball even after years of being a head coach at Indiana. CCC has made me a believer in relevant experience.

 

[td75]

I had no idea how little Kevin Wilson and Tom Allen knew about the other side of the ball even after years of being a head coach at Indiana. CCC has made me a believer in relevant experience.

It is very odd that neither of them knew diddly about the other side of the ball. I found it odd then and still do. It's a MAJOR reason they both lost games...

 

[HoosierJimbo89]

It is very odd that neither of them knew diddly about the other side of the ball. I found it odd then and still do. It's a MAJOR reason they both lost games...

Hiring a coordinator with no significant head coaching experience is a roll of the dice, and there are going to be growing pains: we know. See Purdue, lol. It takes 3-4 years to see if they can grow into the job and be a decent coach. Allen and Wilson were very coordinator dependent for the other side of the ball.

 

[82hoosier]

Hiring a coordinator with no significant head coaching experience is a roll of the dice, and there are going to be growing pains: we know. See Purdue, lol. It takes 3-4 years to see if they can grow into the job and be a decent coach. Allen and Wilson were very coordinator dependent for the other side of the ball.

Which makes the Walt Bell hiring even more mind-boggling - if that is even possible.

 

[sparkeyreturns]

I don’t think IU, nor any school, ever officially confirms who it was that they interviewed. A lot of the stuff comes from leaked info.
My understanding is that the following did get interviews:

Jason Candle -Toledo
Tom Hermann- FAU
Mike Hart - Michigan assistant
Justin Frye - OSU assistant

I think those had the strongest info circulating that they did interview here.

I don think that list is accurate at all.

 

[Harry Hondo]

For once the timing worked perfectly for IU. Cignetti and JMU were getting buzz right about the time IU fired Allen and Dolson jumped on it. I believe JMU was on GameDay about a week or so before IU hired him. Now, if only basketball could have such great timing with coaching hires.

 

[HoosierJimbo89]

Which makes the Walt Bell hiring even more mind-boggling - if that is even possible.

Bell was a bizzare choice. It is also bizzare that IU's women basketball and football coaches are better than IU's basketball coach. Woodson hasn't done shit going on 4 years.

 

[vesuvius13]

Which makes the Walt Bell hiring even more mind-boggling - if that is even possible.

Supposedly he was a good at interviews.

For once the timing worked perfectly for IU. Cignetti and JMU were getting buzz right about the time IU fired Allen and Dolson jumped on it. I believe JMU was on GameDay about a week or so before IU hired him. Now, if only basketball could have such great timing with coaching hires.

IU needs to break away from the Knight coaching tree.

 

[Victorbmyboy]

Supposedly Dolson had a bunch of zoom interviews but by Wednesday he only had one in person interview and that was with Cig. It was done after that first zoom and I think they focused in on him really quick. So yeah they had candidates but Cig was the guy from the start. They had an agreement very fast from what I remember.

 

[RegionHoosiers]

Supposedly Dolson had a bunch of zoom interviews but by Wednesday he only had one in person interview and that was with Cig. It was done after that first zoom and I think they focused in on him really quick. So yeah they had candidates but Cig was the guy from the start. They had an agreement very fast from what I remember.

It was a quick zoom meeting - Cig just said, google me.

 

[IUgradman]

It sounds like Dolson isn’t expecting Cignetti to leave after this season.

 

[kraft cheese+macaroni]

Which makes the Walt Bell hiring even more mind-boggling - if that is even possible.

Came highly recommended by the head coach at Alabama.