I agree. My point is that all that notwithstanding, it didn't translate to permanent elevation of IU football vs the rest of the Big Ten. There is no magic formula. Hiring coaches is a crapshoot. Today's "great hire" can be tomorrow's flop. Yet many on here expect recent ADs to be clairvoyant and find "the guy" to bring instant and permanent improvement. I was merely pointing out the double standard.
I understand what you're saying and you're right about it being a crapshoot and I agree about the past history, none of IU's ADs have had lasting success with fball coaches regardless of how they tried. However, history shows the biggest failure as an AD waa Frank Allen who was at the helm from 1955 thru 1961.... he hired Phil Dickens and then resigned not long after the NCAA laid down the hammer with the worst suspension in NCAA history (aside from SMU's).. that situation is what really put IU in the hole it keeps falling back into. I believe that after enduring Allen's ineptitude that Orwig and Floyd were looked upon as the second coming...... But that's not the exercise....
As far as expecting to find "the guy" who has vision.... I feel, like many posters here, that ever since the founding of the B1G Ten Network fifteen years ago the amount of money funneling in to college football has and is still growing exponentially and that IU hasn't kept up and is starting to slip further and further behind.
Yes, IU has updated some facilities and upped the ante for assistants but they remain below B1G or P5 average when it comes to spending on the football program. Plus, when they have stayed in-house that hasn't worked out either... as times they have proven to be the text book definition of the Peter Principle at work.
I believe that, IF... and that's a big IF.... IU can find an experienced and respected AD from a school with a football program that has a history of success, that IU could finally change its course. Someone who can help attract a higher caliber of coaches to IU.... Finding someone willing to take that "gamble" means the B of T and Admin would have to let them run it as they see fit and that person would have to have a very deep pocket book.... Someone who is already national recognized and with a proven track record..... Wait, what am I saying!... nah, this won't happen. This is silly thinkin'..... Forget it.
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