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Rhule vs Cignetti
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This is just a bad opinion piece that basically has no persuasive arguments.
Ehh, its a beat writer who is looking for positivity and using Cignetti to compare against Rhules approach.
With that being said, this quote in the article made me laugh, "Pot roast slow cooked in a crock pot always beats a nuked burrito." It seems to be quite the contradiction to what the entire article was trying to convey, considering 2 weeks ago the burrito happened to nuke the crock pot along with the pot roast, potatoes, carrots, onions.....and corn. 56-7
With that being said, this quote in the article made me laugh, "Pot roast slow cooked in a crock pot always beats a nuked burrito." It seems to be quite the contradiction to what the entire article was trying to convey, considering 2 weeks ago the burrito happened to nuke the crock pot along with the pot roast, potatoes, carrots, onions.....and corn. 56-7
Dumb premise. Assumes Cignetti won't be able to backfill going forward. If he can find that production to go to JMU he can find it to go to the Big Ten. Plus he got transfers from other schools also. This year's favorable schedule might not always be there but if he sticks with looking for production over star rankings, I don't see why success won't continue. And I doubt a 60+ year old coach with the discipline he and this staff have shown will all of a sudden get star struck by 4 or 5 star recruits. He's already addressed his plan to start building the foundation with high school kids in the regular recruiting cycle. If anything this year's success will help with recruiting. To me something to look for will be how well he can replace assistants if they get bigger offers elsewhere.
The biggest hurdle they're going to face going forward is when other teams adopt the Moneyball approach too and it becomes a lot harder to find those G5 diamonds who can play.
"In Cig I trust" He knows what to do! Trust the process.
Replacing his assistants will be key. We all know how Allen did in that department. In CIG we trust.
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I think that's where the skill of talent evaluation comes into play. PU threw money at SEC castoffs this year and think Allen did that a bit too - didn't amount to much. Finding the talent and character that fits isn't something everyone can do. I'd argue that's been an issue with our other big sport lately.
Ironic given that Rhule's one microwave season at Baylor has turned into 2 different high paying jobs where he's in over his head.
Exactly. Me thinks that Nebraska f**ked up again and they're regretting it already.
All I read was a guy crying about a bunch of sunbelt transfers kicking the crap out his shuckers and taking solace in a bad L. The L being a Loss, not Lightning.
I don't think this is behind a paywall, but recruits don't seem to share Farrel's point of view.
n.rivals.com
Cignetti's miracle in Bloomington has recruits believing in the Hoosiers
Curt Cignetti is 27-4 as an FBS head coach.
News flash: the transfer portal has made the crock pot approach obsolete. The 1984 Bill Mallory rebuild where he redshirts 25 kids and builds for the 1986, 1987, and 1988 seasons isn't necessary in today's college football landscape.
Cignetti will probably have very good transfer players wanting to come to Indiana. The amount of attention and press Cignetti and IU are receiving is mind boggling.
Cignetti will probably have very good transfer players wanting to come to Indiana. The amount of attention and press Cignetti and IU are receiving is mind boggling.
The good 3 or 4 year players from the G5 programs are going to be in high demand. Cig has proven that they are a better bet than pine riders in the P4. Hopefully Cig has shown enough that he can get the ones he wants.
Nobody in their right mind would choose Rhule over Cig to be their coach. Not even Nebraska if they had the choice. That article is laughable.
Correct. I've mentioned this in other threads. Cig will find guys to replace guys, the challenge is finding enough money. D1 athletic departments budgets are going to change dramatically next year.
Apparently, somebody hasn't Googled Cig and needs to.
From reading Westfall’s bio it looks like his expertise is in sports gambling. Seems someone lost his ass on the Huskers- IU spread???
