What other fanbases don’t realize
- Thread starter KirkwoodOnSaturday
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While I am sure IU will "step up", I will say, once again, that money is not THE motivating factor for everyone.
My feeling about CCC is he might be one of those people.
Obviously, he will want to be fairly compensated but at this stage of his life and with him stating how much he and his family loved Bton, I think he stays put.
This season is kind of a unicorn for Cignetti. He doesn’t have 20 seniors with Covid years who know his culture to transfer with him anywhere. He’s not an idiot.
I think Pat Mac (or one of his guys) said it best, (paraphrasing) Why go somewhere else and just be another guy who continues the legacy of a program when you can be THE guy who rewrites the legacy of a program?
IU has the money to keep him, hopefully they have the foresight.
You must not have seen the votes of no confidence. She is very unpopular with the academics and the free speech stuff. The faculty are out for her.
But the board loves her. That’s all that matters. All she’s done is shut down all the BS. I’m glad she’s cleaned it up.
She seems to be more aligned with what a somewhat conservative state would like to see out of their state university, then she is with what the more liberal faculty wants. I like Whitten. When she shut down some protests it didn't seem unfair to me, there were still places and ways to protest.
I don't think CC will play the money game, he is probably content at his age at when he is making now, and his wife has said that she likes Bloomington. I also think that he will advocate for his staff. So I look for them to be around for awhile unless they get a HC job.
But: if this year continues and we end up in the playoffs, he deserves a raise (I don’t know the contract details, he may have a bonus baked in already if they make Big10 champ game/win or tie for regular season champ)!
I still would want him and assistants to be rewarded!
IMO, his wife can like Btown even better with more money.
Here is an idea: free full ride to IU med school for his daughter, long as they live in-state, in Btown- ha ha
Tear it up!! Double the current salary!! Give him and the staff the bonuses earned for this season. And start the buyout at $30 million!! Done!!
His contract provisions include significant performance based compensation and extensions.
He is already cashing, and, for example, a Natty carries a $1million bonus.
What do they think they’re running down there, a college?
