“Curt Cignetti gets new 8-year deal after Indiana's 10-0 start”

[BobPSU92]

10-0 Indiana gives Cignetti new 8-year contract

Indiana has agreed to a contract extension and raise for coach Curt Cignetti after he has led the Hoosiers to a 10-0 start in his first season.

www.espn.com

”Dr. Kraft, it’s Coach Franklin on Line 1. He says it’s urgent.”

 

[NittPicker]

Dude's all set until he's 73 years old. Good for him. Now let's see if he can sustain the momentum or fall back like a lot of coaches who used the portal for Year #1 success. Their schedule next season is a bit more challenging as well. at PSU. at Oregon. at Iowa.

 

[BobPSU92]

Dude's all set until he's 73 years old. Good for him. Now let's see if he can sustain the momentum or fall back like a lot of coaches who used the portal for Year #1 success. Their schedule next season is a bit more challenging as well. at PSU. at Oregon. at Iowa.

Hopefully, he shows more self control than mel tucker.

 

[MtNittany]

Pay the man!

 

[blion72]

Dude's all set until he's 73 years old. Good for him. Now let's see if he can sustain the momentum or fall back like a lot of coaches who used the portal for Year #1 success. Their schedule next season is a bit more challenging as well. at PSU. at Oregon. at Iowa

Dude's all set until he's 73 years old. Good for him. Now let's see if he can sustain the momentum or fall back like a lot of coaches who used the portal for Year #1 success. Their schedule next season is a bit more challenging as well. at PSU. at Oregon. at Iowa.

that is the key. he brought a lot of players with him and used the portal so that 15 starters are portal and 50% comes from his former team. He also got a hand made schedule with only 4 games away and 8 at home. plus UMich not the same team this year. This gave him what he needed to bring it all together. He and his staff are good coaches but this may not be sustainable.

 

[PSUwolf]

Dude's all set until he's 73 years old. Good for him. Now let's see if he can sustain the momentum or fall back like a lot of coaches who used the portal for Year #1 success. Their schedule next season is a bit more challenging as well. at PSU. at Oregon. at Iowa.

Yea, He's had a nice short run against subpar competition - IU's schedule was ranked 103rd last week - but what happens when-if they fall back some in the next few years? I understand, though, the pressure to sign him as some down programs were probably ready to throw the bank at him. We'll find out - in Columbus next week - how legit they are. I'm staying away from betting on that one.

 

[BobPSU92]

that is the key. he brought a lot of players with him and used the portal so that 15 starters are portal and 50% comes from his former team. He also got a hand made schedule with only 4 games away and 8 at home. plus UMich not the same team this year. This gave him what he needed to bring it all together. He and his staff are good coaches but this may not be sustainable.

Timing is everything. It benefited him immensely. From the above article:

“Cignetti's new eight-year contract runs through the 2032 season and will pay him an average of $8 million per year with an annual $1 million retention bonus, putting the total value of the new contract at $72 million…Cignetti originally received a six-year, $27 million contract when he was hired in December. He took the Indiana job after leading James Madison to an 11-1 season in 2023 -- when he made $677,311 -- with the goal of changing the Hoosiers' historically woeful image in football.”

Holy hell.

 

[NittPicker]

We'll find out - in Columbus next week - how legit they are. I'm staying away from betting on that one.

I'm not sold on Indiana yet. The preliminary line for IU @ OSU has the Buckeyes as a 10.5 point favorite. I think they cover easily. But I'm often wrong which is why I never place bets.

 

[LB99]

I'm not sold on Indiana yet. The preliminary line for IU @ OSU has the Buckeyes as a 10.5 point favorite. I think they cover easily. But I'm often wrong which is why I never place bets.

I’m with you. Their SOS is now 100th in the country. I would take OSU to cover the spread, but, I too, never place bets.

 

[PSUwolf]

I’m with you. Their SOS is now 100th in the country. I would take OSU to cover the spread, but, I too, never place bets.

Yea, I'm just not sure about this Indiana team with that schedule. They had a very hard time with a really DOWN Michigan team last week at that crowd noise will be off the charts next week in Columbus. I'm just not betting on this one (so far) although I'm starting to lean on taking OSU and giving the points

 

[LB99]

Don’t get me wrong, he’s a really, really good coach, but you have to have the horses to compete at this level. Not sure he has the horses and what happens next year when the 15+ transfer portal kids aren’t all there?

 

[84lion]

MSU hired Mel Tucker, and now Indiana says, "hold my beer."

 

[PSU89er]

With his attitude, he firmly believes he can replace anything he loses, so he'll get 15 more kids in portal. Both Sanders and Cignetti are showing you can build a football winner in the portal, and bringing in HS kids isn't all that important. One can argue that you won't win a national title doing that, but those two have shown you can get really good really fast just turning over the roster. I figured it would be easy to do in basketball. I'm kinda surprised that its being done so easily in football by these two.

 

[LB99]

They added 23 transfers. I’m just not sure that is sustainable. It has to be the right guys and how do you establish a culture within the program with new guys from the outside every year?

Indiana Football Transfer Portal Tracker - 2024 spring window

 

[Keyser Soze 16802]

Next week in Columbus

 

[ApexLion]

Hopefully, he shows more self control than mel tucker.

Mel did not master his domain.

 

[Bkmtnittany1]

Hopefully, he shows more self control than mel tucker.

Curt won’t take IT out!

 

[Bkmtnittany1]

Mel did not master his domain.

He showed everyone who he was!

 

[BobPSU92]

Cignetti: “You don’t have to worry about me. I won a contest.”

 

[PSU89er]

They added 23 transfers. I’m just not sure that is sustainable. It has to be the right guys and how do you establish a culture within the program with new guys from the outside every year?

Indiana Football Transfer Portal Tracker - 2024 spring window

You want to establish a culture. Just win, the culture thing will take care of itself.

My guess for IU to establish culture based on the history, its probably more important that the entire coaching staff is on the same page all the time to establish exactly what the head coach wants, because IU has no football culture. Have you noticed that basically his entire staff are the same guys from James Madison. Cignetti might have bigger problems once other schools raiding his staff.

 

[Nitt1300]

PSU is more likely to become a MBB powerhouse than IU is to manage that in football.

And neither is happening.