Oh I agree fully with you. But let's not act like coaches haven't bet on themself to chase bags before. I can think of Fickell at the top of my head. He made $5mil/yr at UC and left to make $7mil/yr at Wiscy
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Cignetti is a narcissist. Yeah, he can go to Florida and maybe make $3 mill more, but he's also 65 years old in less than a year. He'll want that house near a beach in Florida, which won't be to cool if you take it and fail to turn that around and lose the job. Florida is full of windbags from the Midwest and he can flaunt around every winter with them, celebrating his storied career. Having people tell him he's wonderful is far more important to him than money. His narcissistic side wants legacy. A stadium named after him. Recognition and fawning over him in supermarkets. The Bear Bryant of central Indiana. Think otherwise? Google him! :)
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Carmel is nice as hell.
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Carmel isn’t Bloomington.
Not by the longest of shots
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Indiana poised for sustained success behind Mark Cuban donations, Curt Cignetti's brash approach
Indiana football is poised to thrive in the new era of college football
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Armed with Mark Cuban donations and Curt Cignetti's brash approach, Indiana sets up for sustained success
The Hoosiers have strategically planned to ensure this program is more than just a blip on the radar
Mark Cuban enters the financial chat
Indiana football isn't one billionaire's plaything; it's an example of how the rev share era unlocks different ways for a properly-aligned and properly-coached institution, no matter their history, to become a reliable playoff contender.However, having a billionaire around sure helps, and Indiana does in 1981 graduate Mark Cuban. Cuban has donated to his alma mater before, whether it's the $5 million gift to create a sports media and technology center or $6 million to IU's club rugby team.
But he had never donated directly to IU athletics until that Friday night in South Bend last December.
"I gave some to sports this year for the first time ever," Cuban told CBS Sports. "Typically, I was the exact opposite. I'm not a fan of anything that I believe raises tuition in the least bit. But after getting to talk to Cig and seeing what was going on, they kinda talked me into it.
Cuban declined to say how much he donated, but did say it was "a big number," and he didn't specify where the donation should go within the athletic department. Cuban has a close relationship with athletic director Scott Dolson, as he did Dolson's predecessor Fred Glass, but it was the kinship with Cignetti that pushed him to give. They originally met at a fundraiser for the singer John Mellencamp. There, they figured out both were born in the same Pittsburgh area hospital and are only three years apart in age.
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cincibuck
You kids stay off my lawn!
Hmmm. IIke IU cause they’re the doggiest of the dogs in the Big, cept for maybe Northwestern. I can catch the Bucks in Bloomington for a fraction of what I pay to see them in columbus. Their fans don’t mouth off and tho their band is dogshit, I like their fight song.
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They’ve beaten OSU twice in my lifetime.
I’m not bitter, but they must pay.
Hate them and their douchey coach.
Maybe I’m a little bitter.
I’m not bitter, but they must pay.
Hate them and their douchey coach.
Maybe I’m a little bitter.
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Meh, not sure how much of that "douchiness" is real or if most of it is just his way of firing up his team of overachievers and their fanbase. The Hoosiers have been so bad for so long that it requires some extra effort to get them to where they are. Kinda like Fleck with the Gophers. He comes off really douchey and even childish some times, but his players and the fans seem to love him. At any rate, Cignetti HAS created quite a turnaround in Bloomington.
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cincibuck
You kids stay off my lawn!
Gimmicky.... uh what about gold pants for winning a particular game? What about ringing the victory bell PRIOR to the game? What about a having a rug made with 24 - 12 stitched into it and placed outside the exit to the practice fields? You think Woody, Tress, Urbs, and Day didn't/don't have gimmicks? All coaches have gimmicks they think help psyche up the team.
When your team has a long proud history of winning and your roster is filled with headline makers, those gimmicks don't garner interest from the press.
But when you're trying to breath life in to a moribund program, or one that's been dead for decades, the gimmicks catch the eye of the press.
When your team has a long proud history of winning and your roster is filled with headline makers, those gimmicks don't garner interest from the press.
But when you're trying to breath life in to a moribund program, or one that's been dead for decades, the gimmicks catch the eye of the press.
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