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Curt Cignetti has won everywhere he’s been but many believed when he took the Indiana job that he was a great coach stepping into a nearly impossible situation.
Indiana football was nowhere.
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Not counting the shortened COVID season, the Hoosiers had one winning season in the last 15. Two winning seasons in the last 28.
And the Big Ten was adding USC, UCLA, Oregon and Washington to only crush the little guy more.
Asked about his recruiting pitch to recruits:
“It’s pretty simple,” Cignetti said early on. “I win. Google me.”
That was met with a collective eye roll. OK, buddy. This isn’t James Madison, Elon or Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
“This is an exciting opportunity at a prestigious university at the top football conference in the country and there is no reason why we can’t be successful, pack the stadium and be a source of pride to the entire university and the town of Bloomington and the state of Indiana,” Cignetti said at his introductory press conference.
“We’re going to change the culture, the mindset, the expectation level and improve the brand of Indiana Hoosier football. There will be no self-imposed limitations on what we can accomplish.”
Everything has already changed.
There was no adjustment period, no phasing in his system, no first-year challenges followed by a slow climb to a winning season and possibly more. Usually, coaches get about three seasons to implement their system and get everything rolling before getting on the hot seat. Cignetti needed like three minutes.
Indiana is 5-0. Indiana…
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Publish date : 2024-10-01 10:30:00
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