Kurt “The Coward” Cignetti

[NDWarrior]

People are definitely laying into Cig for his latest 25-year old team acquisition... Easiest way to shut him and the IU fans are up is to beat the living shit out of them hopefully in a CFP matchup later this year.

 

[ulukinatme]

The guy is 27-2 at Indiana, am I the only one who thinks he's a damn good coach?? I get being a hater and all, but Indiana won a Natty....A fucking NATTY in football. Could Saban/Meyer/Dabo or Marcus have pulled that off in under 30 games?

Na, he's shrewd, but I don't think he's a good coach necessarily. He bought a roster and dumbed down the schedule. It's a winning formula, but he's not a Bear Bryant or Knute Rockne. He didn't develop his players and he doesn't have some magic scheme. He brought in a bunch of Coogans to win for him.

 

[stlnd01]

Na, he's shrewd, but I don't think he's a good coach necessarily. He bought a roster and dumbed down the schedule. It's a winning formula, but he's not a Bear Bryant or Knute Rockne. He didn't develop his players and he doesn't have some magic scheme. He brought in a bunch of Coogans to win for him.

This may not be true of all of IU's transfers, I'm not sure, but Coogan went to IU in large part because he wasn't going to start at Notre Dame and he could there. I'm sure Mendoza would have gone home to play for Miami but he wound up at Indiana because Miami chose Carson Beck instead.

Agree he's not developing these players, and I'm not some big Cignetti fan. But as a coach he does seem to be doing something right.

 

[Jimmy3Putt]

Until the cheating scandal comes out, I’m going to assume he’s a great coach.

TBD if he’s a developer of talent.

 

[Irish#1]

Fielding a team of 23-25 year olds is a big advantage.

 

[irishandy]

People are definitely laying into Cig for his latest 25-year old team acquisition... Easiest way to shut him and the IU fans are up is to beat the living shit out of them hopefully in a CFP matchup later this year.

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If ND would've made the playoffs last season and faced IU I still think ND would've beat IU last year.

 

[Jimmy3Putt]

If ND would've made the playoffs last season and faced IU I still think ND would've beat IU last year.

I do too, but we will never know thanks to many things that contributed to us missing the playoff.

 

[Kingbish01]

If ND would've made the playoffs last season and faced IU I still think ND would've beat IU last year.

I don't doubt for a second that ND could have beat IU last year. Ole Miss, UGA and Oregon would have been a tougher out IMO than Indiana.

 

[MeanGreenBeans]

I don't doubt for a second that ND could have beat IU last year. Ole Miss, UGA and Oregon would have been a tougher out IMO than Indiana.

Pretty sure I saw projected spreads on CFP selection day and ND was favored over everyone except one team and it wasn't Indiana... Oregon maybe?

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

The Irish Envy Mental Gymnastics team is full of five stars.

 

[ulukinatme]

If ND would've made the playoffs last season and faced IU I still think ND would've beat IU last year.

I agree. I think our defense gives Mendoza fits, and I don't think their defense was that much better than when we faced them in the playoffs the previous year.