How did Indiana go from zero to hero?

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USAF said:
In Cignetti's 1st year his assistant pool was smaller than Fleck's. Look it up.

Most of his assistants are long time staff. He got them paid when he had the power.

People writing this off as only money are just blind to reality.
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Almost no one is arguing that. Coaching, development and money all played a part. Places like MN and Indiana need all three to be highly successful in today's game.
 

Jack jones said:
He is fortunate to have the same OC and DC in all his stops. Apparently it is hard to beat this continuity in staff.
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That is definitely a big thing Fleck struggles with. At least some continuity would be beneficial.
 

GophersInIowa said:
That is definitely a big thing Fleck struggles with. At least some continuity would be beneficial.
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That's why I believe Fleck sticks with both Harbaugh and Collins. It allows them to grow into the role (with major bumps in the road) and hopefully stick around like a Phil Parker at Iowa. Fleck had KC on his staff for a long time and it showed. Same with Rossi to a lesser extent.
 




Otis said:
Before Cignetti, they had 2 winning seasons since the 2000 season!

Now they have two seasons of 11-2 and 13-0! Number 1 ranking and the top dog in the playoff! This is like NCAA video game stuff!

Did Mark Cuban and Little Pink Houses give the football team all of their money?

Why can’t Minnesota do something like this?
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they know how to recruit, coach to no end. what a staff.
 

Panthadad2 said:
That's why I believe Fleck sticks with both Harbaugh and Collins. It allows them to grow into the role (with major bumps in the road) and hopefully stick around like a Phil Parker at Iowa. Fleck had KC on his staff for a long time and it showed. Same with Rossi to a lesser extent.
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I think that’s our best bet, to have guys that have been with Fleck for awhile and are loyal so are willing to get paid less to stay.
 





GophEnEspaña said:
It helps when Cignetti knows that the school/donors will pay whatever he needs for NIL and coaching staff salaries.

PJ sees the writing on the wall. He knows there aren't big donors coming out of the woodwork to magically bolster our NIL. He knows the administration will not pay competitive salaries to attract and keep talented assistants.

Two different worlds.
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Apologist.
 

Wait this guy has been coaching for 40 yrs? Everyone overlooked him for allllll of these years?
 

Cignetti is a great coach, and that is a big part of the equation. He knows what he wants and he goes out and gets it. That is only part of it. Over the past year, I've been convinced that the main problem at the U is that the administration just has no interest in fully investing in the program that pays for every other sport. Ultimately, Indiana has both a coach and an administration on the same page. I don't ever think the U will be. The admin just doesn't care that much about sports, as a whole. There are members, but not enough. SpanishGopher (sorry, this is easier for me to remember than your actual name) touched on this in their post. They only care about their own specific causes, and most of them are not into sports.
 



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