Villain might not be the right word but they definitely aren't being viewed the way a typical underdog story would be and the only real reason I can see for that is that Cignetti comes across like an ahole in interviews.
They bailed to get paid more, sure he could afford a bit more expensive coaches than he has now, but not enough to hire elite coordinators and position coaches on both sides of the ball.
Did he ever beat NDSU?
That person didn’t say he thought they were a villain
significant in year #2.
Seen what?
Some guy? Ha!
I think he’ll become more wide open if he decides he wants a legacy of over-achievement and giant killing. If he is good with a legacy of winning seasons (7-5, 8-4), without any upside shockers, he’s already there and can cruise along to legacy wealth and a career in broadcasting after coaching. Csn’t really lose either way.
Not all programs are able or willing to reward to the same degree however.
Who has said they’re a villain
Look the goldfish is stalking me again lol
Literally on page one of this very thread:
If the University of Minnesota had a billionaire backer and went 13-0 on the season, GopherHolers would want a Fleck statue be built with a phallus the size of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
Who said that?
Found it @Pompous Elitist and @USAFPerhaps his greatest accomplishment is being so off putting that he has made Indiana into a villain of sorts when they should be a feel good story of a downtrodden program finding success.
Lot of season left but based on Indiana and Ohio State's remaining schedules it will be pretty shocking if it is not them squaring off for the conference title.
It’s about season-long mindset that carries through in every game for me. Same as Parker’s defense in Iowa. The aggressive mindset, from the HC on down, pervades the team’s confidence and approach to the game. It manifests in blowouts of lesser opponents and even those with whom you are arguably closely matched. And it manifests as steely determination and confidence and fight in games you are supposed to lose. I think focused and determined aggression aids in effective execution. I think that tentative mindset and a fear of making mistakes manifests as ineffectiveness against opponents thought to be if a higher pedigree.
How else would the legend live on from the Chippewa on down?
Phil Parker runs one of the most conservative defenses in the country? What are you even talking about
As the big freighters go, it was bigger than most.
His defense has a steely, determined, confident mindset. It is very opportunistic. It gets turnovers. Aggressive doesn’t just mean scheme. It is mindset. Look, we just aren’t going to agree, mostly I suspect on semantic grounds. I feel a palpable difference in the mindset and confidence level whenever we play Iowa. You are focused on one word: aggression, which you take to mean a certain style of play calling. I’m talking about a coaching mindset that trickles down through the coordinators and coaches to the players. For me, aggressive vs tentative mindset describes it. For you, it doesn’t. I’ll try to find another word one of these days.
lol okay
If we beat Iowa, Michigan, Penn state and Wisconsin next year I will carve it by hand
You don’t know anymore that it was money related than I know it was related to get away from all of PJ’s nonsense. I guess that’s probably fair. What I will say is we’re part of the Big Ten conference which gets paid a gazillion dollars split equally amongst each school. We have plenty of GD money to pay assistant coaches.
