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Curt Cignetti is proving that great coaching still is what matters most
Posted on 1/2/26 at 9:56 am
Posted on 1/2/26 at 9:56 am
You can NIL and transfer portal till the cows come home, Indiana wins because they're players get the hell coached out of them. They ran the ball 50 times. I was so damn jealous.
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Posted on 1/2/26 at 10:00 am to harmonics
Uh Cignetti literally built this team using Indiana's NIL to pay for veteran transfers to come through the transfer portal.
He has a very old veteran team of guys who have played for 4, 5 and more years.
Experience does matter and it beats talent every time.
He has a very old veteran team of guys who have played for 4, 5 and more years.
Experience does matter and it beats talent every time.
Posted on 1/2/26 at 10:05 am to YStar
That’s right.
Guys who transferred in wanted to play, they were experienced, and coachable. They didn’t cost a ton of money either.
Cig just got it right. You don’t have to get the most talented guys. Get semi talented experienced players and coach the shite out of them.
Guys who transferred in wanted to play, they were experienced, and coachable. They didn’t cost a ton of money either.
Cig just got it right. You don’t have to get the most talented guys. Get semi talented experienced players and coach the shite out of them.
Posted on 1/2/26 at 10:07 am to CrimsonBoz
Didn't a lot of his players come from JMU though?
Posted on 1/2/26 at 10:09 am to harmonics
I believe some of them did. I mean look who our standouts are right now, all Washington kids.
Posted on 1/2/26 at 10:10 am to harmonics
And I will repeat something I posted before the game. Cignetti’s practices are only 90 minutes long. He believes in getting on the field, getting your business done, and getting off the field.
Here’s the catch though. Literally every minute … every second … of that hour and a half is accounted for, and they go through those 90 minutes at full speed.
Here’s the catch though. Literally every minute … every second … of that hour and a half is accounted for, and they go through those 90 minutes at full speed.
Posted on 1/2/26 at 10:10 am to harmonics
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Didn't a lot of his players come from JMU though?
Yep. The core of his team is from his time at JMU. These guys have been in his system (both at JMU and at Indiana) for the last 3-4 years. They play well as a team and are about was well-coached as you can possibly be.
Posted on 1/2/26 at 10:12 am to InkStainedWretch
I mean, that is very Saban-esque besides the shorter overall practice. I think practicing full contact less often in-season makes sense because nobody has depth anymore much less schools like Indiana.
However, to practice that little requires experience. How is he developing players? What does a Cig Program look like in half a decade?
However, to practice that little requires experience. How is he developing players? What does a Cig Program look like in half a decade?
Posted on 1/2/26 at 10:14 am to RollTide1987
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. The core of his team is from his time at JMU. These guys have been in his system (both at JMU and at Indiana) for the last 3-4 years.
That's what I was thinking, which brings me back to my original point.
Posted on 1/2/26 at 10:19 am to Diego Ricardo
I think his success might be his downfall. If/when he starts getting more 4 and 5 star players, the us vs the world, nobody wanted you identity of this current team won’t work anymore. He will have to change his schtick to account for the better talent level or it will fall flat. It will be interesting to see if he can conform to a better level of player or if he can continue to find under appreciated diamonds in the rough in the portal and recruiting.
Posted on 1/2/26 at 10:23 am to phil4bama
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I think his success might be his downfall. If/when he starts getting more 4 and 5 star players, the us vs the world, nobody wanted you identity of this current team won’t work anymore. He will have to change his schtick to account for the better talent level or it will fall flat. It will be interesting to see if he can conform to a better level of player or if he can continue to find under appreciated diamonds in the rough in the portal and recruiting.
The motivating tactics are easy to change. The question I have by all the investigations into what he's done is:
Is a Cig Program predicated on perpetual high portal hit rate or can it develop players from raw HS talent into high level college talent?
The whole "we don't practice much" seems like a strategy that only works when you got guys on your roster that some other staff did all the hard work teaching them technique, etc.
Posted on 1/2/26 at 10:35 am to Diego Ricardo
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The whole "we don't practice much" seems like a strategy that only works when you got guys on your roster that some other staff did all the hard work teaching them technique, etc.
Understandable, but as me and RT87 alluded to, a lot of those guys were players he coached at JMU before they came to Indiana. I'm pretty sure Cignetti isn't so naive to think he can pull that off with a mostly fresh inexperienced roster.
Posted on 1/2/26 at 11:19 am to Diego Ricardo
Good point Diego.
Posted on 1/2/26 at 11:25 am to YStar
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Uh Cignetti literally built this team using Indiana's NIL to pay for veteran transfers to come through the transfer portal.
He has a very old veteran team of guys who have played for 4, 5 and more years.
Experience does matter and it beats talent every time.
And he can keep bringing veteran players every year as long as the NIL is right. He doesn't have to bring in young players. He has a formula and it is working.
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