I don’t see how he wouldn’t be somewhere on a list because of the following:
Does that track?
The Big10’is sn entirely different beast now with constant pressure and coast to coast travel all season.
Do yourself a favor and go look at the coach Indiana hired and check out his resume compared to Chuck’s. I would argue Chuck has accomplished way more than he has although to be fair, they have very different philosophies and the IU guy looks better after this amazing season. Here’s what it took to get him to IU and this is all online so again, check it out:
From 2011-16 he was at a D2 school and got them to the D2 quarterfinals of the playoffs. Advantage Chuck.
Then he went to Elon and got them to the playoffs of 1-AA where they lost first round. Advantage Chuck. He’s got 2 National championships still.
Then, he went to JMU and got them in the 1-AA national title game. They lost. Is that more impressive than winning a D2 natty? I’m gonna say it’s not, but again no disrespect to that coach.
His last year at JMU, he beat a mediocre Virginia and #25 ODU and then got the IU job.
Again, how can anyone here not think that Chuck isn’t qualified? I’m not saying he will leave but to suggest he’s not ballpark to the resume I just outlined is not living with the facts.
Not suggesting that he might be unqualified. Suggesting the level of pressure in the Big10 isn’t even comparable to a job at Miami where there is little to no pressure, an incredible amount of tolerance for going 7-5, little travel outside the close-by Midwest and solid competition from only a handful of MAC programs.
Cignetti is highly ambitious. He started 10-0 and JMU in his first year and 10-0 at doormat Indiana in his first year. If Chuck were a serious candidate for a Big 10 job he would have put himself in that position four or five years ago. No disrespect to Chuck. It just appears Miami and Oxford is a far more comfortable position than Purdue and West LaFayette would be - trying to compete with Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State, Iowa, Oregon, USC, Nebraska and others.
Wait though, you can’t count Curt’s first year as no one knew how he’d do. And jMU plus his other stops weren’t high pressure to win places although JMU might be now since they had some success.
I think the thing that hurts Chuck’s marketability is his lack of flash. Which I actually really like about him. Tom Herman got hired at Texas because he had that big offense as his calling card. Same with Curt at IU.
Maybe it’s not Chuck’s resume, it’s the perception defense won’t win fans over?
I honestly don’t know
Their loss is our gain.
Imo Chuck will get a lot of consideration from bigger jobs if/when he gets to 9-4 and a repeat MAC title. I think he’d leave in a heartbeat if an “upper middle class” Big Ten program ever hit him up, but I also think he may be less interested in taking a job at a middling power conference team with how college football has trended with NIL, the portal, and bloated super conferences. I suspect the time it’s taken to get the program to its current state and the lack of OOC success will keep him from getting interest from any big names though.
Party of one here but I think Purdue could be made solid. If Minny can and Rutgers, why not them?
Cignetti coached at Alabama with Saban and won at least 1 national title. He also was one of Saban’s main recruiters. So he knows how to find, spot, develop talent once they’ve signed.
I think raising Alabama from the dead & winning the SEC, was a lot harder than ND getting their joke “nonconference/conference” schedule. And to win at IUP and JMU is no easy thing to do.
Thanks Prof, I didn’t know the Bama part. That’s why you can’t trust my research.
Beginning to warm up to Shane Montgomery as UMass permanent Head Coach. Especially if he can follow-up with a good showing against UConn. Like his Monday morning press conference and the teams performance against Georgia.
Shane is a good solid man. He was in charge at a time when we were under supported and gradually went downhill. Likely more the fault of administration than him, IMO
Shane did get us to the MACC. Granted, it ended up not being close and we didn’t even go to a bowl game that year because we headed to Detroit with a 6-6 record. But still, that seemed like a wild success compared to what we’d see at the end of the Treadwell era 6 years later.
Do we actually know if Chuck wants to go somewhere bigger? He seems very comfortable with how he goes to other sporting events, he can have as much of a work/life balance as possible given the profession he’s chosen, and he can focus more on player development more here than anywhere else.
Purdue makes enough money to hire a good coach. I don’t get why they can’t find one
I think you gotta look at what you want as a program.
The one place that he has mentioned as his dream job is the Chicago Bears. Otherwise, I think he is quite happy here and he is now making basically double anybody else in the University. Does he want a new challenge? I doubt it, this job is plenty challenging. He love the guys he has recruited. So more likely to remain here than leave.
I wouldnt assume anything anymore. He might view Purdue as closer to his roots- a chance to compete for a national championship
I dont think he is leaving for the Ball State job but I just wouldnt assume anything
I could see them going after him, not necessarily the other way around.
Part of my point! Oxford is relatively pressure free compared to any P2 program. Nearly a million$ a year goes pretty far there.