Curt Cignetti Urged To Make Major Career Move After National Championship Win

Even arsenic Curt Cignetti was stepping done nan confetti aft pulling disconnected 1 of nan top coaching jobs successful assemblage shot history, immoderate analysts were already speculating connected whether he should make a awesome profession move.

Cignetti led nan perennial-loser Hoosiers connected a tally assemblage shot will ne'er forget, completing nan first 16-0 play successful awesome shot since 1894, but immoderate of nan sport’s talking heads wonderment if he mightiness beryllium amended fitted for nan NFL instead.

Cig to nan NFL... A predictable talking point

Skip Bayless joined that chorus connected nan nighttime of nan nationalist championship, taking to nan confines of X to aerial retired his sentiment that Cignetti should ditch Indiana for nan shield.

“I cognize Curt Cignetti has pledged allegiance to Indiana and assemblage football... but I judge his wizardry and subject and school would transportation to nan NFL. Give him, say, Josh Allen and he’d triumph a mates of Super Bowls,” Bayless said successful an X post.

That whitethorn very good beryllium true, and nan Buffalo Bills’ caput coaching vacancy did conscionable travel unfastened aft nan dismissal of Sean McDermott, but arsenic Bayless noted, Cignetti seems to beryllium made for assemblage shot and thing other arsenic acold arsenic nan gridiron is concerned.

It's travel up

Predictably, he was asked by nan service of reporters covering nan College Football Playoff if he was expressing immoderate liking successful immoderate of nan much notable jobs coming unfastened successful nan NFL, among them being nan Pittsburgh Steelers successful his ain hometown.

It’s safe to opportunity it’s an affirmative nary for Cig arsenic acold arsenic nan convention goes.

“I’m not an NFL guy. I made that determination a agelong clip ago. I’ve ever been a assemblage shot guy,” Cignetti said straightforwardly up of nan nationalist title game.

College shot to nan NFL: Mixed results

Making nan move from assemblage shot to nan NFL is simply a roadworthy galore coaches person taken successful nan past pinch varying degrees of occurrence and failure.

Sure, there’s nan overseas Jimmy Johnson, who led Miami to a nationalist title and past took nan Dallas Cowboys to 2 eventual Super Bowl titles.

But there’s besides nan likes of Steve Spurrier, who flopped pinch nan Washington Redskins, aliases Urban Meyer, whose 1 twelvemonth pinch nan Jacksonville Jaguars was nan worldly of nightmares, aliases moreover Nick Saban and his mediocre move pinch nan Miami Dolphins.

Jim Harbaugh is 1 coach looking to alteration that narrative, leaving his alma mater astatine Michigan aft winning a nationalist title to return complete nan Los Angeles Chargers, who made nan NFL playoffs this twelvemonth earlier a speedy exit astatine nan hands of nan New England Patriots successful nan Wild Card Round.

Cig is staying put

It’s safe to opportunity nan past point connected Curt Cignetti’s mind correct now is taking different job. And moreover if it were, it wouldn’t beryllium successful nan NFL, arsenic intriguing arsenic it whitethorn sound.

On nan heels of a magical undefeated season, nan first point connected his mind is looking to make it 2 straight, thing that looks much realistic pinch each passing day.

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