Wow. It was 20-0 UNC midway thru the third quarter. Wonder if Brown offers to resign. Could be a new postgame tradition.
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I didnāt expect Duke to be like this under Manny year one
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PUT UP YOUR DUKES
DDMF
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We need to get whoever hires the football coaches for JMU and Duke on our next search committee.
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For JMU itās Jeff Bourne and unfortunately he retired a couple weeks ago.
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Iām sure heād take a nice check as an advisor
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Carla Williams was at least partly responsible for the Kirby Smart hire at Georgia. Iād say thatās turned out pretty well for her alma mater.
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Iām just hearing that heās available.
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JMU coaches have been hits and misses. Great while at JMU but mixed bag careers afterward. Mike Houston seemed amazing, hasnāt panned out as you wouldāve expected. Same with Everett Withers. Cignetti so far seems like best hit but still early days. If you wouldāve asked me to guess which one was going to be best, I would have said Houston. Itās weird how it works out.
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Hmmmm could we poach Cignetti from Indiana? (if elliot doesnt work out of course).
Doubt it. Would be a lateral move, I imagine his next stop if he makes another one would be to a fringe blue blood/powerhouse program, probably in the SEC. Heās 63 and has won at every stop heās been to, heād likely wanna try and do it at the highest level possible before retiring.
If we wanted him here we wouldāve needed to hire him in 2021.
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Dang SMU looking good these last couple of weeks (or FSU really is that bad). Road to 6 wins aināt gonna be easy whatsoever. All but a must win next Saturday
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Wouldnāt want Cignetti even if we could. Maybe Chesney if the move is farther out than this spring. Iād like to see another season of him but I really like the guy.
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+1 ā¦ Cignetti is a weirdo.
Personality wise Chesney seems like more of SEC guy but maybe thatās just all football coaches
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Iām not sure thereās an SEC team that would hire him straight from JMU unless he leads them to back to back playoff runs or somethingā¦ after building ins in the recruiting footprint I think heās a guy we could have a good chance with.
But I also still hold out hope we could go after Matt Campbell if need be so my expectations are fairly off depending on who you ask 
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I was relatively close to the JMU program when Cignetti was there before they went FBS and know a bunch of guys who were even closer. Wouldnāt say heās a weirdo, bit of a dork who is very rigid in terms of how he wants things done. In comparison to Mike Houston who is apparently super charismatic Cignetti wasnāt seen as much of a motivator but heās obsessive over his Xās and Oās and game preparation. Very much a football guy.
I advocated for him as a candidate in 2021 knowing it would be a hard sell given the jump from FCS to FBS and having already been through that with London. Also heard that he was holding out for either the WVU or Pitt job but neither of them came open in time.
I would also take Chesney if Elliott doesnāt work out but at this point Iām just hoping Tony turns things around.
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Oh yeah same. I think everyone is rooting for Elliott to be the guy. I definitely hope he is.
Iāve posted about it before but how Cignetti handled the JMU/bowl situation and then ultimately his departure all just really rubbed me the wrong way. Iām not going to keep up with it enough to root against him but I also wouldnāt want him leading my team after that. Especially when my team isnāt one of the upper echelon teamsā¦
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I donāt see any reason to waste energy on Cignetti. Heās at IU the only way he leaves is if he knocks it out the park, in which case UVA is a demotion or he falls on his face in which case the Hoos are getting an aged retred coach.
Neither are ideal situations.
Iām gonna focus on the guy who is here and 3-1 with a chance to go 4-1.
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Agree. And if Elliott doesnāt work out, go with the charismatic recruiter who can be his own DC, has a familiarity with Cville, and has the ability to hire a fantastic OC ā and thatās Golden Al.
Edit: Yes, he failed at Miami, but so did Manny Diaz, whoās also an excellent DC and recruiter.
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