Quote Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve View Post
The same can be said for a ton of programs. Cignetti is a unicorn.

If we'd have hired who everyone wanted to at the time, Jamey Chadwell, then everyone would still be b******* and moaning that we didn't hire Cignetti.

Cigs will go down as an all time miss by a lot of programs. He's bucking the trend on the age thing.
As an AD your job is to hire the best realistic possible candidate. Cignetti checked all the boxes at that point. Not only did he not hire him (as bad as that is) but he did not even interview him for the job. There is no question that Cignetti would've been the perfect candidate and fit here. Instead we once again thought it would be smart to hire an offensive coordinator instead of a sitting G5 head coach. It only worked with Mullen because he won 2 national titles and developed some of the best offensive players. It rarely works with anyone else if you are a school like State.