The New IU Football Coach Is Already Crashing

Submitted by kookie on December 20th, 2023 at 4:51 PM

A little comedy for NSD:

IU's head coach fell asleep at the wheel on National Signing Day and crashed his car.

 

Cignetti says he thinks he fell asleep on the way in to work today, hit a curb, and blew a tire. #iufb

- Mike Schumann @ The Daily Hoosier

 

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alum96

December 20th, 2023 at 9:01 PM ^

These guys get paid big bucks but have crazy intense jobs.  With NIL and portal it makes it 10x worse than even 5 years ago.  Every player on your team is a free agent annualy. 

A new coach like this has to learn all the returning players, learn about anyone who is in the portal from the school, mine the transfer portal, go into schools to re-recruit current commits, build relationships, deal with boosters, alumni, parents.

Maybe the guy is just friggin stressed out vs someone saying it's alcohol related with zero proof.  Guy could literally just be exhausted probably running 16+ hour days.  Don't know if he has a family but probably has to deal with moving as well which isn't easy.

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ex dx dy

December 21st, 2023 at 9:14 AM ^

Yeah this is my take. I have to think he's been working incredibly hard in the lead up to signing day, trying to hold the class together and make whatever tweaks he thinks it needs, as well as doing all the rest of the job. I would not at all be surprised if he was texting croots until like 3am last night, after texting croots until like 3am every night prior to that. Dude thinks he finally got to the finish line and can relax a bit, and then immediately falls asleep at the wheel because the only thing keeping him awake was the adrenaline that just crashed out of his system. That seems entirely more likely than "he's an alcoholic".

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TeslaRedVictorBlue

December 20th, 2023 at 5:06 PM ^

I don't know that it's funny. I think the point is that it demonstrates incompetence, stupidity, poor decision making etc... From a guy who didn't exactly endear himself to the big ten giants on the way in. 

He should get shit for doing something stupid. Tired, drunk, high, whatever... Getting in an accident in that state is dangerous and moronic 

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Denard In Space

December 20th, 2023 at 5:31 PM ^

I think it was pretty clear to everyone that I was directly responding to the first line of the post in which OP literally calls the story "comedy." Get your kicks however you want, but I'd personally wait until there is more information about the story than a single tweet to start taking pleasure in someone else's car accident. 

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SpazCarpenter

December 20th, 2023 at 6:53 PM ^

Oh, for fuck sakes, is everyone trying to get off the naughty list?
 

As a first responder of multiple car accidents, and whom grew up in a family of firefighters, I can assure you that there is humor in car accidents. There is humor in all the other ways that you, your friends, and your family will eventually die from too. No popularity ranking will make one less funnier than the other.

 

Now, I wonder what the 69th cause of death is?

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Girlbleedsblue

December 21st, 2023 at 6:20 AM ^

I am saying this is the kind of humor for someone with the brain of a dog. Or using Google translate: "like the brain of 69 dogs, poopoo peepee boobs." 

Not cool man. My dog has never shown any interest in boobs. And when I told him about this incident, he just tilted his head as if to say “why is that funny?” And then he went outside and rolled in dead animal.

on a more serious note, I have fallen asleep while driving. I was 17, we had been out all night, and I had a friend with me who screamed at me as soon as the car started to drift to the side of the road. That was terrifying, and we didn’t even get into an accident. I just couldn’t believe I fell asleep. Literally, I didn’t think I had, but I obviously did. Lesson learned, I’ve not done it again. Adults with driving (and life) experience should know better, but a lot of people in the “I know what I’m capable of” category don’t believe it can happen to them, they think they can just push through. 🤷‍♀️ 

 

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BuddhaBlue

December 20th, 2023 at 10:02 PM ^

Not unscathed, unfortunately. Scooter went out from under me when I tried to turn and hit some leaves, went straight down and landed on my hip, then my forearm took the brunt of it. 

Got home with contusions and scrapes down my entire left side, a bad cut on my forearm, hands and palms scraped up. Thank god it was freezing out - heavier clothes and gloves saved me a lot of road rash. Gimpy hip with a volleyball sized bruise, but x-rays were negative. Somehow got a cut on my upper lip, bruises on my other hip, so I guess I must have rolled a little, still don't recall my something hitting my face...

Scooter, however, is in great shape! (ninebot max)

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robpollard

December 20th, 2023 at 5:02 PM ^

...thinks he fell asleep on the way in to work

 

I'm sorry, what? It is bad enough to be so tired after a full day-plus at the office that you fall asleep, but this guy was apparently so tired he was going in to work and feel asleep while operating heavy machinery in public?

I don't find this comedic at all. It's pathetic. If you are so tired that you are putting yourself and other people's lives at risk, it better be because you have been up multiple nights doing something truly essential, not a head coach with a bajillion support staff people who are there to help you. If I was the IU President, I would be pissed. This new coach better be honestly contrite about this, as opposed to treating it as a "whoops...my bad!"

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Vasav

December 20th, 2023 at 5:02 PM ^

Hope he is ok and so is everyone else. Scary stuff. Probably tough time for him with late nights this time of the year. This is a tough advice for a big time CFB coach with a public persona, but to everyone else, driving tired really is dangerous. If you can, consider taking a bus or an uber. Stay safe out there

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