Bill Lynch

I really hope that I am wrong and he is the man to do it, but what he did at Ball State was not that good. They were bad and that was after a long string of solid teams he took the program a step back. They almost lost their D 1 status because they were bad and people stopped going. I was a student at that time and we got in for FREE and no one went. It was bad.

I hope he has a better feel and can do some good, but I have my doubts.

Once they made the bowl game they had to hire him.  They have played better than any IU team in the last 13 years or more.  I know very little about Lynch.  My only concern is that he has the passion and vision to ignite excitment about IU football.  That is what Hoeppner had that the others were unable to do.

This year alone he does deserve the shot.

the thing you have to realize is that IU football isnt going to attract many coaches...carroll, brown and not even charlie weis arent going to be leaving their cushy jobs to come coach IU. We found our perfect guy in hoeppner, but due to the unfortunate circumstances we had to give the reins to lynch who took us to a bowl game. He proved that he could have some success, and frankly I think he deserves the job after rallying our players after the loss of hep.

the real test is going to be recruiting. In order to keep IU football from filling up memorial stadium in red only when OSU comes to visit, he's going to have to get some talent into indiana, and thats a pretty tough task. It takes the invention of the forward pass by Knute Rockne for notre dame to have enough prestige to get good players into indiana, lynch is going to have his work cut out for him in the upcoming seasons

Lynch kept Heppners team inspired but simply does not have what it takes to recruit and will eventually turn your team into a finesse style program. He ran Ball States program so far into the ground that it has taken an excellent coach (Brady Hoke) 4 years to pull the nose back up and get recruiting back to respectability.

Bill is a nice guy. But this is a brutally competative business and he simply does not have the name or the coaching style to produce a big ten contender. If you can keep a soft schedule, like the one upcoming, he will get you 7 wins or so each year. The Central Michigans, Western Kentuckies, And Ball States however will need to be games that you play very well in or they could be very disasterous losses for IU.

Good Luck any way you slice it. Terry Heppner (spelling?) was no doubt the man to take you to the next level where Illinois is going and where Michigan St will be. We all miss Terry H. He was really something special.

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I was to start a new post, until I saw this one. The subject line was to be "I just dying for"

I'm dying for IU admin/board, not students and follwers, to take the football team more serious. Yes, I will say that Lynch is probably due the opportunity for what he did when Hep needed help. However, I don't  think signing him to a longer term contact was wise.

Hopefully Lynch will be the man and the answer, but I doubt it. I would like to see IU bring in a top coach, for once and see what they can produce and develop. Don't bring in any "wannabes" Cam Cameron or "has beens" such as Dinardo.

Finally an objective opinion about the new haed man. He doesnt have what it takes to recruit and motivate his players. The sooner IU gets rid of him the better for your program. Heppner was the perfect fit and in my opinion would have really done for IU what Lou Holtz did for Minnesota back in the mid to late 80's. I know you dont want opinions from Ball State but it is already clear that he will only be there for a couple of seasons. Losing the star QB certainly isnt his fault but just expedites the process of getting out of D1 coaching for Mr Bill.