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[QUOTE="A Clockwork Orange, post: 4806139, member: 16"]
This job would be a step sideways for Cignetti. JMU is pouring money into the program and has been for more than a decade. Every coach that leaves JMU ends up sucking elsewhere. Mike Houston and Everett Whithers both performed really poorly when they left after making a splash at JMU.

Cignetti may be different as he catapulted Elon into the upper echelon of the CAA in quick order. I'm not sure, though. In some ways, I think JMU makes the coach and not vice versa.

The JMU AD that hired Cignetti is retiring, so perhaps something will change with Cignetti's interest in staying. I've always felt JMU has an eye on the P5 and is doing absolutely everything it can to position itself for that spot in the next five years. It would be a nice time to have coaching consistency. He's currently making 500 K at JMU, but they will increase his salary tremendously in the next year.

Ricky Rahne at ODU is making around 800K. JMU will probably push Cignetti's salary to more than $1 million in the next 12 to 24 months.
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