Kelvin Sampson at it again

I'm still stunned that Indiana hired Sampson in the first place.

 

If you think there is ANY WAY Eric Gordon is in Bloomington next year, you're nuts.

 

Sampson is a slickass snakeoil salesman of a cheating fool.

At Oklahoma: "What? Fired from OU for being corrupt? Wasn't this the same school that Barry used to roam?"

Now at Indiana:

"I thought you guys had had it with the straight-laced, clean program approach of that player-beater Bob Knight."

 

Myles Brand and Indiana, you got exactly what you deserved.

 

Sick to my stomach.

Feared this when Sampson was hired, now think he shouldn't be allowed to coach another game at Indiana.

With the insanity of the fan base and now the NCAA cloud over the program . . . . IU will be lucky to get a half-decent coach. A complete embarrassment.

The Sampson/Knight debate is foolish. Both brought national embarrassment. Now Indiana has nothing to cling to, as fans did when Knight's tenure went sour.

 

Knight's integrity issues were personal. Sampson's were institutional. Knight never cheated.

 

Couldn't be happier for IU and its basketball program. [/Illinois alum]

Let me go look for a photo of Nelson from the Simpsons to post...

P.S. The only time Eric Gordon plays in Indiana next year is when his team is town to face the Pacers.

 

From the AP story ...

"Indiana has not had a major NCAA violation in any sport since 1960."

Damn shame the Hoosiers willingly put that streak in jeopardy with Sampson.

 

Blame is too harsh a word, but Indiana fans better look in the mirror as far as the Sampson era is concerned.

In the zeal to get rid of Mike Davis, who wasn't a great coach, but who shouldn't have been as polarizing a figure as he was, a good percentage of IU fans I know -- one-time Knight supporters or not -- were ready to embrace anyone who walked in the door with a modicum of proven success.

Dirty laundry that was evident upon Sampson being hired? Most IU fans just shrugged their shoulders, some sweeping it under the rug by saying, "what's a bunch of phone calls mean anyway in the grand scheme of things anyway?"

Now IU is reaping what it sows. And it's worse here, because the one good thing about Knight's influence is this religious zeal that Indiana should run (and win) with its program above board as far as the rules, etc. It's a central part of the IU fan's psyche.

Sampson's discretions destroy that. No one -- not the pro-Knight or anti-Knight factions -- can ever claim again that IU basketball is special because it followed the rules. There's dirt on the hardwood at Assembly Hall just likes there's been nearly everywhere else. IU is just another program that got down in the mud.

 

Do not know if it is true, but have heard over and over again that the only job Few leaves Spokane for is Oregon. Indiana actually makes sense for him, unlike Kentucky or LSU.

I'd bet this is a job for a Dana Altman, Chris Lowrey, Keno Davis (if he had a couple more years of experience) or <sigh> Tony Bennett, who would be freaking perfect for this job. He's wired right.

 

Why not... It's Coppin State that will face sanctions for this, no matter who the coach is. And Kent State. And Pacific...


And Bubs? Fuck Mike Davis.