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Re: End of the line: Kelvin Sampson out at IU

ray — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:07:52 -0000

LET THE SIX-MAN-ROSTER TAKE A SHOT AT NORTHWESTERN IN EVANSTON!

Re: End of the line: Kelvin Sampson out at IU

ray — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:06:34 -0000

LET THE SIX-MAN-ROSTER TAKE A SHOT AT NORTHWESTERN IN EVANSTON!

Re: End of the line: Kelvin Sampson out at IU

ray — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:06:05 -0000

LET THE SIX-MAN-ROSTER TAKE A SHOT AT NORTHWESTERN IN EVANSTON!

Re: End of the line: Kelvin Sampson out at IU

ray — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:05:32 -0000

LET THE SIX-MAN-ROSTER TAKE A SHOT AT NORTHWESTERN IN EVANSTON!

Re: End of the line: Kelvin Sampson out at IU

ray — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:05:02 -0000

LET THE SIX-MAN-ROSTER TAKE A SHOT AT NORTHWESTERN IN EVANSTON!

Re: End of the line: Kelvin Sampson out at IU

ray — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:04:35 -0000

LET THE SIX-MAN-ROSTER TAKE A SHOT AT NORTHWESTERN IN EVANSTON!

Re: End of the line: Kelvin Sampson out at IU

ray — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:03:48 -0000

LET THE SIX-MAN-ROSTER TAKE A SHOT AT NORTHWESTERN IN EVANSTON!

Re: End of the line: Kelvin Sampson out at IU

ray — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:02:52 -0000

if anyone has an insider's influence on dan dakich, please let him hear my claim!

let the six eligible and healthy players play against northwestern. let the remainder of the team know that it doesn't matter what the situation is, if you have a scholarship to play for iu then you have a commitment to the university and its fans to show up for practice.

LET THE SIX-MAN-ROSTER TAKE A SHOT AT NORTHWESTERN IN EVANSTON!

IF THEY WIN WITH ONLY SIX PLAYERS, THEN ESPN IN MY OPINION HAS TO MOVE THEM UP IN BRACKETOLOGY AT LEAST TO A NUMBER THREE SEED IN THE TOURNEY.

Re: End of the line: Kelvin Sampson out at IU

ray — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 06:41:33 -0000

if these other kids are serious about not playing, then i encourage it. i hope they beat the crap out of northwestern and then when the other players want to return dakish says, "no, not untll you've been trough a week of practice"...therefore allowing these players with rare minutes an opportunity to play two games.

taber and white could beat northwestern down low...i really think so...the question is can the guards keep up with the defensive stops from the perimeter. i think they can, honestly.

if i were dakich i would keep the starters out as long as possible tomorrow night and let those that showed up for practice play the game.

this is iu basketball, and it's time dakich shows them what it's all about. you don't skip practice and not play...PERIOD!!!! i don't care what the excuse is...give credit to those who did show up (including gordon and stemler who i am probably most proud of).

by the way, i've been a softie for bassett and white all year...but i must say, i am all about seeing lance stemler, mike white, and eric gordon do well now...and that isn't meant to leave out taber, ahfield, finklemeijer, and the rest of the gang who i hope do extremely well too...i'm all for those kids like the "tom coverdales" who will play for the sake of the university and the state of indiana regardless of the coach!

...go TRUE hoosiers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

if dj white doesn't show up for tomorrow night's game he has completely lost my excitement for a big ten p.o.y. coming from indiana unless it happens to be kyle taber or eric gordon. i have no tolerance for crybabies regardless of the situation................

..........okay, if you have a brother, sister, mother, or father overseas at war then i understand...but if you are crying over a coach then i don't have any sympathy. if you want to give sympathy where sympathy is due then give it to those of us who never gave up, stuck it out, and earned a college diploma (regardless of the odds) and (without the taxpayers from the state of indiana giving us a scholarship) to PLAY A GAME WE LOVE.

i'll probably be hated on again for voicing my opinion. let me say right here and right now....i want these players to finish out the season because i see the potential for a surprise to the tournament's committee as well as other teams invited to march madness. iu has a shot at a final four spot...i truly believe with the right attitude they will make it. AND I WOULD WANT NOTHING MORE THAN TO HAVE DJ WHITE LEAD HIS TEAM TO A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP but if players don't show up tomorrow night then i say let those who did show up at practice finish off the season...it's only fair. dj white has his chance to continue to be one of my all-time favorite hoosiers (right up there with tom coverdale and aj moye of semi-recent) if he chooses to try. if he doesn't, then he's quickly knocked down to a "jay edwards type-of-player"...and i mean that.

no, these kids don't deserve what happened to them, but they should deal with it. i sure wish my college education was payed for. if it were, then i wouldn't be paying on it for what seems the rest of my life.

Re: End of the line: Kelvin Sampson out at IU

Aceman_Mujezinovic_07 — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:55:10 -0000

Oh come on! I can't buy this crap. DJ White didn't boycott when Mike Davis was canned (or cordially resigned) and DJ was practically family to that guy! Why would he lead a revolt when a coach, who did cheat, was asked to resign after only two seasons with him. He's being projected now as a first round NBA pick. Eric Gordon showed up today. Why do think he did? Not because he's so loyal to IU, but because he doesn't want to hurt his draft stock!!! Why would DJ take that chance. Maybe the players were just given the choice to stay home today for practice since it's been such a tough week!!!

This is all me just being an optimist. Man, I hope I'm right on this!!!

Re: End of the line: Kelvin Sampson out at IU

Aceman_Mujezinovic_07 — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:49:00 -0000

I'm with you here Mikey! I've had so much respect for DJ White the past couple of years and he's actually become one of my all-time favorite IU players. I sure hope he's not leading this boycott! I know he's been through a lot but I would picture him as the guy to put the team on his shoulders and weather the storm once again, not add to the torture and pain of the IU Nation!!! Man, I hope this s**t isn't true (about the walkout)!!!

Re: End of the line: Kelvin Sampson out at IU

George — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:41:08 -0000

When you "rewind" Fife, remember that Brand put the screws to him and the rest of the players by "postponing" Knight's firing until the start of the school year. By instituting his zero tolerance and getting two weeks of school in the books, the players would have lost a full year of eligibility if they left. Brand knew what he was doing, and he didn't care if he screwed the kids. He certainly is the right man for the job he has now.

Re: End of the line: Kelvin Sampson out at IU

Eamonn — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:05:15 -0000

Agreed. Well said.

Re: End of the line: Kelvin Sampson out at IU

Micheal Hermon — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:52:04 -0000

Who exactly are we going to get to coach this team next year. I don't want Dakich. I like the guy, but I don't want to go through another Mike Davis saga. I think if we go deep into the post season they will hire him even though it would be an external inspiration that promoted the success just like when Knight left. I liked Sampson, but he is gone and it was probably stupid to hire him in the first place. Who do we get??? We haven't had a national championship in 21 years or an outright big ten tittle in 15 years. We have yet to win a Big 10 tournament tittle. Things seemed to be getting on the right track with a coach who had a good 10 seasons left., but like I said thats over. Are good coaches even going to consider IU anymore? I love my hoosiers. I'm just as devoted as anyone on this page and I'm concerned. I want a coach who is going to keep our team in tact. A coach who can salvage our recruiting class. A coach that can almost immediately pick up where sampson left off. A coach who will be around for a while and make us forget about this mess....and the bob knight mess. A coach at the college level is the most important. Look at Kentucky....they are changing and suffering. I'm sure once coach k leaves duke and ol' roy boy is done at NC they will suck for a while too. Infact they have both proven that. Now is our chance. We been through the douche bag assistant. We've tried to cut corners and hire a guy who didn't quite fit the program. Now we have to get this right. We have to get the right guy and not mess around. We have to get the guy who will lead IU to the top when duke and NC loose their coaches. Who?? Who is it that can do this?

Re: End of the line: Kelvin Sampson out at IU

Matt J — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:47:55 -0000

They should still do the right thing and give the players a release from their letters of intent. Yes, the kids should come to the school to play for Indiana--it's not "Kelvin Sampson" written across the uniform. I would have the recruits talk to the new head coach and make a decision then. if they still want out, then good luck, young man.

Re: End of the line: Kelvin Sampson out at IU

Matt J — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:45:40 -0000

Didn't he have a sub-.500 record coaching BNL's girls' team?

Re: End of the line: Kelvin Sampson out at IU

Chuck — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:43:22 -0000

Thank God that the Sampson debacle is over, now to finish the season and move on to keeping the program at a powerhouse level. IU nation needs to get behind the players and show them full support. Who cares what they have said today or that they did not attend practice. Their world has just been rocked by losing their coach and they were saying and doing things in an emotional state (how many of us would have been different at 20?).
I have a hard time imagining that DJ White would lead this team to quit the season. He has been such a class act his whole carreer at IU, I think he will do the right thing. Rewind to Dane Fife a few years ago, he woke up after taking some time (albeit they did make Mike Davis the coach). I really believe DJ will lead this team the rest of the year and I look for them to do some good things to close out the season (maybe not '89 Wolveriens things, but many games won).
I am very excited about who the next coach will be. They need to move quickly and keep the nucleous of kids intact next year and possibly salvage some of the recruits that already have interest in IU.

Re: End of the line: Kelvin Sampson out at IU

Matt J — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:22:46 -0000

She can't afford that. She has to buy up every vote she possibly can...and it STILL won't be enough.

Re: End of the line: Kelvin Sampson out at IU

RobertSchell — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:20:26 -0000

Yawn
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Function: intransitive verb
: to open the mouth wide and take a deep breath usually as an involuntary reaction to fatigue or boredom

Boy, this all has been handled well.

Re: End of the line: Kelvin Sampson out at IU

Alex Bozich — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:07:45 -0000

A couple reports suggest that $550,000 of the buyout came from an "anonymous" donor.

Re: End of the line: Kelvin Sampson out at IU

HoosierSmitty — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:06:24 -0000

We'll see if the NCAA was just out to get Sampson or whether they are going to make a statement to schools who hire "recovering" violators...

My initial thought is that the NCAA should take it pretty easy on Indiana. The school itself has virtually NO history or violations in any program, self-reported the violations, and basically forced Sampson to resign when the NCAA reported back that Sampson lied to them and IU.

Granted, I'm an IU fan and I don't want us to be hammered by the NCAA, but it just seems logical. Now, what constitutes going easy? No ban at all on post season? How many more lost scholarships? 1-year ban? 2-year ban? Recruiting restrictions on coaches? Regular reports to mommy (I mean the NCAA)....?

Re: End of the line: Kelvin Sampson out at IU

George — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:06:06 -0000

$750,000 buyout!?! Now that's a great lesson for an institution of learning to send. Who said "cheaters never prosper", that must have been a Purdue grad. If he's guilty, do the dirty work: investigate, get your ducks in a row, fire him, and beat his butt in court!

Re: End of the line: Kelvin Sampson out at IU

BrianK — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:03:59 -0000

the WTHR feed is still up

Re: End of the line: Kelvin Sampson out at IU

BrianK — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:02:48 -0000

Wow that would be nice!!

Re: End of the line: Kelvin Sampson out at IU

Alex Bozich — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:56:32 -0000

I've heard that, nothing confirmed as of yet.