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BRING BACK RMK!!! BOBBY! BOBBY!
Lord knows the last thing we want is for this to turn into a Knight thread.
I've stood stoically with my arms crossed every time Sampson has been introduced this season, but you and I are on the same page R. When he is announced before the Wisconsin game, I am going to boo.
I'm disappointed for the team and the fans. If they are bad, and we do fire Sampson midseason, it is not uncharacteristic of a program to go ahead and impose sanctions on itself to gain favor among the NCAA rules committee. In our case, again, IF THEY ARE as major as the article indicates, that could mean a self imposed tourney ban.
this is all completely what if, but just being a downer, we could still see this affect this season. Either way, a cloud of doubt over a coach going into a stretch of the season where we are playing the best 3 teams in the conference is pretty shitty.
although since THIS season will not be affected, we can't boo sampson. not yet. hell, whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty? and its not like booing him won't affect the players. they all (as far as we know) love and respect sampson has a coach and as a person. DJ has seen his game become better than ever under his coaching, Gordon must have liked the guy to say "fuck you" to illinois, stemler must like him b/c he gets to play for a d-1 team, i could go on and on. the players fight for him. and hearing the home crowd boo him would affect them in a negative way in the biggest game of the year up to this point. its something we just need to wait on. innocent until proven guilty
and if sampson is gone, greenspan should be gone. he does a shitty job anyways
Please don't boo Sampson...that's ridiculous. Be disgrutnled with him, want him gone, etc...but come on. That would be more embarrassing to the team than any of these sanctions.
no way this fanbase will put up with it.
I thought writing this blog was your diversion, not your obsession. You take this way too seriously. I am a big IU fan, but IU basketball is not the most important thing in my life. I feel bad that this is happening, but your writing reflects a sense of hysteria. That is really unfortunate. I hope, for your sake, that you were intentionally using hyperbole.
Remember the Greenspan interview on ESPN during the Penn State football
game? He danced around the question "will Kelvin be fired". I think he is OUT
at the end of this year.
by the way, it is obvious that copying a recent comment and trying to paste it as a reply to someone else's earlier comment doesn't work. sorry...just skip my repeated comment and i promise to never try jumping in front of the line. i just take this threat of negativity very seriously...it will do nothing to help this group of kids who have absolutely nothing to do with the allegations.
I don't think we should boo Sampson. We don't know what the specific violations are, but honestly we should react in some way. I am personally just going to keep my mouth shut and my hands silent. I think everyone else should do the same.
A silent Hall of 17,000 would send a greater message than the boos would. Quite honestly, stunned into silence was all I've been since hearing the news.
If these violations are as serious as being implied, then I wouldn't be surprised if Sampson is not in the Hall tonight.
Sampson...as if we're all quietly awaiting the decisions and repercussions that are in store for sampson, the university, the storied basketball program, next year's returning players, and incoming recruits. SILENCE EVERYONE...but only for Sampson!
I agree...but it's time to face the music...be it now or a month from now.
Bye Kelvin we didn't want your cheating ass any way
The silence thing isn't a bad idea. Nice use of alliteration too. You must
be an English teacher.
SILENCE SAMPSON!
CHEER THE PLAYERS!
1. Lets enjoy the remainder of this season with the "team", Dj and Ej, particularly.
2. Lets start compiling of list of "good" candidates
my immediate list......Dakich, Alford, Matta, Butlers coach, and did I mention Thad Matta...Give his as a blank check and room and board.
Just a hunch.
Alas, today it has happened. IU, as a whole, needs to wash its hands of this. I hate to say it, I was thrilled at the hire, the recruiting, and the over-achieving last year, but Sampson needs to be shown the door.
None the less, this still feels like a gut-shot. Conspiracy theory aside, the timing on this couldn't be worse. With the ability to seperate ourselves from the pack over the next three games, I hope this team has the ability to block this out; let the higher-ups deal with it, and continue to build on Saturday's W.
Now, back to popping Xanax pills.
Simple ........Fire his ASS TODAY!
But hypothetically, what if they keep Samspon through the end of this year, and then the Hoosiers win the NCAA tournament? Could they still fire him? What would you think?
I'd still be up for firing Samspon, i'd be curious to see if IU has the balls to do it should that unlikely scenario happen.
I do not want an unproven coach running one of the most storied programs in college hoops. I do not want someone's assistant coach, I think this program and it fans / supporters deserve better. From day one we all knew when they hired Sampson that this was lingering over his head and when he came here, he did it again. I loathe Greenspan for not taking anytime at all with his decision to hire Sampson and investigating the issues now in the end it looks like the program and the players (undeservedly) will shoulder the burden. Makes me sick to my stomach that the same people who were so quick to out RMK were happy to welcome this man into the program.