DISQUS

Inside the Hall: NCAA report says Sampson lied about calls

  • Jude Komyatte · 1 year ago
    I have referred several times to the crisis in leadership in IU hoops. Most responses to these posts have been defensive, questioning my judgement and loyalty. Most of those responses have used poor grammar and spelling. Well, are you ready to take your heads out of the sand yet?
  • kelin · 1 year ago
    I am sure everyone is feeling the same way right now but my thoughts are with the kids who have to lace them up tonite for a huge game......this is where DJ has to take this team OVER off the court even more.

    It is a slap in the face for a lot of us who defended and supported sampson fiercley and now "he lied" and "lied repeatedly"......it is a punch in the IU faithfuls mouth.
    I still say FIRE HIM TODAY........I could only imagine the fire storm brewing if he continues coaching this team, especially by the fan base. I won't even start on Greenspan who should help him pack and they use the same boxes and leave with him.....

    I am so PISSED
  • dabig · 1 year ago
    If it is true that Sampson lied to IU during its investigation, then I cannot see why he is allowed to represent the school another minute. Am I missing something here?
  • TomCoverdale's Eyebrows · 1 year ago
    Shhhhhh.... do you hear that? Oh, wait... thats just Mike Davis having the last laugh.
  • SBHoosier · 1 year ago
    Wild Scenario: Sampson is fired while Bobby Knight is suddenly available and commenting about coming back to coaching. Am I smoking something or would that be a very wild scenario if Knight was brought back?
  • jaime gongora · 1 year ago
    oh shapoopie.
  • kelin · 1 year ago
    That is a nice combo....Bob Knight and Jordan Crawford.....
    I can see the headlines now.....Dammit Jordan, did I ever teach you a sick spin move like that....you stop pivot and use the backboard....
  • Mikey M · 1 year ago
    Is it too early to start discussing possible head coach candidates? I really have no ideas. Who is out there? Who could we get? Are there big names out there who would want to take over the mess this program has become?
  • geoff · 1 year ago
    kelvin is gone.

    at least he should be.
  • Matt J. · 1 year ago
    Scott Drew has already cleaned up a bigger mess and turned a team around from some serious lows.

    Keno Davis at Drake, maybe. Rob Jeter at Butler. Mark Few from Gonzaga. Thad Matta. Thad Matta. Thad Matta.
  • ricky · 1 year ago
    sean miller from xavier. thats where its at. and matta has got it made at osu, he would never leave
  • Matt J. · 1 year ago
    Oh, I know Matta would never leave OSU. I guess when I wrote his name out three times, it was supposed to be like a movie sequence where you drift off into a dream. Thad Matta at Indiana is pretty much just that: a dream.

    I hadn't thought of Sean Miller. Good call.
  • Doug R · 1 year ago
    Sean Miller from Xavier
  • kelin · 1 year ago
    Mikey M.....after thinking about that question, I came up with ONE name
    That Matta and Blank Check.....................
  • IndianaJoe · 1 year ago
    what's up with the black outs on the violations form? any comments there?
  • JamesHardy · 1 year ago
    My guess is that was probably EJ's name and Eric Sr. didn't want his kid to be involved?
  • DC Hoosier · 1 year ago
    The black out is probably a name of a kid still under 18 and, therefore, a minor. I doubt if the Gordon's have the pull to just get a name redacted when the names of other IU commitments, such as Devin Ewbanks, appear on the report.
  • Alex · 1 year ago
    Elston is a minor and is implicated in the report.
  • Vic Maurer · 1 year ago
    Elston's name is mentioned several times further down though under Sec. 5.
  • jaime gongora · 1 year ago
    yup, give thad matta anything he wants, and don't take no for an answer.
  • JamesHardy · 1 year ago
    I'm usually one to give the benefit of the doubt to an accused person...but after reading the NCAA Allegations, HOLY SHIT! I would say this is the best scenario...allow Bill Belichek Jr. to coach his last game tonight so that there is some sort of normalcy for this big game...then tomorrow morning, KS cleans out his office and takes all of his Al Qeada laced cell phones and carries his happy cheatin ass to Foxboro to work for the Spygate Mastermind. If you fire him today, that would kill the team's focus for tonight...but 1st thing Thursday morning...BYE BYE Sampson and hello ??? only God knows who. But just about anyone will be an improvement over Bill Jr.
  • HoosierSmitty · 1 year ago
    If Sampson AND his assistants committed these violations what happens? Do we have a staff of just Ray McCallum and Dan Dakich? I don't think I noticed those two names listed.
  • hysteric · 1 year ago
    hire scott drew or dane fife...preferably the former as he is more experienced at a higher level
  • JamesHardy · 1 year ago
    as a follower of IPFW basketball...the LAST guy Hoosier fans will want is Dane Fife...HE IS A BRUTAL COACH!!! Trust me on that!
  • hysteric · 1 year ago
    iu bball is done for the next 5 years at least...hopefully by the middle of the next decade, when the current 3rd and 4th graders are starting for iu, they will be back
  • Dale · 1 year ago
    Osu came off of a postseason ban to make the ncaa championship game in two years...i think realistically if we hire the right guy (this is if sampson is gone) there is no reason we can't do the same. i certainly don't think osu has had a better basketball program than iu and if they can do it than so can we
  • deedubbadoo · 1 year ago
    I think that part of the reason Dan Dakich was brought back was to groom him into a head coach. I agree let Sampson coach tonight and then fire his ass tomorrow morning. I blame this on Rick Greenspan, you knew what you were getting when you hired him. Like getting a hooker that you knew had VD, it stings...
  • hysteric · 1 year ago
    greenspan has got to go too...we need somebody with a brain at the helm now more than ever...

    the general as AD? that is something i could get behind
  • MikeyD · 1 year ago
    that's one of the best ideas i've heard. bk as AD
  • Anonymous · 1 year ago
    You can't have your cake and eat it to. If you feel that Kelvin Sampson should be fired immediately, do so. Don't wait for tomorrow because firing him today "would kill the team's focus for tonight". Their focus would be just as ruined for the weekend match-up against Michigan State.
  • Quincy · 1 year ago
    Wow, I hope this team doesnt totally tank it now. MY iu source has said that KS. may not coach tonight and is gone tomorrow, with Ray McCallum waiting in the wings.
    You know with this cold/flu I have I feel much sicker today. Maybe I will watch Clemens lie more on TV , What a sad day in sports...
  • dan · 1 year ago
    What a disgrace!!! I feel very sorry for the die hard fans and classy fans of IU basketball. The 19th isn't going to be as exciting as i was hoping. I hope it doesn't keep your team down for to long.