I figure my first post probably should have been the usual "who I am, what I'll write about, etc, etc"...but I'll get to that at some later point.
My first post is about a subject that is close to my heart--IU basketball. I've caught my fair share of shit lately and it is what it is. My favorite school hired a guy with a less than sparkling rep and it bit them in the proverbial ass. I looked really smart about a month ago when I called Sampson "our Jim Harrick", as I knew that he was a stopgap hire and was likely to do something to get himself fired at some point in his tenure at IU. I didn't know it would be before the end of this season and I'm not sure who IU's "Ben Howland" is that can come in and rescue the program--so maybe the analogy wasn't spot on. Sue me.
So anyway, most of the articles on the Sampson mess have been pretty good, but yesterday ESPN's Gene Wojowhathisface wrote that IU should not only have fired Sampson, but that they should ban themselves from postseason play THIS year. Fuck. That.
For multiple reasons.
Number one: none of the kids on this year's team were involved in the phone call mess.
Number two: IU self-reported these violations, already withheld a scholarship from this year and fired the coach in-season.
Number three: The school hasn't had a violation since 1960--I think they can get a pass--especially considering that they did shitcan the coach.
Number four: This team has a real shot at the final four. Next year's team will be lucky to make the tourney--let's just say what the truth is--we'll take our lumps next year. If we had to sit through Sampson destroying 40+ years of cleanliness in less than 2 years, we should at least get to reap the rewards.
I'm not linking to Gene Wojomacallit b/c the "worldwide leader" gets enough page views...and I'm too lazy to go to the homepage to get the link again.
Looking forward to the love/hate/unrelated posts.
DBDR
PS--Episode 9 of The Wire is an epic moment in TV. Thank (somebody's) God for HBO OnDemand.
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IU sucks dog balls. They should keep playing the rest of the season, but drop down to D3. And stay there. Forever. I mean, that's really the only fair and logical thing to do.
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