IU has to give him due process and the chance to defend himself before they can fire him for cause. His significant, intentional or repetitive violation has to be proven with Sampson given a full chance to respond in an appropriate venue (such as an NCAA hearing). That is why Jim O'Brien won his lawsuit against tOSU. They fired him for cause without giving him full due process and he ended up getting paid out as if they fired him without cause. Greenspan is handling this right if his intent is to fire Sampson for cause.

It doesn't change the fact that our coach should have quite frankly “known better.”

About the game….DJ got that horrible third foul call and disappeared. He missed his next three shots and never found rhythm again, almost like he was afraid that they'd call a phantom charge on him for backing down his defender. We turned to EJ, who wasn't hitting from distance, but was penetrating, and making solid plays. That was what I noticed and I was in the stands.

That would be a huge step back. Maybe he runs a clean program, but he's a consistent underachiever. Do you really want IU bowing out in the first round of the NCAA tournament every year?

What about Scott Drew? He cleaned up the Baylor mess very well, which was in a whole lot more dire situation than Indiana's current troubles.

more like he's made our program look like trash and disgraced the Indiana basketball tradition. sampson hasn't “earned” anything. he cheated at oklahoma and he cheated AND lied here. he should be fired immediately.

pull your head out of your ass.

how many times sampson can lie and cheat without being fired?

If the reports are true…i.e. Sampson will be fired on Friday…does that mean that all the other coaches who are named in the allegations will be replaced as well? As an educator that sees athletes get all the free passes in the world, I have to say that this is one time I would like to see an institution of higher learning put integrity, morality, and COMMON freakin SENSE above all other aspects. Yes, I'm a life-long Hoosier and I'm aware of the “basketball is life” mentality. My 5 year old son is already well on his way to getting a history lesson of IU athletics, Notre Dame athletics, Purdue athletics (mostly b/c a former Purdue alum is a big part of our church and school). But the last thing I want to explain to my 5 year old is that “winning at all costs” is the philosophy of my alma mater. I'm not sold on the fact that we need a “high profile” coach. Look at what happened when we went high profile this time. Let's hire a coach based on his morals and integrity as opposed to his win-loss record. The top 2 I can think of right off the top of my head are 1. Mark Few and 2. Scott Drew. I'm sick of watching talented teams in Bloomington go to waste because our coach (or should I say last two coaches) have a horrendous philosphy for college basketball. They both belong on NBA staffs based on their 1 on 1 philosophy.

IU can fire KS if there is “a signifcant, intentional, repetitve violation of any NCAA law, rule or regulation.” That is in writing in the contract. They will not be on the hook for any of the $5 mil you talk about. In fact, if they do fire him, they'll only owe him his salary through the rest of that month.

Sampson is like a criminal defendant who has already robbed a convience store and robbed another one. i think it's ridiculous for any of us to presume he's innocent and frankly, he hasn't earned the benefit of the doubt from IU fans.

It's not negativity. At this point, it's reality, my friend.

this has been the most ridiculous decade in IU basketball history.

IU has to give him due process and the chance to defend himself before they can fire him for cause. His significant, intentional or repetitive violation has to be proven with Sampson given a full chance to respond in an appropriate venue (such as an NCAA hearing). That is why Jim O'Brien won his lawsuit against tOSU. They fired him for cause without giving him full due process and he ended up getting paid out as if they fired him without cause. Greenspan is handling this right if his intent is to fire Sampson for cause.