Comments on: Dakich: “That ain’t quittin, that’s just missin”

By: Greg Matthews

Greg Matthews — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:46:21 +0000

I couldn't agree more. Dakich loves IU enough that he was willing to fall on his sword for the good of the program. I would like to believe that there is something more the U could offer him . . . Assistant AD? At least support him in getting a decent coaching job if that's what he wants.
Point is, DD is a Hoosier to the core, and we really need that now that Crean is rebuilding the program. Is there ANY chance that Crean would offer him an assistant coaching position? And if it was offered, would he accept?

By: chimoose

chimoose — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:46:21 +0000

By: SB_Hoosier

SB_Hoosier — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:17:39 +0000

I would agree, but I think part of the problem is Sampson's past history of phone call problems. If this were his first incident, the NCAA probably isn't looking as hard. I also agree with B_MD in that what Sampson did was not nearly as bad as KSU, FSU, and USC. Their situations, to me anyway, are much more severe than phone calls. I think Sampson's past history is why we're getting raked through the coals. Hopefully our getting rid of him bodes well for us in the eyes of the NCAA.

By: BobbyDigital

BobbyDigital — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:47:59 +0000

I just read that Crawford told the staff he is going to transfer….. reeeaaally didn't want to lose him. I guess we're not in as bad of shape with scholarships as we thought we were now.

By: hoosiergal

hoosiergal — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:02:28 +0000

I am just sooo ready for this to be over and for the Hoosier Nation to move forward. I also don't condone breaking rules whether they are the NCAA or otherwise but in “real life” there is a difference between murder and a parking ticket. It just appears that we are being upgraded to “felonies” over a bunch of parking tickets. Over 100 NCAA teams had phone call violations in the past year alone so that at least gives a hint at either the lack of concern of the rules by NCAA teams or the difficulty in staying within the expectations. All I ask is that the NCAA be consistent. If you are going to rake IU through the coals, then just make sure you hold all NCAA teams to the same line. I personally feel that IU is being hyped by the media due to our years of squeaky clean compliance and they can't wait to yell “Gotcha ya”.

By: BobbyDigital

BobbyDigital — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:55:32 +0000

I almost forgot…. They did play pickup together and it was said that Roth was the best player on the floor.

By: B_MD

B_MD — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:23:35 +0000

I agree, I'm not saying the NCAA is making too much out of phone calls, Sampson broke the rules plain and simple. I'm just saying that to me, phones calls aren't nearly as serious as what has happened at USC, KSU, FSU, so where is the NCAA on those schools. Those schools have arguably worse violations?

By: BobbyDigital

BobbyDigital — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:58:06 +0000

I think they wanted some of his former aau teammates around for the visit. I know for a fact that Roth and Barnett were there. IIRC Jobe and Moore were there as well. Barnett described himself, Moore and Roth as Emman's “best friends during the summer”… That certainly isn't hurting our chances.

By: JerryCT

JerryCT — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:23:32 +0000

Again, with time on my hands I counted up the calls and analyzed them ......( any one need a retired CEO ? ) and this is what I found:

- approx 116 impermissable "placed" calls
- 74 of which were less than 2 minutes ==> probably no realtime contact
- many calls close together indicating lost signal or no answer
- Morris twins were treated as one kid , amounted to 23 of the calls ( 18 < 2min )
- Mackey amounted to 30 of the calls ( 15 < 2 min )

In addition some calls were more than 30 days from the previous one but happened in a calander month theNCAA determined was off limits ( ie if you called a kid June 1 then you could not call him again until Aug 1 more than 60 vs 30 days later ).

KS regime broke the rules but putting it in perspective as B_MD says the NCAA seems especially geared up for IU while ducking FSU, USC and others

By: SB_Hoosier

SB_Hoosier — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:45:39 +0000

I agree that the NCAA is making too much out of phone calls, but the issue I've had is that a rule is a rule. I think that the phone call rules themselves are ridiculous, but the fact of the matter is that the NCAA makes the rules and everyone is supposed to follow them. No matter how silly it may be, if you break a rule you get punished. The complete lack of discipline that Sampson showed is evident when the players don't understand why it's a big deal. It doesn't matter if the rule is dumb or not, it's still a rule, and still was broken. They're mad at the school, administration, whoever, but not at Sampson for actually breaking the rule. Not a big deal, but it has bothered me from the beginning of this as to how Sampson's lack of character has translated into the players.