I don't feel bad for the fans. They know what kind of program Pitino is running. If Indiana's coach was even rumored to be operating like he has, our fans wouldn't come to the games. Louisville fans go the next step and defend him.
"KEL-VIN SAMP-SON" clap-clap, clap -clap-clap.
Weird, I was actually thinking about using Kelvin Sampson to prove my point. If you recall, that was the beginning of a ten year skid mark in our program's history.
No he wasn't. It took months for IU to push him out after they found out he was again violating the rules he swore he wouldn't.
I was at the IU/Wisconsin game back in 08 when scandal first broke. There was quite a dreary atmosphere in the Hall. When Samscum was announced I don't remember many hands clapping. So you are right. We don't put up with this garbage.
Do you remember the Michigan State game that year? They were a top 15 team and we beat them at home by 20+. The entire crowd gave him a standing ovation afterwards and even chanted "Kel-vin Samp-son" as he walked off the court. I was there. If memory serves me correctly this was either the day the news broke or within the week after it broke.
Well, Louisville and IU were the percieved leaders so removing Louisville seems to make IU the clear leader, unless you're a rogue sports writer on twitter
Don't kid yourself.
L'vulle fans have embraced SLick Rick from day one. They have defended him and his slimy character all the way. They deserve what they get.
This is simply incorrect in that it didn’t take months to manage the due process aspects of the matter. Sampson was contractually bound to follow the rules and he was caught not doing so for the second time (at IU). They waited because they were at the beginning of the season and they didn’t want to disrupt it. The notion that it was a due process issue is completely false.
I always thought KU was a long shot at best. After all the happenings the last day, my gut is telling me it will be KU.
Once again, IU knew in October that Sampson had both broken the rules as well as violated the terms of his contract. The delay in pushing him out had nothing to do with due process.
No proof.
If Kenny Johnson is threatened with federal prosecution, he’ll sing the fight song repeatedly to save himself as much as he can. If that includes issues while he was at IU, look out.
I’m not “desperate” for anything other than the truth, though I highly doubt you share that sentiment with me.
That didn't stop you from starting the Adidas thread or not so subtly suggesting that we're going to be involved in this.
No, you are not desperate for the truth. The truth right now is that multiple scenarios are hypothetically possible, but you won't admit you don't really know what happened. Your Post 34 raises inflammatory speculation about one hypothetical possibility without discussing all the other speculative possibilities which, at this point, have not been ruled out.
Not sure if you have a point other than to throw a little fit because someone who was employed by IU recently is now implicated in a scandal at another school. If you had any intelligence or intuitiveness, you wouldn’t struggle so much with the possible implications of this matter as it relates to IU.. But you’re the guy who claimed Green, Buckner and Wilkerson were classmates, so I defer to your clear expertise!
