17-16? You’d think Alford was 33-3 for someone to tout him as a serious candidate like that. But Bayern just loves ol Steve regardless of his less than stellar performance. Frankly, former IU players suck as basketball coaches. Knight had the chance with Painter, but 35 years later we struggle.
The only poor judgment is our coaching picks since Knight!
After not returning his calls requesting the coutesy of a job interview, I imagine Steve took the hint he needed to look elsewhere. That was probably an early red flag missed, indicating there is a missing link in the IU/IU Athletic Dept administrative abilities. It never made sense to me that they just ignored him during every head coaching search. Give him a courtesy interview just for the optics. Make it a short interview if you know you don’t want him. Make him think he’s in the running then don’t ever call him back if that’s the way you normally do things, just as a courtesy out of respect for his family ties. Is this current administration just as bull-headed into thinking Beard is to be branded for life, too? Who are really the ones scarred for life, having seen Knight’s branded butt “Zero Tolerance.” Is this all the same mindset keeping us down? Conservatives need to know.
Requesting calls for a job interview?
He could have applied a few different times but didn’t because IU never asked. He was “pierced” by the tainted blood of a rapist. Alford withheld judgement on Pierce before the verdict was final. Meanwhile, others had already hung Pierre Pierce. Was that so terrible to a man’s moral way of deeper thinking?
Conjecture captures entertainment. Experimented Truth may not all be spoken here. Think of it as diversity in thought now praised. Ironically “cool” was once a cool term, heard today only in classic comedy’s and that rare snarky outburst sometimes seen on social media’s message boards as sarcastic wit run amok. Cool, man. Slide me some skin.
Actually, Sampson is ten times the coach Alford will ever be, so there was one coach who could deliver a superior product and was plenty good enough. He has a final four potential team every year with Houston.
Relax people it's not going to be Alford. That's so absurd it's comical.
On a sadder note, we’ll never know what either might have ultimately meant for IU’s athletic fortunes. One wasn’t given a chance, while the other took a chance. Isn’t life strange.
After Davis was fired he would have been a good pick. Water under the bridge. Ancient history.
There is video from his Iowa days saying he did not want to be Indiana's coach.
Have you considered Alford may have said it only after knowing he wasn’t being considered for the job?
