Time for Him to Go

Around here at a regional campus of Indiana University, who do you think the "Him" is referring to? Yep, Coach Sampson. The guy was trouble when he came from Oklahoma, and he's been trouble ever since. Can't seem to keep his hands off the phone making those illegal recruitment calls. I think the IU President is just making sure they have all their ducks in a row before they get rid of him. They don't want a lawsuit coming back at them later for improperly firing him (which happened at Ohio State).

Keeping Sampson around will only be deterimental. As long as he is here, he can't be trusted. They risk NCAA sanctions and what basketball recruit would want to come to IU with that cloud hanging over them. I've talked to a few faculty members here and they are adamant that he needs to go NOW. I've heard IU President Michael McRobbie speak a few times and he is a very impressive individual and is going to serve us well. I don't see him putting up with this at all.

So, the next question is, would they do it? That is, would they bring Bobby Knight back for an encore and let him finish out his career at IU? You know that's the buzz going around campus. That would make quite a story. I don't think there's any chance it would happen, but you never know. Imagine this: Bobby Knight comes back and wins the National Championship. Who then would present him the championship trophy? Why, that would be NCAA President Myles Brand, the former IU president who fired Bobby back in 2001.