Posted by
Ed Lilly on Sunday, March 30, 2008 8:59:20 PM
As great as it was growing up watching Bob Knight's teams at Indiana, the steady decline from his last really top notch team in the early 90s, which could very well have won a national championship until Alan Henderson suffered a broken leg, to the interim-coach Dan Dakich crew that couldn't get out of the first round of the NCAA tournament has been painful and tortuous. I hoped that after the shock of Knight's firing and the inevitable collapse of whatever coach followed the legend, the school would be able to find someone with the ability to recruit and coach a solid team that could once again put Indiana basketball back into contention for a national championship.
The mere possibility that anyone in Bloomington might be even thinking about talking to Isiah Thomas about the men's basketball program tells me the Hoosier faithful are only at the beginning of a Cub-like century of mediocrity, futility and frustration. From SI.com:
Embattled New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas sidestepped whether he's interested in talking with Indiana University about its head coaching position.
Thomas, whose Knicks have lost five of six and 13 of 15, has a 53-101 record in two seasons with the Knicks. Though he helped Indiana win the 1981 NCAA championship, Thomas has never coached in college.
He indicated the Hoosiers haven't consulted him.
The Indiana student body needs to figure out a way to wipe out all forms of communication that might be used by anyone in the Indiana athletic department to contact Zeke. Yesterday.