Posted by
Ed Lilly on Monday, June 30, 2008 9:13:22 PM
From SI.com:
Indiana University's president told the NCAA infractions committee that the hiring of ousted basketball coach Kelvin Sampson was "a risk that should not have been taken."
Well, gosh, how fortunate for President McRobbie that he assumed his position only after Sampson was hired so that McRobbie does not have to join AD Rick Greenspan on the next Trailways out of Bloomington.
I realize that IU is not solely, or even most importantly, about college basketball. But the reality is that college hoops is big business. And it’s been pretty clear since Kelvin Sampson’s hiring and subsequent resignation that the IU administration has screwed up that big business in a huge way.
Hopefully, the removal of Sampson and Greenspan, the hiring of Tom Crean, and possibly sound decision-making by the administration in finding Greenspan’s replacement will mean a big turn around for the business of IU basketball.