Comments on: IU Coaches and Sam Smith is at it again http://blogmaverick.com/2006/03/23/iu-coaches-and-sam-smith-is-at-it-again/ the mark cuban weblog Thu, 31 May 2012 20:17:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: wow powerleveling http://blogmaverick.com/2006/03/23/iu-coaches-and-sam-smith-is-at-it-again/#comment-14803 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:04:53 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2006/03/23/iu-coaches-and-sam-smith-is-at-it-again/#comment-14803 What the school needs to focus on is hiring someone they want to be family – someone they aren’t going to attack when the first loss goes into the book. I remember when Mack Brown came to UNC and his first two teams went 1-10 each season.

]]> By: runescape money http://blogmaverick.com/2006/03/23/iu-coaches-and-sam-smith-is-at-it-again/#comment-14804 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:04:53 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2006/03/23/iu-coaches-and-sam-smith-is-at-it-again/#comment-14804 Especially after the way the Shaq and Kobe fued was portrayed over the years. I feel the NBA beat writers are the most biased lot out of the major sports, and I believe they fabricate what they want under the veil of anonimity.

]]> By: kissing ass http://blogmaverick.com/2006/03/23/iu-coaches-and-sam-smith-is-at-it-again/#comment-14772 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:04:48 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2006/03/23/iu-coaches-and-sam-smith-is-at-it-again/#comment-14772 It’s not easy to be green.

]]> By: alek http://blogmaverick.com/2006/03/23/iu-coaches-and-sam-smith-is-at-it-again/#comment-14773 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:04:48 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2006/03/23/iu-coaches-and-sam-smith-is-at-it-again/#comment-14773 Mark,

Any chance of putting a clicky on your post so we can see what Sam wrote? Even more informative (and often entertaining) is any Email dialogue with that reporter – pretty wild sometimes to see how these are twisted into the final story.

]]> By: Weesh http://blogmaverick.com/2006/03/23/iu-coaches-and-sam-smith-is-at-it-again/#comment-14774 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:04:48 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2006/03/23/iu-coaches-and-sam-smith-is-at-it-again/#comment-14774 Mark -
comeon – you have to have an opinion – I get you not wanting to name names, but do you have a strong feeling one way or the other about the next coach having strong ties to IU – be it a former player, asst. coach, etc?

]]> By: David Morris http://blogmaverick.com/2006/03/23/iu-coaches-and-sam-smith-is-at-it-again/#comment-14775 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:04:48 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2006/03/23/iu-coaches-and-sam-smith-is-at-it-again/#comment-14775 Alford to Indiana, Tom Davis to Iowa & Orv Salmon(DMACC JC) to Drake. Then all the major Iowa basketball schools have made changes. The percentage of this happening would be under 1% though. I’m sure there is a good plan going to unfold within the next week or 2 depending on what happens else where. Maybe Rick Majerus will take it for a day or two.

]]> By: Kevin http://blogmaverick.com/2006/03/23/iu-coaches-and-sam-smith-is-at-it-again/#comment-14776 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:04:48 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2006/03/23/iu-coaches-and-sam-smith-is-at-it-again/#comment-14776 http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/sioncampus/03/15/college/

http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/sports/columnists/charley_walters/14100232.htm?source=rss&channel=twincities_charley_walters

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/story/290271p-248480c.html (from March 16, 2005)

]]> By: Bemis http://blogmaverick.com/2006/03/23/iu-coaches-and-sam-smith-is-at-it-again/#comment-14777 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:04:48 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2006/03/23/iu-coaches-and-sam-smith-is-at-it-again/#comment-14777 From one grad to another, I just want to say thank you for supporting IU. And I’m not just saying financially either. Many ignorant alumni will hopefully follow your lead by reading this.

]]> By: JR Ewing http://blogmaverick.com/2006/03/23/iu-coaches-and-sam-smith-is-at-it-again/#comment-14778 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:04:48 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2006/03/23/iu-coaches-and-sam-smith-is-at-it-again/#comment-14778 Actually, it was reported on Around the Horn also by Tim Cowlishaw that you wanted Whitman

I don’t want him or Alford. They need to go after a somewhat young guy who has big recruiting ties like Tom Crean or Thad Matta. Even though Thad would be crazy to leave right now. Since Thad is unlikely even though he coached here at Butler, Tom Vrean should be far and away their leading canidate.

I know if Crean was here, we would probably have Oden, Conley, McRoberts, May, and Carney. For some reason lately,Indianapolis is a hot bed for talent and no one wanted to go play for a coach who couldn’t read or even put a sentence together. Not to mention, Tom Crean has great recruiting ties to Chicago.

In college ball these days, it’s more about recruiting than anything else. Davis recruits were always overated when they got here and even then he didn’t have the smarts to actually put a team together. He just had a bunch of 1-on-1 players.

I just hope they stay away from Majerus the most. That would be the biggest coaching mistake they could make next to keeping and actually paying Davis.

]]> By: Ron Gubitz http://blogmaverick.com/2006/03/23/iu-coaches-and-sam-smith-is-at-it-again/#comment-14779 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:04:48 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2006/03/23/iu-coaches-and-sam-smith-is-at-it-again/#comment-14779 My dad drove the bus for Bobby Knight and the team in the early 70′s. When I transferred to IU as a junior, Knight was fired within a few weeks. I remember standing out all day in Dunn Meadow to listen to him say goodbye and his advice was that we shouldn’t be mad or upset and that we needed to support the team, because they wear jerseys that say Indiana, not Knight. I have held that advice as my IU bball mantra through the Davis tenure and I am glad to see that is your perspective as well. I wish more folks would just support IU instead of unleashing all this negativity that I know affects the program.

Thanks Mr. Cuban. Boom bap!

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