Yesterday, my former university fired their coach. Kelvin Sampson is apparently a good coach...if you only look at win/loss records. But if you look at a coach's responsibility to mold the character of young men and women to become persons of integrity and achievement, this guy is done.
Despite his personal record of dishonorable behavior, IU found a way to justify hiring Sampson two years ago. Perhaps this is yet another piece of evidence pointing towards the general incompetence of former IU President Adam Herbert.
Now that both of them are gone, perhaps the student athletes will grow up in a more constructive environment. One where people take responsibility for their own actions and play within the rules and without excuses. Looks like the kids took a step in the right direction today.
PS - with all this going around me you'll be glad to know that a least this guy seems to have a long-term contract with one of my alma maters.
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