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Re: Eric Gordon confirms it: Drugs pulled last year’s team apart

junkman — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:17:55 -0000

It would be even easier for him to address these issues on his radio show...But he won't

I didn't know you needed time with the players to tell them that excessive drug use would not be tolerated. Sampson knew what was going on and most of the campus did as well...

If Dan wants to remove himself from this position than he should have acted in the best interest of the program for the duration of his tenure...

He doesn't get the luxury of being told that he is not going to return as head coach, and then dismiss two players and call his effort of restoring order to the program a full and valiant effort...it wasn't and he shouldn't be excused from the problems that took place and how they were handled while HE WAS IN CHARGE OF SUPERVISING THEM...

I don't care if you have a substitute teacher in high school, if they catch you cheating on a test, than you should be held accountable...you excusing him because he was the interim coach and the potential backlash that would have taken place had he done what was right is pretty close to condoning the behavior that the team displayed... Something that Dakich's lack of action clearly did...He was an enabler and is only getting a free pass because he is an "IU" guy...

Its garbage and so was his judgement

Re: Eric Gordon confirms it: Drugs pulled last year’s team apart

junkman — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:21:55 -0000

Dakich was orignially hired as the director of basketball operations, not as a coach...He was hired to manage and oversee the program, and only after Senderoff resigned was he elevated to assistant coach...

Dakich's job as the director of basketball operations was to monitor and prevent situations like this...

He kicked the guys off the team, only after the season, when he knew what was going on during the season...

His original responsibility was to the program, not the players...and he failed to live up to the code of conduct expected of his position.

Re: Eric Gordon confirms it: Drugs pulled last year’s team apart

junkman — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:34:17 -0000

http://www.ncaapublications...

Re: Eric Gordon confirms it: Drugs pulled last year’s team apart

junkman — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:27:47 -0000

Players are randomly tested 20% of scholarship athletes per program...In basketball its 2 or 3 players who are selected at random before the season after midnight madness, and once during the season...

The interesting thing is that Marijuana is not on the substance list for NCAA drug tests, unless there is suspicion of use...Meaning the NCAA has to declare in advance that they will be testing for marijuana.

The other rumor, which can not be confirmed is that Ellis and Bassett failed there NCAA drug test and as a result of that, they were kicked off the team, so that they wouldn't draw any further attention to the program during the NCAA investigation period. ..Now if the NCAA announced a suspicion of marijuana, we could understand that, but if they didn't the drugs that would be tested for and possibly found would have been cocaine, ecstacy and other performance enhancing drugs (not that coc and e are performance enhancing, but the other drugs that would have been tested for would have been perf enhancing)

That was the decision of Dakich, and one that really set the ball in motion for the way the team quit, transferred, etc...and was the reason why Eli Holman went crazy when Crean wouldn't allow them back on the team after passing a drug test...

Re: Eric Gordon confirms it: Drugs pulled last year’s team apart

junkman — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:20:25 -0000

Dakich is an idiot... He still lives as if he was playing and a hero in Bloomington.

He wants to protect the locker room, that's fine...than do it while you are the coach. Not after you fail to keep the team in order and cause the biggest meltdown of an athletic program since SMU...

Frankly, Gordon should be clearing the air on all of this, it will put the future teams under the microscope more and keep them away from situations like we went through and are going through...

Dakich is a coward for not being able to say that he failed as a leader, as a coach and to blame Gordon for outing his teammates is just stupid...He didn't name names of the players, only of the coaches who were aware of it, and neither Sampson nor Dakich deserve any reprieve for the actions and lack there of...

Re: Eric Gordon confirms it: Drugs pulled last year’s team apart

junkman — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:16:20 -0000

I don't think anyone suggests that Gordon lacked friends away from the team...far from it...but if his options for a low key night away from AH were to hang out with Ellis and Bassett while they smoked pot and bumped rails all night, I can see why there was some seperation from the team.

And if you read Gordon's comments, he said that all of this went on while Sampson was there, and that Sampson was aware of it...I'm not sure how that is protecting him...

The team fell apart because of a lack of leadership, Sampson became a rallying cry for the team and even the students for his last few games of the season, and finally when the University got wind of how bad things really were, they were forced to fire him...As a result the players were without their leader, Dakich was incapable of bringing the team together, McCallom started looking for a new job and the season was lost...

I'm not nearly as concerned with last season's on court finish as I am with the fact that Dakich and others have cleared themselves of any responsibility in what was going on with the team...

Frankly, it is probably a good thing that we got bounced last year because if the team got any more national attention, the NCAA would have been more likely to extend our post season ban.

Re: Eric Gordon confirms it: Drugs pulled last year’s team apart

junkman — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:25:58 -0000

Can anyone get Dakich to go on the record as to when he knew the problems started with last year's team...

Not the specifics of what they were, but when they started and when he became aware of them???

Re: Eric Gordon confirms it: Drugs pulled last year’s team apart

junkman — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:24:00 -0000

Well, its nice that you see that...but the guy who was on the team, has said publicly you are wrong...

As for your other comments, let's see...30k students who want to hang out with Eric Gordon the basketball player, instead of Eric Gordon the person, doesn't exactly sound like a good time to me...

You are obvioulsy missing out on the concept of team and the ability to compete a the highest level...there has to be trust on the court and off it that your teammates will do what is best for the team and can be counted on to do this...IF you breakdown the trust within the team and take away its leadership, the team is bound to fall apart.

Re: Eric Gordon confirms it: Drugs pulled last year’s team apart

junkman — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:50:04 -0000

Ummmm this is the same coach who recruited a crack dealing point guard and if you haven't heard Deandre Thomas was asked to leave Robert Morris, for an unspecified reason...

Anyone here think JeMarcus Ellis wasn't on drugs?? What about Armon Bassett ?? Anyone think that Brandon McGee wasn't ??? How about Eli Holman???

Sure its college and kids will smoke grass and drink to excess, but that isn't the tone of this article and IU should demand more from its student athletes because of the opportunities ahead of them for pro basketball and the national image of the program...Its a shame that all of this went down on Greenspan's watch, under Sampson's nose...

I want someone to ask Dan Dakich on his radio show if he knew anything about this and if he did why he didn't do anything immediately...Because his decision to allow this to happen in season is inexcusable as well...and if he was going to kick JeMarcus and Armon off the team after the season, he should have had the guts to do it in season, to send a message to the remaining kids that this kinda crap ain't gonna fly...

Instead he will sit on his radio show and just pass judgement on those of us who are critical of those kids and the institution that permitted their misbehavior...

And we wonder how it got to that point...

Re: The Haunted Hall of Hoops

junkman — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:14:34 -0000

If the kids thought this was scary...wait until the season tips off...

Sorry that was too easy, I'm a huge hoosier fan, but this year is gonna be rough

Re: Dominic Cheek will visit IU on November 7

junkman — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:50:08 -0000

Cheek would be a great get for Creen...but with Hulls / Watford / Creek / Roth / Dumes / Williams / Rivers / Story and Jones all on the roster heading into next season...this may be guard overkill...

Muniru is a critical recruit because he provides size and depth for our front court alongside Copobianco / Pritchard / Elston / Jobe... Five big men gives us flexibility on the court at all times...and while we will run a 3 guard offense, it would be nice to have some big bodies to throw at Wisconsin / Minnesota / Michigan State and Ohio State in the coming years...

Re: Who’s your starting five?

junkman — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:41:32 -0000

PG - Devan Dumes
SG - Nick Williams
3G - Malik Story
PF - Kyle Taber
C - Tom Pritchard

Second Team
PG - Verdell Jones (6th man)
SG - Matt Roth
3G - Steven Gambles
PF - Kory Barnett (walk-on)
C - Tijan Jobe

Others receiving minutes:
F - Broderick Lewis (walk-on)
F - Brett Finkelmeier (walk-on)

Re: Who’s your starting five?

junkman — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:36:29 -0000

Dude, did you forget that Rivers has to sit out this season as a result of the NCAA transfer rules...

Re: Former Hoosier Robert Vaden arrested in Bloomington

junkman — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:02:49 -0000

I wonder if he will be suspended by Mike Davis for this...2 arrests usually means someone has to discipline him...right?

Re: D.J. to have surgery, miss four to six months

junkman — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:24:12 -0000

All the more reason why being a first round pick and having the money guaranteed is so important...

Good luck and get well...

Re: Crean’s latest target: 2010’s Aaron Cosby

junkman — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:33:31 -0000

I'm confused...On Hoosier Nation it has IU in the hunt for Chris Braswell...and that would consume our scholarship allotment....
Scholarship Seniors by class
2008 - Taber
2009 - Dumes, Jobe
2010 - Rivers (Finklemeier walk-on)
2011 - Jones, Pritchard, Roth, Story, Williams (Moore, Lewis, Barnett walk-ons)
2012 - Muniru, Capobianco, Watford Elston, Hulls, Creek
2013 - ??? (2 available)...
2014 - Carlino

Re: Bawa Muniru now a Hoosier, so sayeth Scout.com

junkman — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:56:22 -0000

Possibly Kyle Taber...

or we could be expecting someone else to leave before he comes in...???

Re: Is Bawa Muniru the final piece to the 2009 puzzle?

junkman — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:53:38 -0000

I understand honey...I don't think they would put scary girls in front of recruits.

Re: IU Schedule Breakdown: Man, that’s a lot of losses

junkman — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:35:29 -0000

Interesting thought....who has more wins...the football team or the basketball team?

ouch...

Re: Potential new twist in Van Treese recruitment?

junkman — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:30:42 -0000

ummm... I have a hard time thinking that he wouldn't consider Butler University who is also recruiting him and offered him a schollie...he would fit the system and dominate at that level...possibly to the point of getting an NBA look...

However, if he has an ND offer and no offer from IU, I would think a lot of pride would go into the decision...he is a scholarship athlete and will take one, regardless of any opportunity to walk-on...

Personally, I would ask Jeremiah Rivers to pass on the scholarship for one year (while he sits out for NCAA transfer guidelines) his family can definately afford the tuition and he would open up a spot for another quality BIG to play alongside him in the future.

Re: Your participation in this exercise would be greatly appreciated

junkman — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:04:33 -0000

No love for Haris Mujazenovic ??

Re: Your participation in this exercise would be greatly appreciated

junkman — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:03:27 -0000

I'm too young to remember Don Schlundt or Jimmy Rayl...So I will stick with the players I can remember watching...

1. Calbert Chaney
2. Steve Alford
3. Allan Henderson
4. Damon Bailey
5. Kirk Haston
6. DJ White
7. Brian Evans
8. Eric Gordon
9. Greg Graham
10. Jay Edwards

I know Isaiah Thomas / Mike Woodson / Walt Bellamy / etc... are in the top 10 of players in IU history, but I never remember watching them play...and I'm 30 years old...so its not like I'm too far off the general demographic of this blog...

Re: Who will fill the last scholarship for 2009?

junkman — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:12:00 -0000

I still think we need the bigs...and if Braswell has a relationship with Mo Creek, than that will help build a team/family atmosphere when they arrive on campus, which helps on and off the court...

Braswell seems to be more interested than Van Treese at this point, but I would be happy with any of the 4 players we have listed ...

Re: Rickerby named assistant athletic director for compliance

junkman — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:22:39 -0000

I think the decision was made by Greenspan in an attempt to minimize expenditures, knowing that when the NCAA rules on the pending charges against IU that the entire department will be rebuilt...

This is a very temporary solution.

Re: Will Indiana offer Stephan Van Treese?

junkman — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:57:26 -0000

Creek, Hulls, Story, Roth and Williams are all capable of being a shooting/scoring threat...That is why I'm wanting another big man...

I think we are thin up front and with Pritchard / Elston / Copobianco / Jobe we only have 4 guys on the roster 6'6 or taller...In the Big Ten you need size, rebounding and second chance points...If we go up against teams like Minnesota / Michigan State and Wisconsin who have 3 or 4 6'10+ players they can rotate on and off the court, we are in trouble...

Franklin and Watford may be more exciting to watch, but they would be a luxury in helping us win games...Rather than another big man to contribute on both ends of the court...

Jobe is a project...Elston / Bobby C and Pritchard will be stretched too thin if they are the only big men on the roster...Van Trese is a top 100 player who rebounds, defends and is active around the rim...I'm not sure on why this board is so down on him of late, but I would only ask that we consider the need for size...