With Sampson Out, Who's Next?

[Jamin Leger]

ESPN's Forde gave his thoughts on who should be in line for the Indiana job.



Among those mentioned were in order of priority:

1.) Tony Bennett of Washington State
2.) Sean Miller of Xavier
3.) Brad Brownell of Wright State
4.) Mark Few of Gonzaga
5.) Thad Matta of Ohio State

WOW!

I don't see any of those coaches being accepted at IU. After rediculous hires like Mike Davis and Kelvin Sampson following the legacy that is Robert Montgomery Knight, there is no way the fans at IU will accept anything less than top notch with proven ability to recruit AND win at the highest level of division 1 college basketball.

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Now I'm not going to turn this into a bash fest, but I do find this interesting....

Less than a year has gone by since fans in Lexington and the surrounding Bluegrass were bashed by the college basketball world, specifically ESPN and even more so Dick Vitale, for wanting to oust Tubby Smith. With his 26 wins per season average and ability to win numerous SEC and SEC Tournament Titles, and lets not forget his 98 National Championship, why is Tubby Smith not being mentioned in the talks about who to replace Sampson at IU?

I mean he should have been good enough for us illogical fans in Kentucky, according to ESPN, why isn't he good enough at Indiana?

Simple truth? Because 20 wins a season and one and done in the tourney was in fact not good enough at UK and it wouldn't be at IU either. But you'll never hear an ESPN analyst admit to that, will you?

[CNC Shannon]

LOL!! Yep. ESPN sure was talking shit about how Tubby was wronged....... Don't get me started on Tubby; I have not had any coffee yet :->

Great point, but take into consideration this point that I will illuminate,

Forde is from Louisville, lives in Louisville, and I am sure he is aware that Tubby perhaps was not the 'Messiah', that everyone ELSE thought he was in the media. Forde has this REAL shady local show with the C-J's Rick Bozich, here on Insight Channel 2, I think. I tried to watch it a couple times, but I do not like EITHER of them, and it is torture enough to have to hear Bozich talk, when trying to listen to Demling on their radio show.

Now Vitale's list may be a bit different from Forde's.

Shawn Miller is a good coach, but maybe not high-profile enough for IU.

Tony Bennett has to have more than a couple good seasons, IMO, to be IU material.

Like when we needed a coach at UK:

Calapari, Pearl, and Wright, are a few of my favorites.

IU will get somebody great, I am sure. They have big $$$ boosters.

[Brian Shannon]

I don't see any of those being picked either....personally I am not going to be surprised if they don't make a run at one

BRUCE PEARL

I know that his style isn't one that IU likes but his name is going to be thrown about all the top jobs right now and he did live in Indiana for several years.