His entire argument at Indiana was that they needed an Indiana man. So they didn't seriously consider Steve Alford, and they look to have hired OU's Kelvin Sampson.
I don't get it.
What an odd choice. They hired the guy that Davis beat in the Tourney a few years back to get to the title game in Atlanta. I wonder if Davis lands at UAB.
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Lot of pressure there to make it look like the hire wasn't racially based.
I'm really not that surprised by this move.
OMG...this has to be totally race-based to "make up" for forcing Davis out. I'm a fairly big IU fan, and am not a fan of Davis or Sampson. In fact, I think Sampson is one of the more over-rated coaches of his generation.
Dear God- if you're not going to hire Alford- whom I never thought was the best choice, incidentally- then go hire Rick Majerus. At which point this hire seems to have made sense is beyond me.
Thank God they didn't go after Beiline!
As a big UAB hoops fan, I would be extremely happy if the Blazers snagged Davis. Happier still if we scheduled Texas Tech and Indiana out-of-conference and proceeded to beat both of them.
Honestly, I don't get all these race based conspiracy theories.
Sampson is like half black, 1/4 american indian and 1/4 white. If I recall his career correctly, he has never been embraced by the Black Coaches Association b/c "he isn't black enough."
I think Sampson was hired b/c IU doesn't know what they want.
I see your point PWD, but with this hire they wont have to hear from liberal whackos saying they fired a black coach to get a white one. I don't think some of these people care what minority gets the job, as long as its not a white guy...as ridiculous as that sounds.
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