The University of Indiana continues to show how managing the sports program is too much of challenge for their school. First, they fire one of the greatest coaches of all time, due to the continuing “situations” that he put the University in during his tenure.
Bobby Knight, who this group claimed was bad apple, has such a bad name in college hoops that ESPN has employed him to do a show while coaching at Texas Tech. I think that would have been great publicity for the Indiana basketball program.
Indiana recently chased a fairly successful coach in Mike Davis out of his job. This has upset some players and they’re considering a transfer to whatever school Davis lands his next opportunity.
Finally, I read today that the Hoosier search committee is not even considering Steve Alford for the open position. Alford is not only a successful Big Ten coach; he is a class act which this University could use right now. This is another decision that makes people scratch their head in disbelief.
The positive, being an Ohio State fan, is that until Indiana cleans up the “inside” issues, the Buckeyes will gladly accept all the nations’ top recruits from that state.
