In response to Kelvin Sampson’s forced resignation at Indiana, six of his players including starters, DJ White, Armon Bassett, and Jemarcu Ellis missed the first practice held by interim head coach Dan Dakich. Not only are they upset that Sampson has been forced out, but that Ray McCallum was not promoted to the head coach spot.
McCallum has been the top assistant at Indiana for two years. Dakich joined the staff this year as the Director of Basketball Operations (after being fired at Bowling Green) and was elevated to a full time assistant after Rob Senderoff was fired.
McCallum was the head coach at Ball State and Houston and was not implicated in any of the NCAA violations. Futhermore his track record was better than Dakich. I can see why the players are upset. And I agree with them. Time will tell if they will play on Saturday at Northwestern.
My only question is when will Rick Greenspan be fired. He should be for his handling of this entire episode. However, like many administrators they escape without any damage to them or their careers.
