IU Head Coach Search

[jimotis4heisman]

I heard the Marquette AD asked to talk to him and was put on hold till he got off the phone with DeShaun Thomas.

that phone call had to be initiated by thomas, correct?

 

[fourteenandoh]

Crean is a good hire IMO. Most importantly I don't see him getting them in any more trouble.

 

[DaytonBuck]

He's probably maxed out at Marquette. With the turmoil expectations should be low he should get a longer than normal contract to start out with. He's got solid experience recruiting the midwest.

 

[jlb1705]

I had forgotten he was out there to be had. This was a good hire for IU. He'll make them formidable again.

 

[NFBuck]

I heard the Marquette AD asked to talk to him and was put on hold till he got off the phone with DeShaun Thomas.

Uh-oh. Did he inform his players he was leaving first and more importantly, was it a Marquette provided cell phone?

Great hire. Don't know why they didn't go this way 2 years ago. I never understood why they took a risk on a scumbag like Sampson...particularly after the Davis fiasco.

 

[osugrad21]

ABJ

Marquette coach hired by Indiana Crean set to rebuild power, image
Published on Wednesday, Apr 02, 2008
From Beacon Journal wire services

Indiana University will hire Marquette's Tom Crean as its basketball coach and is expected to introduce him at a news conference today.
University trustee Philip Eskew confirmed the hiring. Eskew said Crean had signed a letter-of-intent with the university and met with the team Tuesday night.
The hiring comes near the end of a tumultuous six-week period in which former Hoosiers coach Kelvin Sampson resigned amid an NCAA scandal, interim coach Dan Dakich replaced him and then lost four of seven games.
Dakich also suspended guard Jamarcus Ellis for disciplinary reasons for the Hoosiers' game at Penn State, and announced Tuesday that Ellis and guard Armon Bassett had been kicked off the team for missing two scheduled events.


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[osugrad21]

Dispatch

College basketball
Indiana hires Marquette coach

Wednesday, April 2, 2008 3:04 AM
By Michael Marot


Associated Press

Tom Crean, who led Marquette to the Final Four in 2003, inherits an Indiana program in turmoil.


BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana is turning to Tom Crean to bring back respectability to the Hoosiers. About two dozen wins a season would help, too.
After a tumultuous season and turbulent coaching search, the Hoosiers hired Crean yesterday as what they hope will be a long-term replacement for Kelvin Sampson. Sampson resigned in February amid a phone-call scandal that included five major allegations from the NCAA.



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[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Good hire in my opinion....he has been successful everywhere he has been and by all accounts has had success recruiting in Indiana.....he has a ton of work ahead of him though.....

 

[LitlBuck]

that phone call had to be initiated by thomas, correct?

I think at this time of the year you are probably correct.

was it a Marquette provided cell phone?

He was probably using his landline when he was talking to Sullinger

.....he has a ton of work ahead of him though.....

Like getting five scholarship players to put on the court next year. It will be interesting to see if IU gets hit with any major sanctions. It is sort of hard to believe he would take that job if he knew some sanctions were coming IMO

 

[Oh8ch]

It is sort of hard to believe he would take that job if he knew some sanctions were coming IMO

I agree, although Matta came to OSU under a cloud.

 

[LitlBuck]

I agree, although Matta came to OSU under a cloud.

You have to remember that there is a difference between IU and The Ohio State University. That probably slipped your mind for a second.:)

 

[ScriptOhio]

Indiana reverses recruiting penalty

Posted: Saturday April 26, 2008 09:55AM ET

Indiana reduced the recruiting penalties Tom Crean inherited and will allow its basketball coach to make 10 days of off-campus visits between now and July 31. Recruiting analyst Jerry Meyer said altering the restrictions is "enormous." Almost since Crean was hired April 1, IU had been exploring ways of easing the self-imposed recruiting penalties levied against former coach Kelvin Sampson and the staff. Sampson was limited to 14 off-campus recruiting days. He used 10, and interim coach Dan Dakich used the rest. Grace Calhoun, IU's associate athletic director for compliance and student development, said that because the penalties were self-imposed, the university had some degree of discretion in changing them if it felt it could make an appropriate case with the NCAA Committee on Infractions.

Crean can recruit 10 days off campus | IndyStar.com | The Indianapolis Star

 

[LitlBuck]

Indiana reverses recruiting penalty

Posted: Saturday April 26, 2008 09:55AM ET

Indiana reduced the recruiting penalties Tom Crean inherited and will allow its basketball coach to make 10 days of off-campus visits between now and July 31. Recruiting analyst Jerry Meyer said altering the restrictions is "enormous." Almost since Crean was hired April 1, IU had been exploring ways of easing the self-imposed recruiting penalties levied against former coach Kelvin Sampson and the staff. Sampson was limited to 14 off-campus recruiting days. He used 10, and interim coach Dan Dakich used the rest. Grace Calhoun, IU's associate athletic director for compliance and student development, said that because the penalties were self-imposed, the university had some degree of discretion in changing them if it felt it could make an appropriate case with the NCAA Committee on Infractions.

Crean can recruit 10 days off campus | IndyStar.com | The Indianapolis Star

IU must be pretty confident that the Infractions Committee is going to go easy on them or I don't think they would do this unless they are very cocky which is highly possible.

 

[LitlBuck]

Cleveland.com

Indiana University has reached a settlement with former interim men's basketball coach Dan Dakich, paying him the $185,000 he was scheduled to earn next school year. Dakich replaced Kelvin Sampson after the NCAA accused Sampson of five major rules violations in February. The university gave Sampson a $750,000 buyout.

Cell phone calls are certainly expensive if made at IU.