Sampson out at Indiana

[Indy23]

Per WTHR TV in Indy. Says they've spoken with one of the assistants about being interim HC.

I'm not sure if this should be on the Hoops board or Off-topic?

http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=7904939

Rich Nye/Eyewitness Sports

Bloomington - Indiana University is making plans to finish the basketball season without Kelvin Sampson. The coach of the Hoosiers is not expected to be with the team when they play at Northwestern Saturday.

A source close to the situation tells Eyewitness Sports that officials from the IU administration have met with assistant basketball coach Dan Dakich about taking over the basketball team as interim head coach for the rest of the season.

Dakich began this season in an administrative position with the team. He became an assistant coach when assistant coach Rob Senderoff resigned in October for his involvement in improper phone calls to recruits. Dakich is a former IU player and assistant coach under Bob Knight.

Athletic director Rick Greenspan must make a recommendation to the president by Friday regarding Sampson's future and the NCAA allegations. The program is accused of five possible major recruiting violations, and Sampson is accused of lying to IU and the NCAA about it.

The source says that by Friday afternoon, Sampson and the university will likely reach a financial settlement ending his employment, or Sampson will be suspended pending termination under the terms of his contract.

The Hoosiers play at Northwestern Saturday night. IU is still contender for the Big Ten title, just a half game out of first place.

It does not appear that Coach Sampson will finish the season with the Hoosiers.

[Awesome Sauce Malone]

Good

and yeah its OT

[goshocks]

wow, a school actually punished someone for breaking the rules. :shock:
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[tropicalshox]

No, just in-house action by Indiana.

[Smooth007]

My respect for Indiana just increased one notch.

[rZ]

At the next press conference where sampson is accepting a job and professing his new found commitment to following NCAA rules, have someone stand behind him to make sure he doesn't have his fingers crossed.

[Indy23]

At the next press conference where sampson is accepting a job and professing his new found commitment to following NCAA rules, have someone stand behind him to make sure he doesn't have his fingers crossed.

And see how quickly a phone company offers to sponsor the basketball program.

[shockar25]

All I can say is, how stupid can he be to blow his chance to lead one of THE elite basketball programs in the country!?!?

C'mon dude--it's INDIANA! It's the type of program that most coaches probably only dream of coaching, and he blows it with stupid and ridiculous violations.

I'll say it again--it's INDIANA... on name recognition alone they don't need to violate any rules to get great recruiting!

I think if the school lets him go they have done the right thing. As for Sampson--he made his bed, now he needs to lie in it.

[BenWSU]

Did they fire him using a phone call???

[1972Shocker]

Did they fire him using a phone call???

Text Message no doubt.

[wsu789]

A Clintonesque fall from grace.

[Downtown Shocker Brown]

It sounds more like it could be a suspension or firing according to FoxSports....

http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/7824932?MSNHPHMA

[calfan]

Jason Whitlock had an interesting take on his firing. You can read about it at: http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/7801934.

[Awesome Sauce Malone]

Jason Whitlock had an interesting take on his firing. You can read about it at: http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/7801934.

Hes on the shortlist of people that need to be taken out in a field and shot for being stupid as hell

[Snapshot9]

Will Bobby Knight come back to pull Indiania out of the muck???