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| Isiah Thomas back in the cream and crimson | |
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| Anarchy | Aug 25 2008, 09:50 PM Post #1 |
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In the aftermath of his coaching debacle with the New York Knicks, Isiah Thomas is apparently back in the fold in Bloomington helping to rebuild the program he once led to a national championship. Via a tipster, here’s a link to Isiah hamming it up with Christian Watford, who attended the Elite Camp this weekend and is considering the Hoosiers, Kentucky, Louisville, Memphis and Alabama. headbang2 From all indications, this past weekend was an excellent first step in putting some of the pieces of a fractured program back together. The Elite Camp yielded a commitment from 2011 guard Matt Carlino, several former players (D.J. White, Brian Evans and Thomas) helped work the camp and the day ended Saturday with a dinner in French Lick in an effort to reunite former players. Even though all former players and coaches were invited, Bobby Knight and Kelvin Sampson apparently forgot to RSVP. :rofl: |
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| tAmazingHoosier0305 | Aug 26 2008, 07:19 AM Post #2 |
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Does that mean that Isiah just NOW realizes he was a horrible NBA coach? 0.o |
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| dedicatedIUfan | Aug 26 2008, 08:13 AM Post #3 |
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With the incidents involving Isiah in New York, is this a good thing or bad thing? yernuts I think it helps to have someone with NBA/IU ties affiliated with the program, but some of the things he was involved with really made him look bad. Just a question that I would like to see others opinions on. I am on the fence with this. Please comment if you have an opinion. |
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| dreachon | Aug 26 2008, 09:00 AM Post #4 |
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I think it is a mostly a good thing. He was a terrible coach and GM, but hey, guys like Bird and Jordan haven't exactly lit the world on fire. Anytime a kid comes to IU and ends up being coached by one of the top 50 nba players of all time, it has that wow factor. I also think it's very important not to discriminate on the "brining back all IU athletes". All the former players need to have a permanent, open invitation to become close with this program again. If you don't let Isaih back, then maybe you don't let Knight back, ya know? Can't have that type of thing go on here. |
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| sirbrianwilson | Aug 26 2008, 10:36 AM Post #5 |
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he definitely sucked as a gm/coach, but you gotta love this. it's starting to feel like the school is beginning to recognize its own tradition. they've ignored it for far too long. br |
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| dedicatedIUfan | Aug 26 2008, 11:39 AM Post #6 |
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Good points Dreach and Bri. I really like the fact the ex-IU players are rallying around Crean and coming back to support the program. They wouldn't do that under Sampscum. I even heard that Kitchell has been sited or is starting to come back to the program. Way to go Crean. :cheers: |
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| TheBliver | Aug 26 2008, 12:50 PM Post #7 |
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I think most folks still see Isiah as a basketball player first...and that's what they remember. I know I do! I'm stoked!!! |
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| Badger | Aug 26 2008, 08:15 PM Post #8 |
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Helps that his kid still goes to school there... |
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