Kelvin Sampson

[OSUFan]

I missed most of the sports but I thought I heard Sampson responding back to Indiana's self-imposed sanctions saying (and if I heard incorrectly please correct me) that Indiana didn't monitor Sampson close enough and that it was Indiana's fault for Sampson's illegal calls and text messaging. Anyone hear the same? Unbelievable!

[jbug]

I just don't understand why he was made to leave oU...
He fit in so perfectly. He was just like every coach they
have ever, or ever will have :ousucksnana:

The soonies have been 'cheatin' since the RUN...

[OSUFan]

Here's a piece of an article on ESPN:

"I have been judged by many in the media and public to be a cheat and a liar, and I have lost my job -- all long before I will have had an opportunity to present my case to you [the NCAA] and without Indiana University conducting a meaningful investigation into the allegations," Sampson said in the statement.

Sampson also questioned why Indiana's compliance staff didn't alert him to the allegations sooner.

"I told my staff repeatedly that I never again wanted to go through an experience like I had in the Oklahoma case and that we as a staff needed to completely buy into the monitoring systems implemented by Indiana's compliance program," the statement reads.

Saying that he was "stunned" to learn of possible violations, Sampson continues: "First, I could not believe that if in fact the records showed violations, some since my staff's earliest days at the University, the matters had not been detected and brought to the attention of Mr. [athletic director Rick] Greenspan and myself much earlier so they could have been addressed in a timely fashion. And second, given how strongly and frequently I had communicated to my staff that I expected 100 percent compliance -- I could not believe that NCAA rules and Committee on Infractions' imposed restrictions had apparently been disregarded."

Where's the accountability on Sampson's part? Can't Sampson count or couldn't he keep track of his calls on his own? Why does the University have to notify him? What an ass!

[wood911]

Just from what was written here, it sure sounds like somebody in denial. I don't know the whole circumstance but I think we are all responsible for our selves, except me, of course. I'm special!:rollseyes: