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You can't be serious: Kelvin Sampson
You Can't Be Serious: Kelvin Sampson
Once upon a time, I thought
Kelvin Sampson had been foiled by his ego.
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Surely, the former Oklahoma basketball coach turned cheater turned Indiana coach turned cheater had broken the rules repeatedly because he thought they didn't apply to him. Surely, this was a case of entitlement.
Then, Sampson went and started text messaging his former players.
The day after accepting Indiana's contract buyout amid swirling NCAA problems, Sampson sent a barrage of text messages to the Hoosiers after their victory at Northwestern. The players said they were happy to hear from their coach, but really, this was a dumb move by Sampson.
Listen, I know he's close to these guys. Sampson has always been a softie for his players. But using the very instrument that got him into trouble to contact them? Continuing to use the cell phone to contact players?
Does Sampson want to make the punch lines easy?
There was nothing illegal about his contact with the players, but there was definitely something stupid about it.
Perhaps Sampson's ego had nothing to do with his problems. Maybe it had more to do with his smarts.
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