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Chattanooga vs. Indiana

Verbal commitments are the most useless thing in sports and should be eliminated completely. Since a 17 or 18 year old kid likes U of I at some point a year before he will graduate high school means he shouldn't be allowed to change his mind? For the record Eric Gordan or his dad called Kelvin Sampson and said he wanted to re-open the recruiting process. What coach in the country wouldn't play ball with that kind of recruit?
 
IlliBraves said:
It'll be fun for me. Not sure about you. EG and Kelvin better be prepared to dodge some blunt objects.
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Didn't this entire conversation start cause you said IU fans are obnoxious? Man if you actually think Illinois fans might throw stuff at Sampson and Gordon then you're not saying much about your fan base now are you?

God I can't even believe I just read that. Talk about being a hypocrite.
 
J Money BU said:
Verbal commitments are the most useless thing in sports and should be eliminated completely. Since a 17 or 18 year old kid likes U of I at some point a year before he will graduate high school means he shouldn't be allowed to change his mind? For the record Eric Gordan or his dad called Kelvin Sampson and said he wanted to re-open the recruiting process. What coach in the country wouldn't play ball with that kind of recruit?
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Exactly. Gordon and his father contacted Sampson not the other way around. Not to mention Gordon was only considering U of I in the first place because Davis was the head coach at IU.

Not to mention one Sean May once said he would go to IU when Bob Knight was still head coach but then went to UNC.
 
brebeuf1fan@iu said:
Didn't this entire conversation start cause you said IU fans are obnoxious? Man if you actually think Illinois fans might throw stuff at Sampson and Gordon then you're not saying much about your fan base now are you?

God I can't even believe I just read that. Talk about being a hypocrite.
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I am merely brining up the fact that IU fans chant unsportsmanlike things. Plus, Illinois is rightly upset. I am not trying to start a fight with you, but I really hate IU. and Hate is a strong word. Say what you want, but Illinois graduates its players. And it was no coincidence that the elder Gordon's coach at Liberty and EJ's AAU coach are now assistants at IU. I respect your opinion, but I really can't stand IU or Eric Gordon.
 
IlliBraves said:
It'll be fun for me. Not sure about you. EG and Kelvin better be prepared to dodge some blunt objects. So, because he didn't sign an LOI yet means it's ok to talk to another school's commits? OK, maybe not an NCAA violation, but your coach and school did something unconscionable.
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You act like that will phase IU. They somehow have dusted all the actual violations under the rug, and you expect them to honor UNWRITTEN rules? Now you're just being silly.
 
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brebeuf1fan@iu said:
... Gordon and his father contacted Sampson not the other way around. .
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In all due respect....just how strongly does everyone believe this?
I think it is a little naive, since we now know Kelvin Sampson has absolutely no conscience about making any and all illegal phone calls, and even has fall-back plans to cover his butt when he's caught (such as his assistant getting fired).
I have no evidence to the contrary, but I would be astounded if KS did not make calls to Eric Gordon while he was verballed to Illinois.
 
brebeuf1fan@iu said:
Exactly. Gordon and his father contacted Sampson not the other way around. Not to mention Gordon was only considering U of I in the first place because Davis was the head coach at IU.

Not to mention one Sean May once said he would go to IU when Bob Knight was still head coach but then went to UNC.
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Don't try to defend Sampson, he's a scumbag and an embarrassment to Indiana.
 
Murph said:
Don't try to defend Sampson, he's a scumbag and an embarrassment to Indiana.
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Not defending him just bringing up a valid point. His phone call violations are an embarrassment to the university.

However, seeing how one fan of U of I has already said how obnoxious IU fans are and how he "hates" IU, I doubt I'm going to get anywhere with this discussion anyway.

IlliBraves said:
I am merely brining up the fact that IU fans chant unsportsmanlike things.
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And I'm sure Illinois fans have never chanted a single thing that could be considered unsportsmanlike....
 
brebeuf1fan@iu said:
Not defending him just bringing up a valid point. His phone call violations are an embarrassment to the university.

However, seeing how one fan of U of I has already said how obnoxious IU fans are and how he "hates" IU, I doubt I'm going to get anywhere with this discussion anyway.



And I'm sure Illinois fans have never chanted a single thing that could be considered unsportsmanlike....
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I think most on this board can agree on one thing -- We hate BOTH IU and U of I and think both team's fans are obnoxious and spoiled. At least the U of I head coach has some ethics (compared to Sampson).
 
Braves4Life said:
I think most on this board can agree on one thing -- We hate BOTH IU and U of I and think both team's fans are obnoxious and spoiled. At least the U of I head coach has some ethics (compared to Sampson).
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Whoa.....

Hold on there B4L.

I LOVED IU when The General was there. And I love it when they beat UIUC. And I loved and still love how it burns UIUC fans' arses over anything IU.

The schadenfreude in me has me liking just about anything UIUC fans dislike.

So that list quickly includes Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, Tennessee, Kansas and North Carolina. And there are many many more.
 
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