by Kent Sterling College coaches are paid to win. That’s where their priorities begin and end. Just win, baby! Yes, coaches are also held accountable for metrics like graduation rates, NCAA compliance, and Academic Progress Rate, but the primary responsibility is to recruit, train, and motivate athletes to win. Minus winning, jobs are lost, and […]
by Kent Sterling Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany was either being very silly or very funny as he proposed the re-enactment of freshmen ineligibility for men’s basketball and football players. College basketball and football at the major conference level aren’t simply minor league developmental portals for the NBA and NFL; they are revenue generators and […]
by Kent Sterling It’s about time. Screws have been loose in Bloomington for a long time on Indiana University’s men’s basketball team, and finally – at long last – efforts were made yesterday to tighten them. Junior Devin Davis and senior Hanner Mosquera-Perea were dismissed from the team for an embarrassing aggregation of offenses. The […]
by Kent Sterling Illinois serves as a wonderful counterpoint to Indiana in so many ways. For the last two days, I spent a considerable amount of time talking on the radio (3p-6p on CBS Sports 1430) about IU basketball player Devin Davis being cited for weed possession. Then I start reading about the University of […]
by Kent Sterling Tom Crean is employed by Indiana University to execute a number of tasks, but they each fit under the umbrella of the running most visible and powerful marketing initiative IU has available to attract attention and students. Each player and coach of Indiana’s basketball team is a high profile representative of the […]
by Kent Sterling As Indiana had again oversigned recruits for the incoming freshman class, it was clear that a few Hoosiers would need to either transfer or declare for the NBA Draft. Jeremiah April seemed a logical choice, and he cooperated by announcing last week that he would jump ship. April joins freshman Max Hoetzel […]
by Kent Sterling Working in and around sports is not easy, and keeping the cash flowing through tough times is even more difficult. Below are the seven coaches/athletes whose future is the cloudiest as we enter the time of year without meaningful games and the odds each will survive in their positions through the next […]
by Kent Sterling Does anyone really think that Indiana point guard Yogi Ferrell is going to forego his senior season to enter the NBA Draft? For those awaiting word, it will come at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse on the north side of Indianapolis Saturday, April 25th. I have yet to find a mock draft or word […]
by Kent Sterling Nothing like a loudly ticking clock to make people recognize every second is precious. Most of us careen through our lives – in denial that our own clocks are ticking toward that moment when what will define us is the way we lived – past tense, not what we plan or what […]
