by Kent Sterling There are two kinds of leaders – proactive and reactive. Proactive leaders pick apart their own dogma, rules, and strategies to make adjustments that enact improvements prior to external critique. Reactive leaders put out fires, take public temperatures with polls, and adjust based upon which way the wind blows. Some towns and […]
Indiana Basketball – New video of Stephen Zimmerman should have Hoosier fans excited
by Kent Sterling There are enough parallels between 2015 big man Stephen Zimmerman and Indiana change agent Cody Zeller that IU fans should be excited about the possibility of the #4 ranked player in the 2015 high school class accepting Tom Crean’s offer. Zimmerman looked very athletic and polished for a junior-to-be seven-footer last summer […]
by Kent Sterling Gary Harris is leaving Michigan State after his sophomore year to enter the NBA Draft. The choice wasn’t easy, according to the statement released by Michigan State. “This was not an easy decision,” Harris said. “There hasn’t been a single day where I regretted my decision to return for my sophomore season. […]
by Kent Sterling It’s time for the big money schools to declare independence from the NCAA. Schools not in the big five conferences (Big Ten, ACC, SEC, Pac 12, and Big 12) are served very well through their membership to the NCAA. At that level, the term student-athlete is entire appropriate. The chances of a […]
Indiana AD Fred Glass talks Hoosiers Football and Basketball, plus recounts his experience leading the Indy Super Bowl bid process
by Kent Sterling Indiana University athletic director Fred Glass is like a normal guy with a couple of exceptions – he is really smart while not believing he knows enough; he understands how fun life should be; and he has a very, very cool job that he earned through excellent performances in other very cool […]
by Kent Sterling University presidents have made the NCAA so completely useless that they have created an alliance of two people normally at total odds about college athletics – Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari and me. Calipari makes so much sense in his new book, “Players First: Coaching From the Inside Out” that I may drive […]
by Kent Sterling For 30 minutes prior to every game he coached for several years in the mid-to-late 1980, Indiana University basketball coach Bob Knight taught a master class in roundball. This was the most informative pre-game in the history of televised sports with Knight sharing the specific game plan for how his Hoosiers would […]
by Kent Sterling After seeing Bob Knight speak a half dozen times, I’ve had enough. His combination of dime store wisdom, truly entertaining/hilarious anecdotes, and arrogant vitriol stopped captivating me long ago. As you might guess, I won’t be in attendance at the Carmel Center for the Performing Arts tonight as Knight blasts the current […]
by Kent Sterling There is something special about a coach who dedicates a life to helping 18-year old kids become 22-year old men. They leave a legacy more enduring than wealth or celebrity. Like teachers, coaches have a long list of those whose lives they have touched to prove they were here. When Royce Waltman […]
by Kent Sterling Color coordination between a tie and highlighter isn’t enough anymore to keep a job at ESPN. A lack of preparation and the insipid commentary that followed gives fans a reason to rejoice the departure of a source of great annoyance – Richard “Digger” Phelps. The end of a career, even one earned […]