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What Kelvin Sampson has done at Houston is pretty remarkable

Posted on 3/10/24 at 12:30 am
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
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Posted on 3/10/24 at 12:30 am
Houston has been a machine for the last 6 seasons. He has brought them back to their glory days of the past. Houston made the tournament 1 time in 26 seasons before he was hired. Even more impressive they moved from the AAC to the Big 12, which is a great basketball conference, and haven't skipped a beat.

It makes me think about what he would have done at Indiana if he wasn't run out of town for the terrible evils of impermissible phone calls. Compare that mild stuff to the wild west of NIL these days.

He had Indiana rolling too in only 2 seasons. Safe to say Indiana would be a juggernaut again if Kelvin Sampson was still coaching. Indiana has been shite for about 15 years outside of a couple of good seasons under Tom Crean where they ended up choking in the tournament.
This post was edited on 3/10/24 at 3:15 am
Posted by Tridentds
Sugar Land
Member since Aug 2011
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Posted on 3/10/24 at 5:31 am to
Excellent post.
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
119180 posts
Posted on 3/10/24 at 6:52 am to
He's a fantastic coach if you can keep him away from ncaa violations, which really don't exist anymore.
Posted by pioneerbasketball
Team Bunchie
Member since Oct 2005
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Posted on 3/10/24 at 7:06 am to
Or Oklahoma
Posted by Lester Earl
Member since Nov 2003
278418 posts
Posted on 3/10/24 at 8:24 am to
Fantastic post
Posted by BearCrocs
Member since Aug 2013
6449 posts
Posted on 3/10/24 at 8:49 am to
…thanks captain obvious
Posted by JackVincennes
NOLA
Member since Jan 2014
3900 posts
Posted on 3/10/24 at 9:36 am to
I’m an Indiana fan and you are right. But at that time Kelvin was a violation machine and was told numerous times to “help us help you” kind of thing. Unfortunately he just couldn’t stop with the petty bullshite. He’s killing it at Houston and IU still wishes for days of Robert Knight.
Posted by S
RIP Wayde
Member since Jan 2007
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Posted on 3/10/24 at 9:43 am to
He also had OU pretty solid. Eduardo Najera GOAT
Posted by JackVincennes
NOLA
Member since Jan 2014
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Posted on 3/10/24 at 10:30 am to
He can flat out coach, I forgot he had a 5 year Show Cause due to violations at OU snd IU. How things have changed.
Posted by OhioLSUfan
Columbus, OH
Member since Oct 2007
1287 posts
Posted on 3/10/24 at 10:56 am to
It’s crazy to me how colleges hire coaches like him and Pearl with a huge history of violations everywhere. Or even personal issues, like Beard, Jans, Bliss etc, I wouldn’t want anything to do with them
Posted by Gus007
TN
Member since Jul 2018
11983 posts
Posted on 3/10/24 at 11:27 am to
quote:

It makes me think about what he would have done at Indiana if he wasn't run out of town for the terrible evils of impermissible phone calls. Compare that mild stuff to the wild west of NIL these days.



He never would have made it if Woodward was his AD.
Posted by Jrv2damac
Kanorado
Member since Mar 2004
65118 posts
Posted on 3/10/24 at 11:32 am to
frick yesterday for real
Posted by bamameister
Right here, right now
Member since May 2016
14167 posts
Posted on 3/10/24 at 11:55 am to
Sampson had it coming. The reinvention of NIL is his saving grace.
Posted by Jorts R Us
Member since Aug 2013
14817 posts
Posted on 3/10/24 at 12:10 pm to
There isn't an Indiana fan alive that looks at Sampson and doesn't think of what could have been, but he really left them little choice.

Woody isn't the answer either and they are stuck with him for at least another year.
Posted by karmew32
Ponchatoula, LA
Member since Jan 2017
1510 posts
Posted on 3/10/24 at 12:12 pm to
It truly is. Anthony Grant could learn from him.
Posted by TexasTiger08
Member since Oct 2006
25527 posts
Posted on 3/10/24 at 12:23 pm to
Hollis Price TYFYS
Posted by mattz1122
Member since Oct 2007
52795 posts
Posted on 3/10/24 at 12:34 pm to
Sampson is an elite coach, no doubt. But the Fertitta money train has helped as well.
Posted by Lester Earl
Member since Nov 2003
278418 posts
Posted on 3/10/24 at 12:58 pm to
quannas white
Posted by PowerTool
The dark side of the road
Member since Dec 2009
21158 posts
Posted on 3/10/24 at 5:59 pm to
quote:

He can flat out coach


I've gone to a couple of his coaches shows. He has the ability to answer questions from regular people, and calmly and clearly explain concepts in a way that even dumb guys like me can understand. Not all coaches have that ability or passion for teaching.

After one of the shows, I told my dad that I could easily see Sampson being everyone's favorite history professor or something like that if coaching weren't his calling. He's a student of the game who enjoys talking about it.
Posted by TigerLifer18
Member since May 2023
1929 posts
Posted on 3/10/24 at 6:17 pm to
I’m a big Indiana Basketball fan, and it pains me to see how great Kelvin Sampson has been at Houston. Like you said for the better part of 15-20 years IU just can’t get it right consistently. Kelvin Sampson had IU at 22-4 Year 2 before getting the axe. In my honest opinion I think Indiana has 2-4 more trips to the Final 4, and a Title or 2 if Sampson is still their HC right now.
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