Talk:Kelvin Sampson

message: The columns cited to support the accusation that nearly the entire coaching staff at IU were hired to "entice" Gordon are nothing more than opinion pieces.  Travis Steele worked with the AAU team that Gordon had previously played on, but only during the season that Gordon played with another team, Mean Streets Express.  Ray McCallum played high school basketball in Indiana during the same time period that Gordon's father played high school ball in Indiana.  More importantly, though, McCallum had already been on Sampson's Oklahoma staff well before the move to Indiana.  It strains belief to think that his hiring at IU had much to do with the Gordons.  And true, Jeff Meyer was indeed Gordon Sr's college coach.  However, as a former head coach from the state of Indiana who Sampson knew through Big Twelve ties (Meyer had recently worked at the University of Missouri), his hiring appears to be a perfectly reasonable move on Sampson's part.  Hiring otherwise unqualified people with clear links to a recruit would be "shady", but all of Indiana's current basketball coaching staff appear to be extremely well-qualified (three are former head coaches) and most have connections to the state of Indiana.  Then again, maybe Sampson DID hire all or most of his staff with the Gordons foremost in mind.  It still wouldn't be a violation of any rules (not even an "unspoken agreement").  The bottom line here is that any statements that the staff were hired to "further entice Gordon" are pure unverifiable speculation.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Garble1962 (talk • contribs) 23:02, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd like to know who thinks Sampson is "best known" for "stealing" Gordon from Illinois. As a coach, he is well-known (and liked) for many things. I don't think that belongs here. It's certainly not NPOV, and it doesn't do Coach Sampson's career thus far justice. Orpheus42 03:30, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Regarding the Gordon controversy 

message: One of the tables at the bottom of this page lists Washington State as a member of the Big Ten conference. This is an obvious error that needs to be corrected. I believe they are a Pac-10 member. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.26.150.250 (talk • contribs) 13:55, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Washington State Error 

message: A recruiting decision by Eric Gordon which Sampson has no direct role in is not appropriate for this article. Gordon made his decision without speaking to Sampson. If we were to include every nitty gritty detail of every recruiting change of heart that happens in Div I basketball, we'd be a mess, most especially if such trivia had no direct connection to the coaches in question yet was mentioned on various coach pages. This is trivia that has virtually nothing to do with Sampson. If you must include it, include it elsewhere regarding Indiana basketball. It's not appropriate for this article. --Durin 00:52, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Endless inclusion/removal of "With regards to the Gordon recruiting" bit 

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