Portal Recruiting and Roster Updates

[zone2poke]

I know Sampson has complained about Houston’s NIL, which is hilarious that a known cheater is complaining. I can’t believe they don’t have a huge budget with Ferttits backing, and with the players they have I assume they’ve all been paid one way or the other. Cenac and Fleming were big time recruits. Sharp, Tuggker, and Uzan are big time names that deserve big days. Without the numbers being public, I’d never believe a word Kelvin Sampson says.

A thought about Sampson: He royally screwed up in Indiana, making illegal phone calls to recruits, lying about it, and in general running an out of control program. He got the boot and the severest sanction by the NCAA (show cause). The fact that phone calls today aren't a big deal doesn't mitigate breaking the rules.

He was fired at 11:00 am and hired by 3:00 pm by his friend Gregg Popovich at the San Antonio Spurs. (They knew each other from coaching an Olympic team.) Pop told him to name his job title. He met Sampson at the baggage claim of the airport, and that night they were already working at practice with guys like Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobli. This began the long journey for Sampson to develop a deeper understanding of the game and to become a better basketball coach. It's possible or even likely that he's not where he is today without the fall at Indiana.

So you are right that Sampson's mistakes forever tarnish his career, but that's not the end of the story. We all screw up. Wouldn't it be great if there was a Pop for all of us when we're down to pick us up and set us in the right direction to do good things in life.

 

[74072 Poke]

A thought about Sampson: He royally screwed up in Indiana, making illegal phone calls to recruits, lying about it, and in generally running an out of control program. He got the boot and the severest sanction by the NCAA (show cause). The fact that phone calls today aren't a big deal doesn't mitigate breaking the rules.

He was fired at 11:00 am and hired by 3:00 pm by his friend Gregg Popovich at the San Antonio Spurs. (They knew each other from coaching an Olympic team.) Pop told him to name his job title. He met Sampson at the baggage claim of the airport, and that night they were already working at practice with guys like Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobli. This began the long journey for Sampson to develop a deeper understanding of the game and to become a better basketball coach. It's possible or even likely that he's not where he is today without the fall at Indiana.

So you are right that Sampson's mistakes forever tarnish his career, but that's not the end of the story. We all screw up. Wouldn't it be great if there was a Pop for all of us when we're down to pick us up and set us in the right direction to do good things in life.

It's those years in Norman that set him on his wayward path...Coach Pop could have had a full time job reprogramming the filth that came out of Norman.