Tom Crean is an idiot. There I said it, everything is cleared up now. ESPN and several other news agencies are reporting that Crean has taken the Indiana University job. Now most of you will say, "Oh good for him, I hope he succeeds." Me? I hope he fails, I hope he fails miserably. I hope his stint at Indiana resembles Doug Gottlieb at the free throw line. With that I mean downright ugly and as effective as bowling with cinder blocks. He is leaving a program, Marquette, that he has essentially built up after the program to a level not seen in Milwaukee since legendary coach Al McGuire roamed courtside. Crean took an underachieving Conference USA program and turned it into an annual contender in the Big East. Crean took Marquette to its first Final Four in over 25 years in 2003 and is throwing that away to take the head job at Indiana.
The talking heads will say its a step up but I don't care what they say, it is a step down. Indiana is an old elephant carcass. It was once a great program but hasn't been a real contender since the 1980's. Even though they proclaim themselves to be the pride of the Hoosier state, they have signed a grand total of one 5 star rated homegrown high school player since Rivals.com started handing out star ratings. If you were wondering who that player is, it's the infamous Eric Gordon, and let's just say that if Kelvin Sampson weren't running up his phone bill, IU would have had the same chance of signing Gordon as I would have at tackling "the runaway beer truck" Owen Schmitt.
Crean is making a grandiose mistake and as much as The Daily Greaser likes the guy, I won't be able to help myself from giggling like a schoolgirl when Crean is shipped out of the door after finding out what a rotten job Indiana really is.
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