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http://www.theindychannel.com/sports...s=ind&psp=newsThe San Antonio Spurs have hired Kelvin Sampson as an adviser, days after he resigned as Indiana University men's basketball coach amid allegations he committed major NCAA rule violations.
Aren't we running the risk of upsetting the basketball Gods with this one? Not a good idea to have bad juju around for the playoffs...
...unless of course he's just advising them on choice of cell phone carriers.
oh no
I see a tampering sanction in the Spurs future.
hopefully they put a "no cell phone" clause in his contract to guard against that..
No, they hired Quinn Snyder to coach the Toros. Not bad guys, maybe not cut out for college.
Weird. I was reading something similar this morning, but it sounded more like he's just hanging out with the team. Apparently, he and Pop are old friends, and Pop said he's welcome to stick around as long as he'd like...but it didn't sound like a job offer.
Maybe that changed.
Advising the Spurs on what?
C'mon fellas, you'd do the same for an old friend. Sampson's a great coach. There's always a need for good advice. Michael Corleone had Tom Hayden.
Uh... basketball?
Uh...no . But what part of "basketball" specifically?
I read that article. You might be referring to this:
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/b...n.130fa19.html
Sampson in town: Kelvin Sampson, whose forced resignation at Indiana last month as for the time being derailed his collegiate coaching career, has resurfaced in San Antonio.
Sampson, a friend of Spurs coach Gregg Popovich's, has been in town observing the Spurs in games and practices this week. He and Popovich have known each other since serving together on George Karl's Team USA staff at the 2002 FIBA World Championships in Indianapolis.
“He's a buddy,” Popovich said. “He's here and we're having fun together, and learning from each other. I want him to look at us, and if he's got a good suggestion, then great.”
Sampson, who was asked to step down at Indiana after the NCAA alleged five major recruiting violations, has an open-ended invitation to stick around with the Spurs for as long as he wants, Popovich said.
Based on the Spurs' domestic scouting success, it probably couldn't hurt.
Why would this be a bad thing? The guy can flat out coach. The NCAA gives me a pain in the ass sometimes the way they zero in on certain guys doing the same stuff everybody else is doing. Let's not fool ourselves. I'm very pleased with this news. I think that's what's great about Pop. No matter how successful he is, he's always open to suggestions or advice. Like how to be a more efficient texter...
Sampson is a tough bas who was overzealous in contacting recruits. The NCAA has suffered far worse.
He has a good basketball mind and can point out things the current coaching staff isn't seeing. Down the line, if he wants, he can help evaluate players. But I think this is as much Pop helping Sampson out - building up his resume again to help clear his name. Maybe find a way to get him in the pros.
Given that Sampson has probably texted every single NCAA talent of note over the last few years, this is probably not a bad idea.
I don't like him... but he's good.
The international pool of players for this year draft is very weak.
Unless Spurs have a hidden project a la Mahinmi, their first round pick will likely be a NCAA guy. It isn't a bad idea to get some extra help to pick the right college player.
He can help in our scouting. No doubt.
I don't see how it hurts to have another good basketball mind hanging around to help with a different perspective. If he helps with assessing domestic college players, all the better, but I suspect this is mostly about getting some fresh eyes to look at the Spurs and trying to find ways to improve. Frankly, I wouldn't expect this relationship to last for very long, as I'm sure Sampson will be looking for greener pastures soon. But I'm sure it's a mutually-beneficial relationship for Sampson and Pop.
On how to beat the Pacers.
Well, I guess we can pencil in the Spurs' upcoming multi-million dollar fine for illegal contact with every high school player in America.
I like the move..Sampson has already scouted many players in college currently and that could assist the spurs come draft day..
I'd think he'd be more useful if the Spurs needed to beat the Hoosiers.
I do wonder a bit about whether the Spurs might have an interest this summer in a kid like D.J. White (perhaps a more athletic and skilled Malik Rose kind of player) and Samspon would have some insight into that, though I doubt that there would be any sort of 1-to-1 relationship between an interest in White and hiring Sampson.
For some reason this made the news in Arkansas at the end of the news broadcast during sports.
Yet when we won the le last time around they just said "San Antonio beat Cleveland in a 4 game sweep to win their 2nd le in 3 years, now onto girls soccer.."
Don't you see? Pop pulled a Gene Hackman last night and got thrown out. Sampson coached while wearing a Don Newman costume.
It's just simple science. And you know he knew about the Pacers, since he was probably texting Jim O'Brien non-stop.
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