[Rosiak's Blog] Report: Crean to Indiana

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Report: Crean to Indiana

Written by: Todd Rosiak


Marquette Golden Eagles coach Tom Crean is leaving Marquette University for Indiana University.

The Indiana Daily Student, Indiana's student newspaper, received confirmation from Phillip Eskew, a member of Indiana's Board of Trustees, confirming Crean's hiring.

Athletic director Steve Cottingham was on a flight with the women's basketball team to Colorado and unavailable for comment. A MU athletic department spokesperson said it was the university's policy to not comment on other schools' job searches.

Crean, meanwhile, was not answering calls to his cell phone, and a call to his home phone failed to go through.

One MU player, reached by cell phone late Tuesday afternoon, said he'd just learned of the news. Another had no knowledge that Crean was apparently preparing to leave for Indiana.

"Not right away I don't," said the player when asked if he had a comment. "It's real shocking."

It's believed Crean was scheduled to meet with his Golden Eagles players later Tuesday to explain his decision.

Crean and Indiana are apparently seeking to finalize the agreement this evening.

Crean, 41, recently completed his ninth season as coach at MU, leading the Golden Eagles to a 25-10 record and the second round of the NCAA tournament, where they lost to Stanford.



http://blogs.jsonline.com/muhoops/archive/2008/04/01/report-crean-to-indiana.aspx

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

Classic! Our ad is on a plane...Crean is a class act!

[Sir Lawrence]

PRN is right--Crean could have given Cottingham a heads up before he got on the plane for the WNIT for cripes sake.

[MUDPT]

Wow Chicos, that was low.  PRN made a pretty good point.

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

I wonder if he told his confidants on the other board or did the hear it on tv like our ad and some of our players!!

[🏀]

Wow Chicos, that was low.  PRN made a pretty good point.

It was a terrible point. Way to go Chicos.

I mean why wouldn't our AD be on the plane with our women's team as they continue their season. That would be classless, he should be able to read Crean's mind at all times.

[deerchaser]

Wow Chicos, that was low.  PRN made a pretty good point.

It was a terrible point. Way to go Chicos.

I mean why wouldn't our AD be on the plane with our women's team as they continue their season. That would be classless, he should be able to read Crean's mind at all times.

That wasn't PRN's point.  He was calling Crean a class act because this all came out while the AD was unavailable for comment.  Comprehension.

[The Lens]

Classic! Our ad is on a plane...Crean is a class act!

Won't matter, right PRN....our AD could be dead and it wouldn't matter.  The number of overqualified John Wooden juniors that will be pouring in through our doors, shouldn't matter a bit.     I just hope you, 4ever and Damonkey are going to towel each other off tonight after the circle party....no one likes that smell.

Chicos, my lord...I thought we were civil?