Crean Warns IU Players They're Expendable

[3Mer]

http://www.journalgazette.net/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080702/SPORTS0301/807020339

"We don't want to start over twice," he said. "We're starting over now, but we don't want to get down the road where all of a sudden the players we recruited over the next couple years, we're not ready for that hit if any are potentially able to leave early or more importantly when they can graduate and their eligibility is up."

You have to say this about Crean: he's consistent. 

Is there any doubt that, as per his M.O., he'll throw his current recruits under the bus when his future recruits exceed available scholarships? 

How many of his current recruits will eventually leave IU for "personal reasons" or "to pursue other opportunities?"

[The Lens]

So a suicidal plant thrower, an alcoholic and a compulsive gambler all walk into a coaches office...

Punchline to follow in Andy Katz's next article.

[Coach Norman Dale]

A)  Your interpretation of the article is inaccurate and self-serving.  It is not a warning from Crean to any one of their being expendable; and

B)  It cannot happen due to issues raised in this article:

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080702/SPORTS0601/80702046

WARNING:  Unless the Star fixes the article, reading it will give you a bizarre sense of deja vu' as you work your way down the page -- parts of the article are repeated in their entirety within the current version.