Tom Crean Just Got Ejected

[Bizzork]

Officials included Jim Burr, Tom O'Neill, and Mike Kitts.

[MUBurrow]

i didnt see it, but did he get tech'd twice separately? or did they just toss him on the spot?  because if its the latter, its quite a bit more excusable.

[Bizzork]

Two separate techs from two separate officials.  Burr hit him with the first one, walked away, then he got tossed by O'Neill about 30 game seconds later.

[MUBurrow]

haha. perfect.

[DJO's Pump Fake]

Thanks Crean for making my night. I won't say Go Rodents ever in my life but watching Its Indiana Its Indiana melt down was so amusing.

[HoopsMalone]

It's gotta be pretty rare to see a high major D1 coach get tossed. 

[77ncaachamps]

Just catching up with my Tweets.
Crean's tweet before the game:

"Get out here students. We need you"

interesting as it is not a saccharine laced tweet rather an inferred earnest one.

[HoopsMalone]

http://espn.go.com/ncb/photos?gameId=300560084&photoId=481909

[noblewarrior]

Is it to soon to feel bad for the guy?... I don't now, but soon this is just going to get sad, and as a MU grad I appreciate what he did regardless of my ignorance of his personality and neuroses.

[WarriorHal]

             Tom Crean =  Judas Iscariot

              Hope he's enjoying the "big time" program he's now coaching.

[HoopsMalone]

Is it to soon to feel bad for the guy?... I don't now, but soon this is just going to get sad, and as a MU grad I appreciate what he did regardless of my ignorance of his personality and neuroses.

We hope that he isn't really going through clinical depression, but he has about 2 million reasons every year to get over losing at basketball, not to mention a potentially lucrative buyout.  People have been through harder things and have broken off relationships in smoother ways than the way he took the money and ran to IU.

[wyoMUfan]

             Tom Crean =  Judas Iscariot

              Hope he's enjoying the "big time" program he's now coaching.

Coaches leave programs all the time.  99% of people in his position would have done the same thing.
I think were doing fine without him, so why all the hatred? Just remember him for what he did for MU and the resurgence he started.

[Ron Paul]

How has the post not been taken yet?

Its Indiana, Its Indiana

[thatman32]

HAHA.  Also never compare Tom Crean to Judas because Judas actually did something according to the Bible. 

Tom Crean really hasn't done much since Dwade left considering how many millions MU paid him.  But whatever at least he is Tan and Tim Buckley can tell him how good of a job he is doing since his assistants are probably pretty good at blowing smoke up his ass! 

When will Chicos come to his defense?  I mean its a soft bubble so IU shoud make the tournment 

[willie warrior]

Damn, somebody already grabbed "It's Indiana-Indiana"

Oh well--Crean got creamed by the refs.

[avid1010]

http://vimeo.com/9752259  --- only video I could find

If they lose to Iowa in their next game he's in trouble....to me, he realized they weren't going to win this game and started preparing for Iowa by getting tossed.

[The Pickle]

http://vimeo.com/9752259  --- only video I could find

If they lose to Iowa in their next game he's in trouble....to me, he realized they weren't going to win this game and started preparing for Iowa by getting tossed.

I like how all he talked about in the post game was his "passion" and Rivers talked about "how much he cares about Indiana".  If you can't coach you can't coach, doesn't matter how much passion you have.  People can say what they want about how he brought Marquette back blah, blah, blah.  No he didn't.  He played patty cake with the school and all the donors to get us $$ for the program, so fine, thanks for that.  Wade brought the program back to national prominence.  He is doesn't have a genuine fiber or moral thread in his body.  So between not being a good coach and not being a good person, it's no wonder he's depressed...

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

100 percent orchestrated. "Maybe I'll get myself ejected to show people I care."

I've said it once and I'll say it again, does anybody get their doors blown off more than Crean? Rebuilding or not, they should not be losing at home by 32 points to anybody.

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

http://vimeo.com/9752259  --- only video I could find

If they lose to Iowa in their next game he's in trouble....to me, he realized they weren't going to win this game and started preparing for Iowa by getting tossed.

Dick Strong was in the crowd behind him.

[96warrior]

Coaches leave programs all the time.  99% of people in his position would have done the same thing.
I think were doing fine without him, so why all the hatred? Just remember him for what he did for MU and the resurgence he started.

I agree. I have never understood the utter hatred for Crean since he left. Yes, the manner in which he left was shocking - to not tell his players before it hit the media is pretty low. But he did do great things for this school, this program...so why all the hate?

I like how all he talked about in the post game was his "passion" and Rivers talked about "how much he cares about Indiana".  If you can't coach you can't coach, doesn't matter how much passion you have.  People can say what they want about how he brought Marquette back blah, blah, blah.  No he didn't.  He played patty cake with the school and all the donors to get us $$ for the program, so fine, thanks for that.  Wade brought the program back to national prominence.  He is doesn't have a genuine fiber or moral thread in his body.  So between not being a good coach and not being a good person, it's no wonder he's depressed...

I disagree about not being able to coach, he got us to the Final Four. Part of being the head coach is getting dollars for the program, isn't it? (that's an honest question...from the person who wondered what Lazar was yelling about in the last huddle, so clearly I'm naive). I love what Wade did for Marquette, love being able to say he went to my alma mater, but he doesn't get all the credit for bringing the program back. There were a number of star players on that team, who Crean recruited. And by the way, Wade left us for the NBA paycheck...not too far off from a coach making a career decision to go where the money is...yes?

I can't speak to the moral fiber of Tom Crean. All I know is I met him once and he was very gracious. I was really bummed when he left, but that was before I knew who Buzz Williams was. I do take more to Buzz's demeanor and I do think he coaches better - the guys seem like a true team, a cohesive unit that plays unselfish basketball and plays their guts out for this coach. That said, that doesn't have anything to do with what Crean did for us. He brought us back from the Deane years, I mean come on.

Tom Crean is more polarizing than Hillary Clinton. Good grief.

[77fan88warrior]

This reminds me of the Dukiet years. It was a moral victory for us when he told digger to F himself.

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

I agree. I have never understood the utter hatred for Crean since he left.

Tom Crean is more polarizing than Hillary Clinton. Good grief.

The hatred comes from those who pretended to like him for so many years. When he finally left, they were free to voice their true opinions of the a-hole. He's absolutely loathsome.

I pray to God that last night was not rock bottom.

[avid1010]

The hatred comes from those who pretended to like him for so many years. When he finally left, they were free to voice their true opinions of the a-hole. He's absolutely loathsome.

I pray to God that last night was not rock bottom.

I understand the hatred.  We always heard rumors about his true demeanor, but publicly we didn't hear/see the same thing.  When he left, and most importantly, the way he left seems to show that those rumors were true. 

As far as him as a coach.  He got Wade, and deserves credit for doing so.  That's part of being a college coach, but if I'm an IU fan I'd be worried that players like Wade don't come around often (especially because of the way he got Wade).  I think TC realized this, took the IU job hoping he could land big name players, and we'll see if that works out for him.  So far, I'm getting a kick out of it.

[damuts222]

The hatred comes from those who pretended to like him for so many years. When he finally left, they were free to voice their true opinions of the a-hole. He's absolutely loathsome.

So pretty much when he left you were able to voice your opinion because everyone didn't already know that he was going to Indiana years before he left. Your opinion got stronger because he left as well right??

While I agree to a certain degree that he sometimes put on a bit of a show, I respect what he did for Marquette.

[Fullodds]

Hard to believe TC using such bad language after this rant.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0dasj3L4m8

It was pretty easy to read his lips a few times when he was saying "that is f--ing sh-t".  He probably said it about 4 times in a row.  I think he was trying to get thrown out to fire up the team and the crowd.