Terrible situation at IU

[Loose Cannon]

Maybe the title of the post is a clue.


I know how this thread is going to go....I'm out.

Your absolutely right on this one.

[Jay Bee]

Your absolutely right on this one.

You're vs. your

[Loose Cannon]

You're vs. your

Thanks for the Spot

[WellsstreetWanderer]

I pray that he will recover. When we were all "Young and Stupid" we were young and stupid, as someone once said.

[Tums Festival]

Some positive news on the Indiana story.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/11808834/indiana-devin-davis-use-extremities-improving-accident

[tower912]

A coach can only do so much.  Can't babysit college kids 24/7.

[forgetful]

A coach can only do so much.  Can't babysit college kids 24/7.

Although this is true, it is his job to make sure things like this don't happen and sully the reputation of the University.  If it does happen, fair or not, it is usually the coaches/ADs head on the chopping block.

Part of their job is to create a culture representative of the University, if that culture fails and nothing happens publicly...no big deal.  If an occasional public black-eye occurs, that can be overcome.  But when it is repeated and often, heads typically fall.

A must unpleasant story and I pray for the kids health.  But ultimately some degree of responsibility works its way up to the coach.

[Benny B]

Shame on every one of you who criticized IU for being oversigned by two.

[Pakuni]

Although this is true, it is his job to make sure things like this don't happen and sully the reputation of the University.  If it does happen, fair or not, it is usually the coaches/ADs head on the chopping block.

Part of their job is to create a culture representative of the University, if that culture fails and nothing happens publicly...no big deal.  If an occasional public black-eye occurs, that can be overcome.  But when it is repeated and often, heads typically fall.

A must unpleasant story and I pray for the kids health.  But ultimately some degree of responsibility works its way up to the coach.

I'd hate to think that the way I (and most of my fellow MU students) acted during a weekend night out represented the culture of the university.

[forgetful]

I'd hate to think that the way I (and most of my fellow MU students) acted during a weekend night out represented the culture of the university.

When you are in the public spotlight, which the players are, then their actions do affect the image of the culture of the University.

[NavinRJohnson]

How dare this go do anything other than pray for Devin Davis?

http://www.indystar.com/story/sports/columnists/gregg-doyel/2014/11/02/doyel-do-hoosiers-dig-crean-enough-to-stop-screwing-up/18373007/

[Spotcheck Billy]

You're vs. your

[🏀]

How dare this go do anything other than pray for Devin Davis?

http://www.indystar.com/story/sports/columnists/gregg-doyel/2014/11/02/doyel-do-hoosiers-dig-crean-enough-to-stop-screwing-up/18373007/

Blood in the water.

[Benny B]

How dare this go do anything other than pray for Devin Davis?

http://www.indystar.com/story/sports/columnists/gregg-doyel/2014/11/02/doyel-do-hoosiers-dig-crean-enough-to-stop-screwing-up/18373007/

Put a letter agreement in front of Crean that acknowledges five alcohol violations in a calendar year is deemed proper cause for dismissal, and when he refuses to sign it, fire him for cause on the basis that by not signing, he must be condoning the actions of his players.

Either way, it's a lawsuit.  Moral of story: Crean is going to be the coach at IU for the foreseeable future come hell or high water.

[Jay Bee]

Goofed that buyout badly.  Oooofta.

[Lennys Tap]

Goofed that buyout badly.  Oooofta.

Yeah, if not for the buyout he'd likely be gone, but there are 12 million reasons for IU to keep him.

[4everwarriors]

Reassign the mofu to administrative duties in the alumni office, then.

[chapman]

Eh...we don't know what happened. Could just as we'll be a case whe Davis was being the dope.

Annndd, nailed it:  http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/11816835/devin-davis-indiana-hoosiers-fault-car-accident-police-say

How dare this go do anything other than pray for Devin Davis?

http://www.indystar.com/story/sports/columnists/gregg-doyel/2014/11/02/doyel-do-hoosiers-dig-crean-enough-to-stop-screwing-up/18373007/

Heh, so Doyel left CBS and ended up at the Indy Star?  When he nails it, he nails it.  Not sure if it's the recruiting profile or the campus environment or what, but this stuff was the least of our worries when he was here.

[Benny B]

Annndd, nailed it:  http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/11816835/devin-davis-indiana-hoosiers-fault-car-accident-police-say


Heh, so Doyel left CBS and ended up at the Indy Star?  When he nails it, he nails it.  Not sure if it's the recruiting profile or the campus environment or what, but this stuff was the least of our worries when he was here.

You answered your own question.

If you look at the campus and predominantly "off-campus" areas of IU (basically, draw a triangle along 3rd St, College Ave and State 46) you're talking about 2-3 sq miles.  The same areas at Marquette covers about 0.25 sq mi.  So you have a little more than 4x the number of students at IU on about 10x the area of Marquette.  Larger areas with less density means more "places to hide" which can foster greater acts (in magnitude and frequency) of buffoonery.

You also don't have the "townie-factor" at Marquette.  Well, you do, but the townies around our campus aren't exactly the "let's all get drunk/stoned and friendly" types... they play a greater role in keeping students in line (and watching their six) than being a catalyst for mischief like they do in B-Town.