IU head coach Sampson is gone

ESPN’s Andy Katz is reporting that Indiana University and embattled head coach Kelvin Sampson have reached a buyout agreement of $750,000. Under the terms of the agreement, Sampson will not sue IU for wrongful termination. Apparently, IU learned a valuable lesson that happened a couple of years ago when former Ohio State coach Jim O’Brien won a lawsuit against OSU after they fired him.

I am extremely glad that IU didn’t let Sampson off the hook. This is the second time he has been busted for the same telephone violations, and he should not receive any leniency from IU. Sampson knows the rules – he was even on the NCAA rules and infractions committee for a time, so he helped to write the rules.

IU knew they were taking a chance on Sampson, and he betrayed them.

If Sampson is lucky, maybe one day he’ll get to coach a high school JV team. But his days of college coaching should be done. Why anybody in their right mind would give him another chance is beyond me. He clearly has no regard for the rules and is only concerned with winning.

Good bye coach Sampson, and good riddance.