In Other News

I promise not to turn this blog into a sports blog, I will stick to theology and Christian living and a few family tidbits.  However, the Rick Greenspan news story caused too much disturbance to simply let it go.  Several months back we, IU Fans, watched a coach leave a program he did considerable damage to in his few years there.  He resigned and was given $750,000 to buy out his contract.  In what other line of work can one nearly run a  business into the ground  (they are awaiting sanctions, have self imposed sanctions, and do not have a single player left on the roster that Sampson recruited less than 5 months after his leaving)  and walk away with as much money as many people will expect to make in a lifetime!  Well, we now have to watch $441,000 more be given to the Athletic Director who took “a risk that should not have been taken” and hired Sampson.  Again, a very nice severance package for a guy who has has “failed” in his job.  Oh yeah, he got the rights to any book he may want to write too.  Now there is a book not even Purdue fans will want to read.  Did I mention we dished out $66,000 to buyout the assistant coach who helped Sampson break the rules while Greenspan was not watching? Doesn’t it seem like it is better to be really bad at a job and be employed by IU than to be really good at a job in the real world?

Bring on the Crean and Crimson!