Hoosier Fans Brace for Season to Come

Hoosier fans are not the only people bracing for their season; undoubtedly so is head coach Tom Crean. For proof-see his team.There are five players who were actually recruited to play basketball and all of those are freshman. There are seven walk ons, one of which has already been drafted to play major league baseball (see his picture in Webster’s under “glutton for punishment”). There is one player who has division one experience and one who hails from the Gambia. Vegas will likely run the over under for Hoosier wins against the number of announcers who actually pronounce Tijan Jobe’s name correctly during the season.
Now, predictions aside, we’re here to speak on the resurrection that is underway in Bloomington. In eight short months Tom Crean has managed to restore some semblance of pride and unity within Hoosier Nation. This after all they stood for was absolutely torched by Kelvin Sampson. On an ultra-quizzical side note, with everything Sampson has been accused of, he is back in basketball as an assistant with the Milwaukee Bucks. If you would like to drop him a note thanking him for all the work he did in burying one of the most storied programs in NCAA history, you can reach him at fanfocused@bucks.com, or since it is Kelvin Sampson we’re talking about, you might be better served calling him at 877-428-BUCK.
In a word Crean has been electric. The man has literally been everywhere. From giving a public lecture on leadership to doing numerous radio interviews, he’s logged thousands of miles on the recruiting trail, made an appearance on ESPN’s talk show Rome is Burning and even somehow found time to squeeze in a 500 practice session at the track. To be clear, Tom Crean is inexhaustible.
After their first win over Northwestern State (see cupcake in the dictionary) Crean continued building support for his program by spending time afterwards flat handing fans and thanking the students for turning out.
By hiring Crean the Indiana athletic department has come light years in escaping the dreaded land of zero tolerance. Forget the outcome of this season, from everything we’ve seen to this point Tom Crean appears to be a great hire.