Waking Up to Davis's Suckiness

I’ve dedicated a fair amount of blog space to criticizing former Indiana University head basketball coach Mike Davis. And for good reason--he sucked. But you don’t have to take my word for it anymore. Here’s a telling quote from junior guard A.J. Ratliff (emphasis mine):

From the Indianapolis Star:
Ratliff said the discipline is something IU lacked. Now it appears the days of stars like Bracey Wright or Marco Killingsworth doing whatever they please on the court are over.

“If Coach Sampson would have had a hold of Marco (Killingsworth), I think he would have been incredible,” Ratliff said. “But that was something last year’s team lacked, was discipline. Coach Sampson is heavy on that. He doesn’t care who you are. It could be D.J. (White), and he’s going to get on you. Last year, anybody could say anything and (former) coach (Mike) Davis might kick him out for a day, but he’d be back the next day. I think that’s different this year.”

Might kick the player out? Might???

Welcome back to the real world, guys. Just the title of the article ("Workouts wake up IU players") should put a nail in the coffin that was Mike Davis’s coaching ability. And it’s refreshing to see his former players waking up and throwing him under the bus after all the times he refused to accept any responsibility for his crappy coaching. Plus, Ratliff did it in a very tactful way. Bravo, A.J.

Midnight Madness starts tomorrow. The first official practice takes place the next day.

College basketball season is here, people. Life is good.