And then there was Taber
by Mike Rutherford on Jun 12, 2008 1:31 PM EDT
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PrintFrom November of 2007 through March of 2008, I watched more college basketball than a person should over any ten year span. During those five months, there was no player who I was less impressed with than Indiana's Kyle Taber.
Seemingly every time I flipped the television over to an IU game, there was Taber doing something to make me feel like I could play in the Big Ten. Now he did manage to score 28 points in his junior season, which means he wasn't awful every second he was on the floor, but I was never privy to any of his shining moments and thus his name became a running joke at CC Headquarters that only grew as the winter stretched on.
But Kyle Taber's name is relevant for another reason on this day, as he is now the lone returning scholarship player on the Indiana basketball team.
All this was made possible by yesterday's news that guard Jordan Crawford would be transferring, making him the 11th Hoosier to leave the program since IU's first round loss to Arkansas in the NCAA Tournament.
The Crawford family later issued the following statement:
"We are proud that our son Jordan has been a part of the Indiana University basketball program, one with a long and storied tradition of academic and athletic excellence. In Jordan’s short career, he was able to show his desire to emulate these characteristics. However, due to unforeseen circumstances he has chosen to move in a new direction. He and our entire family wish Indiana University continued success."
But we don't think it's happenin' anytime soon, so we're getting the f%&# out of dodge.
Again, Kelvin Sampson: the worst college basketball coaching hire in my lifetime. It's a statement that just keeps shooting up without getting caught.
While I do feel bad for the kids and (some of) the fans of the program, there isn't one iota of my being that won't relish watching Tom Crean postgame press conferences next season. If he hasn't completely overreacted to a harmless question (or look) by late January, then the season should go ahead and be chalked up as a rousing success.
Give 'em hell, Kyle.
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This reminds of one fateful night during high school.
Me and five friends were having are drunk asses driven home at little past one. Then on the horizon arose a Denny’s like a phoenix from the flame. We command an immediate stop, pour ourselves into a large booth, and wait for service. I had taken a position at the end of booth with my head down in my hands, willing the world to stop spinning. The waitress comes and takes are orders from right to left, I am sitting on the far left end, relative to the server. The people before me order a feast. A type of feast that can only be ordered by 5 drunk dudes that attend an all male high school. A feast of desire, sexual angst and pancakes. So the server comes to me: I say nothing. The server repeats "what would you like?" I mumble, "nothing."
Guys, if looks could kill I’d be dead man. I was looked at in surprise, anger, and lot of disappointment.
A few minutes later, the food comes. No one can finish what they ordered. It sounded great when they said "yeah, I want to 2 grand slams" but the reality is much more filling. I few moments after that realization is when I struck. I took everything they didn’t touch. I piled it onto a plate and ate like a King.
It’s not who laughs loudest (transfers away, orders 10 sausages) it’s who laughs last (me, Taber)
Nice Blocky
A better finesse than dropping a plastic “cockroach” into the stuffed french toast to get the meal free.
Did you see the 1980’s movie “Diner?”...Kevin Bacon…Mickey Roarke…Ellen Somebody…the guy who did the voice-over on “The Wonder Years”...Tim Daley….the guy from “Mad About You”...anyway, a lot of the flick takes place in, well, a diner. There is one legendary gourmand who attempts, and succeeds, in devouring the entire left side of the Menu in one sitting. The backstory of the movie, set in Baltimore, is the 1959 Colts and their second consecutive championship.
I don’t think those guys from “Diner” would be a match for you and your heathen buds, though.
By the way….I love it when people say about Louisville football….”Oh, there’re not much…they haven’t produced anything.”
I hold my piece and try to say dryly…”Oh yeah, you’re right…...Unitas wasn’t bad.” !!!
Good post, Blocky.
The Crean Scene
Why to I have this vision of Tom Crean running all over campus like a crazy man (Dwight Shroot) looking for tall kids?
Shouldn’t Greenspan be in jail for hiring Sampson?
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