CBS: Disconnect between Tom Crean and players has Indiana in disarray
My guess: Somebody with knowledge of the failed drug tests recognized leaking them now is a good way to pile on Crean, and, well, it worked. The seventh-year coach spent his first coaches show listening to a caller ask why he still has a job, and, unless Crean overachieves with this roster, that question will be repeated lots over the next four months.
None of which means Tom Crean is a bad guy.
None of which means Tom Crean is a terrible coach.
(Personally, I've known him for a while and like him just fine.)
All this means is that Tom Crean is in a tough spot at a high-profile job with a passionate fan base, and those tough spots are hard to escape. Yes, I know, he has a buyout of $12 million, and that's an awesome job by his agent. But $12 million won't prevent a school with Big Ten money from pulling the plug on a coach overseeing a roster in disarray who doesn't win enough, and that's why Tom Crean had better win enough this season. Or else.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebas...tom-crean-and-players-has-indiana-in-disarray
Go Gophers!!