Bottom line: He could win a national championship in basketball at Ole Miss, and it still wouldn’t change the fact that he’d be coaching the second-most important sport on campus. That’s not an opinion—it’s just reality.
At Indiana, if you win, you’re king. Football will never overshadow basketball there, just like football will always come first here. And for a coach who believes he can win at Indiana, that kind of status—being the unquestioned top priority—has to be incredibly tempting.
And that’s something Ole Miss never can offer.
At Indiana, if you win, you’re king. Football will never overshadow basketball there, just like football will always come first here. And for a coach who believes he can win at Indiana, that kind of status—being the unquestioned top priority—has to be incredibly tempting.
And that’s something Ole Miss never can offer.