Indiana Basketball: I Hope You Enjoyed Eric Gordon

I personally will admit Eric Gordon is a phenomenal player, but as an Illini fan I found myself for the first time ever not cheering for a Big Ten team in non- conference play largely due to my disdain for Kelvin Sampson. When I think to myself I can't help, but drop any grudge with E.G. and I believe if Illini nation would take in my considerations perhaps they would drop the angst too. Gordon did everything that we as Illini fans and natives would have wanted Derrick Rose to do. The kid genuinely had interest in staying home, but knew he could not mesh with Mike Davis. Perhaps Bruce wouldn't have gone to the inadmissible lengths with Coach Calipari and Memphis like Sampson did in regards to Gordon, but as a fan I hoped Rose would have realized his love for his home state and would have stayed. Nonetheless, Gordon made his mistakes for committing early, and then staying committed for a great length of time. Without taking into consideration what Sampson might have done with Gordon's parents, I look to the youth of Gordon, and that he like all the collegiate basketball players would just like to play basketball without having to worry about off the court troubles.

The reason why I tittled this article, "I hope you enjoyed Eric Gordon" is basically to say, I hope you enjoyed Eric Gordon, and nothing else. Gordon is a rare athlete and a pleasure to watch, and even if his commitment might have been the warning sign of the ethical liability that was Kelvin Sampson, as an IU fan you have to be happy that the program was able to compete and now has been cleansed of the stigma from recruiting violations. The program is prestigious and committed, with an abundance of great coaches available who is to say they can't land someone better in character and coaching ability than Sampson. As for my beloved Illini nation, take solace in knowing that Bruce Weber is a great guy, and now is finding success in recruiting, i.e. Legion, Paul, Richardson, and etc. Weber has always been able to get the best out of his players and the future looks bright with the aforementioned recruits and rising star Demetri McCamey. The focus also seems to be going back to the three guard offense maybe reminding us of Dee, Deron, and Luther. We might not have march madness, but at least we can put our support behind Deron and the Jazz. 

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