Thursday, February 16, 2006

Mike Davis to resign at the end of the season

Mike Davis announced today that he will resign at the end of the season, and much like I wrote about Missouri fans after Quin Snyder resigned, I don't think you'll find too many Indiana fans that are upset about this.

Apparently, according to what Davis told the players, the stress and pressure on his family that came along with the job was a little too much. It was not, I guess, because he wasn't a very good coach. Indiana's record is currently 13-9, including 5-6 in the Big Ten, and they fell out of the top 25 this past week for the first time all season.

Although Davis did reach the NCAA Finals in 2002, that was basically with all of Bob Knight's players, such as Tom Coverdale, Jared Jeffries, Jeff Newton, etc. With his own players, the results have been less than impressive.

Davis also suggested that the reason that the fans never really embraced him was that he's not an Indiana alum. Again, I guess this had nothing to do with the fact that he wasn't really a good coach, and never had much success with his own players.

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