Newsflash...Bob Knight does not coach at IU anymore

I wish to god...that every time Dick Vitale opens his mouth about IU that he wouldn't talk about Bob Knight. Every IU game that he did last year (or in the past several years) he always mentions Knight...or that they should rename Assembly Hall after Knight...or that IU should do this or that with Knight.

Knight is not the coach at IU anymore...please move on, Dickie V. He hasn't been the coach in seven years. Get over it.

Take for example Vitale's little blurb about Sampson's latest phone call drama

Sampson in hot water
Dick Vitale
SPECIAL TO ESPN.COM

Down at Indiana, you would have thought Kelvin Sampson and his staff would have taken every precaution to avoid the embarrassment and humiliation of the latest telephone scam.

Think about it, he came to Bloomington with all kinds of controversy and accusations out of Oklahoma. The NCAA found that over 500 impermissible phone calls while coaching the Sooners over a span from 2000-04. Sampson was found to have made over 200 of them. Oklahoma imposed its own penalties for violations, but the NCAA deemed they weren't enough. On May 25, 2006, the NCAA banned Sampson from taking recruiting trips or calling recruits for one year.

There were stipulations placed upon his hire at Indiana. The feeling was Sampson would be under a zero tolerance policy. No recruiting violations would be tolerated.

I spoke to Kelvin Sampson and he stated that they did not cheat, but they made an error in judgment. He said they came down heavy on themselves with sanctions. Sampson believes they are moving forward and that the administration is supportive.

They have promised there will be no dilemma in the future. My reply was simple … it is going to be tough because of the perception after the Oklahoma phone call fiasco. The timing of this situation is absolutely brutal.

He claims he unknowingly was patched in to calls with an assistant and a recruit. Under previous sanctions, Sampson was not allowed to call a student athlete, but the player was allowed to call him.

You know that around college basketball circles, the perception is going to be very negative. Other coaches will bang away at Indiana, using this information in negative recruiting.

Sampson has a dilemma on his hands right now. Indiana responded to the 10 three-way calls by issuing a swift response. Indiana's self-reporting and punishment is a start, but the NCAA could rule on harsher penalties down the line.

It will be interesting to see how Sampson cleans up this mess. Stay tuned as this soap opera in Bloomington keeps going on. For those who were critical of The General, Robert Montgomery Knight, I simply ask ... was there ever any talk, conversation or innuendo about any violations?

The article for the most part was all right...but when I got to the end...I just lost it. I'm tired of people in the national media equating IU basketball with Knight...I understand that Knight at IU was an institution but people around here are over it and have moved on. There are still pockets of Knight lovers but for the most part...most IU fans have moved on...and were happy to do so. I see that Vitale was trying to make a point that historically speaking IU has run a clean program and that fans are very proud of that point...and give credit where credit is do...Knight deserves respect for that. But come on...every current IU issue does not (or should not) always have to backtrack to Bob Knight. Vitale and some of his fellow media peers need to realize that...contrary to some other schools...IU basketball is bigger than one person...even Bobby Knight.