I will give you a reason!bluegrass wrote:: "that Crean asked him to leave".
If Crean wanted him instead of his scholarship I am sure he would have done more to keep him. The meeting, after which Jordan announced he was leaving, came at the request of Crean.
This might be one time a tape of the conversation would have been nice.
Why would Crean ask him to leave? Under the circumstances,I would think Crean would have been begging these guys to stay. I did read an article in SI a few weeks back that was less than flattering about some of the IU players from last year-attitude problems,drug issues.Didn't name anyone.Hopefully Crawford was not one of the players they were refering to.
Crean knows he has a grace period of a few years and knows he can bring in his guys and wants them to play right away...part as a sales tactic and part to get them experience. Crean can chalk up a few bad years better if the cupboards are bear better than if talent is their that he doesn't want but the fans like. I don't blame Crean that is life in college basketball.