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Not only won't Isiah Thomas coach the New York Knicks next season, but he won't guide his alma-mater Indiana either. With the Hoosiers on the verge of naming a new coach this week, Thomas, arguably the school's most famous alumnus, said yesterday he has not been contacted about the job or even consulted. Thomas may not be a hero in the Knicks locker room but he's a legend in the state of Michigan that swarms with universities and popular in his hometown Chicago, nearly attending DePaul. Thomas yesterday lobbied for Dan Dakich, who played for the Hoosiers in the mid-1980's just after Thomas, to remain coach in the wake of Kelvin Sampson's dismissal. Thomas has an Indiana scholarship named after him and his son currently is a freshman.

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March 31, 2008  07:43 AM ET
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Oh jeez. The LAST thing that IU needs is to be taking advice from Isiah.

I guess that Isiah is thinking, "I've already killed a minor league (CBA) and an NBA team, why not move on to a college program?"

March 31, 2008  09:07 AM ET
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As if IU has any interest in that clown. What, you think the IU powers that be want to bankrupt their fine institution? LMAO!!!

March 31, 2008  09:55 AM ET
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Please take him off our hands......PLEASE
its a win-win....

We get rid of him & we don't care what happens to IU- lol

March 31, 2008  11:35 AM ET
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From Sampson to Thomas = bad to worse. Remember, Thomas has his own very sordid ethics issues in the Knicks' front office. Don't even think of this, Hoosiers.

March 31, 2008  11:35 AM ET
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From Sampson to Thomas = bad to worse. Remember, Thomas has his own very sordid ethics issues in the Knicks' front office. Don't even think of this, Hoosiers.

March 31, 2008  11:52 AM ET
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You can't kill something that's already dead, right?

March 31, 2008  12:37 PM ET
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Why would anyone consider Isiah as a coach after all the mayhem he authored in NY?

March 31, 2008  03:04 PM ET
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While I wish for this to happen, it never will. I want Isiah gone from New York but I do not wish him on Indiana.

March 31, 2008  03:52 PM ET
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After watching Isiah coach the Knicks yesterday against the Hawks, I was shocked about the lack of any effort on his part to win the game. Especially shocking was his letting the clock run in the last two minutes without fouling or doing anything to stop the Hawks from running out the clock. Ultimately, the Hawks (being the Hawks) committed three stupid fouls & the knicks hit a 3 pointer.... had Thomas cared enough to get the clock stopped, the game would have been winnable.

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March 31, 2008  06:18 PM ET
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After Isiah's fiasco in NY, I don't think IU really needs to be looking his direction.

March 31, 2008  09:49 PM ET
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if IU somehow hires Isiah, they should be prepared to be an NIT post-season team for years to come.......he'll turn IU into s***

April 1, 2008  02:07 PM ET
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look at it this way...atleast he'd have to look really hard to find any attractive women in indiana to harrass...

April 2, 2008  03:39 PM ET
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OMG...just BLOW up the damn campus if you are going to do that

 
April 2, 2008  11:44 PM ET
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Isiah, just stop already! You're embaressing yourself and Pistons fans everywhere, watching our greatest player in Pistons histroy be ridiculed everywhere on the ranks of Matt Millen.

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