The Crimson Quarry · Apr 13, 2022
So, where does Tom Crean go from here?
Photo by James Gilbert/Getty ImagesThe year is 2017.
Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway walk onstage at the Oscars with the wrong envelope for Best Picture, Taylor Swift is back in force, Kendall Jenner stars in a uniquely tone deaf Pepsi ad and a total solar eclipse shrouds the entire nation in darkness for a few brief moments.
Not to be upstaged, Indiana’s men’s basketball program decides to do the same, firing head coach Tom Crean after nine seasons.
When Crean arrived in Bloomington he found a program with a single scholarship player on its roster and NCAA sanctions on the horizon. This didn’t deter Crean, who proudly proclaimed his faith in the program in his opening press conference.