Emmitt Holt dismissed from team

[Naturalhoosier 15,434]

@insidethehall: IU announces sophomore forward Emmitt Holt has been dismissed from the program. #iubb

[Naturalhoosier 15,434]

[HoosierTrav 7,887]

I'm done with IU basketball. Not until the coach and the AD is gone. The coach hasn't received a single lick of punishment for a single issue. I'm done. This was the final straw for me. It's been real fellas.

[Hoosier2014 289]

Beat me to it. Gonna be pretty hard playing with just Bryant as our lone talented big man.

[mdn82 25,510]

Beat me to it. Gonna be pretty hard playing with just Bryant as our lone talented big man.

We got Max in the offseason to give minutes down low.

[Hovadipo 56,245]

Holy cow. Didn't expect that.

[ThompsonHoosier 3,414]

Isn't this what people wanted? Harsh punishment? Well it definitely makes an example out of Holt and sets the tone for future offenses in the entire athletic department.

[mdn82 25,510]

Honestly, it sucks because I like Emmitt and what he could become.  But from a PR standpoint it had to be done.  After all of the things that has went on within this program for the last 3 years it is disappointing he had to be the sacrificial lamb.  That should have been Hanner. 

[Hoosier2014 289]

We got Max in the offseason to give minutes down low.

Yea but that's a severe drop off from Holt coming in to give minutes. Heck people were talking about starting Holt. I just don't think this was the right decision but that's just my opinion.

[AZ Hoosier 7,189]

I'm done with IU basketball. Not until the coach and the AD is gone. The coach hasn't received a single lick of punishment for a single issue. I'm done. This was the final straw for me. It's been real fellas.

 

Wow. I tend to agree that both Glass and Crean walked away clean again. That is the most annoying part of it all. I am sorry to see this happen to Holt, but in all honesty, he did this to himself.

 

Sounds like McRobbie's voice was finally heard at the players' level... just wish that it would also have gone a bit higher up the ladder.

 

It's going to be an interesting season now...

[TheStillman 991]

I'm done with IU basketball. Not until the coach and the AD is gone. The coach hasn't received a single lick of punishment for a single issue. I'm done. This was the final straw for me. It's been real fellas.

 

What a confusing way to react to this specific news.

[Trish 11,566]

The smart move. He messed up twice.

[mdn82 25,510]

Yea but that's a severe drop off from Holt coming in to give minutes. Heck people were talking about starting Holt. I just don't think this was the right decision but that's just my opinion.

I can understand that, but I think if anything they were essentially going to be the same player this year.  Emmitt was never a Crean type of player for whatever reason.  He was always getting on him in public and in private.  Emmitt played great in his short time on the floor.  Crean just saw him as a banger which isn't sexy to him. 

[realbig304 106]

Man, such a bummer. Really thought Holt was going to break out this year. Thought it was going to be a 6-10 game suspension so a dismissal is just stunning to me.

 

So we have another scholarship to fill...

[Kilroy 271]

What was Crean supposed to do? He isn't the parent, he can't be with them all 24 hours a day. I don't get how anyone puts stupid college kid mistakes on the coach.

[Hovadipo 56,245]

My hot take:

Crean found a transfer he really wanted for this season and Holt was directly in the crosshairs.

[mdn82 25,510]

Wow. I tend to agree that both Glass and Crean walked away clean again. That is the most annoying part of it all. I am sorry to see this happen to Holt, but in all honesty, he did this to himself.

 

Sounds like McRobbie's voice was finally heard at the players' level... just wish that it would also have gone a bit higher up the ladder.

 

It's going to be an interesting season now...

Not sure I follow how McRobbie's voice was being heard at the players' level?  The players didn't get rid of Holt.  We will see how much the team learns from this dismissal. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,771]

I'm done with IU basketball. Not until the coach and the AD is gone. The coach hasn't received a single lick of punishment for a single issue. I'm done. This was the final straw for me. It's been real fellas.

 

We don't know what has transpired between McRobbie and Glass and between Glass and Crean.  I can't believe that CTC has escaped this latest incident without some personal repurcussions but I also wouldn't expect that to become public information. 

[Hoosier2014 289]

My hot take:

Crean found a transfer he really wanted for this season and Holt was directly in the crosshairs.

Isn't it too late to add transfers since school has already started?

[AZ Hoosier 7,189]

What was Crean supposed to do? He isn't the parent, he can't be with them all 24 hours a day. I don't get how anyone puts stupid college kid mistakes on the coach.

 

The knock on Crean is that the "discipline" meted out in previous transgressions amounted to sitting out the exhibition games. And while Crean did not get punished in the truest sense of the word, he will have to deal with only a freshman at the 5 position... and probably be haunted terribly by an open scholarship.