Sunday, February 19, 2006

The Star goes Fishing!

Boy the Star sure was trying to find a controversy with this piece.

Thank you Mike Davis for sticking with the terms of your resignation and not giving them any ammunition.

Davis: Race wasn't a factor - IndyStar.com
Mike Davis was emphatic. He insisted that racism had nothing to do with his decision to resign as Indiana University's head basketball coach.

"No, no, no. I just think it was a matter of someone being here following coach (Bob) Knight, and now it's time to move on," Davis said Saturday in an exclusive interview with The Indianapolis Star. "It's not about (race). Color doesn't win games. I've been treated nice by a lot of people here. Color doesn't make people treat you nice or bad. I don't think people understand that."

That doesn't mean Davis didn't face special challenges as the first black head coach in IU athletics history. Or that racial antagonism, at least to some degree, wasn't part of the withering pressure that finally seemed to wear him down.
The rest of the article isn't worth reading as the authors try to paint a racist picture, but only have gray crayons.

That may be one of the best off the cuff responses Mike has had in his 6 years.

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