You have to look at Sampson and say, "What are you thinking?" to even come close to being involved in something like this. Sampson's own personal friends can't believe that a coach with this much experience, this much time under the NCAA system, would be so careless as to let him be caught for the same offense that got him in trouble at Oklahoma.

Yes, Sampson, can't stay off the phone, no matter what the consequences.

Reading the comments across the nation, there is a very divided camp within the Hoosier faithful. Some, who were wary when Sampson arrived are even more on edge after this. Those who stuck with Sampson even when there were question's about Eric Gordon's sudden change of heart from Illinois to Indiana, are even starting to wonder.

And then there is the faction which tries to pass off this repeated offense as no big deal. This is a group which believes that the media is just trying to stir things up and that those outside of the Indiana basketball community shouldn't even have the right to question the actions of the coach. We apparently don't understand Indiana basketball, so we can't understand this. I can't agree with that logic.

If that were the case, would you ever criticize your coach for doing something that would be, in the end, beneficial for the team? No, you would only ever say something when you were hurt. Sure, look the other way now, but when the sanctions come in, you will be the first to complain that he should have been fired when this first occurred.

You need an outside source to shed the light on what is going wrong inside your program. That's the media's job, and you should probably thank them in this case. Maybe now you won't be surprised when something else comes up which might make you question your support of the coach who finally managed to win again at Indiana. Now, you know how he did it, with a little tarnish on all those trophies in the display case.

I am not saying that this is the worst offense in the world, but it is one that Sampson himself called "sloppy".

Sloppy just doesn't cut it in big time college basketball.

Ben Miraski writes for MRISports.com and is a featured blogger on FanIQ. Readers can contact Ben at bmiraski@mrisports.com