Dan Dakich: A Good Choice?

I suppose that IU had no choice but to let Dan Dakich coach. It's mid-season who are they going to get. It had to be an assistant coach. And which assistant better than Dakich. I mean: he played for the team from 82-85, was a graduate assistant coach from 85-87, was an assistant coach from 87-97, and was luckily there when Sampson screwed up again. And the guy obviously knows something about basketball; he was the one who shut Jordan down when IU upset them in 84. If you don't believe me, go to Big Ten Network Superfans and take the Feb. 25 quiz: question six. He also played and coached (assistant) during the Bob Knight era. And with this string of bad coaches (Davis and Sampson) after firing Knight, they almost need someone who would coach and possibly think like Knight. Look what he's done so far. He beat Northwester and Ohio State. I know that's only two games but I think he's going to work out better than either of the two previous choices. To find out if he's going to be any good, we'll have to ... (link)