Eric Gordon says player drug abuse was problem at IU

[ehh]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3777010

Not all that shocking, that program is a mess.

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Gordon, who left after his freshman season and now starts for the Los Angeles Clippers, said some players' drug use led to friction on the team. Gordon said he spent time with a family friend in Bloomington because of the atmosphere surrounding some players. Then-coach Kelvin Sampson tried to stop the drug use, Gordon said, but Sampson "was just so focused on basketball and winning and everything." "Sometimes it felt like it wasn't even a real basketball team because of all the turmoil that went on," Gordon said. Former Indiana guard Adam Ahlfeld said players were aware of the drug problem. "I wasn't really with those abusing drugs, so I can't say what was really going on," Ahlfeld told the newspaper. "I wasn't involved in any of those things."

[J0nnD0ugh]

There's probably a drug problem w/75% of the basketball programs out there. 100% of the football programs.

[joshuar9476]

what a mess .. i'm so glad that nightmare is over and that we hired the right man for the job.

[ehh]

Quote: Originally Posted by J0nnD0ugh

There's probably a drug problem w/75% of the basketball programs out there. 100% of the football programs.

If Gordon is going out of his way to say this I assume he's talking about more than just weed but I'm sure we'll never know. I'm guessing that's what you mean by the 75% comment, because there's no way 75% of programs have kids doing coke.

[KG]

Quote: Originally Posted by ehh

If Gordon is going out of his way to say this I assume he's talking about more than just weed but I'm sure we'll never know. I'm guessing that's what you mean by the 75% comment, because there's no way 75% of programs have kids doing coke.

yeah, thats what I took from it. If the problem was that severe I would assume that he was talking about some serious drugs

[J0nnD0ugh]

Quote: Originally Posted by ehh

If Gordon is going out of his way to say this I assume he's talking about more than just weed but I'm sure we'll never know. I'm guessing that's what you mean by the 75% comment, because there's no way 75% of programs have kids doing coke.

Nah. I don't assume there is alot of coke. But youth today have a benign opinon about weed. & atheltes are always looking for an "edge" from enhancers. Its not limited to football, baseball & track.

[pennstlbu]

I've been on numerous teams where a number of guys smoke weed. And it was never a problem. But I've witnessed a couple of teams at my college that had a coke problem and that fractured those teams. I had a good friend on one of the team's and I heard all the problems. It was a mess.

[ehh]

I don't think most players care about teammates smoking outside of the fact that they're putting themselves at risk if they get caught and suspended.

We had a few kids smoke semi-regularly on my college team and I coulda cared less. Most of them chilled on it during the season anyway so I guess we were lucky. Drinking was another story though, lol.