Smart Move For Isiah Thomas To Go To FIU

Welcome Isiah Thomas to Florida. FIU and Thomas will start their relationship, and it gets me to thinking how manymore chances will the guy have to coach? The ESPN article says it will be his second chance to revive his career. Well, he totally screwed up the Pacers. Next he went on to New York and made them a complete joke. It is not surprising that he has now gone to a lesser known college basketball program.

As a player, Thomas was amazing. It seeems like it would be tough for him to gain ultimate respect after the two debacles that have taken place in the NBA. From his perspective though, this is a great decision. Florida International was 13-20 last year, which was good for eighth in the Sun Belt Conference. There is no great pressure of continuing to build a strong program, or building a winner in a media-centric region. If Thomas goes in there and FIU finishes seventh and eighth the next two years, well, he will have gone into a weak program and come out of a weak program. But, if Thomas is able to take this team to the tournament in a few years, well, he will have been the savior of the school’s athletic program.

Time will tell if both parties made the right decision. The fact is that Isiah cannot hurt his reputation anymore than it already has been. Or can he?

Isiah accepts FIU coaching job [ESPN]