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The Real Bob Knight
The American Enterprise ^ | October 2002 | Michael Ledeen

Posted on 04/28/2016 9:10:24 AM PDT by cdga5for4

Though subjected to a “Borking” as harsh and unfair as that experienced by any political figure in America over the past decade, Knight’s long record of success and a lifetime of loyalty to his friends enabled him to relocate to Lubbock, Texas, where he now coaches the Red Raiders of Texas Tech. And, just as he had at IU, Knight took a wounded basketball program and revitalized it dramatically, producing a winning season with a team that had finished at the bottom of the Big 12 Conference the year before, while filling arenas all over the country and earning an invitation to the NCAA tournament at the end of the season.

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To: affan76

Cruz is just a poor politician.


21 posted on 04/28/2016 10:11:07 AM PDT by RedWulf (Defeat Hillery or kiss the republic goodbye.)
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To: SPRINK

For a good number of his players, he was the only “Father Figure” they had in their lives. And the vast majority of those kids grew up to be good, responsible adults.


22 posted on 04/28/2016 10:11:58 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: SPRINK
off the court he is a very flawed individual....

How so?

23 posted on 04/28/2016 10:49:18 AM PDT by kabar
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To: hal ogen

He personally raised several million for the library at IU before the school screwed him.
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he did the same at Tech. The man has many good qualities and many bad


24 posted on 04/28/2016 2:18:03 PM PDT by SPRINK
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To: SPRINK
Some years ago I read " Season On The Brink" by Jon Feinstein. Feinstein, a political liberal, tried to give a fair view of Knight. He probably succeeded.

I believe Knight is somewhere between the devil he's depicted as by many and the great, conservative person some make him out to be. I never much approved of his coaching methods although he obviously got results.

But his way of humiliating a number of his players was not something I approved of. John Wooden, a great conservative, didn't have to do any of that stuff to get his players to play well. And he was not known for throwing chairs on the court.

Knight was obsessed with winning, and he often let that get the better of him. Winning is nice, but treating players like they're more than just objects to move around on a basketball court is something different.

25 posted on 04/28/2016 4:04:17 PM PDT by driftless2 (For long term happiness, learn how to play the accordion)
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To: ObozoMustGo2012; All
Mark forgets about the $500K Cruz paid to Carly.... and she later endorsed AND joined his ticket.

Of course you just made that one up! Cruz isn't that kind of guy. And even if he was, $500K would be peanuts in so far as Fiorina is concerned.

26 posted on 05/01/2016 1:40:46 PM PDT by justiceseeker93
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To: justiceseeker93

Not made up at all. Sorry to burst your bubble, sport...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/07/31/why-did-a-ted-cruz-super-pac-donate-to-carly-fiorina/


27 posted on 05/01/2016 1:44:19 PM PDT by ObozoMustGo2012
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To: driftless2
Knight was obsessed with winning, and he often let that get the better of him. Winning is nice, but treating players like they're more than just objects to move around on a basketball court is something different.

FWIW, Knight was no worse than any other coach in the NCAA. His only mistake was being a winner year after year. The media is famous for building up any athlete or coach until they're able to tear them down.......... After all, headlines make for readership.......

28 posted on 05/01/2016 1:56:02 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: affan76; All
Levin not understanding why Trump would want Bobby Knight standing next to him in the State of Indiana is shows less about the understanding of local politics than Cruz’s understanding of the game of basketball by calling it a basketball “ring.”

Not too sure about Knight's standing in the state of Indiana. I don't think the Purdue people would be particularly fond of Knight. ( Nor the fans of just about every Big Ten opponent his teams faced.) Plus, it's been 16 years since he last coached at IU - and was fired by the university president for a repetitive pattern of boorish behavior, no matter how much he had won as a coach. Younger voters wouldn't even remember Knight.

As for Cruz's understanding of basketball, he said in his autobiography that he actually played some basketball in intermediate or high school, FWIW.

29 posted on 05/01/2016 2:00:57 PM PDT by justiceseeker93
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To: driftless2

http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/12227/the-other-part-of-the-wooden-legacy


30 posted on 05/01/2016 2:14:28 PM PDT by John W (Under One Year And Counting!)
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To: ObozoMustGo2012
Remember that candidates are legally bound not to have contact with their super PACs. No evidence that Cruz himself was involved in this. If he were, don't you think that the WaPo and its media pals would be calling for Cruz to be criminally investigated?

It's quite obvious that almost all major media outlets, left and even some "right," are biased toward Trump in this GOP primary process, because they know that Trump as the Republican candidate likely means a victory for The Witch in the general election.

31 posted on 05/01/2016 2:42:28 PM PDT by justiceseeker93
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