“If so he’s currently unavailable for comment...........still in intensive care.”
I don’t know. Most bullies have a problem when people stand up to them, and Bobby Knight is a quintessential bully.
" Knight's academic successes rival his athletic ones. At Indiana, he graduated nearly 80 percent of his players. The national average for Division I schools is 42 percent. He endowed two chairs, one in history and one in law, and he raised millions for the library. He's doing the same at Texas Tech, donating $10,000 to a fund that's now raised $100,000. To increase graduation rates, he wants the NCAA to adopt this rule: Revoke a team scholarship for every player who doesn't graduate within five years. (Under that sort of stricture, some NCAA teams wouldn't have any scholarships left."
In the words of Isiah Thomas:Isiah, has your opinion of your former coach Bob Knight been changed at all by some of the allegations that have surfaced?
Isiah Thomas: No, if anything it's cemented my perception of his as a good coach and person. A lot of time what's happens, the traditions that our parents used when raising kids in the past - Bob Knight has lasted so long I would say that the conditions of coaching has changed. Bob Knight came from the era of Lombardi, Parcells and Schembechler - ones who demanded that you take responsibility for your actions. Now coaches tolerate and accept all sorts of things. Things I'm proud coach Knight has never accepted - even his own behavior.