Posted on 02/06/2008 11:20:01 AM PST by JZelle
Bob Knight embraced all the proper things in college basketball: discipline, dedication, loyalty, smarts and toughness.
His teams always had a high graduation rate, and there never was a whiff of rule-breaking associated with his programs.
And yet, instead of being serenaded to a chorus of hallelujahs as he exits Texas Tech in midseason, Knight is being reminded yet anew of his legendary imperfections and combustible nature.
Knight never was as disciplined as he demanded his players to be, which was the enigmatic dimension of his larger-than-life personality.
His ideals were impeccable. He just could not live up to all of them. It just was not in him. Even his advancing years failed to mellow him. To the end, he was as profane and combative as ever.
It was to his everlasting disservice that he could not take warmly to those he judged to have inferior intellect than his, which included most of the scribblers who chronicled his exploits and misconduct.
They never could see the game the way he could. They never could grasp the subtleties of the game that would lend substance to their thin analysis. They could second-guess, their practice of hindsight being flawless. They could question and criticize while never bothering to break down one game film.
That reality aroused the ire in Knight. He never respected the scribblers in his midst, and yet you had the feeling he never missed one word they ever wrote about him. It was merely another one of his many contradictions.
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couldn’t - my bad
Bobby Knight is an a**hole. He has always been an a**hole. He will always be an a**hole.
I only wish that Bobby Knight would have hit the ref with the chair. No permanent damage, mind you. Just enough to keep him from reffing that season.
Bobby Valentine - the ref in question, cost South Dakota State a national championship in Div 2 later on that year. The last minute was about as well refereed as the ‘72 Olympic Gold Medal game.
“Bobby Knight is an a**hole. He has always been an a**hole. He will always be an a**hole.”
Are you Neil Reed? ;)
Could be Luke Recker......
You have an opinion like anyone else, but you don't have to mention it thrice in one post unless you're an alien with 3 a$$holes.
Like Coach said at the time:
“There was an old lady on the other side of the court that needed a seat!”
In any event, JZelle asked if Knight could be a write in so I guess we have to determine whether he throws his hat in the ring. He's certainly available but the poof press would crucify him daily. He's probably the only person in America with higher negatives than Hildabeast.
Are you guys sure it wasn’t Ted Valentine?
They weren't.
Anyone could see that he was just another courageous but handicapped individual doing his best to participate in what life offered.
Unfortunately when it came time to review his contract Myles Brand (top honcho at Indiana University) took the coward's way out of a self-created dilemma and deliberately chose to ignore the provisions of the "The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)" and simply tossed this poor man on the street.
Myles went on to an otherwise undistinguished career as a bureaucrat at the NCAA. His wife is a professor of gender studies (just in case anyone imagines Myles has his own head. The guy undoubtedly lives a life of unrelenting Hell Fur Shur.)
Bobby went on to Texas Tech where they really are "kinder and gentler". The Indiana University English department went into hiding, with some members actually seeming to disappear from the face of the Earth. Their budget continues to shrink and eventually it may be possible for Indiana to once again hold its head high when it comes to basketball when they are free to hire another coach who knows his job.
I am just amazed that there are members on this spot who excoriate Bill Clinton for saying” I smoked marijuana but did not inhale”, but have the temerity to defend a worthless piece of pond scum like Bobby Knight who when asked about a rape of a woman on the Indiana Campus said” she should have just laid back and enjoyed it”
Well then, let’s switch sports. Tell me, when you go fishing do you always swallow it hook, line and sinker?
Yeah, it was Ted V. Books have been written about their relationship over the years.
Since Bobby’s remark wasn’t in regard to any rape on any campus, but rather the use of the old “”I think that if rape is inevitable, relax and enjoy it” with respect to playing basketball (but, alas, unfortunately spoken in the presence of Connie Chung ~ whose husband was busy making the family living by interviewing sexual perverts and freaks), I’d suggest your comment was not only out of line but also a sure sign that you need to see a doctor about getting your ears clean or something.
Connie Chung’s reaction was priceless.
In comparing our posts to shaft, I have to admit you are more the instructor. You have a very good recall of events and present them well in a very credible and polite manner. Thank you.
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