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A Knight in shining imperfection
The Washington Times ^ | 2-6-08 | Tom Knott

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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KEYWORDS: basketball; bobknight; collegebasketball; ncaa
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To: shaft29

Actually, he was asked about a weather delay for his flight and responded that the weather can’t be changed, so it’s like being raped. If you can’t change it you may as well enjoy it.

The comment is still crass, but a far cry from what you said.

And I do not like the guy.


21 posted on 02/06/2008 7:42:20 PM PST by SlapHappyPappy
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To: JZelle
And here I thought it was going to be a McCain thread.

Which brings to mind two titles for Hillary:

"A Knight in Crusty Armor"
or
"A Dragon in Distress"

/hijack>

Cheers!

22 posted on 02/06/2008 8:16:18 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: shaft29
Thank you.

I just read Debbie Schlussel's blog posting about this, which was absolutely absurd.

How the heck can you be described as a "disciplinarian" when you can't even suppress your own emotional outbursts?

23 posted on 02/10/2008 8:05:46 AM PST by Reaganite1984
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