Bob Knight penalized (suspended)for spat with chancellor

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[Azzurri]

Once again "coach" is just misunderstood and its the administrations fault. I grew up watching a state fall all over itself to deny the fact, that the man is an embarrassment. Good luck Texas Tech.

I disagree. If what supposedly transpired is true, the chancellor is the petty man for walking up to Knight at a salad bar and sarcastically saying he was well-behaved. It appears to me he was trying to provoke Knight, who wouldn't take a sarcastic jibe like that lightly and the chancellor knew it. More often then not, it is the University administrators (in this case the Chancellor) who are small, petty, people. Knight doesn't like them and doesn't really need to like them as long as he has the respect of his players...which he does in 99.9% of his past student-athletes. He's old school and there's nothing wrong with that.

[Kakaze]

If you want to give Knight the benefit of the doubt , go right ahead. I know from experience, 25 plus years living just up the road from Bloomington, In.. The man is a time bomb waiting to go off, and like I said this "incident" could have been lifeted right out of the bloomington papers.

As long as he's winning it will be tolerated and excused by pressure from the alumni. Thats what happened today, it's like looking in a time machine.

[humboldtconservative]

The chancellor then told Knight that he deserved more respect than Knight was showing him, according to the Avalanche-Journal.

What about the chancellor....show me respect....I run a school...

They can have each other!

[John W]

"Bobby Knight is an immature jackass who is lucky that he hasn't suffered another coronary."

You're getting your "jackasses" confused,Knight has never had a coronary.

[beckett]

Knight took on the PC brethren at Indiana, and for that he deserved some props from conservatives, and generally, from what I've read, he seems to support our issues, but he's got emotional problems that he's never dealt with, quite obviously, and that makes it very difficult to root for the guy over the long haul because these silly embarrassments keep happening wherever he goes.

[NYCVirago]

He suspended the coach because he felt slighted? How old is this guy? 5?

Who's the five-year-old here? The chancellor was *complimenting* Knight when Bobby threw a hissy. Believe it or not, most people don't get away with treating their bosses like the scum of the earth.

[Khurkris]

"What about the chancellor....show me respect....I run a school...
They can have each other!"

This was said AFTER Knight began his aggressive tirade. I defend neither of the actors in this. The Chancellor hired Knight, he knew what a loose cannon he is.