Posted on 09/16/2009 1:59:55 PM PDT by Borges
INDIANAPOLIS – The NCAA says Myles Brand has died after battling pancreatic cancer. He was 67.
The university president turned NCAA chief who pushed for tighter academic standards in college sports and took on Bob Knight died Wednesday.
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That’s too bad. I didn’t even know he’d been sick.
I never liked the guy. He spent years trying to run Bobby Knight out of the University of Indiana (and Knight always gave him ammo just by being himself) then somehow parlayed this into leading the NCAA. Brand hated collegiate sports and was your typical jock-hating liberal prof who was jealous of how much money/attention coaches and athletic programs received. Brand was to college sports what Obama is to capitalism.
That said, nobody should have to go through pancreatic cancer. It is still a death sentence for anyone who gets it.
The problem here is that Bobby is obviously a severely handicapped man who has what is best described as an anxiety disorder.
Rather than doing what was right and providing him with appropriate medical assistance (of which there is no shortage at Indiana University), he set him up with one of those "one more time" deals which he knew Bobby would fail.
Myles did the right thing in leaving IU barely 2 years after the firing, and I certainly don't wish pancreatic cancer on anyone. His end has come before its time, but that happens sometimes.
Sad news. I hate to see this happen. Never agreed with him though. I thought his zero-tolerance policy towards Bobby Knight was over the top. He seemed obsessed with ridding the NCAA of all offensive names, mostly any reference towards native Americans. He got a huge payout from Indiana University when he left, even though it was to take a better job. Never sure why someone gets a huge payoff for leaving.
I worked for Bob Knight and love Bob Knight. Coach Knight would give the shirt off of his back for you. He just didn’t suffer fools, mostly the media and, well, Brand himself.
It is sad that Myles Brand had to suffer from such a horrible disease.
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If you get a chance, read Michael Ledeen’s stuff about Brand and Knight. Great stuff about Brand ruining Indiana University and using Knight as his scapegoat.
Myles certainly didn't make any friends at IU.
Was he bipolar perhaps?
if our colleges had more bob knights are young people would be alot better off.
Sad news. Prayers for his family.
Here’s hoping his successor now will cool it on Title IX and the Indian nicknames
I might be one of the few outside of Indiana (and New Mexico) who likes Bob Knight. Bottom line, he is a winner and as honest as the day is long. A little coarse sometime (often), but he is who he is.
Oh, you’d be surprised. There are a ton of Bob Knight fans out there. One of the very best teachers I’ve ever been around.
We love him at Texas Tech too..... sorry to hear anyone suffering from cancer though...RIP
Thank you for your post. I love Coach Knight, too.
Excellent post. One minor correction...it is Indiana University, and not the University of Indiana. :)
If I had that ability to play BB & Bobby wanted me I would be there in a NY minute.
Knight is one of the guys whose methods nobody would admire were he not winning games. Winning cures a lot of sins in the sports world. Not that he has been a big winner or had much of a team in more than fifteen years.
No, actually it isn't.
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