Topic: Bobby Knight passes

[wasbarryb]

NM

[BigJimslade]

One of my least favorite persons
To b honest he treated a lot of people horribly

[muherd34]

Seemed to be a very complicated person.  Great coach with anger issues.  May he RIP.

[wasbarryb]

One of my least favorite persons
To b honest he treated a lot of people horribly

And you're following in his footsteps quite clearly.

[luvherd]

If my son had the skill to play D1 basketball, I would have recommended Knight to be his coach. A complicated man but really knew basketball and was of the era to turn boys to  men.

[herdfifteen]

Great coach. Faults , sure he had his. The measure of his worth can be traced to those who played for him, extremely loyal. He was not your 'everyone gets a trophy' kind of coach.

[mu79grad]

He knew great talent as evidenced by him saying John Taft could play for him, after Taft scorched his Hoosiers with 28 points.

[BigJimslade]

If my son had the skill to play D1 basketball, I would have recommended Knight to be his coach. A complicated man but really knew basketball and was of the era to turn boys to  men.

And, if he was ticked off he might even cuff ya up side the head? not so complicated

[GreenWhite]

As someone who followed Indiana during the Knight years, I do remember one thing that, I doubt, any other coach would have done. One of his star players was paralyzed while, I believe, playing a pick-up game of basketball during the offseason. The school revoked his scholarship. Bobby Knight took care of his tuition until he graduated. Again, he had his faults, but he also had some good in him. I also read that, while at Texas Tech, he gave back salary for a couple of years because he thought he did not deserve it.

[MUonium]

for good or bad, i'll never forget what i call the colorful characters of basketball like Knight, Tarkanian the "towel", coack K the "choir boy" and closer to home "heart attack" Herrion

[MUonium]

If my son had the skill to play D1 basketball, I would have recommended Knight to be his coach. A complicated man but really knew basketball and was of the era to turn boys to  men.

idk, there were several other great options

[herdloyal]

Great Coach now no more arguments just peace and rest with the Lord!

[BigJimslade]

Great Coach now no more arguments just peace and rest with the Lord!

You are speculating again

[pdunn]

was of the era to turn boys to  men.

We are now in the era where we turn boys into "girls," at taxpayer expense. 

[BigJimslade]

We are now in the era where we turn boys into "girls," at taxpayer expense.

Sigh .. things were so much better in the good ol days

[herdinphilly]

He knew great talent as evidenced by him saying John Taft could play for him, after Taft scorched his Hoosiers with 28 points.

But not holding on to Larry Bird.