Bob Knight his best

A great answer to a dumb reporter by Bob Knight during the 1993 NCAA Tournament

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• College
• Basketball
• 1993
• NCAA
• Tournament
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• Indiana
• University
• Damon
• Bailey
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[Crusader1987]

I don't care what anyone says about Bob Knight's temper or anything along those lines (most of which was probably more for show than Knight actually having anger issues). Knight is on of the top 3 basketball coaches of all time. He won consistently, he graduated his players and he turned his players into upstanding young men. You cannot ask for more than that from someone in his position... well, unless your name is Miles Brand. Then you'd be a moron.

[rolltideTCP14]

@Rjjr510 "real skill in the 90's????????????? Knight coached Jordan in the Olympics and Isaiah Thomas at IU. You don't have a clue. The 1980's was one of the best decades in basketball history.

[cebrough]

As a proud IU alum from the Knight years I can say that Bobby Knight is still raging egomaniac and an embarrassment to IU. He was a great coach until the early 80s but the game and its players passed him by because he was utterly unadaptable and stuck in his own self-righteous worldview and the past. He's a contemptible man who is a part of history but has little relevance to the game as it's played today. Any Power Five team would crush the vaunted 70s teams today.

[shaker927]

@andan04 He may have gotten canned by Brand ....but Bob Knight has no superiors.

[suryavajra]

@andan04

I think you're right about that one. There was a sense of hubris there. Indeed MacArthur got us in real trouble in Korea because he ignored all the intelligence that was telling him the Chinese invasion was imminent.

[andan04]

@suryavajra I believe there are many parallels between Knight and MacArthur. Both were brilliant "commanders" who mistakenly believed that because of their winning records and popularity with their "fan base," they were untouchable, bigger than the institution that employed them. As a result both openly defied -- almost dared -- their superiors, and their hubris got them both fired, deservedly.

[suryavajra]

@andan04

understand andan.....so what's your take on MacArthur?

[13SuperKings]

@rolltideTCP14 The 1980's was the best for the game of basketball. But, the 90's had so much skill.

[Mq6vL9Bu]

14 people see Bailey being better.

[andan04]

I used to love Bob Knight, defended him at every chance. I used all the standard arguments -- he wins, his players graduate, he runs a clean program, his teams always hustle and are always disciplined, he's fiercely loyal, etc. After each tantrum I defended him, even the chair toss. But when the video of Knight choking Neil Reed surfaced, I was done. Immediately I realized that was indefensible. I wanted no part of it. In the end the General got what he deserved, just like MacArthur.

[Derporsche]

I love the General...!

[kevlarunderwear22]

liberal journalists are such airheads. go bobby!