NCAA Bob Knight passes away

[Mike C]

Mike C is taking a kid to school in funny posts. I'd give Mike's posts a vote but I don't want a misunderstanding. I'm not mocking Mike C, I'm laughing with him. @Mike C

i even gave that guy a "like" on the sopranos thread the other day.....raised his percentage to a robust 5.6 percent

 

[93LEAFS]

Any one want insight into the complex person that Bobby Knight was read Season on the Brink. It's written before a lot of the major issues, and gives great insight to his time at Indiana. One of the best sports books ever written.

 

[93LEAFS]

By the author of Season on the Brink (John Feinstein). This should be a must read regardless of your opinion on Knight.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/11/02/bob-knight-john-feinstein/

 

[John Price]

By the author of Season on the Brink (John Feinstein). This should be a must read regardless of your opinion on Knight.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/11/02/bob-knight-john-feinstein/

This was probably the first sports book I read. It is a integral book if you are a sports or college football fan, a must read.

I followed Knight very closely due to that book, I was always a fan. That was when I started getting into sports in HS about 20 years ago.

 

[Hasbro]

produced exactly one NBA player to make it to an All Star game

yeah!!!

The General did an excellent job of dragging himself through the mud with his crass behavior and abusive treatment of others. He doesn't need our help besmirching his name now that he's moved down south permanently where it's nice and hot

Good riddance to bad rubbish

Seven years in Lubbock was good prep.

 

[Elvis P]

Remembering Bob Knight: Infamous outbursts, controversial moments that defined Indiana's legendary coach

Knight was a Hall of Fame coach whose complicated legacy is full of controversy

www.cbssports.com

@Mike C

 

[DaaaaB's]

people sitting here behind their keyboards talking shit about a man who accomplished more and inspired more young men than you would in your lives

"BUT HE BAD MAN"

yes, such a bad man that raised most of his young men the right way with tough love, got them to graduate (despite his Bachelor's degree being bull shit quote)

nobody is saying he was perfect but he did good things too. he wasn't a total jackass.

Yeah, there's been plenty of douchebags who have done some good things over the course of history. Doesn't mean they're not a douchebag though.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

I threw a chair across the room last night in honor of him.

Rip Hoosier daddy

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

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ESPN.com - College Basketball - Carter claims Knight used racial slur

Wrong. Knight was not an idiot. He knew the photo op was wrong. As soon as it happened civil rights leaders counseled the naive Cheaney on how racist it was. Knight hunted with other fascists such as Dick Cheney. You're obviously a biased IN alum.

Wrong. It’s IU.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

people sitting here behind their keyboards talking shit about a man who accomplished more and inspired more young men than you would in your lives

"BUT HE BAD MAN"

yes, such a bad man that raised most of his young men the right way with tough love, got them to graduate (despite his Bachelor's degree being bull shit quote)

nobody is saying he was perfect but he did good things too. he wasn't a total jackass.

It’s no different than that loser who used to work for SNL who’s trending because he made fun of Matthew Perry’s death. They think they’re better than someone who’s been in the spotlight simply because they’re irrelevant and no one would even care if they knew their flaws.

 

[Hasbro]

people sitting here behind their keyboards talking shit about a man who accomplished more and inspired more young men than you would in your lives

"BUT HE BAD MAN"

yes, such a bad man that raised most of his young men the right way with tough love, got them to graduate (despite his Bachelor's degree being bull shit quote)

nobody is saying he was perfect but he did good things too. he wasn't a total jackass.

So defending Bobby Knight for serial abuse and Dan Snyder for sex trafficking... interesting ideals of management you hold.

 

[Hasbro]

It’s no different than that loser who used to work for SNL who’s trending because he made fun of Matthew Perry’s death. They think they’re better than someone who’s been in the spotlight simply because they’re irrelevant and no one would even care if they knew their flaws.

I haven't strangled anyone at my workplace.

And his whole "He was just trying to get the most out of his own players" horseshit, or making better secretaries, university presidents, athletic directors, policemen, SIDs... it was a one way street. He went ballistic at the least amount of criticism. Certainly couldn't make him a better coach using his methodology.

Screw his cult of personality too.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

I haven't strangled anyone at my workplace.

And his whole "He was just trying to get the most out of his own players" horseshit, or making better secretaries, university presidents, athletic directors, policemen, SIDs... it was a one way street. He went ballistic at the least amount of criticism. Certainly couldn't make him a better coach using his methodology.

Screw his cult of personality too.

Just let the guy rot in the dirt then. Why people have to act like vultures and hyenas is beyond me.

I enjoyed his theatrics but understand that not all of what he did was right. I just don’t get why death has now become the opportunity for people to state their displeasure for one another.

 

[Hasbro]

Just let the guy rot in the dirt then. Why people have to act like vultures and hyenas is beyond me.

I enjoyed his theatrics but understand that not all of what he did was right. I just don’t get why death has now become the opportunity for people to state their displeasure for one another.

It's inevitable that his death would bring him up as a topic of discussion. Just lay back and enjoy it.

 

[Mike C]

Just saw that "Sweet D" Walter Davis died. 69 years old

It’s no different than that loser who used to work for SNL who’s trending because he made fun of Matthew Perry’s death. They think they’re better than someone who’s been in the spotlight simply because they’re irrelevant and no one would even care if they knew their flaws.

That guy was pretty funny. He said "I love when junkies die"

 

[Mike C]

Yeah, there's been plenty of douchebags who have done some good things over the course of history. Doesn't mean they're not a douchebag though.

Kinda like how Mussolini got the trains to run on time eh,?

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Just saw that "Sweet D" Walter Davis died. 69 years old


That guy was pretty funny. He said "I love when junkies die"

How is that funny though. You think people dream of being junkies when they’re young??

 

[Mike C]

How is that funny though. You think people dream of being junkies when they’re young??

depends on how they're cultured and who their roles models are. in perry's case no i don't think he dreamt of that. in other cases yes i do believe that to be a fact.

it was funny because i like sardonic dark gallows humor. it's not funny that the guy died and having decades long sobriety, i am more than acutely aware of the nature of the disease. all that said, i thought it was a humorous line

i'm also keenly understanding of the fact that most of an addict's problems are of his own making

i'm also the guy who when a criminal gets killed while perpetrating a crime, i say with no compunction in the least "good, he got what he deserved"

 

[John Price]

wow, what a jerk

 

[Power Man]

Didn't he kick his son in the leg during a timeout?

 

[DaaaaB's]

Just let the guy rot in the dirt then. Why people have to act like vultures and hyenas is beyond me.

I enjoyed his theatrics but understand that not all of what he did was right. I just don’t get why death has now become the opportunity for people to state their displeasure for one another.

It's obviously because his death put him in the news. Were you expecting people to randomly bash Knight on here when he was still alive. I mean I always bashed him if his name was brought up but I was hardly going to go start a thread about how much of a douche he is.

 

[John Price]

It's obviously because his death put him in the news. Were you expecting people to randomly bash Knight on here when he was still alive. I mean I always bashed him if his name was brought up but I was hardly going to go start a thread about how much of a douche he is.

if that's true how come so many of his players and those serving under him are loyal to him

yes he's a controversial figure

yes he did bad things

but nobody's perfect. i suppose everyone here has no skeletons in their closet and has lived a perfect flawless life.

 

[DaaaaB's]

if that's true how come so many of his players and those serving under him are loyal to him

yes he's a controversial figure

yes he did bad things

but nobody's perfect. i suppose everyone here has no skeletons in their closet and has lived a perfect flawless life.

Some of his former players also say he was a racist douche. I find you thinking that everyone has skeletons in their closet to be quite telling.

 

[Terry Yake]

there's a pretty big difference between a coach who is able to get the most out of his players and one who is an abusive psychopath like bob knight was

 

[Mike C]

Didn't he kick his son in the leg during a timeout?

yes but we all have skeletons in our closet. so what that most of us don't kick our kids at all let alone in front of thousands. his son needed that jolt of "tough love"


freak bob knight. i wouldn't walk across the street to take a leak on him if i saw him on fire but i'll gladly go do it on his grave