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March 21, 2005Bobby Knight back in the Sweet SixteenWell, Bobby Knight is back in the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since 1994. Knight, who left in disgrace after falling out of favor in Indiana with his bad temper and strict discipline, took a Texas Tech team that was used to losing and turned them into a regular invitee to the Big Dance. Why is Bobby Knight such a reviled/loved character? He’s like the Dallas Cowboys. Do you know any football fans who don’t have an opinion about the Dallas Cowboys? I didn’t think so. The Cowboys are the most loved team in pro football. They are also the most hated. Bobby Knight is the same among football coaches. True, Knight has done some things that are entirely out of line. Ranting fits are never appropriate, neither is punching or choking a player. But Bobby Knight is a fierce believer in players winning AND graduating. To increase graduation rates, he wants the NCAA to adopt this rule: Revoke a team scholarship for every player who doesn't graduate within five years. Graduating’s importance has been greatly downplayed by more than a few “successful” coaches. The Cincinnati and Arkansas programs have drawn heat for their recent dismal graduation rates in the middle of winning lots of basketball games Who dislikes Bobby Knight? People who don’t cater to strict discipline. People who think there is a diplomatic solution to all dilemmas. People who dumb down schoolbooks, because they feel it’s more important for a kid to have self-esteem than to actually learn. So the draconian Knight is certainly not everyone’s cup of tea. But as long as chairs are not being thrown across basketball courts or players are not being choked, he’s mine. Posted by baldguy at March 21, 2005 01:25 AM |
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It is amazing to me that Bobby Knight is so successful. People make mistakes but his mistakes, in my opinion, cross the line for a college coach. Throwing chairs and choking players are not actions of a good all around person or coach. I am impressed of his coaching accomplishments but as a person college BB would be off without him....
Posted by: Kevin | April 2, 2005 03:14 PM
hello
my name is jason stiffler,iam a young man that dreamed to play with bobby knight growing up! i wemt into the army because when i was in middle school i was forces out of the basketball baseball,football,and all the other sports.why you ask? in my eyes, i think because i was in chapel hill n.c and was in middle school and the coach or should i say the sports director of the distact sayed i couldnt play because i was a day to old and i was making people i played in these sports eat my dust. the football coach yelled and screamed the same with the basketball coach,there was people talking about me in chapel hill university wanting me to play but this coach minick sports director guy knew i was great,and his son was a fat kid and when he heard that a kid from indiana could shoot the ball could run,tackle and catch and throw the ball and that in a football practice i plowed his 190 lbs. son down {the kid was playing center the son} he imeditly try to find away to get me out of the sports, this man reuined my life,so my dreams cut short i drop out in the 9th grade went 2 days later to a community college got my ged that day.passed with flying colors!!!!! know iam a crippled soilder of afgainastaind i was hurt in 2002 of april when a rpg came for me and my freinds and comrads, one of the first soilders over there,i was determind to get that caoch back and show him how i was! i dreamed of playing for bobby knight god dam it i dreamed to play for bobby knight#@@#!#@!#@$! will know iam a injuried soilder watching my dreams om the television while they let kids go right threw the system now, if bobby knight could of seen me play he would of took me from that high school if he could of found out how good i was and most of all he wouldnt give up on me neither,bobby knight is a great man and i beleive in him and his whys or method of education. believes in himself he is a dam good coach and wish that i could of had the chance to play for him.iam still injured till this day paralized you know but at least iam on crutches because iam not going to give up on my dreams. I will play basketball and i would love to play for bobby knight iam determined too. because he got shut down and he got back up and never layed down. thank you for your time
sincerly
jason stiffler
age:23
destination: to play ball for bobby knight even if iam back in indiana he will see me one day!!!!!1
Posted by: jason stiffler | March 18, 2006 07:34 PM