RIP Coach Knight

[southsidehoosier]

 

[southsidehoosier]

 

[southsidehoosier]

 

[LamarCheeks]

Doesn't seem like it's already been one year. 

Sorta fortuitous, I suppose, that we're playing his son's team tonight in an exhibition. 

(BTW, being a big Bears fan, it's also noteworthy that we lost Walter Payton on Nov. 1 --- 25 years ago). 

[Stuhoo]

A GREAT job by the Assembly Call. RMK’s famous locker room speech set to an old-school soul track. Enjoy!

 

[OliviaPope40]

5 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

A GREAT job by the Assembly Call. RMK’s famous locker room speech set to an old-school soul track. Enjoy!

 

What's the original song?

[WayneFleekHoosier]

What's the original song?

It’s AI set to soul or funk or whatever. It’s an original.


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[OliviaPope40]

1 minute ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

It’s AI set to soul or funk or whatever. It’s an original.


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Oh okay showing my age.

[Stuhoo]

3 hours ago, OliviaPope40 said:

What's the original song?

The original song is by Kool and the Gang and was originally titled

“Girl, I’m Tired of this Fuhkin Sh!t”

It’s the third track on their 1977 classic album. “I Am Not Here to Get My @$$ Beat”

[pappy1865]

A GREAT job by the Assembly Call. RMK’s famous locker room speech set to an old-school soul track. Enjoy!
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[OliviaPope40]

8 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

The original song is by Kool and the Gang and was originally titled

“Girl, I’m Tired of this Fuhkin Sh!t”

It’s the third track on their 1977 classic album. “I Am Not Here to Get My @$$ Beat”

Ah thank you

[southsidehoosier]

 

[LIHoosier]

SIAP, this is great. 

https://x.com/Coachreem4ever/status/1993411675274592461

[jermhoosierfan]

2 hours ago, LIHoosier said:

SIAP, this is great. 

https://x.com/Coachreem4ever/status/1993411675274592461

I love the way they cut it from him picking up the chair to Knight actually doing it.

[Henryville Hoosier]

I don’t remember this.

 

 

[AZ Hoosier]

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/indiana-house-votes-unanimously-to-rename-stretch-of-s-r-45-after-bob-knight/

[AZ Hoosier]

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/indiana-announces-plans-for-bronze-bob-knight-statue/

Bob Knight is set to join his iconic 1976 team inside Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.

Indiana announced plans Monday evening for the commission of a bronze statue of the legendary basketball coach.  It will be displayed in the South lobby of the building where he led the Hoosiers to three national titles.

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

“I know he wasn’t into that type of stuff. It’s really not for him, per se. It’s for the players, the managers, the fans, the assistants. When they asked me, there was no question about it." — Pat Knight on the statue of his father Bob Knight that is coming to Assembly Hall.

[Pagoda]

1 hour ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

“I know he wasn’t into that type of stuff. It’s really not for him, per se. It’s for the players, the managers, the fans, the assistants. When they asked me, there was no question about it." — Pat Knight on the statue of his father Bob Knight that is coming to Assembly Hall.

I really like that thinking with this statue.

This should help get everyone back to remembering RMK as a great coach, who also did a lot of good.  As we know, after 2000, at IU the discourse with him was mostly about the rift with the university and his flaws (he was human).  That doesn't need to be dwelled upon anymore.  His return to IU really helped and this should keep helping.

For me, I think he was the greatest college basketball coach of all time.  Importantly, he played by the rules, which eliminates several other coaches from taking that honor.  He won consistently and he won big.  His players loved him.  He was often unselfish and would help people.  He was genuinely funny. 

May as well remember all the positives, there are plenty.

[jermhoosierfan]

2 hours ago, Pagoda said:

I really like that thinking with this statue.

This should help get everyone back to remembering RMK as a great coach, who also did a lot of good.  As we know, after 2000, at IU the discourse with him was mostly about the rift with the university and his flaws (he was human).  That doesn't need to be dwelled upon anymore.  His return to IU really helped and this should keep helping.

For me, I think he was the greatest college basketball coach of all time.  Importantly, he played by the rules, which eliminates several other coaches from taking that honor.  He won consistently and he won big.  His players loved him.  He was often unselfish and would help people.  He was genuinely funny. 

May as well remember all the positives, there are plenty.

The amount of money he raised for the school to do all kinds of building projects and scholarships is not normally mentioned which is crazy.  A statue of The General in the corridor and the floor after McKracken seems appropriate.  I hope they have ideas of what Cigs statue will look like when it gets done in the next 15 years or so.