RIP Coach Knight

[schoosier]

God speed Coach, and the critics can now start lining up!

[TTT]

Thanks for the memories.  So many remarkable times witnessed.

[Jeff Flabjohns]

A couple “this day just got even worse” posts in here have me combing the board for bad news I missed. An injury? DQ commitment elsewhere? 

[Stuhoo]

RIP to the most effective basketball coach ever, and to one hell of a legend and leader of young men.

Coach, I hope they bury you upside down.

[Scotty R]

RIP to the best coach of all time. He was IU's coach for the first 30 years of my life and ue was my hero 

[Dave from Dayton]

I really got more than a kick out of Coach Knight and the Hoosiers.  Back in '76 and '77...my then gf and I got engaged and married after graduating from IU-B.

What can I say...

[Brass Cannon]

Man just saw the news I hate this so much 

[Muskie for three]

Rip 

[AZ Hoosier]

Not sure how many remember, but Bob Knight almost never made it to Indiana. He was all but signed, sealed and delivered to Wisconsin in 1968. He accepted the job offer while in Madison with the stipulation that no one at Wisconsin announced the hire before Knight could get back to West Point to inform his boss and team. Someone at Wisconsin leaked the information, and Knight told them to pound sand. He stayed at Army for three more seasons before moving to Indiana.

[Golfman25]

RIP Coach.  I too am glad he decided to come back the past few years.  Like him or not, he did a lot for IU and the program.  

[HoosierHoopster]

RIP Coach.

I am glad he made it back to Bloomington, re-engaged and found closure, and was surrounded by family when he passed away. RIP

[Banksyrules]

RIP Coach Knight.  We disagreed at times but there was no doubt of the brilliance you orchestrated on the court. 

[woodenshoemanHoosierfan]

I just saw he has died. Coach knight was the main reason a young boy an hour south of the University of Illinois became an Indiana fan 50 years ago

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[Hovadipo]

RIP to the greatest. 

[LamarCheeks]

Knew this was coming -- just didn't know when. 

RIP to an Indiana legend. 

I actually covered the team for a season at the Daily Student a long, long time ago. He yelled at me the first time I asked a question. I think that was just his way of "intimidating" me and keeping me on my toes. 

Later, during the NCAA tournament -- there was a room full of dozens of reporters for media sessions. You had to raise your hand and wait for a person with a mike to come to you. I was sitting up front in the middle after one of the games, so it wasn't easy to get to me. I kept raising my hand, but to no avail. Finally, Bob saw me, recognized me as someone who'd been with the team all season, and said -- "Hey, let's get to this guy down here. He's had his hand up for quite a while." 

Thanks, Coach -- for that and creating so many IU basketball memories over the years. 

[IU - Kaulie]

This is so sad.  Thank you Coach Knight.  

[mamasa]

I had the pleasure and/or uncomfortableness of knowing Coach in my younger years. Absolutely dedicated to teaching, one of a kind. He will be greatly missed, and his legacy will be cemented as one of the absolute best coaching coaches in history 

[Napleshoosier]

Rest In Peace Coach.  You are the best!

[johnsoniu]

RIP Coach Knight

Thanks for the memories.

this sucks

[Dave from Dayton]

 The key is not the 'will to win'...everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important. 

 Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one