RIP Coach Knight

[LamarCheeks 18,031]

19 minutes ago, str8baller said:

Man…. I’m getting old…I’ve been googling for twenty mins for a Feinstein article he wrote some time after Knight was fired from IU. Can’t find it; if anyone has it please post.  
 

I’ll just give a plug for Season on the Brink. If you haven’t read it, do so. In the aforementioned article Feinstein expounds on a anecdote he relays in Season on the Brink.  Feinstein was kind of a mercurial guy himself and went through phases where he seemed resentful of Knight and at other times he was rather enamored with him.  

 

In any event, in the article he relays how late one night in a diner Knight and colleagues are approached by a young boy asking for an autograph flanked by his older brother and father. Knight is curious as to why the kid is sent to ask for autographs and the kid explains that his father and brother are deaf-mutes. Knight is kind of taken with the kid and gets the family autographs, gear, etc… and then invites them to a game. He has the kid and his father and brother come to the locker room pre game to meet the team with the boy interpreting. It ends after the family leaves with Knight telling the players, “ I don’t want to hear you guys talk about how hard you have it again.”  
 

Feinstein does a nice job capturing Knight in that article. If anyone can find it, please post it…i don’t do it justice . Good read. 
 

 

Here ya go ... 

https://carnageandculture.blogspot.com/2008/02/john-feinstein-knights-best-was-as-good.html

[IU_FanClub 1,643]

RIP Coach. I’ll never forget being in the building when he came back.

[Crazy about IU 159]

 I have missed seeing him coach lost interest in Indiana basketball when he was fired. Wish he would’ve fished his coaching career at IU. But over time I came to terms with it. Saw him come to Ball State and put on one of his speaking programs. He was so incredibly interesting and a joy to listen to. Most of my favorite sports memories involve his teams. Thanks  coach you was loved by many. RIP 

[JSHoosier 19,819]

Not shocking but still sucks to hear.  RIP Coach Knight.

[str8baller 5,042]

30 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

Here ya go ... 

https://carnageandculture.blogspot.com/2008/02/john-feinstein-knights-best-was-as-good.html

Awesome, man. Thanks.  

[woodenshoemanHoosierfan 6,182]

Watching remembering Coach Knight on BTN. When they showed his return to Assembly Hall, I cried.

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[woodenshoemanHoosierfan 6,182]

BTW, there will be Bob Knight programming until late afternoon tomorrow, including the hour long show, Remembering Bob Knight multiple times.

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[rcbowla 7,020]

Watching remembering Coach Knight on BTN. When they showed his return to Assembly Hall, I cried.

 

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Me too man. Me too. Also I respected (ducks for cover) Izzo's recollection of coach.

 

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[Loaded Chicken Sandwich 8,607]

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/38489269/jay-bilas-liked-bob-knight-knew-died-age-83

Don't know if this has been posted yet, definitely think it's worth the quick read.

[Demo 19,610]

https://www.wdrb.com/sports/iu-sports/bozich-unforgettably-compelling-remembering-bob-knight-an-indiana-icon/article_05ffed46-791c-11ee-b9b7-13bf4dfa26c7.html
 

Lovely little read from Rick Bozich

[Dave from Dayton 2,960]

 Coach Knight was intense.  From the balcony seats one could see and hear him blasting someone on the court.

He forced the team to strive to do their best always.  Refuse to lose.

He never left a person with an impression.  It was more like an explosion.  

Rude.  Crude. Shocking.  Demanding.  Brilliant.  Stubborn.

Truly very different.

Wow!  He was something else.  And then some.

I wonder if he is to be buried like he said.  

When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want them to bury me upside down, and my critics can kiss my @$$!

Probably not, if near Bloomington Indiana.  One of the few times that he changed his mind.

 

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 83,890]

Words are inadequate.

RIP Coach.

[AKHoosier 6,739]

I hope IU puts up a huge statue of him in front of Assembly Hall. It's long overdue.

[Demo 19,610]

This does not get enough awe. Coach got the IU job at 30 and not for 1 second did he have to grow into it. For comparison, Jon Scheyer got the Duke gig at 35 and spent the entire year looking dazed. No knock on Scheyer, that’s typical. RMK was just a Guy from the jump.

[Ryno6284 2,560]

Very ironic that coach died on “all saint’s day”!  He probably had it planned!   RIP General!

[Artie86 1,862]

Someone mentioned on hoosier.com that there needs to be a statue sculpted and erected of Coach Knight. I totally agree and I LOVE the idea! It most likely will happen sooner than later, but I sure would love to see one right outside Assembly Hall as you walk in the main entrance. I'm sure there will be one inside Cook Hall. Here are a couple photos that I would like to see turn into a memorial statue...... JMO...

 

[Henryville Hoosier 965]

31 minutes ago, Artie86 said:

Someone mentioned on hoosier.com that there needs to be a statue sculpted and erected of Coach Knight. I totally agree and I LOVE the idea! It most likely will happen sooner than later, but I sure would love to see one right outside Assembly Hall as you walk in the main entrance. I'm sure there will be one inside Cook Hall. Here are a couple photos that I would like to see turn into a memorial statue...... JMO...

 

Him tossing the chair statue would be epic. 

[JSHoosier 19,819]

3 minutes ago, Henryville Hoosier said:

Him tossing the chair statue would be epic. 

[JSHoosier 19,819]

[Artie86 1,862]

 I would want the statue to personify....Great Coach, Great Leader and Motivator. I wouldn't want him to look angry or yelling, but determined and encouraging.....