Interesting read about Coach Knight, Thoughts?

[cthomas 6,477]

Coach Knight calling SMU and Cincinnati tonight. For the longest time I really believed he would come back; does anyone see it anymore?

I'm not going to say it will never happen, but I don't think Coach Knight's pride will allow him to return. He kind of drew a line in the sand on this one.

[johnsoniu 6,423]

 

That isn't to say RMK was without faults and this or that.  I was never that outraged when he got fired.  It was surreal but the writing was on the wall with Zero Tolerance.

 

 

 

Well you should have been outraged. However the transition to a new coach might have unfolded, it couldn't have been worse than this 15 year debacle. lol

[CampHoosier 3,697]

Bob Knight will always be our alcoholic father who raised us right but was an ass. Not all bad and not all good

[HoosierCoop 3,927]

My brother-in-law's dad was a fishing lure rep in the 80's and 90's. Let's just say he had really good IU seats and kept Knight and company stocked with the latest and greatest. He also took them on quite a few fishing trips on the company. Rule #1 on the trip was no talk of basketball. Fishing was his peace of mind, basically his drug of choice to get his mind off of things. Rule #2 (and this was an unspoken rule) never start a conversation unless Knight starts it first. He learned this the hardway.

 

He gave my brother-in-law his tickets in '92 for the OSU game and I went with him. We had a convincing win that day where we played great. Then Todd Leary came in mid 2nd half and shot an unadvised 3-pointer. He missed badly and OSU went down and scored on the next possession. He was so enraged at Leary that he yanked him out and chewed on him the rest of the game. Everything did not matter except that Leary didn't follow his game plan. Perfection and nothing else!

 

I will never forget that.

[87ashtonhoosier 150]

As Someone very close to Indiana basketball from '85-'88, I can say personally that many of the stories are fabricated, many are true. Coach Knight was very private outside of Assembly Hall. He did his best to remain inconspicuous to avoid contact with the general populace. It was not unusual to cross paths with him in area restaurants, but usually he would be seated with other coaches in a closed or otherwise separated area in the establishments. That way he wouldn't be asked for so many autographs. He didn't hang around out in public, on campus, etc... Frustration would boil over, then calm would come over him, and take him to a whole other place. For instance, 1987, late in the season, players were tired, coaches were tired. Players came into practice, Coach knight had them line up on the baseline. He had a fishing rod in his hand. He went on to describe how great fly fishing was, about how that was his favorite activity, etc... Then he asked, "any of you boys know how to cast a fly?", no one responded. He went through the line of players one by one teaching how to cast a fly rod, having each of them aim for the free throw circle. You just couldn't figure him out, but sometimes even he knew when enough was enough.

[OliviaPope40 6,518]

Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Ray McCallum think that he should of gotten the job instead of Davis. I had always heard that and I don't know if that is why he left.

[GloryDays 5,920]

Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Ray McCallum think that he should of gotten the job instead of Davis. I had always heard that and I don't know if that is why he left.

Ray McCallum was an assistant for Samscum.He may have wanted the interim position that Dandy Dan took.

[HoosierTrav 7,888]

Just curious, but for those who think it was time for Bob to go, how should the administration have handled that?

Phew! No idea! I suppose I would have tried to convince him to become the athletic director. Outside of this, I cant imagine how any other form of removal from the sidelines doesn't end with the current situation we have now.

[OliviaPope40 6,518]

Ray McCallum was an assistant for Samscum.He may have wanted the interim position that Dandy Dan took.

Ah why did I think he was an assistant when Knight was still around.

[GloryDays 5,920]

Ah why did I think he was an assistant when Knight was still around.

Don't quote me but fairly sure he came after Davis resigned.

[OliviaPope40 6,518]

Don't quote me but fairly sure he came after Davis resigned.

I looked he was there from 2006 to 2008 and Davis left in 2006.

[The Baby Bull 280]

Bob Knight will always be our alcoholic father who raised us right but was an ass. Not all bad and not all good

We'll said and a great analogy.

[jonz44 810]

It absolutely should've been handled differently.

No one will ever deny RMK had issues, his issues had issues. I'll admit I'm an unashamed and unapologetic Bob Knight fan, always have been and always will be, and I won't condone some of the things he did.

My sentiments exactly. I was a huge fan when I was younger. My dad used to half jokingly tell people when they came to our house not to criticize RMK or I might want to fight them. As I got older and grew out of my immaturity(a little, lol)I started to recognize some of his immaturity. He was, like many people,a complex individual. He had a LOT of good qualities but he had some pretty poor qualities also. I've often likened him to a child who doesn't get corrected and after while comes to believe that nothing they do/say it's wrong. If some of the stories I've heard of him blowing up at people(in particular the ladies in his office) are true they are shameful. If they were my mother or wife I'd have been very upset.