bob knight
We in this business write about Bob Knight because it's easy. Knight is a columnist's dream, because no matter what we write, it provokes. The best opinion pieces are those where half the readers agree, and half don't. So when this latest flap arose, it took me all of about 5 seconds to decide to write about it, and maybe an hour to get it down. And I will get as much response from it as I will anything I do all week, especially from readers who will tell me it isn't news. For the record: I know Knight a little, I like him a lot, but he has a knack for doing little, stupid things that sadly detract from who he really is and all the good he has done. Live big, General.
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Post a Comment*You couldn't be more right about the way parents treat their kids now a days. I officiate football and volunteer for my college fraternity, so I have constant interaction with 16 to 22 year old men. The thing I've noticed the most is the constant complaining, sense of entitlement, and lack of accountability. It is very frustrating.
Paul,
I think your comments on Bob Knight are spot on, both in the column and in the blog.
Your comments in the blog remind me of what Norman Mailer wrote about Marguerite Oswald, the assassin's mother. "Marguerite is the novelist's best friend. She does all his work for him."
I was listening to some fool on ESPN Radio early Tuesday morning who made it sound as though Knight used deadly force on the player.
The General will have to be especially careful because there will be any number of clowns out to bait him for the rest of the season.
By the way, as a parent, I particularly appreciated your observations on how many parents treat their children and others in the Age of Entitlement. As with the points about Knight, you were dead on.
Chip Lapp
Kenwood OH
Knight would have been right at home in the Pre 2003 Iraqi regime. If he didn't win basketball games, no one would give him the time of day.
Bobby Knight wins, and he does so without cheating. You've never
heard Bobby Knight involved in any recruiting scandals, and you never
will. He doesn't poach talent from the moron JUCOs. He graduates his
student-athletes. He doesn't use cheap tricks, his team plays you
man-to-man and passes the ball well and just tries to be better-
prepared and execute better than you do.
You never hear of any of his players getting in trouble. All these
years, all those teams, all those players. They never get in trouble
and they all graduate.
As much as I'm a fan of Jim Boeheim, his kids sometimes get in
trouble, and they aren't always academickly inclined.
Bobby Knight's the best coach in COLLEGE basketball. If I had a son
I'd send him to Bobby Knight without question, first choice.
Actually, Knight wouldnt have won his last national title w/o 2 "moron JUCOs'' -- Garrett and Smart.
Funny how I think your comments about Knight reflect the way myself and a lot of other people feel about another prominent coach from our area with the same first name.....
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