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A.J. Guyton to Bob Knight: Return to Indiana, help heal old wounds
Yahoo Sports ^ | Sept. 13 | Jeff Eisenberg

Posted on 09/13/2014 11:34:18 PM PDT by Michael.SF.

In the 14 years since Indiana controversially fired Bob Knight, the iconic former Hoosiers coach has never returned to the school he led to five Final Fours and three national championships.

One of Knight's most famous former players hopes he sets aside his grudge soon.

Former Big Ten player of the year A.J. Guyton, one of five new members of Indiana's athletic hall of fame, wrote an open letter on his Facebook page appealing to Knight to come back to Bloomington for the Nov. 7 induction dinner

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One think about Bobby Knight; He does know a lot about basketball.
1 posted on 09/13/2014 11:34:18 PM PDT by Michael.SF.
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To: Michael.SF.

a tremendously well written facebook request....sounds like a man of high character.....good luck Mr. Guyton..


2 posted on 09/14/2014 12:00:23 AM PDT by cherry
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To: Michael.SF.
Bobby Knight is a Class A jerk. A true primadonna of the highest water, however if I were a young coach I would get the video of every game he announced. Extremely informative and surprisingly unbiased.

As far as going back home again to Indiana, there is still a lot of bitterness and it open more wounds than heal them.

Anyway the guy really knows basketball......and folding chairs.

3 posted on 09/14/2014 1:59:29 AM PDT by Boiler Plate ("Why be difficult, when with just a little more work, you can be impossible" Mom)
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To: Michael.SF.

It all depends on the weather...as soon as hell freezes over he’ll be back.


4 posted on 09/14/2014 4:46:02 AM PDT by fungoking (Tis a pleasure to live in the Ozarks)
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To: Michael.SF.
.. help heal old wounds

  First World Problems

5 posted on 09/14/2014 5:24:38 AM PDT by tomkat (get over it)
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To: tomkat

When he was coaching at IU, he raised many millions for their library. He also had most of his students get degrees. Unfortunately for him , he didn’t suffer pompous professors and administration well. IU did him wrong...very wrong. If I were him, I’d only return if the moronic professors and administration involved in harassing him issued a formal public apology.


6 posted on 09/14/2014 6:22:01 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or reeducation Camp?)
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To: hal ogen

You are absolutely correct on all points. The Marxist professors constantly attacked him because they were jealous of the money and attention he received. Yes, he’s an arrogant jerk, but he’s arguable the best basketball mind alive. Definitely one of the greatest ever. He got booted by a ridiculous zero tolerance policy crafted by the equally arrogant and radically leftwing president of the university.

If I were him at some point, I would go back in spite of the idiots on the academic side. Dick Vitalle is right, the court needs to be named the Robert Montgomery Knight Court. He is due that honor, and it would be tremendous for the program.


7 posted on 09/14/2014 6:35:46 AM PDT by ilgipper
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To: Boiler Plate

He is a class A hothead. I used to hate him for those antics. Then I found out how much his players love him and what the graduation rate of his students was. It changed my mind. His players finish college, and in a sport where that is usually secondary to basketball, I respect that.


8 posted on 09/14/2014 6:37:35 AM PDT by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: Boiler Plate

“surprisingly unbiased”

Ummmm...NO!
For YEARS, he could not utter the word: “Kentucky”.


9 posted on 09/14/2014 7:16:22 AM PDT by spankalib ("I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.")
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.. he didn’t suffer pompous professors and administration well ..

Having been an adult student at PSU, I have that trait very much in common with him .. LOL !

10 posted on 09/14/2014 8:08:36 AM PDT by tomkat
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To: Michael.SF.
What he should do is go to Purdue and help them recruit. Now that's revenge!
11 posted on 09/14/2014 8:58:18 AM PDT by Bull Man
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To: USNBandit
I used to hate him (Knight) for those antics. Then I found out how much his players love him

I felt the same way regarding Lou Holtz for many years, then years ago at the Stanford-ND game I met Mike Trogovic (he was the brother of a neighbor and a coach at ND). He and I spoke about Lou Hotlz and he told a couple of stories that only an insider would know. Bottom line was Holtz loves his players and always has their best interest at heart.

The persona's we see (or think we see), often do not reflect the real person.

12 posted on 09/14/2014 9:55:52 AM PDT by Michael.SF. (It takes a gun to feed a village)
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To: USNBandit

yeah, he is (was) a hard guy to figure out.

I hated him, then kind of liked him. Now, I have gotten older and could care less about most sports other than playing them with my kids.


13 posted on 09/14/2014 10:00:51 AM PDT by roofgoat
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To: Michael.SF.

I still hate Lou Holtz.....:)


14 posted on 09/14/2014 10:35:28 AM PDT by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: spankalib

Well as much as he hated Kentucky, he never threw a chair at one their games. I was shocked at how he commented on the Purdue IU games. He was pretty complimentary of Purdue.
It is possible that his hatred of IU now exceeds his loathing of Purdue.


15 posted on 09/14/2014 12:24:49 PM PDT by Boiler Plate ("Why be difficult, when with just a little more work, you can be impossible" Mom)
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To: USNBandit

Well a lot of them do love him, but then a fair number left or decided they didn’t want to play for him in the first place. Glen Robinson and Larry Bird come to mind.


16 posted on 09/14/2014 12:27:09 PM PDT by Boiler Plate ("Why be difficult, when with just a little more work, you can be impossible" Mom)
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