Posted on 03/24/2005 7:28:05 AM PST by add925
Knight also doesn't think much of Mike Davis, his successor with the Hoosiers. Indiana missed the NCAA Tournament for the second straight year, and the Hoosiers lost in the first round of the NIT.
"They created that for themselves," Knight said in the Sporting News Radio interview. "The guy that's coaching there [Mike Davis] is a guy that I told Pat [Knight, his son and assistant coach] we were going to replace at the end of the season. There's no way that I would have kept the guy any longer than that. [But] That's their [Indiana] problem."
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Yeah those Hoosiers looked like a real powerhouse against Vandy.
Knight is right; Mike Davis sucks.
He may be right, but he's also a classless jerk.
Well, there's certainly no denying that by me. Actually, that's the only good thing about Mike Davis (his character).
Yeah, this classless guy is the same person that returned his ENTIRE salary last year due to poor performance. He also donated $40,000 to the Tech Library last week. Pretty low class.
The only good thing insofar as having him as a coach, that is (I'm sure he has many other good points).
Knight has his good qualities and many supporters. But whenever I see him speak, his single most salient emotion seems to be anger. This is a man who seems to seethe with anger, either overtly expressed or laying just beneath the surface, ready to boil up at the slightest provocation.
I just think he engages the world unfiltered... I would use "tactless" rather than "classless". He's blunt to a fault, but at least you always know what he thinks.
You'd be angry too if you got treated by the media the way he gets treated. I know of no other coach or sports figure who isn't even called by his proper name (Bob Knight) but "Bobby" instead.
I'm in the same town as he is. In person, he's hilarious, always a gentleman (albeit one who curses and swears--but who doesn't in this part of Texas)and full of humility.
There isn't a high-level coach who doesn't come in for his share of criticism. But none react in such a profane and ill-tempered manner as Knight.
There have simply been way too many incidents over the years for all of them to have been the other guy's fault.
Agreed! I'll take Bob Knight and "no class" anytime, anywhere, anyhow.
Yes, quite low class. Apparently fairly geneorous, to his credit, but still low class.
Ever seen Coach Chaney from Temple?
"But none react in such a profane and ill-tempered manner as Knight"
B.S.
Plenty of coaches react the same or worse. Ever watched Bob Huggins at Cincy? I once saw Kelvin Sampson (OU) literally slap a player during a game. Nary a peep from anyone. But just mention the name Bob Knight and everyone comes out with the horror stories
Knight has his faults but the media magnifies them way out of proportion while minimizing similar behaviour from others.
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