Bob Knight
 

wins #900

The guy is such an a-hole,
but he is friggn basketball
genius. If he could ever get good
players again. But he will retire
before then and the job will go
to his son.

The game tonight was masterful.
He beat a very good team and
he did it with a mediocre bunch.

If the guy could control his temper
he would probably go down as the
best ever. If he just knew how to
deal with kids of all personalities...
Wasted genius. Too bad.

I think if you use the "Dale Baird" line of thinking, then you can definitely say he's the greatest.

guys that play for him, generally think he's Great.

That's often overlooked. In today's era, being hard on guys is looked at as a bad thing. All of the athletes want to be coddled. Knight doesn't do that. He not only prepared his players to play ball but teaches them how to be men too. Almost to a man, you hear great things about Knight from his former players. One thing that I've never heard questioned is his passion for the game and his players. His personality and temper and judgement come into question all of the time but never his dedication to his teams. The players that Knight gets these days are guys that know what comes with the territory when they sign up to attend Texas Tech. The parents that stand behind their kids' decisions know also. These are guys that are looking for that disciple and they get it from Knight. I don't know any facts but I know that Knight's graduation record has always been pretty high among his division one counterparts and especially so in comparison to those of other "major" programs. I know that if I had a son, I would have no problem sending him to Knight. None.

was Knight one of the original 12 disciples or is he the unspoken 13th one we never read about in the Bible?:D

Forgive me. I went to bible study last night and it must have still been in my mind. Yes, even scum like me can attend bible study.

Forgiven...now go forth and sin no more my son...

must be catholic

roy williams was on the radio last week. williams and knight have gotten to be friends. williams says the only person that has taught him more about basketball is dean smith. williams couldn't say enough good about knight.

i'd have no problem send a kid to play for knight. he'd get his degree and be taught about life.

Eauxh!






Another great college coach born in Ohio and trained at Ohio State.

I'll be darned.

He's another in the long line of "do as I say not as I do" kind of guys!!! My guess is what is televised is only the bad side of Knight. In the end I think he has done a lot of good things as well. He actually enjoys it however. His "game face" imitations during one of his legendary press conferences was priceless!!

that would be chris rock

i don't get the difference between him and a prima donna actress.

both are hugely talanted. but either could be replaced with someone nearly as talanted minus the personality disorder.

isn't it a given that a good coach inspires their players?

it's telling that his defender's feel it neccesary to cite the player's who found him inspiring. I would assume all coach's at the college level have that.

how much wreckage has this guy left?

if inspiration is fear, then he's the best at it.
knights teams usually, hustle, play good defense, run good motion offense and make few mistakes. they are in proper postions on the floor and aware of game situations. thats all good coaching.
i admit i don't like knights act but respect his results and his teams. personally, i'm a dean smith fan and the carolina chain of coaches.

"knights teams usually, hustle, play good defense, run good motion offense and make few mistakes. they are in proper postions on the floor and aware of game situations. thats all good coaching"

if no other team did this, i'd be his biggest fan <--- (that's a lie)

i don't have facts that support this. but what i think is that for every player he inspires to maximize their talant there is another he has ruined.

he's a great coach. and for some players he's exactly what they need.

but he comes with serious baggage. i don't think that's true for dean smith. and many other's.

i read the only player that dean smith ever advised to leave school early was rasheed wallace, because he wanted him OUT of the program. apparently CDS couldn't through to him. i don't think knight really dealt with kids like wallace.

It is very hard to replace him but he is a prima donna.
Basketball is a creative sport. I think it is an immense
amount of fun. His basic theme of ball and player movement
is not new, its just that he teaches it better. Some games
his teams are so perfectly spaced while moving off the ball
screening, its really fun too watch. The players SHOULD
love this kind of game. But he makes it pure drugery.
He teaches many kids to despise a beautiful game.

He personally is a wreck imo. He is a tragic Greek character.
Maybe he wants to be. Just hate seeing so much talent
wasted. He no longer gets any top players. Who would
want to put up with his crap day after day, lessons in life
kids stuff. I guess the wayward who need a sense of
direction and need to be derided daily to learn.

I would not send a kid of mine close to the man.
Except in a war.
We are talkn basketball practice... practice man...
-allen iverson (not a disciple of Bob knight)

Probably the greatest college basketball coach to ever draw a breath. Mackey was great for Cleveland State before he got caught freebasing

Dean Smith...the man who did less with more than any coach in history...Took MJ and three other NBA all stars to get him a ring...

Maybe 3rd. Number 1 is obviously John Wooden. Number 2 is Coach K. BK probably 3rd. Mackey got all the talent out of Mouse McFadden that he could

That's my opinion of John Chaney......

He was 3-0 ATS when I bet his teams at Temple.

I would think the samething in that case TID

Mackey was about to lead CSU to the promise land, he did squeeze the mouse for all he had

If he is such a talented individual,then why does he coach in a West Texas Cow Town? Well, it's because no program with top athletes wants him around,because he acts like an angry child (way too often.) What's that make him? A talented jerk,and that is soooo sooo common.He made a good living in his profession,but when ya really look at it he's where he belongs(in West Texas huntin' n' fishin' with various white trash.) Can't even keep from getting in arguments with them,either.

alot of coach smith teams were wrecked by guys leaving early, clear back to bob mcadoo. also some of his best teams were back when the tourny. was only 16 teams and only 1 team from the acc got in. that's the acc tourny. winner.

Sorta like saying Red Auerbach was the greatest. What about 8 teams in the league?, and Red had the best players so he won every year. UCLA had the best players all the time.

Bill Walton said Wooden taught him about life. Enough said. That drops him out of the top 10 automatically.

I have lived part of my life in Indiana, both Evansville and Indianapolis. I have spent time in and around IU. The more you get to know and talk to the old time locals down their the more stories you here about how Coach Knight did this for this guy, gave this business this, helped out this guy etc etc WITHOUT the media ever knowing, the way he wanted it. He has more friends then enemies and I would wager a years salary that at least 75% of his former players upon graduation and when they go into the real world look back and thank Coach Knight for teaching and leading them to be men. Does he have a bad temper, yeah. Is he a good hearted man you bet.

That is simply not true. He coached in the era of players staying 4 years until the end of his career when he had the most success. He was an underachiever as a coach though he was a great recruiter and ran a great program. Coach Wooden seemed to do ok under the smaller tourney format.

Well dont you think there is a reason he has the top players? Wooden isn't even in the equation he is so far ahead of the pack. And who had better players than Dean Smith? He had the best players and didn't win all the time. Red Auerbach was so far ahead of everybody he shouldnt really count either.

Nah Im sure there were other coaches when the rims were apple baskets that did as well as Red and Wooden.

Isiah?

Go back at the last undefeated team and tell me who was on it and who coached it. Lot of superstars on that roster.....

Yep.
That is why its so sad
to look at the present.
Gets no players anymore.
They dont enjoy the choke holds.

He would probably thinks he was.
Either Isiah is one of the toughest
minded coaches of all time, or he
just does not have turmoil glasses.
I cant see how he stays on.

If he gets the Knicks to .500,
I will declare him Wooden's
offspring.