Tag: College Basketball

Gone too soon

Here it is, the day we’ve all dreaded.

At the spry age of 83, Robert “Bobby” Montgomery Knight has kicked the bucket. The world of college basketball will never be the same.

Now I’m not saying that Bobby Knight was a good man. Or a nice man. Or a pleasant man. Or an intelligent man. Hell, I don’t even know if his players liked playing for him. Just ask Neil Reed what he thought (RIP).

What I am saying is that Bobby Knight was probably the last certifiably insane person to ever coach a college basketball team. There will be no more like him (nor should there be). He is also thus far the only inductee into the IRE Real-Ass Dude Hall of Fame. Regardless of what you think of the man, we should at least respect that.

Bobby Knight accomplished more things in his life than most of us will. My only regret is that his announcing career didn’t last longer. I can’t imagine why it ended so quickly:

the Robert Montgomery Knight institute 4 leadership studies

I don’t know if it’s my hatred for the Indiana Hosiers (not just the basketball program, but the entire state of Indiana) but I find Bob Knight to be a hilarious person and it’s absurd that he was employed by IU for so long.

I can’t wait for the university to put up a statue of him throwing a chair or choking a player outside of Simon Skjodt when he passes. Meanwhile, we all pretend like he wasn’t a complete douche-aroo his entire career.

Anyways…

I love this article describing the destruction of the relationship between Knight and his most successful pupil…the undisputed GOAT of college basketball: Mike Krzyzewski.

https://sports.yahoo.com/excerpt-inside-the-unraveling-of-coach-k-and-bobby-knights-complicated-relationship-135331037.html

Bob Knight is not only a basketball HOFer, I’m also including him as the inaugural inductee into The Internet Ruined Everything’s Hall of Fame for being a real ass dude. Truly the GOAT.