Bobby Knight Appreciation Thread...

Bob Knight was one of the great basketball minds. A great coach. I had the opportunity to see him speak at a clinic once and it was fantastic just to be in the room with him. The motion offense and man to man defense will always be the manliest way to play the game. It is the right way.

 

Don't much care for the man, but I can respect his ability to coach at that level for a very long time.

 

I think he probably took things too far, and I didn't always agree with his methods, but...his results were okay.

 

*slaps and chokes a white boy out of respect.*

 

Bobby Knight will always have my respect....One of the best
BUT...He went a lil too far sometimes

 

outside of John Wooden, he's the greatest coach in college basketball history.

 

Right now, Tom Izzo is the best.

 

Coach K and Roy Williams might have something to say about that

 

Tom Izzo at the moment, nope... he's up there, but Coach K and Williams are better.

The MSU squad at the moment worries me... it doesn't look like the kids are listening to him.

 

I always respected Coach Knight. He placed himself among the game's all-time elite at Indiana, winning 3 titles, and did well at Texas Tech, having 5 20-win seasons at a school that's not a traditional power.

His antics certainly caught a lot of attention, but I pay more attention to what he was able to produce on the court. Sad to see he's off the bench. I used to harbor a little hope that he'd get back at a more traditional basketball school and piece together another Final Four run or two. Could still be; his interview on ESPN says this retirement may not be permanent.

 

Even ahead of Dean Smith?

 

Dean Smith was great but you name it and Bob Knight has done it.

He's taken team's undefeated. He's won gold medals, he's won NIT's. He has the most wins of any coach. He beat Dean Smith head to head in the national title game, and with all that i'd have to put him ahead of him.

 

He would never coach the pro's

they would never adapt to his style, they are divas, babies who would cry foul whenever he yelled at them.

 

I'm going to go to next UGA game, strangle a ref, and scream profanities at players all in Bob's honor.