Heaven has a new Angel - RIP Bob Knight

[Michchamp]

he was 83. link.

He's in a better place now... slapping, choking, and shooting people in Heaven.

 

[tinselwolverine]

he was 83. link.

He's in a better place now... slapping, choking, and shooting people in Heaven.

Rx&$)&plitards love that shit in Heaven

 

[Mitchrapp]

Rest in peace.

 

[byco42]

I'd have played for Knight in a heartbeat. My sort of coach.

 

[Michchamp]

I'd have played for Knight in a heartbeat. My sort of coach.

Would you have also thrown a chair, after he did?

 

[byco42]

Would you have also thrown a chair, after he did?

No. Players play. From The Archives

 

[Michchamp]

No. Players play. From The Archives

Bobby Knight is a guy I was taught was someone to emulate. I had a teacher & coach in HS that basically held him up as an example of who we should all aspire to be, and if you found yourself on his "bad side" it was your own fault, and you must be a worthless loser/whiner who didn't want to work hard.

He only seemed to have a "bad side" though. Not all great coaches, even those considered disciplinarians (like Bo) had a track record of assaulting people.

If anyone was a poster boy for "toxic masculinity" it would be him, in my mind. The example I take of him is the guy who refuses to hold himself to any standard, and when he's in a bad mood, nothing is off limits for him... slapping a kid, road rage, beating his wife, all excusable because Bob is "disciplinarian" according to the sports media and himself and so everyone else needs to meet his expectations. But if a player were to slap him back, whoa! Now that's a breach of decorum.