Rest in Peace Bobby Knight. The only college basketball coach to run an undefeated season. He was a national championship coach and a master of his trade. If you want some great (and plentiful) entertainment, just twitter or youtube search for him. There's gold out there.
The Rest In Peace (RIP) Thread
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Rest in Peace Bobby Knight. The only college basketball coach to run an undefeated season. He was a national championship coach and a master of his trade. If you want some great (and plentiful) entertainment, just twitter or youtube search for him. There's gold out there.
Does anybody remember the incident years ago when a college student on campus yelled out to him "Hey Knight"? For some reason it was treated as a HUGE incident. Must have been a slow news cycle. Those were the days!
Ha! I knew I remembered someone being triggered over BK. Must have been TLOZ.
This one was a gut punch for me. IU is my alma mater and I attended school there in the 90's.
Knight was coaching there then and of course growing up in Indiana and being a bit of a local basketball star, I wanted to play for Bob Knight. When he would walk in the arena during warmups, everyone's attention would turn from the players to him. There was electricity in the air when BK entered a room.
My childhood revolved around IU basketball and life was scheduled around Hoosier games. Bob Knight was my hero, tough, honest, demanding, and the best sports coach I ever witnessed. He was my inspiration to get into coaching and many of my techniques came from coach Knight.
He came to one of my games once when I was in high school to watch his son Pat play against my high school. I went all out that game to impress coach. It was one of my worst games that I ever played. Wasn't meant to be.
RIP coach
Former England manager Terry Venables, who also wrote TV drama Hazell:
If you only knew, brother. I was a different man back then. Broke a few clipboards over the years.I was inspired me to learn how to throw a chair across the court.
I had a friend that played for Knight while we were both at IU and he loved the man. It took a special young man to play for coach.
His style doesn't translate anymore and that's too bad in my opinion.
Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor died at the age of 93.
That was one of those "I love that guy" moments in life. How do you not love that guy? Didn't Knight later admit that he was more mad at his team for playing poorly than he was at the ref for a call? He was trying to spark some energy.
Anyone that has ever coached has wanted to throw the proverbial Knight chair. He had a way of getting the most out of his team, which seldom had real super star power. There's a leadership lesson in there. Sometimes sheer will and crazy commitment is what wins the day. Be about your business and let the cards fall where they may. Just be about your business.
92 million views for a song sung by what sounds like a drunk crackhead homeless guy arguing with his tweaker girlfriend. I don't get the appeal, but God rest his soul...
"You're a bum
You're a punk
You're an old slut on junk
Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed
You scumbag, you maggot
You cheap lousy faggot
Happy Christmas your arse
I pray God it's our last"
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One of the stars of this:
A rare example of a film with so many "names" that the actors are listed in alphabetical order.
He was also the long time companion of the schoolboy fantasy of his era:
Hope he repented for a lifetime spent polluting my nation and subverting the American people.
