My own take

For those sport nuts here or anyone for that matter, what is your take on Bobby Knight? For me I have always liked the man, do I agree with everything he has ever done, no I don't but that doesn't take away from the fact that he is one if not the best coaches of all time. He did something in college basketball that rarely is ever done especially these days, he got all 902 wins without cheating the system. In this day and age with kids getting "perks" to go to a particular school coach Knight never fell into that way of thinking. Look at his graduation rate of student athletes and you would be hard pressed to find better numbers. I was watching a interview last night with a writer and he was bashing Knight saying his tirades will be remembered more than any thing positive that he did, which is true to an extent only because the media keeps replaying them over and over. I would like to ask this writer if he has ever blown it and gotten angry over something and did something spur of the moment that he regreted later, more than likely he did but there just wasn't TV cameras around to catch it.

If you know people who are older you know that the generation that they grew up in was alot different then the generation that we are living in now where discipline is frowned upon. He was just a man who didn't "change" to be popular, he is who he is, you either love him or hate him. What you never hear of, and this is the same with anyone in that position, is the good things that he did behind the scenes with the school libraries and educational funds and helping out any coach that needed his help, they just focus on the chair toss, yelling and screaming and other stuff. I for one will miss coach Knight and seeing the press conferences after games with his quick wit. His record will one day be broken for wins but his following the rules for the program is something that each and every university on this planet should look at.