Bob Knight

[RipThru]

Saw a Twitter conversation between Oscar Combs and Mike Pratt, where apparently Knight made a comment that "I stopped being a Kentucky fan when I was born". Mike Pratt replied "Funny line but he didn't hate UK when he had a friend of mine contact me concerning the open HBC job". Had anybody else hear that Knight inquired about coaching at UK?

 

[CELTICAT]

Did it 72 if it happened. He despised UK by the mid to late 80s.

 

[RipThru]

Mike Pratt says it happened. I had no idea.

 

[qwesley]

Knight hated anyone that beat him.

 

[bigbluegrog]

Did it 72 if it happened. He despised UK by the mid to late 80s.

Someone wake me up when Knight is dead.......thanks.

And no, I am not making threats.....

 

[TheFolker]

I wouldn't be surprised if he inquired about the job while he was at Texas Tech after Tubby left.

 

[Chuckinden]

Knight hated anyone that beat him.

Actually, he hates everyone including himself.

 

[RipThru]

I wouldn't be surprised if he inquired about the job while he was at Texas Tech after Tubby left.

That's the time period I had in mind as well.

 

[Smashcat]

Actually, he hates everyone including himself.

We have a winner.

 

[Ben101er]

Knight is lying again. He didn't hate UK until Joe B beat his undefeated team. As for things Bobby hates, it is a very long list. I'll bet he is miserable.

 

[trinity45]

Saw a Twitter conversation between Oscar Combs and Mike Pratt, where apparently Knight made a comment that "I stopped being a Kentucky fan when I was born". Mike Pratt replied "Funny line but he didn't hate UK when he had a friend of mine contact me concerning the open HBC job". Had anybody else hear that Knight inquired about coaching at UK?

All I can say I had dealing with him back in the mid 80's, he was a prick and a hypocrite back then and he is still a prick and a hypocrite today.

 

[Ocornett]

I hate Bobby and IU so I guess we are even.

 

[docholiday51]

He has been mad at everybody ever since he was born and very proud of it

 

[Cawood86]

That '75 loss eat him alive. Makes it sweeter every day.

 

[YourPublicEnemy]

That '75 loss eat him alive. Makes it sweeter every day.

Probably but you'd think winning three titles after that would make you not care anymore.

 

[uk78]

The program show that was on about Indiana was, however, excellent. It was also interesting how they mention their loss to Kentucky in the tourney (75 where we went to the Final game with Wooden) and then in their undefeated next season I totally forgot that a lucky tip in by Kent Benson got the game to over-time and then they won. So, in a passive way Kentucky got in on the program too. But, they didn't show the time that Knight hit Joe Hall in the back of the head or throw the chair, I guess because the focus was on undefeated. Finally, the show also revealed how much of a tyrant Knight was.

 

[eku69]

The program show that was on about Indiana was, however, excellent. It was also interesting how they mention their loss to Kentucky in the tourney (75 where we went to the Final game with Wooden) and then in their undefeated next season I totally forgot that a lucky tip in by Kent Benson got the game to over-time and then they won. So, in a passive way Kentucky got in on the program too. But, they didn't show the time that Knight hit Joe Hall in the back of the head or throw the chair, I guess because the focus was on undefeated. Finally, the show also revealed how much of a tyrant Knight was.

I remember the Benson tip-in. Seems like right before that, UK's Larry Johnson had a shot dip in and rim out or the Cats would have been up enough so Benson's tip would not have mattered.

 

[blubo]

Booby was radicalized at birth with hatred, like muslim terrorists.

 

[Dallas-Wild]

Really wish Lynn Nance could have gotten his hands on Knight

 

[EvilMD]

Bob Knight likes Bob Knight. He's the only one who cares about these kids by breaking them down physically and emotionally. Everyone else is blind if they don't see how he's God's gift to coaching.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

I have always thought he wanted to be the one to replace Adolph Rupp. He did admire the UK basketball program and like most basketball fans in the tri state area of Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana he listened to UK games on WHAS as a kid growing up in Ohio. I know many, many people who grew up in Ohio who did that. Jerry Lucas once said he was a big fan of UK basketball games on the radio. Bob Knight played college ball at Ohio State with Jerry Lucas

But then Joe B started beating his ass and he can't take that, so he became a bitter enemy. It was in his DNA

 

[Bigblueforever]

Bobby Knight is over heel, Wash Up, A Has Been, for get about Him, He finish in sports.

 

[katwest]

He's a dangerous man, seems like when he's out of the news a long time he says or does something to get back in the news. Maybe loneliness is getting to him and he can't take it, or maybe he wants to go hunting and shoot his friend again, crazy dude.

 

[mj2k10]

Knight is doing a really impressive job of destroying his legacy. There was an ongoing, and kind of interesting debate about Knight for about 25 years, about whether he was a selfish, petty, egomaniac asshole genius, or whether everything he did was working towards some noble end.

I think he's answered that, definitively.

 

[Cawood86]

Nobody cares anymore what he thinks or says. He's just a bitter old man that flat out lied about Cal and UK. I have zero respect for him and anybody that likes him.

 

[O'boro Cat]

Saw a Twitter conversation between Oscar Combs and Mike Pratt, where apparently Knight made a comment that "I stopped being a Kentucky fan when I was born". Mike Pratt replied "Funny line but he didn't hate UK when he had a friend of mine contact me concerning the open HBC job". Had anybody else hear that Knight inquired about coaching at UK?

I remember reading about his interest after Tubby left, I think it was.

 

[ORCAT]

Actually, he hates everyone including himself.

No need to read anything else after that post.

 

[rick64]

No one cares what that bitter old man has to say.

 

[minjo]

All I can say I had dealing with him back in the mid 80's, he was a prick and a hypocrite back then and he is still a prick and a hypocrite today.

He was a prick when he was younger, as he aged he became a useless prick.

 

[MychalG]

I grew up in Southern Indiana and was in the 8th grade when the Hoosiers hired this SOB..I was born a UK fan so I disliked him and the Hoosiers then and now. Nothing has swayed me over the years to change..

 

[morgousky]

Didn't Bob Knight actually say if you're being raped just bend over and take it?

Scum program with scum coaches.

 

[kev69]

Knights a piece of garbage.

Everyone with a functional brain knows that.

 

[anon_q409idbs5m40a]

And what does it say for the IU fans who have the blind worship for a psychopath? That entire state looks down on Kentucky and in reality they're no better.

 

[Kerry Kat]

Who cares... dude hates everything and he's a grumpy old man.

 

[ukalum1988]

Didn't Bob Knight actually say if you're being raped just bend over and take it?

Scum program with scum coaches.

The actual quote was more like "If rape is inevitable just relax and enjoy it". Pretty immoral take either way.

Calling him scum is insulting to scum.

 

[FHAZCat]

Nobody cares anymore what he thinks or says. He's just a bitter old man that flat out lied about Cal and UK. I have zero respect for him and anybody that likes him.

Why is bitter always followed by old and man? Could one be bitter and, say, young?

 

[TankedCat]

I can remember an urban legend level rumor years ago about Knight having a "Kentucky" clause in his contract. If it did exist (and I doubt it did, it may have been just UK fans getting under the skin of easily riled IU fans), it probably read that there was an out for a coaching offer and it was assumed the only other he'd consider during this time would have been UK.

I think part of what he is bitter about is that IU paid him noticeably less than the UK coach - which was spun as Knight being the type that would rather have his name on a library than getting paid serious jack. That was before his divorce......

I did find this which is what UK fans may have been talking about

http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/knight/knight.pdf

"The deferred compensation will be forfeited after Coach Knight leaves the university if within 8 years he takes a coaching job at a NCAA Division I school within the states of Indiana or Kentucky, or any other Big 10 school.

It would seem they were concerned to some degree about Knight bolting to UK or UL in 1982

 

[TankedCat]

After Knight's dismissal, he wasn't very happy about the non-compete clause - I'm guessing he realized there was a Texas Tech in his future

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"We're going to negotiate that or we are going to litigate," Yates told The Herald-Times. Knight's contract, first signed in 1982, says he will forfeit deferred pay if after leaving Indiana he joins a Division I basketball program in Indiana or Kentucky or any Big Ten school. Yates said the restriction is based on the presumption that the Hall of Fame coach developed special knowledge at Indiana that he should not be allowed to use against the Hoosiers.

Indiana counsel Dorothy Frapwell said Friday she would have to consult with the school's legal staff before commenting. Yates said he does not know if Knight ever intended to coach in one of the schools specified by his contract. Even if the noncompete clause is valid, Yates said, it restricts Knight from coaching at such schools for four years, not eight as the university says.

 

[Bryo72]

I wouldn't be surprised if he inquired about the job while he was at Texas Tech after Tubby left.

Knight...is a bitter old douche bag!

 

[Bryo72]

Sorry mods, I try to keep clean! Lol....really I try