I find it hard to believe Bob Knight would get such strong support on a board like this. The man can coach and he does stress academics, but his method of achieving his goals exemplifies much of what is wrong with the glorification of coaches. His documented abusive behavior toward players and his unwillingness to follow a standard university code of conduct make him a liability at any school. He is the height of arrogance in that he demands respect from his players but refuses to show the same toward students or university officials. He sets the rules but does not feel the need to follow them. I would love to see Fordham basketball achieve the high level of success he delivers but could never stand to see anyone like him coach our team. -- Fordham Rams Basketball Message Board

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Date Posted: Sat March 19, 2005 17:36:05
Author: SIram
Subject: I find it hard to believe Bob Knight would get such strong support on a board like this. The man can coach and he does stress academics, but his method of achieving his goals exemplifies much of what is wrong with the glorification of coaches. His documented abusive behavior toward players and his unwillingness to follow a standard university code of conduct make him a liability at any school. He is the height of arrogance in that he demands respect from his players but refuses to show the same toward students or university officials. He sets the rules but does not feel the need to follow them. I would love to see Fordham basketball achieve the high level of success he delivers but could never stand to see anyone like him coach our team.
In reply to: '02 Grad 's message, "Texas Tech" on Sat March 19, 2005 15:34:28

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He got support from 2 people. I am one of them and although my support for Knight is very strong, I would hardly call the overall support to be strong. (NT) -- J�Dete93, Sat March 19, 2005 19:30:21
- Not sure why you make this secondary point as it distracts from the issue raised by the poster, that of whether you think Knight is a coach to be admired and emulated. But in answer to your point, you have to consider it strong support when a coach with no connection to Fordham is praised on our board and then other posters support that opinion. (NT) -- SIram, Sun March 20, 2005 18:06:09
  - I was comparing our coach to another, there's your connections. (NT) -- '02 Grad., Sun March 20, 2005 21:48:29
  - You are not sure why I make the secondary point? I make it b/c you said you felt the support was strong and I disagreed with that assessment. Not too complicated. College basketball, college sports in general, needs more Bob Knights. (NT) -- J�Dete93, Sun March 20, 2005 22:00:03
    - I don�t see the wisdom of pursuing a pointless argument over how strong the support for Knight is on this board, not too complicated. On to the main issue, IMHO College Basketball and College Sports in general need less people who under the guise of building character verbally or physically abuse their players. I know there is no shortage of people who would attest to the virtue of Knights approach but there are an equal or greater number of people who having experienced those methods object to them. Many of us contributing to this board have played or coached competitively and know there are many ways to bring the best out of young athletes. I cannot speak for everyone but I do believe some of the methods Knight employs are detrimental to the very goal he aspires. We need fewer Knights in coaching at every level. (NT) -- SIram, Sun March 20, 2005 23:47:49
      - We'll just have to agree to disagree on this one b/c this debate is just as pointless. The great thing about college sports is that you have a choice in where you go and therefore in who you play for. If a kid does not like Coach Knight's style, he can go elsewhere. (NT) -- J�Dete93, Sun March 20, 2005 23:58:12
- I love B. Knight but he is an animal. He once shit in a pizza box and made the players dance around it. Very profound stuff. almost as good as jackie sherrill castrating the bull on the practice field. (NT) -- joe b, Sun March 20, 2005 23:34:47

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