Knight Incident Overshadows Victory
Texas Tech Coach Has History of Similar Behavior
AP Sports
LUBBOCK, Texas (Nov. 14) - As Bob Knight moved one win closer to catching Dean Smith, his temper flared once again, when he used his hand to push a player's chin during a timeout, as if to make him look the coach in the eye.
With more than 4 minutes to go in Texas Tech's 86-74 victory over Gardner-Webb on Monday night, Red Raiders forward Michael Prince was called for a foul. During the ensuing timeout, Knight approached Prince, and as the player lowered his head, the coach made contact with his chin.
Knight gave a brief statement at the postgame news conference then answered one question before exiting the room. The incident with Prince was never addressed.
It was win No. 871 for Knight, who is five away from passing Adolph Rupp for second place on the all-time list. He needs nine more victories to surpass Smith for the most wins in Division I history.
Your thoughts...
2006-11-14 10:41:04 · 12 answers · asked by marnefirstinfantry 5 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
Who cares what kind of coach he is, he has always been a first class abusive/sadistic coach.
2006-11-14 11:34:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-22 02:34:23 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bobby Knight is one of the best basketball coaches in all of NCAA. He just has temper flares sometimes when his guys dont do what Knight expects them to do and he gets mad. the old man is a very good coach and will be at texas tech for a while even after all these years but i dont think that they will ever win the NCAA championship.
2006-11-14 10:53:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He is both. You can't have that many wins without being a good coach. However, he has anger management issues, big time. I wonder if you know he coaches Basketball and not Football. (That's the category of the question).
2006-11-14 10:58:48 · answer #4 · answered by cougarfan_jared 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Knight is an excellent coach. Give it up already, the kid said it isn't that serious! He didn't take it personally. People wait for Knight to "explode". Then they blow it up. Seems to me like this incident has already been looked past. I'd let him smack me under the chin like a dog if he coached me....he's that damn good!
2006-11-14 10:57:39 · answer #5 · answered by Nerds Rule! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a FOOTBALL Q/A...try putting this in BASKETBALL since Bobby Knight coaches BASKETBALL.
And the answer to your question is that he's both a great coach and a loose cannon.
2006-11-14 11:26:19 · answer #6 · answered by mesquitemachine 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bobby Knight is a crazy person! And that poor kid's parents are crazy, too, if they think it OK for him to slap their kid just because it's Bobby Knight! Just because he's a basketball coach doesn't mean he can hit people and throw things. They teach that in preschool. Why doesn't it apply to Bobby Knight?!?
2006-11-14 10:59:33 · answer #7 · answered by Tina 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have heard he is not as bad as he seems on the court sometimes. He is an old style get in your face coach with plenty of attitude. And he wins.
2006-11-14 10:50:00 · answer #8 · answered by Robert B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Knight is a GOD!!!!! He is everything that is pure about college basketball. He is College Basketball. All other coaches should bow and pay homage>
2006-11-14 10:55:05 · answer #9 · answered by cold runner 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
both...he will get there soon and yes he deserves..he is not affarid to so his passion for the game...Even Prince's parents thought it was a just from of punishmnet..he was looking down al he did was a quick snap to lift his chin he wanted Prince to look him in the eye!
2006-11-14 10:54:45 · answer #10 · answered by nas88car300 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋