Bob Knight, Bob Costas Interview

I found this on an old vcr tape. It was recorded somewhere in the early 1990's.

[@ErinDial-n9d]

KNIGHT was the absolute greatest and could of coached my kid EVERY DAY of the year--- RIP ☘️☘️💛💛

[@brianholthouse1426]

The world would be a better place if everyone played for a Bobby Knight.

[@kellyappel3015]

Just as long as you don't call the school your kid attends bitching about bullies.

[@hoopman82]

Coming from the guy whose kid would never have the talent to play for coach knight. Well done

[@truegret7778]

Say what you want ... he maximized the performance, integrity, personal growth of his players. Literally hundreds, and hundreds of young men that looked to Bobby Knight for leadership, and he gave it to them 1000%. HIs players know how to filter the words down to the intended lesson/message. He was the best, and gave us some great human beings.

[@Romans219]

Amen! The last undefeated division 1 team is the 1976 Hoosiers.

[@michaeltoebe3987]

This interview and package was gold. Knight was so intelligent yet is in denial about his weaknesses and errors.

[@matthewgabbard6415]

You can tell he's uncomfortable, and getting irritated. It was time for him to go, because nobody at IU was going to check him

[@williamerekson9503]

“That’s my choir, though.” Damn right, Coach. R.I.P.

[@gregoryphillips3969]

Except for Howard Cosell Bob Costas for me is the greatest sports journalist of all time. His ability to cover a subject in it's entirety balancing the strengths and weaknesses of a person or subject is unmatched. What a brilliant job he did here and he approached Knight in such a respectful way that the questions asked had to be answered. Bobby Knight will be missed. College basketball isn't the same without him.

[@scottodonnell7121]

He always asks the right questions. He asks stars the stuff I always wanted to know. He's great.

[@BenClason]

In the moments are just that in the present. Coach Bob was all about making his players better in every way he could. He set the standard for coaching the right way.

[@clarksnowden4301]

Bobby knight is everything the college game needs today, I don't give a shit what anyone says he's a winner send sometimes a player needs a kick in the ass mentally and physically to become better in and out of the gym, and I'm a kentucky fan, all love to you coach Knight! respect!

[@Chevyc608.2]

Clark Snowden You’re right about that too many cupcakes in the profession now And it’s killing the profession Because nobody wants to hurt anybody’s feelings

[@aaronb4936]

I have lost interest more and more each year.. these kids just don’t play with any freaking heart.

[@Dooguy]

@@Chevyc608.2 Its killing the nation. Everyones a pussy now. Parents want to be friends instead of parents, give them everything. When a coach like knight comes along these days its oooooohhhh dont hurt my kids feelings. Total bullshit. Why the world is soft today.

[@JoshMink]

⁠@@aaronb4936some of them do. Watch the Galloway boy from Indiana. That kid gives everything he has… but he’s in the 5% and I agree with you for 95% of players.

[@jasonkeith9317]

Like him or love him Bobby Knight is a living legend. He's always lived on the edge. I think that is part of his mad genius.

[@geoycs]

Bobby Knight is full of baloney.

[@IAAP.]

@@geoycs and a 1st class ass!!

[@ivanschultz4879]

Bob is Indiana if your not from Indian a you wouldn't understand,

[@geoycs]

Whatever. He’s still an undisciplined bully. Great that you love him, though.

[@joemama7163]

Coach Knight could have coached my son ANY day.

[@zacharbert6604]

Yes, tough love

[@zacharbert6604]

@@seansullivan8101 I agree.

[@kenjenson1129]

Not my kid

[@ariellyn7253]

No coach in history can ever have as much integrity, discipline, intelligence and the ability to train each of his players to be the very best of which they were capable. My husband who was in the USMC often likened Bobby Knight to his drill instructors who in the 60's were much tougher than they are now. But when he was in combat he said he acted and reacted automatically in a manner that was most likely going to save not only his life but the lives of his fellow Marines due to the rigorous and often borderline torturous training from his DIs. I graduated from IU. Bobby Knight is IU to me and when they fired him, I cried. Anyone who played for Bobby was honored to work for and under him. He's my idol and most people who grew up in Indiana will agree.

[@ariellyn7253]

Roger Martin. Anyone who played under Bobby Knight would disagree with you and I seriously doubt that any of them are doing time in jail!! UNLESS YOU PLAYED FOR HIM, you cannot judge him.

[@ariellyn7253]

Roger Martin....I didn't vote for anyone. But, as usual, those with no intelligent response, CHANGE THE SUBJECT. With you, it's politics from a basketball coach discussion. And of course you choose the woman's comment to trash. I don't believe you didn't read any of the other 158 POSITIVE comments, mostly by men. And only 16 negative comments, most of them from YOU!!!! Yeah, only 16 NEGATIVE COMMENTS.

[@ariellyn7253]

Before you throw under the bus look up "Coaches gone mad". All you jerks who rant and rave about how horrible Knight was are unspeakably ignorant of all the other coaches guilty of similar and even worse behavior. Knight was the most outspoken and intelligent when he answered idiotic questions without a seconds pause.

[@ariellyn7253]

+ Roger Martin Well, 203 people disagree with you and only 17 agree so I'd say you're the LOSER. Why don't you try reading comments by people other than those only by me?? And look up Judson Nash. Together your IQs would add up to 120. He likes to argue ONLY with women too.

[@ariellyn7253]

+Roger Martin Neither do you. But statistically almost all of the IU players graduate and Knight runs a clean program. No cash and cars to get players to come to Indiana. Why isn't there the outcry over all of the "dirty" coaches who are bribing players to play for them? In my opinion, that's much worse of a role model than anything Bob Knight has EVER done.

[@IU90]

This is a really good piece that I missed back then. Thanks for uploading it.

[@deere3321]

A lot of people never heard about the good things he has done in his career...and he still is.

[@allengreene9954]

+Jim Marcum 98 percent of the players he coached graduated from IU. that's saying something.

[@flyguyry1]

deere3321 still is?

[@grassgobbler7214]

He helped Trump get elected what more could you ask for? He's the best coach ever!

[@karmicobsession1636]

grassgobbler72 an abuser aiding another abuser. But the abuse doesn’t matter cause he was a great coach.

[@Laid2Sleep]

He’s never done anything good

[@flyguyry1]

The way his son described the assault is exactly how victims describe and excuse the behaviour of their abusers.

[@AliceYobby]

“He didn’t hit me, my head got in the way of his fist”…

[@GarrenTAquatics]

Get out, that mindset is why we don’t win wars anymore.

[@kyradockter8647]

Bob Knight was the best ❤ he will be missed😢😊

[@coachredbone]

This is my short, and simple observation of Coach Knight: He's about 100% focus, discipline, and integrity. While he delivers his message in a "very strong, demanding way," he'd be less under a microscope if he coached football...

[@nyterpfan]

A great point--in football nobody would blink an eye--spot on analysis!!

[@neumannsod]

I’d like to have seen Knight coach football and head-butt guys in helmets.

[@bpcreations5921]

And if you don’t like the way he coaches don’t play for him

[@jimbearden2152]

Bully. Period

[@jimbearden2152]

Piece of sh** bully.

[@HTownChad]

Bob Knight, Barkley, and sports figures like that draw people to them. If they are asked questions they give honest opinions.

[@andan04]

2:35 "But who has the authority to get on Bob Knight in the state of Indiana?" Knight's answer, essentially, was "no one." He perceived no accountability to anyone but himself while excusing everything that he did. That hubris brought about his downfall.

[@tom87pate]

I have much respect for Bob Knight because he was an honest and moral man and he cared more about graduating students than fame.

[@llewkidney6269]

R u kidding me honest he lied about cooking a player u dumb ass

[@arisdelis1]

@@llewkidney6269 Which player was that?? How about Calipari, he had somebody take tests for Derrick Rose, he had a booster buy suits and pay Marcus Camby...Knight is a dinosaur i agree but IU loved the TV money, and NCAA $$$ and chose to do nothing.....

[@llewkidney6269]

Neil reed

[@llewkidney6269]

Watch the 30 for 30

[@bobrunge7594]

I remmber him coming all the way out to Massachusetts to recruit my nephew to play at Indiana. Sat right in my sister's living room. My nephew had 500 offers from colleges. Didn't go to Indiana, because it wasn't an Engineering school. Went to NC State and played 4 years. Three for Norm Sloan and 1 for Jim Valvano.

[@leodrosia4369]

Cool story, what was his name? Leo in nh

[@bobrunge7594]

@@leodrosia4369 Craig Watts

[@MrDodger3222]

@@bobrunge7594 That's so awesome he played at NC State! I visited Jim Valvano at his grave in Raleigh last summer. I live in North Carolina, about 2 and a half hours away from Raleigh. Did Craig play professionally after college?

[@bobrunge7594]

@@MrDodger3222 He was drafted in the 7th round by the Lakers. Played all their summer league games and went home. Never got the call, so he played in Europe for several years. He passed away last year the day after Christmas from a leg aneurysm he battled for several years.

[@bobrunge7594]

His son… who was 7’3” tall played for Elon

[@jsk2315]

Interview from 1994. Story referenced Univ California winning NCAA basketball tournament 35 years ago, which was 1959.

[@nicolamcostello]

The old school way was to be publicly brash and disciplined but to do charity privately and not make a show of it. Knight fit that mold.

[@jawsqwalsh]

If I had the talent I would have loved to play for him he would have gotten the most out of me

[@richardpage7106]

I went to the chair throwing game as a student at IU. Greatest coach ever!! Wild game.

[@highnrising]

Bobby Knight did a lot worse things in his career than tossing that chair, but that's still his signature incident that defines him as a jerk to a lot of people.

[@richardpage7106]

@@highnrising His graduating classes were among the best. Look at the athletes and the one and done programs, Dumb players(like lebron) that show their 5th grade level when they text or talk!!!

[@paulj.klosterman2809]

Thank you, Marty Jones, for sharing. While I'm no fan of Coach Knight, perhaps everyone can agree that he was quite the contrast or quite the paradox.

[@senatetransportationservic4660]

Looking at the back of bobby knights shirt...does anybody remember when Starter was a huge sports brand?

[@grasscutter1963]

Boy, this brings back such good memories. I remember watching his shows after the games going over the game in detail. Say what you want, good and bad (sadly) he was great at what he did for the game. But what he did best was making sure he got the best out of his players and integrity and graduation was a must for him. So so miss him. Indiana basketball has NEVER been the same sense he left PERIOD!

[@Anthony-uf3oz]

*since he left

[@bryanelam7431]

I'm a proud East Tennessean and Coach Knight has been my favorite basketball coach since the 1980's!! He basically invented the motion offense and was a absolute general as a coach!! I personally think a case can b made for him being the most important college basketball coach in history!!! Just ask Coach K!! I miss him also!!

[@dionisioiacobelli6689]

Red Auerbach and the Celtics were the first to use the motion offense .

[@badlanz79]

Start rolling in the grave Bobby K!! You are the last of the best we have for our younger gen.. Thanks to the uploader for sharing. really enjoyed it!!

[@rshrsh5420]

If you get the chance to watch the video on here that Coach Knight did with Joe Buck, the one thing that stood out to me was when Joe Buck told Coach Knight that while he was going to school at IU, he (Joe Buck) was in a class that had four of coaches players in it and the ONLY students that had their attendance records kept were those four, that reemphasized what kind of guy coach was and we need more people in society like him.

[@rokyericksonroks]

Mark Cuban put IU basketball radio broadcasts online in the early days of the internet. He made billions from it. It’s crazy.

[@BookClubDisaster]

I don't think that's how he made his billions. I think that was selling an app to Yahoo--that they ended up scrapping a year later.

[@thomaslevy7874]

This dude I couldn't play for!

[@TheBatugan77]

You couldn't play for Pat Summitt, nancy.

[@samuelkiteka5988]

Mr. Bob Knight is a wonderful soul. I was born and raised in Bloomington, and observed his many kind acts, including but not limited to contributing THOUSANDS ($$$) of dollars from his personal funds toward Landon Turner's surgery and rehabilitation. Turner was paralyzed in a car accident in July 1981 - just four months after winning a national title for IU (with the help of Isiah Thomas). Knight graduated 98% of his four-year players! There was no skipping classes, no entitlements whatsoever because you were a ball player. You had to earn your grades, and earn your playing time on the floor via hard work, discipline, and common sense! Just look at Coach K (Mike Krzyzewski); groomed by Knight. First as a player at Army under coach Knight, then as an assistant coach at IU. Bob Knight is a phenomenal person, and a GREAT teacher! "How do we get there? We don't get there with milk and cookies."

[@flyguyry1]

Samuel Kiteka positive acts dint take away the destructive acts

[@ariellyn7253]

FINALLY!! A voice of reason! I would bet that 99% of the negative comments were made by people who don't know Bobby Knight as a person. They're basing their "knowledge" on their ignorance of him as a human being, not just as a coach.

[@goduke3954]

He didnt even call Luke Recker though....depends on who you are

[@ffhd1clt]

Samuel Kiteka Did you observe him wiping his ass? He’s a disgrace, just like Trump.

[@Romans219]

Bobby Knight will always be my favorite basketball coach. I'm grateful being from Terre Haute, Indiana.

[@jamesmo2932]

Bobby Knight says it like it is and doesn't take no Bull Shit and doesn't kiss no ones ass he's real old school.

[@wagonerjared]

Playing his game got him 3 national titles and many conference titles. Great coach

[@MrDodger3222]

@keepnitreel 4me Man those UNLV teams were awesome!! They smoked Duke in the national championship game by 30 points the year before. Tark The Shark was a fucking awesome coach!!

[@anaisqtbabarroso9188]

Lassdffh

[@JonesFilms]

Yah he’s great he had a great slap

[@rebeccavoodoo2191]

LOVE Bob Knight !

[@curtissouth6063]

Knight was right! Look at our kids today! Costas was trying to uncover something that wasn't there!

[@pfunk42]

You're as delusional as the crazies that follow Donald Trump

[@Dooguy]

Exactly ....look at em. Most of them worthless punks with no respect or work ethic. Spoiled rotten by mommy and daddy.

[@TruthHasSpoken]

In the 23 years since Knight left Indiana, the number of National Championships since then is "0" with only one Championship game appearance in 2002, with players that he recruited. Sometimes the coach can be bigger than the program.

[@robsteffen9866]

Only interview i ever saw where bob knight didn't talk down to interviewer !!

[@brugglesby]

He was pretty cool with Larry King also.

[@antoniologan5873]

Bob Costas was to seasoned for that

[@rebeccavoodoo2191]

Love Bob Knight

[@sonofsarek]

As a coach, you are a leader. You lead by example. Acting like a 5 year old, cursing, screaming, throwing equipment, grabbing people, and being psychotic is not leading by example.

[@johnbengel9238]

The hell with Bob Costas

[@dnolan105]

My dad always said if I played college basketball, he would only want it to be for one man, Coach Knight.

[@bradcwellman]

Your dad doesnt understand the difference between discipline and child abuse. You are lucky you didnt play for this mentally ill person

[@MaximusWolfe]

Your dad is a moron.

[@aaronb4936]

@@bradcwellman your dad probably wore a fucking dress didn’t she?

[@jamesmiller5331]

Instead you did nothing at all

[@bradmiller9121]

Look how good IU has been since he was fired. 'nuff said.

[@bennyrobinson1935]

they've been on the same level as the football team

[@towns316]

RIP 🪦 Coach Knight

[@chipplylar1622]

Knight shouldve had back to back undefeated seasons..

[@briancritchfield1560]

RIP Coach The GOAT

[@msa4998]

How many National Championships and Big 10 titles has IU won in the last 20 or so seasons? Exactly. We miss you on the sideline Coach.

[@highnrising]

The reason IU was willing to fire him in 2000 was that he had not won a National Championship since the mid-'80s and it had been 7 years since his team made it past the second round of the NCAAs

[@msa4998]

@@highnrising and the team he built made it to the final game in 2001 ( I think )

[@kentrockhold6095]

Can't deny that he was a great basketball coach, and ran a clean program. But he was a first class jerk and could never admit he was wrong. Terrible attribute.

[@mammothammo7357]

Bobby Knight coached in a different time when Men were Men and not the snowflakes that have come to be made by todays anything goes society. If I had to go to battle I would choose Knight to go with me any day over the wimpy snowflakes we’ve created today. He expected a lot out of his players and most of the time he got it. Greatest basketball coach ever! RIP Coach Kinight

[@johnrockstorm]

that was terrific....thanks for sharing!!!

[@charlespeterson3798]

That is my choir...... Hoo boy, so long ago, Forgotten whata putz Bob Costas was, is, and always will be.

[@MarkLightGroup]

The difference between RMK and most other legendary coaches is that Knight's crazy happened in public as well as private. Where he lost me is that, after he was fired by Indiana, he played the victim card. You can't be him and be a victim. That showed cowardice.

[@mikeansley5306]

So does headbutting a player and lying about it. If you accidentally headbutt someone you apologize. Anything else he said is lying because he was afraid of consequences for his actions.

[@mikemattis1204]

He never played a victim

[@MarkLightGroup]

@@mikemattis1204 he absolutely did play victim, as did his son.

[@jeremywhiteted696]

He was a victim for sure!!!! Not like he was beating them with bats. I’m not an IU fan, but studied him growing up, wish more coaches were like this with these kids of this generation. He graduated 98% of his players. He was dedicated to make sure his players put school in front of basketball. Those players learned something new every day on and off the court. He was passionate and competitive and he would never ever accept less than 150% from his players. He is a rare personality that would never hide or keep any feeling buried. You knew exactly what he thinking 24/7. I respect that. People seem to not understand he was a Players coach. They didn’t come to IU for IU, they Can to train and play under BK. Even the player that gotswiped by BKs head said he was fine and he knew he wasn’t trying to hurt him.

[@charlieheckman]

RIP Bob Knight

[@johnwillis5279]

The navy seal of compassion for ncaa men’s basketball

[@TRI9POD]

Great interview!

[@SuperOlds88]

It's easy to be a sweetheart like Wooden when you have the alumni backing he had at UCLA.

[@karmicobsession1636]

He was consistently and without a doubt dominant which might be the difference. As impressive as bob knight is he’s no Wooden

[@danrode104]

Give me a break! Indiana is the cradle of b ball

[@dans2125]

Wooden didn't have to heavily recruit. The SoCal sunshine did that. He pretty much just had to show up.

[@arisdelis1]

@@dans2125 Wooden had Sam Gilbert...a sleezy, shady, Epstein like character who "took care" of the UCLA players, $, cars, etc..

[@miri9885]

Coach Knight style of coaching reminds me allot of General Patton. Both were brash yet strategic geniuses whose contraversial leadership methods produced positive results. Both leaders cared deeply for the men who served under them, yet wouldn't hesitate to aggressively correct those who were slacking or jeopardized the greater good of their unit/team. People who can appreciate 110% work ethic, attention to detail, and the ability to over come adversity would appreciate both leaders...

[@richmccartney3645]

And jerks!

[@miri9885]

@@richmccartney3645 lol as mentioned, "People who can appreciate 110% work ethic, attention to detail, and the ability to over come adversity would appreciate both leaders."

[@richmccartney3645]

And there’s been a lot of great leaders with those qualities who weren’t jerks and admitted there shortcomings and mistakes. In that interview Knight wouldn’t and gave the same holier than thou answers I heard him repeat over and over through the years. He never wanted to be accountable or hold himself to the same standards that he demanded of others. Only a true narcissist/jerk would state that he’s going to heaven instead of someone else……

[@miri9885]

@@richmccartney3645 lol... Love him or Hate him, he stays 100% authentic to himself. What you see is what you get. He was not perfect, no one is... I appreciate that he isn't a phony like most these days who do wrong and then offer insincere apologies only when pressured into them while usually doing wrong again...

[@richmccartney3645]

Being “authentic to himself” is a cop out and a poor excuse for bad behavior. Acting like a jerk and not caring how it affects others is not a good quality. Don’t compare him to losers. Compare him to someone like John Wooden…..

[@denisesills3111]

Legend : Bobby knight. Some most can’t be him ;candid no other like him!!! Good old plain spoken not too polically correct!!!!

[@scottgood7888]

"Apparently our heads collided."

[@TonyStark-rn7tw]

It's striking how many similarities there are between Trump and Knight, who was such a staunch supporter of Trump's during his campaign - the refusal to take responsibility, always blaming others, vilifying the media unless they're favorable to them, etc., etc. I guess it takes a narcissist to love a narcissist.

[@AarHan3]

Birds of a feather...

[@riverbandit58]

Throwing a chair isn't flamboyant? C'mon Mr. Knight. Throwing a chair in protest of a call in a basketball game is the definition of flamboyant.

[@80sruler]

Glad I was at IU while Bob was coach - good times

[@silverstar4289]

Years ago, a profile article on Costas referred him as forever looking like an Indiana University sophomore

[@StraightFashionMan]

"I think that if rape is inevitable, relax and enjoy it." Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight

[@Noviceguitardude]

No, that's former Indiana Governor Mike Pence.

[@joealan3350]

bnjmn556 No. Bobby Knight did say that.

[@ericclements3667]

A lot of men get raped in prison. He's trying to say there is a point where getting raped is the better alternative than getting killed. Very crass comment.

[@donuts24]

Seriously though: Does any person love talking more than Bob Costas?

[@bobo44donemilking51]

We'll that's what he gets paid for tho 🤗

[@ncoatney331]

I mean that is his job...

[@BookClubDisaster]

No but at least Costas is good at it. Unlike many semi-literate sports journalists and broadcasters.

[@TheBatugan77]

Mike Greenberg. He can't say 'yes' in less than 100 words. FFFucking longwinded gasbag.

[@gilamonster2020]

Tyrants always go down! Kudos to that young man for keeping his cool after he was intentionally assaulted.

[@ralphlee5399]

Fair and balanced. Knight DID purposely headbutt Wilkerson. He didn't deliberately kick his son. Props to Costas for predicting Knight's eventual demise. "And his brilliant career may end in an irrational incident..." Wasn't the end of his career but it was the end of his time at Indiana.

[@williamgullett8071]

@Aaron D. Digby, Sr. and IU hasn't won anything since Knight.

[@dennissmith6373]

Know this people, "People will only remember you, by the last bad thing you do!" But he is the (Coach GOAT)

[@franklukas4527]

There will never be another 🙏❤️🙏👍😁🇺🇲

[@jamesd242]

the man made men

[@MaximusWolfe]

By acting like a 10 year old?

[@gavinhadley7672]

..cry

[@jamesd242]

@@MaximusWolfe , youre a cupcake, soft

[@samuelfawley646]

When I first saw 10:00, I just started laughing and giggling at Bobby Knight making fun of his players running up and down stairs dropping f-bombs. I wish I could hear an uncensored version of Bobby Knight's tirade in that segment!

[@thomaswilson7538]

Plenty of old ladies did hear it as they sat behind IU's bench. A flagrant foul on IU,s school leaders. Money was the key at IU, championships ran 2nd.

[@MrDodger3222]

But let's be honest, Knight thought it was ok for him to cuss at his players but meanwhile it's wrong for his players to cuss? That's being totally hypocritical.

[@samuelfawley646]

@@MrDodger3222 I thought he just didn't like them complaining more than their profanity!

[@aaronb4936]

We need more Bobby knights and less candy asses...

[@gbrooks799]

The BEST coach that basketball has ever seen, and probably will ever see... Indiana has NEVER been the same after they fired him... These creme puff kids are so much worse off for NOT having a Bob Knight coaching them... Period!

[@535wer]

Question has this guy ever smiled in his life? He reminds me of Al Fusco and he was FN nuts!

[@wilmtigers]

He's a coaching legend. He's a student of the game. Few coaches know more about the subtleties of basketball than Bob Knight. That said, there's a part of him that has a screw loose. He has anger management issues. He's too intense for his own good. He abuses players. However, and few are the folks who mention this, with very few exceptions, every college kid that ever played for him went to his program knowingly, willfully, and aware of Knight's coaching style. If they had such a hard time with him, they have options. Switch schools. File complaints with the university. Press assault charges. Even fight back. If he chokes you, deck him. Put him on his ass. As a player, you have a variety of paths you can take.

[@donkotouc8377]

A pretty fair portrayal....

[@johnnystir9796]

Costas did an excellent job. Balanced the genius with the flaws.

[@123selini]

Kids and time out has done well for our society.

[@michaelleroy9281]

The Chair throw was a game with Purdue 1985 he hated to lose to them like they did that day

[@Ariamaluum]

Both he and Woody had the same downfall, the television camera. With Woody, it started in 1973 where the 3 networks always showed Woody. Bobby was ESPN-the networks after he won in 87 for the third time. It caused them to lose that trench, bunker mentality with players and assistant coaches. Once he became king of the networks, he lost trust with players and coaches; in return, they lost trust with him. He resented it and became abusive. When he coached for Texas Tech, he brought that trench bunker mentality back and had some good seasons but he was too old by then.

[@kensteel6100]

Sheron Coaches high school basketball in Madison Indiana now. Great guy

[@mikemattis1204]

I’ll take knight , even with his mistakes, over any other coach

[@johnwest7463]

I love Bobby Knight I like a man that tells it like it is says what's on his mind don't give a crap what anybody else thinks

[@RonnieLeeDuck]

A key point about Knight is that he was always very honest when he recruited players about what they were getting into when they came to Indiana. In fact if you look at the few players who had problems with Knight and quit the program I think you will see they weren't exactly thrilled with going to Indiana in the first place. Rather they were pressured by family and social network in some way to go to IU.

[@MrDodger3222]

RonnieLeeDuck His players already knew who they were going to play basketball for. They knew what to expect going to his team. And how the hell would you know the players that quit his team didn't want to be there in the first place? Players have conflicts with coaches and transfer schools all the time.

[@kenberry8504]

The very people who criticized Coach Knight for running a tight ship and demanding high standards, are the same people who never disciplined, or even thought of disciplining their own kids.

[@Roger-do1dy]

If coach was football coach that style of temper and rough house, would of been better and accetable

[@eddies366]

We need more coaches like this now to mold young men. Sadly, this generation would have anyone who hurts their bloated self-esteem fired.

[@ToddieBender]

What was Knight known for scheme wise? Like x’s and o’s? His teams remind me of Calhoun’s UConn teams with the tough rebounding and defensive nastiness I just forgot what kind of offense BK ran....

[@MrIndyjoe]

Mostly ran motion with a lot of screening to free shooters which they always had. His teams were always fundamentally sound. I watch IU play now and they hardly ever screen, shot fake, pass fake, cut hard to get he bucket, block out, etc. It's the little things that make the difference.

[@kevinsparks1221]

Those days kids didn't disrespect people. He's a basketball genius.

[@thehinge]

A professional player would have beat him within an inch of his life if he touched them or head butted them. It's good that the old fatass thought better of it.

[@joshuathomas9365]

He’s a piece of shit

[@tylito4764]

So you have to be a slave and have him control you and choke you?

[@bradcwellman]

Knight deserves no respect for his brutality and bullying. Im 65 and played both hockey and football. Both extremely violent sports and I can tell you that my brutal football coach demotivated me while my creative and supportive hockey coach inspired the best I could give.

[@cef8156]

He's a jerk.

[@scottab140]

Bob Knight is just being himself. What more would you want cause he cannot give you want he is not?

[@mazs1123]

That's the way Charles Manson felt as well.

[@MaximusWolfe]

Being himself means being a sadistic shithead.

[@Laid2Sleep]

I don’t see a legend. I see an out of control coach

[@Gr8Layks]

That’s why you’ll never amount to anything, loser.

[@MrDodger3222]

@@Gr8Layks Shut up douche. Knight is a thug!!

[@ledzeppelin5647]

@@MrDodger3222 You're just another wimp ass who hates discipline!

[@fastpony8127]

@@MrDodger3222 Knight was a winner, bitch!

[@unreal513]

You can tell he is an "ends justify the means" type of guy. He is so uncomfortable taking questions because he can't put it into words in a politically correct way. Very interesting person.

[@billcook5132]

In other words, most likely a sociopath.

[@chicagojonesy]

@@billcook5132 Stop using that name. Bill Cook is one heck of a man. You're watching a vid about Indiana.

[@billmcloughlan3718]

@@billcook5132 ..PATTON WAS ONE HELL OF A GENERAL....JUST ASK THE GERMANS...!!!

[@peterroth1186]

13:44 This is an almost perfect paragraph of Col. Nathan R. Jessup's testimony in A Few Good Men.

[@peterroth1186]

paraphrase

[@ledzeppelin5647]

Bobby Knight is a winner, if you don't like him don't go there!

[@Damonbird775]

He didn’t win anything after 1987. He is a bully, asshole, and liar. I’ve been attending IU games since the early 90’s so it’s hard for me to admit it. Fuck Knight.

[@TheMW2informer]

Brandon J he is a horrible person by many standards. Yes, fuck Knight.

[@ledzeppelin5647]

@@TheMW2informer In your opinion, not in the opinion of coach K, and 98 percent of his players.

[@TheMW2informer]

Dan McFarland I wasn’t talking to you!

[@ledzeppelin5647]

@@TheMW2informer Well I'm talking to you!

[@dennislawson3328]

The audio on this video sucks. You hear a constant buzzing sound. Super annoying.

[@jwp2166]

Why anyone ever sent their son to play for this arrogant, abusive, un-repentant, totally without self-reflection, "rules for thee but not for me," childish brat and bully is beyond me. Winning games isn't anywhere near worth the young men he scarred for life. In any other enterprise in life he'd be arrested for criminal abuse.

[@paleo704]

The world needs more Bob Knights

[@tl7975]

Ryan Cleaveland and fewer Ryan Cleavelands

[@scottw3039]

We need more Bobby Knights and a whole lot less PC.

[@DGolfer60]

He never used his kids and he made men, never left a program on probabtion and 98% of his kids graduated and they love him. Now let's take a look at a clown like Calipari who believes the draft IS a kid's graduation and he's left two programs on probation #mic_drop

[@dylanstanley2883]

Have fun being an iu fan and staying irrelevant for many years to come in college basketball my dude.

[@marvinlistenbee361]

@@dylanstanley2883 you didn't argue his point. And with all the cheating from Cal he still is behind knight in titles and wins. I'm no IU fan but the subject is coach knight.

[@dylanstanley2883]

@@marvinlistenbee361 Coach Knight is one of the best coaches ever. So is Calipari. His resume doesn't hold up to Knight's but both of them are still great. But I'm a UK fan, I defend Cal even though he says and repeats some of dumbest things I've ever heard in my life. But the dude prioritizes his players and getting them to the nba as quick as possible is and has always been his mission at UK. And if he did cheat, then we would have heard about it a long time ago because he was being investigated his first few years here and they found nothing on the guy. The UMass and Memphis probations happened because Camby (UMass) accepted money from agents WHILE he was still in school and Derrick Rose had someone take his SAT for him. So I guess you could say Rose cheated, not Cal.

[@MrDodger3222]

Everyone is a critic of Calipari lol. His players leave early to become millionaires and a lot of them have finished their degrees later on. Calipari is in the HOF too.

[@maxpuppy96]

What Bobby Knight won't admit is he comforts kids as much as he berates after the fact that what good coaches do Lombardi did it all the greats do it. He loves the hardass image and won't admit he encourages them and give them a pat on the ass.