Bob Knight Town Hall - with Bob Costas - 3/4/1997

[@Greg-Hatman]

I’m watching this again after Coach Knight passed away three days ago (November 1,2023). There will Never be another coach like him! Thank you for the memories Coach! RIP!

[@ChuckSkopelja]

I remember going to the Omni Sports Center to see Coach speak to a group of a couple hundred fans. The presentation was supposed to start at 7:00 but the snow was falling large flakes and was about 5 inches deep. Coach showed up just shy of 10:00 and spoke colorfully about several subjects not just basketball. He spoke about Junior college recruit Kieth Smart and how excited he was that he was coming to Indiana. As we all know the Hoosiers won the National Championship on Kieths shot with 2 seconds on the clock. He spoke and signed autographs till 1:30 am. He was an amazing basketball coach and seeing him speak in public about life was unforgetable.

[@josephubil]

As a junior in high school, I and three other players on our team went to the Pocono Mountains(PA) basketball camp, run by Coach Knight when he was the head coach at Army...On the first morning addressing the camp in a small airplaine hanger type of gym, coach told all of us to get up from our chairs and get in the defensive posture & to shuffle our our legs up and down...this went on for what seemed an eternity as he pushed us to keep at it...finally he had us stop...all of us were physically drained, but somehow we got through it...he then said to us "if you think your folks sent you here to go on a summer vacation, you're sadly mistaken" (and thats putting it mildly)...to this day, I'm both sore & exhausted...I came back home having learned basketball, but more importnatly the meaning of discipline, work ethic & perserverance...traits instilled in me to this day... I wouldn't trade that weeks experience for anything, period...thank you Coach Bobby Knight.

[@kevinpantera4429]

To bad there are not to many more like this man coaching today!

[@davidbrock1698]

I have been life long fan 😢

[@KillyJoe]

As I read this I totally expected you to go a different direction with it….really interesting seeing how situations can be interpreted

[@Johnny53kgb-nsa]

One of the best college basketball coaches ever. IU sure misses him.

[@classicrock71]

I'm a KU fan. I will admit Bobby Knight will always be one of the best coaches in college basketball history period....

[@shawnbeck2303]

I miss I.U. Basketball. It was a great time in College History. Thanks Bobby for your time at I.U. Haven't watched since you left! SHAWN

[@jozydeford8513]

Get back into it. Woodson and even more so Moran are doing great things. Get into it. Hoosier Nation is part of your being. Come back!

[@makula5543]

Great interview! 2 very intelligent men!

[@mattuhl7834]

Given the events of February 8, 2020 in Assembly Hal, you can tell from Coach Knight's answers in the first handful of minutes that he's a man of his word, and did come back to Bloomington to try and re-engage with a place that embraced him for so many years. Thanks for the interesting look back 23 years ago! This was my senior year of HS.

[@stevebeckerlcsw3409]

Incredible interview. Shows why Costas was the master. No soft balls. That was hard ball. Brilliant Costas.

[@aaronanderson8268]

This generation of college athletes DESPERATELY needs a Bobby Knight

[@kmac1766]

Great interview. Gets to the heart of the matter.

[@stevemorris4220]

If there were players who bought into his work ethic. No doubt another championship. He is a coach and motivator.

[@tedjob21]

Bob Costas did a decent job of being objective. He wasn't gonna be a pushover but he also acknowledged Coach Knight's achievements.

[@coachfun1987]

Damn...Costas is exhausting. No question should last more than 10 seconds.

[@gocatgo74123]

I miss coach Knight!

[@carsondyle6116]

Never heard about or saw this interview before. Many thanks to you for posting this. if you have more please post. Thanks!

[@hansgordy]

Toughness was his strength... and toughness was his weakness.

[@nyterpfan]

Might be the best interview I've seen with Bob Knight---fair and balanced--really well done!!

[@anaisqtbabarroso9188]

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[@igorlobkovenko9480]

I am surprised that he did this before a Big Ten game in March. He deserves credit because I would not have and most coaches currently would not do it. It's a potential distraction.

[@Spidey2345-h5j]

Love him or hate him, Robert Montgomery Knight is the best college basketball coach to ever coach the game.

[@kennethjahnke9900]

Costas hates him.

[@musicman76enator]

Nah that honor goes to Coach K

[@sorenpotthoff3705]

No... K, Wooden, Williams, and at this point I'd even say Coach Wright are better. Knight it a great coach, but K and Wooden are without a doubt better.

[@arisdelis1]

@@kennethjahnke9900 Costas, a liberal, MSM clown, multi million dollar salary, out of touch with reality, lectures Knight like a child. Thats like lecturing an Army General on how to fight a battle..Bob Costas couldn't fill Knights shoes with a cement truck!!

[@KillyJoe]

@@kennethjahnke9900 no shit lol

[@ericradford2142]

RIP Bob Knight.

[@michaeltimothy70]

That is what life is about. Moments, memories, togetherness and friendships. The material stuff don’t mean crap!

[@brandonlewis5135]

Bob Costas is the greatest sports host with Ron Maclean from cbc hockey night in Canada

[@brucee4634]

I am not sure if it was fair and balanced. I think Costas could have talked more about the success of Bob Knight instead of being critical of his coaching style. Costas was even upset that the crowd was cheering. It seems as if they wanted Bob Knight to apologize for being who he was. Coach Knight helped those kids become greater men.

[@mariepavlov9144]

Bob Knight Town Hall - with Bob Costas, aired on MSNBC March 4, 1997.

[@havrisen6620]

Ironically, Indiana has probably 2 of the top 5 greatest collegiate coaches in history in Doc Counsilman and Bobby Knight. But, for my money, Bob Knight is the greatest coach in college sports history. Unlike John Wooden and so many other so-called “great” coaches Bobby Knight never turned a blind eye to cheating, players skipping class, and special treatment. Dean Smith had Michael Jordan, Kenny Smith, Sam Perkins, Brad Daugherty-literally 3 NBA all-stars and the greatest player to ever play the game, but Knight beat him with Marty Simmons,Steve Alford, Uve Blab, and Dan Dakich for god sake. This is one game, but Knight made a career out of such games. He always beat teams that had more talent. Like Alford said, “At IU you’re expected to beat Carolina.”. Even tho they had no business beating that team. Knight coached for everything good about basketball. He didn’t coach to be media friendly or appease people who follow trends. I admire him for that. He really is the last of his kind.

[@sorenpotthoff3705]

Coach K has surpassed him by far

[@terrywayland3271]

If I had a son good enough to play D1 basketball, I’d want him to play for Bob Knight.

[@MadmanXXVII]

I love how he subtly sipped his Coke after the "kiss my ass" clip played.

[@moochercat]

8:43 on "playing hard." He goes on to say he's got some juniors who don't know how to play hard. That '94 class was the one that really made life hell for Knight.

[@kevinburchett5878]

Its funny wooden coach k coach cal were way more corrupt than knight they had all bought players which in return keeps them on somewhat of leash to not have the players be unhappy and go public and to cater to them and coddle them.. this man didnt care about feelings he cared about winning and molding them hardened men....theyre way harder things in life than a basketball game and i feel he helped to prep these young men for those times in his own way

[@DrStan-cu1dv]

Totally agree.

[@charlieheckman]

RIP Bob Knight

[@freedom6919741]

Coming from an Illini fan after all these years Bob Knight might be the GOAT. Kids today couldn’t handle him for sure. Everyone is to soft.

[@tennesseegregario7253]

Bobby got cancelled before being cancelled was cool.

[@blakethomas5637]

Costas is eerily Tom Crean here.

[@brandonlewis5135]

Great times

[@igorlobkovenko9480]

After the Colorado loss later in the month, Knight walked to his hotel by himself in Winston-Salem. This was in the SI article in May, 1997. I wonder if he had ever been there before

[@redpepperdave]

I'm realizing my age when I instinctively looked for the tracking dial , sheesh lol

[@chrismorfas7515]

Knight is calmly, but painfully, aware that the program is slipping, and that his long leash with the university's administration and some of the fan base is shortening.

[@rhgamecock1]

I find it interesting that the Neil Reed incident had recently happened or was soon to happen. Costas sort of called him out on his behavior and Knight defended himself. If he had taken an honest look within he could have changed his ways and prevented the unfortunate outcome.

[@SillyGoose2024]

11:40-12:04 is Bobby Knight at his best

[@thedivomeister6308]

Best response is at 8:15-10:00 time slot. He demanded excellence and preparing kids to become men. Sometimes I found his temper ridiculous but every once in a while, you have to blow up on referees. Bob Costas job is to ask the tough questions.

[@thanks6248]

Indiana basketball went to crap after he left.

[@kevinpantera4429]

John Havlecheck now thats a great player.

[@gts8361]

Costas is s stud interviewer. Knight is a brilliant and very flawed man.

[@scottcamp9266]

He means Thomas Moore😂

[@timwoods3171]

As I watch this interview, I'm disappointed in Costas that he has these smarmy moments such as 20:15 where he seems intent on goading RMK into lashing-out. I pause here, hoping RMK will become more and more calm the more Costas tries to "poke" the coach and make him snap.

[@garyjimenez3690]

He was awesome here at Texas tech. If they would of let Him. If they let him Do what he wanted to do here he couldn’t. He would of brought a championship to Texas tech

[@gregbinggeli4362]

Would have been a great president

[@shuffle877]

Just a guess, but I THINK this was done March 4, 1997. Costas mentions that Coach was going for his 700th win against Wisconsin in Bloomington the next day. Indiana played (and beat) Wisconsin on March 5, 1997. 70-66.

[@dustinmccord2046]

Bob was the best thing since sliced bread

[@shawnb789]

This is like NBC interviewing Trump. Holy smokes. This reporter sucks and can't face the truth. Just like Trump, Bob knights supporters love him. Period. Old school and not worried about hurting feelings. The good ol days.

[@KillyJoe]

Nearly all of his players graduate what more needs to be said. Wasn’t that the point? How rude was costas here I’m shocked how he acted in this interview pulling up the clip of bob knight playing at OSU and straight mocking him. Coach handled that well better than I was expecting as I was watching it.

[@MDAA313]

How many have transferred?

[@fivelefts3150]

Never liked Bob Costas!

[@JK-br1mu]

Bobby's the kind of guy with massive anger issues that you know it would be fun to make a sarcastic comment to, if you ever met him........just to antagonize

[@mattdaggett3695]

Costas thinks he is smarter than Coach.....not

[@MapleSyrupPoet]

"We all have things we regret" ain't that the truth ...I once regretted not bringing toilet paper camping 🏕😁