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tomegun,
Laettner never "stomped" anyone, and he didn't "get away with" anything. Check the tape. He "stepped on" Aminu Timberlake's chest in the UK game in 1992. How hard? So hard that Timberlake popped right up, with a smile on his face, and started clapping. Clapping for what? FOR THE TECHNICAL FOUL THAT HAD JUST BEEN ASSESSED. Geez.
You sited Cheaney and Emmett as evidence of Knight's great adjustments. If he'd adjusted a little more, like, say, away from choking his players in practice, maybe that would have been enough for me to give him credit for being able to truly adapt.
Also, just curious, but how do you think Indiana would have fared in 1981 with Isiah "the worst GM in the history of professional sports" Thomas coming off the bench for fifteen minutes a game with a cast on his wrist?
[Edited by jbduke on Mar 13th, 2006 at 12:13 AM]
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