After Bob Knight again

[Nevadaref]

It looks like the media people are after Bob Knight again.
This time he popped a kid under the chin in getting the player to look at him and the media has stated that he struck a player in the face.

[sj]

He's misunderstood. Look at this and you'll see.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=R_1Hz9cAru8

[Nevadaref]

http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/6...T=HCP&GT1=8807

[Chess Ref]

Well I will go ahead and step in it. I saw the video of the "gentle lifting" and also of the kid on the bench massaging his "gentley lifted jaw". I mean really at what point do people tell him "thats enough little Bobby go stand in the corner for about 25 years.
He is a bully. If I saw him at the bar he would be considered another fat,hot headed guy who has had lots of practice picking himself off the barroom floor. Cause in the world I live in .you gently lift someone's chin you are in for some gentle lifting of your own.
Assuming the quotes attributed to the parents are accurate these people are brain-dead. I mean he hit your son or gently lifted his jaw and you say it's no big deal. Brain-dead. I don't even know your kid and wanted to punch little bobby in the face. Make little bobby go away.

[Adam]

Good grief. If it's not an all-out assault, let it go. No one put a gun to this kid's head and forced him to play for Knight. It's not like Knight's style has suddenly changed since this kid got recruited.

[Chess Ref]

good grief is right ! What part of no hitting other people doesn't little bobby get ? So if a coach did that to you cause he didn't like a call you made it would be okay cause you voluntarily went there to ref ? I think its a reasonable expectation that little bobby would keep his hands to himself.
Big fat blowhard in position of authority , hits people not in position of authority =BIg FAT BLOWHARD BULLY...

If you don't think that is considered assault try doing it the next time you get pulled over for speeding. I imagine the DA isn't going to let it slide or the cop who puts a whoop a$$ on you for doing it .....

[Jimgolf]

Tempest in a teapot. ESPN has nothing better to do with their time than debate this?

Robert Knight's past behavior is well-documented. When you commit to play for him, you also commit to be treated like a grunt in basic training for four or five years.

The kid isn't complaining, the parents aren't complaining, only the haters and the busybodies are complaining.

Iraqis are being kidnapped and blown up, and US soldiers are giving their lives to protect them, and the media covers this? Heather Mills must have forgotten to hold a press conference yesterday.

[LDUB]

Originally Posted by Jimgolf

Tempest in a teapot. ESPN has nothing better to do with their time than debate this?

They even brought a female psychologist on TV to analyze the player’s body language to determine what was going through his mind before and after Knight touched him.

[Junker]

Obviously Knight goes overboard on occasion, but this is being blown entirely out of proportion. I don't agree with everything he has done, but you have to admit, his players graduate, they stay out of trouble, and they are extremely loyal to him as he is to them. He is certainly a coach that puts student before athlete which is what we need more of if you ask me.

[RookieDude]

Originally posted by Jimgolf

"The kid isn't complaining"

...neither did the kid who got "abused" by that good looking blonde teacher.
Does that make it right?

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by RookieDude

The kid isn't complaining

...neither did the kid who got "abused" by that good looking blonde teacher.
Does that make it right?

LMAO....like they were saying on Fox or CNN News yesterday. If it's a good-looking teacher, it's "ah, it ain't so bad", but if the teacher is unattractive we say "it's terrible what she did to that innocent child".

Same with Knight situation, he's a successful coach who's graduates his players so give him a pass.

[Jimgolf]

Originally Posted by RookieDude

"The kid isn't complaining"

...neither did the kid who got "abused" by that good looking blonde teacher.
Does that make it right?

Please. Don't tell me you can't see the difference here. You're saying there is no distinction between a grabbed chin and statutory rape combined with sexual abuse.

Are you suggesting this was an assault?

[Chess Ref]

I got myself all fired up on little bobby so I promise to myself and the world this is my last post on bobby.

The end results are in -bobby graduates his players, he wins basketball games and does all these wonderful things for humanity. No argument there.

I just wish he would do all this without the gently lifted jaws, the broken noses, throwing of chairs etc.......

Kind of like say a Coach K.

[JRutledge]

Yeah, Coach K is an angel. Cursus out officials, calls officials names and threatens them, but that is OK because the media likes him.

Peace

[Raymond]

Well, I finally saw a replay of the "gentle lifting of the jaw".

JMO, but it was out of line. He popped the kid in the chin, he didn't lift the kids head to ensure eye contact. If that was my child, I would have been happy to see him shove Knight back on his @$$ or would have gladly done it myself after the game.

If Knight felt it necessary to resort to a physical act to get the kid's attention, he could have poked him in the chest or grabbed the kid by his arm. But that pop to the chin was done out of anger IMO.