Him too......(but wasn't the Duke guy a Knight protoge`?)

Explains a lot, don't it?

Not when you see the antics of many coaches. Coach Knight was just successful, there are other coaches that are a lot worse and not as public. Again Coach K often gets a pass because he is engaging in interviews with the media. Coach Knight just did not give a rats behind if the media liked him or not.

Peace

This is true. And I found it to be among his more endearing qualities.

I also agree which is why I was always a fan.

That also being said, I know many D1 officials that said they loved working his games. And stated that he was usually more knowledgeable about rules than most coaches and he was fair to them as opposed to other coaches around the country.

Peace

It's true, it's true.....

You mean like the "no coaching box at lower level" rule?

Out of control coaches and out of control parents have the same thing in common...experience, or the lack thereof. I've found young parents of younger players to be, in general, far more boisterous than the older parents of older players. Same for coaches. Most get it figured out after they've gotten a few years under their belts...but not all of them.

You do realize Knight finished at the bottom of the Big 10 in T"s received every year? Coach K finishes near the bottom of the ACC?
But MAN were those Knight blow ups memorable.

I'm only guessing here, but how much of that has to do with fear?

College coaches at the D-I level in general get away with a lot. I think at lot more than at any other level. If they tried pulling what they did at the NBA or high school level, there would be more technicals handed out IMO.

Got it in one!

As the saying goes, what you permit, you promote.

I do not know about that. I think college coaches are more intelligent about what they complain about and often are stopped in their tracks by know knowledgeable officials. I have never had a college coach say the things to me that a high school coach says. And all the cursing I see high school coaches do and no one does anything I doubt that.

Also I not too long ago saw some tape of NBA officials interactions with NBA coaches and players, the language is much more direct from officials and do not allow a lot of the crap to go on that I see many high school and college officials get away.

Peace

Just for curiosity's sake, when I deal with college coaches I do tend to give them a little more rope as far as complaining. I somewhere picked up the philosophy that these guys are coaching as a job, to put food on their table, not an extra paycheck they are picking up like high school coaches. To me, the college and especially pro game is more about competition. High school athletics is an extension of the classroom where they learn skills to deal with situations that come up in life as an adult.

Any thoughts on this philosophy?

Oh, and my thoughts on technicals in the pro game... they found they were losing fans because of the unsporting attitudes of their players so they fixed it. That, to me, is the only reason they made the change. It's all about $ in the pros.

I agree with this statement 100%.