Well, that seems about right. Texas Tech coach Bobby Knight, unable to turn Texas Tech into a basketball powerhouse, has resigned from coaching mid season. He claims he wants to turn the coaching responsibilities over to his son Pat Knight who will take over the coaching responsibilities at Texas Tech.
Espn’s Pat Ford pretty much summed up my feelings on Coach Knight when he said:
It would be nice if Robert Montgomery Knight could simply be remembered and revered for three national titles, for 32-0, for the Olympic gold medal, for being the maestro of motion offense and the non-negotiable believer in man-to-man defense. It would be nice if the career highlight reel stopped after testimonials from Buckner and May and Benson and Isiah and Alford and Cheaney. It would be nice if Assembly Hall’s court bore the name of Indiana’s greatest coach.
But nice was never part of the package with Knight. Which is why he’ll also be remembered for the thrown chair and the choked player and the grabbed student at the end in Bloomington. It’s why the player testimonials will be interspersed with tape of bellowed profanities, head-butted players and more burned bridges than a brigade of pyromaniacs could produce. It’s why the divorce from IU became so bitter, and why his name probably will never adorn that Assembly Hall hardwood.
