Knight’s out
Who cares if Bob Knight won 902 games? He was abusive and a bully as an educator/coach who was allowed to physically strike and threaten students by the universities that employed him.
Knight was a coward in a position of authority. Schools turned a blind eye because of the revenues he secured. Student-athletes with their parents kept equally quiet for fear of losing scholarships or playing time.
Everyone says he was just teaching the kids. If he couldn’t think of another teaching method other than physical abuse, he should be gone. Those days of teaching are from the first half of the last century. Will Bob Knight’s ex-players ever speak of him with the love and reverence that coach John Wooden’s players speak of him?
Richard Karliss
Malibu
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As an Indiana alum, I think IU should name its gym, Assembly Hall, after Bob Knight. It’s easy too. Just drop the letters “embly.”
Robert Bubnovich
Irvine
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