______ Passed Away Today, RIP (10 Viewers)

[Ministry of Pain]

Bobby Knight

Here's the thing, he was revered by many and hated by many and for good reasons.
He behaved at times in a way that would seem MoP approved but the reality is he paved the way for a lot of behavioral clauses in future coaches' contracts and we rarely see
NCAA Head Coaches emulate and act like Bobby Knight, most know by now they likely will be fired if they act in ways like Knight

-For better or for worse, you either loved him or you hated him and his tactics/antics. He definitely appeared to have a short fuse, behavior is typically learned so you do wonder what his true childhood upbringing must have been like.

 

[massraider]

Now when it thunders, we can tell our kids coach Knight just got a bad call.

 

[gump]

https://x.com/danwetzel/status/1719848765383725141?s=46&t=vQG5LrFwGikYrruOJaeCMg

 

[gump]

Bobby Knight, WARNING LANGUAGE!

youtu.be

 

[Snoopy]

We chair your grief.

 

[identikit]

Bobby Knight

Grew up watching Knight's weekly show with Chuck Marlow. Poor Chuck if he had to sit there after a loss. But there were better times as well . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdm4Oi1YRZY
"Golf Your Way" and yeah, a little rough language: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av6Mu8aLkio I think my short game is very similar to Knight's.

Those were often so uncomfortable.

Spent a couple decades in Knight country.

RIP Coach

The good, the bad, and the ugly....

 

[massraider]

https://twitter.com/Super70sSports/status/1719861675388543205?s=19

Coach Knight's scouting report on North Carolina's Michael Jordan

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

Will he be buried upside down? He was awesome coach RIP


During a joint TV interview:

Bob Knight- "you know Jud you're the only friend I got in this business"

Jud Heathcote- "don't jump to conclusions Bob"

 

[Sand]

-For better or for worse, you either loved him or you hated him and his tactics/antics. He definitely appeared to have a short fuse, behavior is typically learned so you do wonder what his true childhood upbringing must have been like.

He's the Yogi Berra of basketball - utterly memorable. His name will be around for a long, long time.

 

[The General]

I lived in Bloomington during the heyday and went to college there at the end of his run. A complete legend and I can’t think of any deaths of people outside my family that are so impactful. It’s very odd thing to say, but it’s true for a kid who grew up playing basketball in Bloomington In the late 70s and 80s.

He‘s a piece of crap, also a genius. He did so many good things that no one ever heard about because he honestly didn’t give a crap what you thought. There is something very noble in that.

I still read amazing acts of kindness from him, and I’m sure many more will come out, that today would be publicized to no end. A complicated and flawed person, I can’t think of too many comparisons TBH.

Jay Bilas wrote it up as well as I think it could possibly be said today on ESPN.

RIP

 

[Nipsey]

I have a GREAT Bobby Knight story. RIP.

 

[bcat01]

Knight almost took the Head Coaching job at my High School when he was graduating college. The school wanted him to be an assistant football coach as well so he turned them down.

 

[massraider]

Frank DeFord wrote maybe the best piece ever on Knight.

 

[belljr]

:throwschairacrossthefloor: RIP

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Now when it thunders, we can tell our kids coach Knight just got a bad call.

Nice update to "it's just God bowling"

 

[Ben & Jerry's]

His 1974/75 and 1975/76 teams went 63-1. Amazing. He's on the Mt Rushmore of college basketball coaches along with Wooden, Dean Smith and Coach K.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Frank DeFord wrote maybe the best piece ever on Knight.

DeFord wrote the best piece on everything. He was great.

 

[heckmanm]

I lived in Bloomington during the heyday and went to college there at the end of his run. A complete legend and I can’t think of any deaths of people outside my family that are so impactful. It’s very odd thing to say, but it’s true for a kid who grew up playing basketball in Bloomington In the late 70s and 80s.

He‘s a piece of crap, also a genius. He did so many good things that no one ever heard about because he honestly didn’t give a crap what you thought. There is something very noble in that.

I still read amazing acts of kindness from him, and I’m sure many more will come out, that today would be publicized to no end. A complicated and flawed person, I can’t think of too many comparisons TBH.

Jay Bilas wrote it up as well as I think it could possibly be said today on ESPN.

RIP

I'm LOLing multiple times through this - so far at the seat belt and then borrowing Bilas's sand wedge.

 

[The General]

I lived in Bloomington during the heyday and went to college there at the end of his run. A complete legend and I can’t think of any deaths of people outside my family that are so impactful. It’s very odd thing to say, but it’s true for a kid who grew up playing basketball in Bloomington In the late 70s and 80s.

He‘s a piece of crap, also a genius. He did so many good things that no one ever heard about because he honestly didn’t give a crap what you thought. There is something very noble in that.

I still read amazing acts of kindness from him, and I’m sure many more will come out, that today would be publicized to no end. A complicated and flawed person, I can’t think of too many comparisons TBH.

Jay Bilas wrote it up as well as I think it could possibly be said today on ESPN.

RIP

I'm LOLing multiple times through this - so far at the seat belt and then borrowing Bilas's sand wedge.

Yep. It was a really great read. That he wouldn’t wear a seat belt is pretty classic, you can’t tell me what to do car!

How Bilas explained that he stopped justifying his friendship and outlook on Knight was perfectly put.

 

[General Malaise]

I lived in Bloomington during the heyday and went to college there at the end of his run. A complete legend and I can’t think of any deaths of people outside my family that are so impactful. It’s very odd thing to say, but it’s true for a kid who grew up playing basketball in Bloomington In the late 70s and 80s.

He‘s a piece of crap, also a genius. He did so many good things that no one ever heard about because he honestly didn’t give a crap what you thought. There is something very noble in that.

I still read amazing acts of kindness from him, and I’m sure many more will come out, that today would be publicized to no end. A complicated and flawed person, I can’t think of too many comparisons TBH.

Jay Bilas wrote it up as well as I think it could possibly be said today on ESPN.

RIP

I'm LOLing multiple times through this - so far at the seat belt and then borrowing Bilas's sand wedge.

In 1984, after coaching Michael Jordan on the gold-medal-winning U.S. Olympic team, Portland general manager Stu Inman called Knight for advice on the upcoming NBA draft. Knight counseled Inman to take Jordan, calling Jordan the best basketball player he had ever seen. Inman told Knight the Blazers already had Clyde Drexler and needed a center. Knight responded, "Then play Jordan at center."

 

[ChiefD]

In 1984, after coaching Michael Jordan on the gold-medal-winning U.S. Olympic team, Portland general manager Stu Inman called Knight for advice on the upcoming NBA draft. Knight counseled Inman to take Jordan, calling Jordan the best basketball player he had ever seen. Inman told Knight the Blazers already had Clyde Drexler and needed a center. Knight responded, "Then play Jordan at center."

That story must make every Portland fan just puke.

 

[General Malaise]

In 1984, after coaching Michael Jordan on the gold-medal-winning U.S. Olympic team, Portland general manager Stu Inman called Knight for advice on the upcoming NBA draft. Knight counseled Inman to take Jordan, calling Jordan the best basketball player he had ever seen. Inman told Knight the Blazers already had Clyde Drexler and needed a center. Knight responded, "Then play Jordan at center."

That story must make every Portland fan just puke.

I was a wee lad in Dallas in 1984 but in a way, I'm rather glad Jordan played out his career in Chicago and became the legend he is today. He probably would have gotten hurt in Portland and traded away for a sack of nails.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Bumped from Apollo 13 astronaut Ken Mattingly died on October 31st. I wonder if he ever got the measles.

Ken Mattingly, Apollo 16 astronaut who orbited the moon, dies at 87

Mattingly was also known for being removed from the ill-fated Apollo 13 crew 72 hours before its scheduled launch.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[Joe Bryant]

I'll take the other side of the Bilas article. Thought it was weird. "Justifying" his friendship? Sounds like Knight was a murderer or something.

It's hardly news lots of people are complicated.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Oleg Protopopov, two-time Olympic Pairs champion, at 91.

 

[James Bond]

Frank Borman, commander of NASA’s 1968 Apollo 8 spaceflight, whose astronauts became the first men to orbit the moon, dies at 95.

 

[FairWarning]

Frank Borman, commander of NASA’s 1968 Apollo 8 spaceflight, whose astronauts became the first men to orbit the moon, dies at 95.

Part of I-94 in Indiana is named after him.

 

[Snoopy]

Frank Borman, commander of NASA’s 1968 Apollo 8 spaceflight, whose astronauts became the first men to orbit the moon, dies at 95.

Part of I-94 in Indiana is named after him.

That's unfortunate as that is one of the worst freeways to go on, traffic-wise.

 

[Snoopy]

DJ Hayden, 33, car crash

 

[[scooter]]

In 1984, after coaching Michael Jordan on the gold-medal-winning U.S. Olympic team, Portland general manager Stu Inman called Knight for advice on the upcoming NBA draft. Knight counseled Inman to take Jordan, calling Jordan the best basketball player he had ever seen. Inman told Knight the Blazers already had Clyde Drexler and needed a center. Knight responded, "Then play Jordan at center."

It's a somewhat apocryphal story. There's no way that Inman would have invoked the name of Clyde Drexler in that context, as he was projected to be a backup in 1984-85, behind Jim Paxson (who was 2nd-Team All-NBA in 1983-84). But saying "Clyde Drexler" makes for a better story than saying "Jim Paxson", I suppose.

 

[Eephus]

It's a somewhat apocryphal story. There's no way that Inman would have invoked the name of Clyde Drexler in that context, as he was projected to be a backup in 1984-85, behind Jim Paxson (who was 2nd-Team All-NBA in 1983-84). But saying "Clyde Drexler" makes for a better story than saying "Jim Paxson", I suppose.

When the legend becomes fact, print the legend

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

I have a GREAT Bobby Knight story. RIP.

and?

 

[rockaction]

Sounds like Knight was a murderer or something

Bobby Knight did lots of questionable things, some of which go beyond basic decency or ethics. They require justification lest they be a reflection on one's self. We befriend and are friends with people who we believe share our basic values, and who we are friends with speaks volumes about us.

So I can see why Bilas was constantly asked why he was Knight's friend and why "justify" is the word of the day. In Bilas's mind, he's still trying to convince people. He's still writing for a skeptical audience.

RIP Bob Knight.

 

[Hooper31]

I’m not an active guy around here any more. Not sure where to throw this information. Some of you may remember bueno. He was a regular poster back in the day. His real name was Rick. Lived in the Spokane area. We got together for breakfast once about 20 years ago. He was very involved with the No Mercy leagues. A buddy of mine that took over my No Mercy team quite some time ago let me know that Rick passed away recently.

Too cliche to say “no bueno”? I think he would approve.

 

[Joe Bryant]

I’m not an active guy around here any more. Not sure where to throw this information. Some of you may remember bueno. He was a regular poster back in the day. His real name was Rick. Lived in the Spokane area. We got together for breakfast once about 20 years ago. He was very involved with the No Mercy leagues. A buddy of mine that took over my No Mercy team quite some time ago let me know that Rick passed away recently.

Too cliche to say “no bueno”? I think he would approve.

Aw Man.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

I remember him. for Rick

 

[flapgreen]

Just got the email on Bueno. He runs a league I'm in. Hate that

 

[Desert_Power]

Too cliche to say “no bueno”? I think he would approve.

I think he would. Good sense of humor on that guy and always a sharp debater.

Not to be too morbid, but a lot of y'all are getting pretty up there in age. Not sure if we want to have a separate thread for fallen FBGs vs general celebs. Just

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

Too cliche to say “no bueno”? I think he would approve.

I think he would. Good sense of humor on that guy and always a sharp debater.

Not to be too morbid, but a lot of y'all are getting pretty up there in age. Not sure if we want to have a separate thread for fallen FBGs vs general celebs. Just

This is probably a good idea. We want to be sure the FBGs get more love than the celebs

 

[Deamon]

Omg can't imagine that scene.

I don't know who Adam Johnson is but this seemed inevitable.

Skate blade.

https://twitter.com/BR_OpenIce/status/1718586748010197295?t=RJairt0RAE5w5nOeToSzfg&s=19

No images above, just an RIP message.

I searched for the incident just to see what happened. What I wasn't prepared for was the amount of blood that almost instantly was everywhere.

If the video I saw was real, it looked like the other skater karate kicked him in the neck.

Are you suggesting it was on purpose?

Not sure if there's a thread on this incident but this is all I could find.

It seems strange though, they arrested someone for manslaughter in this incident today, but it WASN'T the player whose skate sliced his neck.

Who else could they have arrested???

 

[zamboni]

It seems strange though, they arrested someone for manslaughter in this incident today, but it WASN'T the player whose skate sliced his neck.

Who else could they have arrested???

It’s the player who did it (Matt Petgrave) that was arrested - it’s all over Twitter. Not sure why ESPN is being so coy about it. Sadly it seemed clearly intentional if you saw the video.

 

[Deamon]

It seems strange though, they arrested someone for manslaughter in this incident today, but it WASN'T the player whose skate sliced his neck.

Who else could they have arrested???

It’s the player who did it (Matt Petgrave) that was arrested - it’s all over Twitter. Not sure why ESPN is being so coy about it. Sadly it seemed clearly intentional if you saw the video.

Ahhh weird. Even all over twitter it's saying "his name is not being released" but like... it clearly has to be that guy and his name is on the back of his jersey. So Weird.

 

[AAABatteries]

Wow - that’s crazy they arrested the guy.

 

[ChiefD]

Wow - that’s crazy they arrested the guy.

I guess I'm not shocked. Even at my son's high school level there are some kids whose only intent is to hurt somebody. There are some programs around here who teaches their guys to be stupid physical.

If they watched the whole game and this guy was playing on that edge the whole time I could see where you could make a case.

 

[Hastur]

Dex Carvey, the eldest son of comedian Dana Carvey, has died at the age of 32.

 

[Atomic Punk]

Karl Tremblay, renowned Quebec singer, died of prostrate cancer yesterday. He is so big in the province that the Premier is offering a state funeral for him and ordered flags to be at half mast.

 

[rockaction]

prostrate

prostate. Prostrate is lying there or on your knees, unable to move for either internal or external reasons. Like worshipping a deity. "He lay prostrate at God's feet . . ."

 

[Atomic Punk]

Great time for the double check spelling lesson …

 

[rockaction]

Great time for the double check spelling lesson …

Probably poor timing. My apologies.

 

[Atomic Punk]

All good. Overly cranky today.