Bob Knight retired today. I know that he is really disliked by many people but he is one of my all-time favorite college basketball coaches. He has always been a clean coach with no NCAA violations, high graduation rates with his players and he has always given lots and lots of money to the Indiana and Texas Tech libraries. He is an outstanding coach with a true love of the game. A high school friend played for him at Indiana and definitely had his opinions of Knight's coaching style. He said that he never regretted playing for him because of everything he learned and the doors it opened for him. You either love him or hate him and I happen to love him.
I also respect his decision to step away after 42 years. At first, I thought it wasn't really fair to his players to resign with 10 games left in the season. On the other hand, it gives his young players a chance to work with his son and not have a really tired, burned out coach.
The beginning of February really isn't starting out well.
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