Coach Knight was one of those charismatic, schizoid talents you love to hate and hate to love. An adaptive master of the roundball as coach, he gave me more than a few moments of appreciation for kids of mixed talents moving and acting as a precision unit. I have heard and read of his active role in molding character and graduating his charges. But mostly, I have of late seen only the ugly, contemptuous and arrogant side of Coach Knight. The picture is not a pretty one. Indiana University will miss his on-court skills, but not his off-court behavior. God help his replacement.
Knight's off-court behavior bad
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