The University Of Kentucky Tires Of Bob Knight's Impudence And Corrects His Misinformation
by Glenn Logan on Apr 18, 2011 7:16 PM EDT
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PrintSeems that former Indiana and Texas Tech head coach and sometime TV personality Bobby Knight just can't pass up an opportunity to rip John Calipari and the University of Kentucky, even if it means resorting to slander. His most recent effort apparently happened in Wabash, Indiana in response to a question that was clearly fishing for just such a reaction:
"Kentucky, year before last, started five players in the NCAA tournament games that had not been to class that semester. That's that one and done philosophy," said Knight.
What we know for a fact is that there was one player who quit going to class after the season was over -- Daniel Orton -- not five. We also know that John Wall had a 3.5 in the spring semester Knight says he didn't attend class, and the Patrick Patterson, one of the five he mentioned, graduated in only three years from Kentucky. We finally know that both DeMarcus Cousins and Eric Bledsoe left the school in good academic standing, and the three non-drafted players, Perry Stevenson, Ramon Harris and Mark Krebs, graduated from Kentucky.
Apparently, Mitch Barnhart has had about all of Bob Knight he can stand. He issued this statement to Alan Cutler of Lex 18 in response:
"The University of Kentucky, our student-athletes and their families take great offense to the blatantly erroneous comments made by Bob Knight that ‘Kentucky, year before last, started five players in the NCAA Tournament games that had not been to class that semester," "UK Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart said in a statement released to LEX 18 Sports.
The article goes on to describe Knight's anti-Calipari rants as largely situational. Patrick Patterson issued a tweet with his own brief thoughts on the matter:
Ha. I'm not even gonna comment on such #bs (excuse my French) think me graduating and teammates GPA's speak for themselves.. don't u?
Heh. Apparently Coach Knight either can't be bothered with facts, Patrick. They're just way too inconvenient to his argument, and the little crusade he is on. All I can say is, if none of the players drafted in the 2010 draft went to class last year, they must be very smart, indeed, considering their results.
UPDATE: A couple of relevant tweets:
The Sporting News's Mike DeCourcy: "How much incorrect information about Kentucky is Bob Knight allowed to disseminate before people stop listening to Knight about Kentucky?"
Gregg Doyel, CBS Sportsline: "Bob Knight is a bad guy. Great coach. Valued education. Didn't cheat. But a bad guy."
These days, you gotta have video. Watch it if you can stand it. A2D2 had this a long time before I did.
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IRRELEVANT.....
Bobby Knight is irrelevant… just like the NYT. CST, LHL, Tipton, et al… don’t give the dog a venue…
BKnight
the older he gets, the sadder he gets. Pathetic.
God Bless Our Troops............Especially Our Snipers!
Despite his previous accomplishments, Mr. Knight no longer deserves the title of "coach".
He and his statements are no longer helping young people or the game. It is all about HIM.
by Blueobsessed on Apr 18, 2011 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
got news for ya, blue
it was ALWAYS about HIM
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by bigbill992001 on Apr 19, 2011 5:08 AM EDT up reply actions
Agreed, but this does it for me I am calling for the BBN to cease to address him as "Coach" Knight.
Mr. Knight will be the classiest way to lower his self-imposed significance.
by Blueobsessed on Apr 19, 2011 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions
good idea, blue
Like John Wayne said in McClintock, I believe, “If I call you mister after I know your 1st name, it means I don’t like you.”
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by bigbill992001 on Apr 19, 2011 11:36 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm sure Brandon ...
… hates the fact he has to share his last name and first initial. Life can be cruel. :-)
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LOL, Glenn
I didn’t think about THAT. Next time, I’ll be sure to write the full names.
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by bigbill992001 on Apr 18, 2011 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions
There are lies and damned lies,
and Bobby Knight is a damned liar.
"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena . . .who spends himself for a worthy cause . . ."
by oldcat'69 on Apr 18, 2011 7:40 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
We need to threaten
ESPN with a boycott of their advertisers if they continue to create a forum for Bobby Knight.
I woke up feeling BLUE this morning. It's gonna be a great day.
That might not be a bad idea.
Setup an open thread after a little advertising and see how many comments we can get and point ESPN in the right direction.
You know that UK fans
make up a sizable portion of their viewers during basketball season. Surely we have some clout.
I woke up feeling BLUE this morning. It's gonna be a great day.
Sue the Bastard
Why should Barnhart stop at being offended? UK should sue that AH for slander.
by Kindaoldcatfan on Apr 19, 2011 9:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Kyrie Irving,
one and done, why isn’t RMK taking shots at Coach K?
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That is precisely my point.
ESPN has an announcer who is openly biased against a team they cover. We know there are plenty of homers up there but most of them try to be less obvious and certainly are not on the attack.
I woke up feeling BLUE this morning. It's gonna be a great day.
Yeah.
Well, ESPN loves it. It draws controversy, which gets them in the conversation.
No such thing as negative news in public relations. Besides, I have seen far worse by other “journalists” that never even got Barnhart’s attention.
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Unfortunately Tru is on the money here
All publicity is good. Plus, its “off season” so these remarks will be largely “forgotten” come October/November
Well I see it
as Bobby Knight taking another swing at student athletes. I guess he misses the good old days of verbal and physical abuse.
I woke up feeling BLUE this morning. It's gonna be a great day.
Well ...
… Dick Weiss has called out ESPN. Maybe you’re on to something.
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by Glenn Logan on Apr 18, 2011 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Now I hope ESPN keeps "Mad Man" Knight.
He use to make my blood boil, but now that he’s so blatantly exposed himself as anti-UK his ridiculous statements will now raise eyebrows nationally. I can now comfortably laugh at his rants of delusion.
Don't take life too seriously; no one gets out alive.
Welcome to the ESPN.CONN club
of those who have known ESPN.CONN’s blatant bias for years
1) They are unapologetic Big East Boosters in both men’s and women’s basketball
2) They are particularly dedicated to UConn thus the moniker ESPN.CONN
3) Here’s a detailed assessment of the bias and it’s roots
ESPN.CONN PR ARM OF UCONN AND THE BEAST
4) A more humorous take on ESPN.CONN’s Doris Burke following the elimination of Geno’s team from the WCBB NCAA tournament: ESPN TO ‘REPROGRAM’ ANNOUNCER
ESPN.CONN provided a private personalized tour of their facilities to Maya Moore as one of the recruiting violations that led to cancellation of the UT vs UConn series. A minor part of those violations for certain but still having the major if not only source of WCBB on TV actively supporting a program is heinous. Moore was going to major in broadcasting and having ESPN 17 miles from the XL Center and 44 miles from Storrs was significant. Word is that Doris Burke was her personal guide.
Same thing happens with Duke on the
men’s side particularly when Dickie V is at the mike.
I woke up feeling BLUE this morning. It's gonna be a great day.
Barnhart ...
… is repeating his statement on Twitter as we speak.
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They won't, I don't think.
Even if they do, I doubt they’ll get one. Knight isn’t exactly known for his apologies.
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So he can continue to spurt off with no consequences whatsoever.
Not right, but I know. Hopefully I don’t have to mute my sound for a UK game he is involved with. Heck, I might even only listen to it.
Blue... there is no other color to Bleed !!!
My thoughts on Bob Knight are summed up by the one and only Johnny Cash
Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel, is just a freight train coming your way...
@btcoop71
by btcoop71 on Apr 18, 2011 7:56 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Bobby Knight is a tool!
Lets act like that what Bobby Knight said was true. I wouldn’t think that kids not going to class would be worse than a grown man choking one of his players, head butting one of his players, or throwing refs at chairs. And now back to reality, we all know that what he said wasn’t true, so everything that he has done is way worse than one and dones. Let me list a few.
In 1979 Bobby Knight hit a policeman in Puerto Rico.
After Indiana defeated LSU in the Final Four in 1981, he allegedly shoved an LSU fan into a garbage can.
Choked Neil Reed.
In an interview with Connie Chung, Knight said that rape was inevitable, relax and enjoy it.
Attacked IU’s information director and verbally abused and threw a vase at an assistant.
How the hell does he have a job at ESPN? RMK is the biggest dick in the history of the world! I am pretty sure that Johnny Cash was actually flipping Bobby Knight off in this picture.
Tweets and blogs are fine
in calling out Knight. But DeCourcy or someone should publish a call for a retraction of inaccuracies in one of the mainstream publications.
by jdogblue on Apr 18, 2011 8:01 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I think that
Dickie V should be the one who steps up and calls him out on this. Not that I think that would ever happen but he has defended UK and Calipari in the past and he has also been a big apologist for RMK. If he were to chastise Knight for this, it would be significant.
I woke up feeling BLUE this morning. It's gonna be a great day.
I see Weiss did just what I hoped
Now maybe others will do the same. Knight cannot possibly come off well in this.
Per Dick Weiss
The ball is in ESPN’s court. If Knight’s comments are irresponsible and hateful, they can either hold him accountable or sweep it under the rug. It’s their integrity that’s on the line here.
Line forms on the left.
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Bilas will say something.
He’s good about that. But that’s as much as we can expect. Some spineless sportscaster/writer will say maybe Bobby didn’t all his facts right. And that’ll be it.
Congrats To Mitch Barnhart!!!
Nice response.
Did anyone see the Doug Flynn article in LHL paper on Sunday? In it, he said that RMK went around personally congratulating all of 75 or 76 Reds EXCEPT Flynn and Don Gullett?
Why, you may ask? Well, RMK told Flynn it was because he and Gullett were from KY.
by FortyYearCatFan on Apr 18, 2011 8:56 PM EDT reply actions
Off Topic
Chuck Hayes, if he’s still around, and Patrick Patterson will have a new coach next season as Rick Edelman is out — came to coach Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady, how’d that work out?
"I bring reason to your ears, and, in language as plain as ABC, hold up truth to your eyes." Thomas Paine, December 23, 1776
Puerto Rico
I’m so sick of hearing about Knight’s anti-Kentucky rants I may consider retiring in Puerto Rico:
- They speak Spanish, Knight doesn’t
- Knight can’t go there, he’s a fugitive
- Puerto Ricans hate him more than Kentuckians
It would be great if some state police force would arrest Knight and extradite him to Puerto Rico to serve his 6-month assault conviction.
"He still carries a lunch bucket. What's up with that?"
I could live with THAT :)
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by bigbill992001 on Apr 18, 2011 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions
If PR ever agreed to statehood I bet they could issue a warrant for his arrest
and I really don’t see why they couldn’t do that anyway. It is a US Territory and he should be held accountable.
"Come test me every day if you want," says Pujols, "Everything I ever made in this game I would give back to the Cardinals if I got caught."
Well.....
Not really surprised by his comments. You know if you want to bash Cal or UK do it. But these are kids he’s talking about here. He not only bashed UK but Wall, Patterson and the rest. Leave the students out of it. Maybe he thinks Cal should have hit Orton with a chair, or maybe just choked the life out of him for not going to class.
by phatcatfan on Apr 18, 2011 10:10 PM EDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs
we're not perfect
UK has run afoul of the NCAA before. I’m not going to be overly sensitive about that, although the comments on the YouTube video about the hillbilly UK fans who care nothing about integrity really bother me. If he wanted to give a 9 minute speech about Eddie Sutton, or Joe B Hall’s minor violations, I would be ok with that. He would just look petty. This speech is pretty much slander.
Knight
I’m so mad, I could choke him————-oh wait!
by Blue@Heart on Apr 18, 2011 10:11 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Haha!
Well played, sir. +1
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by Glenn Logan on Apr 18, 2011 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions
*sigh* And with that, the waning support I had...
solely for Knight’s basketball knowledge has gone out the window. I supposed I could hold more straw than most, but this one has finally broken this camel’s back.
I really wish Vitale would give him a good reaming. At least that would carry some significant weight.
I feel the same way.
I gave him the benefit of the doubt way too long.
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I'm sure Emmert has taken notice
and will hire bobby knight, he should be perfect both seem to have the same agenda.
Stating an opinion is fine, but...
making up “facts” isn’t. A handful of libel suits might make ESPN actually do what they should have done a long time ago, fire his sorry [posterior]. The only difference between Bobby Knight and a sack of [fecal matter] is the sack.
Slogan for the NCAA: If it ain't broke, break it.
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