RIP Bobby Knight

[jr/shotglass]

I've never made a secret of respecting the work of my former colleague. And I think he walks the fine line brilliantly here. Because once again ... not everything in life is black and white.

https://www.pennlive.com/sports/202...ong-since-passed-and-now-so-has-he-jones.html

 

[goalmouth]

Freshman year when I walked on, I pasted a Knight quote over my desk, to help inspire me. Right next to the one that said, "Goal: Weigh 130 next year."

It guess it worked, because I kicked an extra point in the spring game.

 

[HanSenSE]

I can't believe Indiana has that many independent papers which aren't all slapped together with the same front page template at a central design desk.

There were a few I didn't post, which had no Knight presence on the front (even in a teaser or skybox), which I figured was a result of news breaking too late for the run or they're papers that do a knee-jerk local front no matter what. That or they don't have AP.

 

[Liut]

I've never made a secret of respecting the work of my former colleague. And I think he walks the fine line brilliantly here. Because once again ... not everything in life is black and white.

https://www.pennlive.com/sports/202...ong-since-passed-and-now-so-has-he-jones.html

Thank you for sharing! Damn good piece. I remember that night in State College well.
And Bruce Parkhill was a class act.

 

[jr/shotglass]

Thank you for sharing! Damn good piece. I remember that night in State College well.
And Bruce Parkhill was a class act.

Bruce Parkhill was the best man for the job in the entirety of modern PSU basketball.

 

[Liut]

Bruce Parkhill was the best man for the job in the entirety of modern PSU basketball.

On the day Jim Valvano died, I called Parkhill up for his reaction. He was who he was ... straight-forward, insightful and respectful.
With all the college basketball jerks I've dealt with over the years, never have forgotten Parkhill was the opposite.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

The same could be said about virtually anyone who was reasonably intelligent but has serious anger control issues. I think Feinstein is overwriting,

No! Not Feinstein!!!!!

 

[maumann]

That's like calling water wet.

 

[YMCA B-Baller]

There were a few I didn't post, which had no Knight presence on the front (even in a teaser or skybox), which I figured was a result of news breaking too late for the run or they're papers that do a knee-jerk local front no matter what. That or they don't have AP.

Knowing what I know of Indiana's media scene, Knight's death (6:15 p.m.) would have severely tested, if not broken, the press schedule for some pretty big papers around the state. Certainly for many of the sports sections.

It's a stop-the-presses moment if there ever was one, but who knows whether anyone has the power to make that call anymore?

 

[Baron Scicluna]

The 1981 championship team had four first round NBA picks and two second rounders.

Knight used to brag about how the 1987 team was the first team to win a title without a first round NBA pick. 1987 was the first year of the tree point line and initially the NCAA had it only 19 feet 9 inches from the basket. That was Steve Alford's senior year and there may have never been a finer shooter. He went seven for ten from three as Indiana won by a point.

Knight was a tremendous coach. They played with discipline and tenacity. Defensively I watched them stifle a lot of good teams. But Knight had talent.

That was very nice of the NCAA to name the line after an Atlanta Hawks center.

 

[Starman]

Knight's health has not been good for some time. Every Indiana outlet of any size which purports to covey IU should have had something in the can.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

That was very nice of the NCAA to name the line after an Atlanta Hawks center.

Take your like and get outta here.