Saturday, February 16, 2008
Monday, February 4, 2008
Bye Bye General
5:49 PM CST:
More to come later - Coach Knight tenders his resignation and Pat will coach the rest of the season.
A not-so-surprising event IMO...
Lubbock A-J
Thanks for all you've done for Tech, coach. The mark you have left here extends far beyond the hardwood.
7:00 PM CST:
ESPN News' Matt Winer breaks the story to the MSM crowd:
7:18 PM CST:
Not two hours before the resignation story hit the wires, Doug Tucker with the Kansas City Star published this great story about the cooperation between Coach Bob & Pat Knight who were in cooperation with The Dark Side and Coach Rick Barnes...
A fantastic read - here's a clip:
Red Raiders coach Bob Knight and his son, assistant coach and head coach-designate Pat Knight, went to the Longhorns last year for advice on improving their team's conditioning and strength.
After talking with their good friend, Texas coach Rick Barnes, they hired Chris Braden, the Longhorns' assistant strength and conditioning coach for men's and women's basketball. With Braden in charge of conditioning for the Red Raiders, facilities and players have all been upgraded.
"To be honest, we thought there was a guy at LSU, Auburn, that we needed to talk to," Pat Knight said Monday. "And Rick told my dad, 'If it was anybody else but you, I'd give you a different name.' But he actually told us, 'Hire our top assistant.'"
Wow - deals with the devil and then a resignation...coincidence? I think not.7:58PM CST (for DT!) - the original Lubbock A-J article was updated at 7:18PM to add Coach Knight's comments:
“It was always a problem for me as to just what would be the most effective way in this transition, to make this transition. And with all the thought that I put into it, that’s exactly how I felt that it should be.”
Knight said he informed the team prior to practice Monday. The Red Raiders (12-8, 3-3) will play at Baylor on Wednesday.
Myers was in a similar situation more than three decades ago when he took over the Red Raiders’ program mid-season. He said he was surprised when Knight told him Monday he was stepping down, but he also understood Knight’s reasoning.
“I think I do understand why he decided to do it at this particular time,” said Myers, who took over as head coach in January, 1971, before coaching 20 more years at Tech. “He felt it was the right time for him to step down and I’ll miss him. He’s done an outstanding job for this basketball program of building it up. He brought more recognition to the program, to the university and to the city of Lubbock than anybody, in my opinion. It was great to have him on our staff and he was great to work with.”
Knight said this is not a health issue, though he said, “I feel better today than I did on Saturday.”
I'm just glad he indicates his health is not the reason for him stepping down - that's great news.8:03 PM CST:
Bill Raftery and Jay Bilas were working the Louisville/Marquette game when the news broke - their reaction follows the announcement...
8:06 PM CST:
Pat Forde was just interviewed on ESPN News saying that Bob Knight is a hypocrite for stepping down mid-season. That he'll be writing an article to that effect. I hope so. I hope he does it so that we Red Raiders and Knight-backers can rip him for being an idiot.
If Pat Forde would just do himself the favor of reading Coach Knight's own comments on the situation I would THINK that he would see Knight has the best interests of the program in mind.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Congrats to Bobby Knight
Steve "I wish I was a Lehman Brothers Wall Street type" Lavin:
Coach Knight's Post-Game Presser:
Really, this game ws pretty cool - I was away from the house for the first half - came home at halftime and turned on the TV...
I passed out for a few minutes after I saw the score, my wife revived me by throwing some bourbon on my face and I was as good as new.
I watched the lead drop as the second half began and did my best simulation of our play whilst on the loo...
Came back to the tube and both the Red Raiders and my digestive tract were once again in perfect harmony.
Then Coach Knight gave the crowd a jab - which they deserved - but which Coach Knight will take some abuse for. Hey - the truth hurts sometimes. Like when I go to the amusement park and try to ride the rides and they tell me I can't because my head still fits under Mickey's hand...
900 wins, it turns out, puts you in the company of two women - a dream situation for any red blooded male Raider - except for somebody they call "barbossa".
DT! The Georgia Tech Scout bbs discussed Tulsa dropping us from their schedule - for like a minute - but it's worth a peek.
DT! In other message board madness - I've realized that if Aggies were to dedicate all the hours they spend telling Texas Tech folks how superior they are to us they could have made a Tahoe that runs on maroon watermelons by now. Instead they don't realize that that they have become a lol factory.
