Knight quit in the middle of the season to insure Pat got the job…it would have played out exactly the same in Bloomington. Here is the evidence…
Would have been same scenario but played out much worse in Bloomington than at Tech and RMK would still have ended up with an axe to grind with IU I am afraid
Yep, and then IU would have been stuck with Pat Knight and would have had to fire him and that would have pissed off RMK etc etc. In other words, it would have been nearly the same as it was firing RMK.
Well, let me think a minute...we had Elvis Starr, Bill Orwig and Bob Knight together at the beginning of our glorious run. Good things sprang from that rare trifecta.
Those words of Bob's may have given Pat the chance, but the final decision was based upon a vote of board members. I don't think it was stipulated as such when Bob first signed his TT contract. Every assistant coach is given a chance when the head coach quits, family related or otherwise. It would not have played out that way in Bloomington. We all knew Pat like the folks in Lubbock didn't. Pat was just someone else's drinking buddy.
There's a lot of truth here. RMK is long gone but his BS cost the program after he left.
Concerning the first paragraph..........a thought of people 'thought it would happen'. Your memory fails you.
I'm almost as old too and well great. He's got at least 10 years before someone else steps in. I feel dumber just reading your comment.
All true, I'm really glad Arch is gone. They weren't going to win that way and it's freaking boring, who wants to watch it or let alone play that way
As I see it the problems with this team, and there are some, are fixable. Johnson needs to get the ball to the right people instead of throwing up slop shots is just one example.
He gets a little carried away with his one handed scoop shot in heavy traffic. When it works its a thing of beauty, a joy to behold forever. When it doesn't, it isn't.
No. I am correct. Nobody thought the firing of AM would happen until at least the end of this season. Scott stepped up big time.
I saw Williams' drive to the hoop and sweet bank off the glass against the Scarlet Knight's. That was a most manly move of major muscle with 4 secs left that should have won the game. Against Wisconsin. TJD seemed like when he caught the ball 6-8 ft from the basket, he had to dribble a few times or just hold the ball to allow time for him to think what his next move was going to be. Just grab the rock and go with it like your arch-nemesis did, Trace. Use your God-given instincts! It will be interesting to see which one goes higher in the draft at the end of this season.
Culture change happened over(K)night, going from Knight to Davis. Sampson sealed the deal with his cell phone. Crean gave us a short-lived glimmer of hope with a lucky recruiting class. Archie punctuated our demise, being in over his ass. To date with Woodson, being better is not being back.
According to their stats, x was 3rd in pts, 4th in rebs, 1st in asst; Kopp was 2nd in pts, 5th in rbs and played the most min. Parker was 2nd in pts,4th in rebs 2 yrs ago at UT Martin....xj was labeled very good ball hanlder but was t/o prone, I believe that he still is......I know these are your boys but you very rarely see the best players transfer uses a coaching change
That they did for his first 25 years or so, then they changed while Knight continued to coach in accord with the promptings of his true self. If only we could all be so disciplined in our personal beliefs.
His movement via reactive instincts was, indeed, quite a contrast from the Marshall game. He's not as dominant against better defenders as he needs to be for the pro game. Maybe he'll give us one last season.
Ironically though, it may have been that personality flaw...his unwavering, over-the-top demand for excellence leading to the discipline needed to not get caught up in the magnitude of the moment at NCAA tourney time that separated him from Mean Gene The record now stands forever...Bob Knight 3 - Gene Keady 0.
I don’t get the age talk when it comes to Coach Woodson...
whatever, man. clearly IU basketball will never win another game this season.
Wish he could but it would not be the smart move.His movement via reactive instincts was, indeed, quite a contrast from the Marshall game. He's not as dominant against better defenders as he needs to be for the pro game. Maybe he'll give us one last season.
You seem to be claiming that better for IU if RMK had never coached the team. This may be the most non sensical claim I have ever read on the internet. This is right up there with the claim that shape shifter lizard people from the Pleiades cluster built the pyramids with anti grav tech are now actually running the government.
I have no doubt Woody has several viable years, yet. The difference is, I think all the coaches listed above him started coaching at a much younger age. In other words, by the time they got to 63 they already were comfortable in their gig. Woodson, in contrast, is new to coaching college basketball. It's not the pros...no seemingly endless recruiting trips, only to have a snot-nosed kid decide to go to a college his girlfriend goes to or some other ridiculous reason like that. I hope Woodson finds success such that it makes his life more fulfilling well into his 90's. All those coaches you listed of longevity, they are some of the most successful in college basketball, finding that success at a younger age and continuing with it. How many less successful coaches are still at it in their gray hair stage of life? Let's hope he's successful and feeds off of the energy success stimulates.
Knight used the same disciplined coaching techniques in 1971 that he used in 2000. He had his own personal ass-hole side to him when he wanted to be, during that same extensive time period. He wasn't hired to act like a nut-shaven choir boy for the media.
Lib-tards have it out for anyone they think is hurting another one's feelings. They would rather eliminate bully's from the gene pool instead of seeing a player grow some "stones" and learn from the attention-grabbing experience of a Bob Knight berating to become a real man.
Agreed. It takes talent and stones to build something great but neither to burn it to the ground.
I'd argue Slick did more for the state as a player, coach, and ambassador than RMK.
