[horseofcourse]

The lionization of these characters cracks me up. Who cares?? If a kid can handle the abuse go play for him. If a kid can't...go play for someone else. It is all really pretty simple. HE has some tyrannical tendencies but did some good things with basketball teams. I prefer to give the credit of his graduation rate to his kids however...not him. My estimation is that you had to be a pretty think skinned kid/self-confident individual to go play for him and subject yourself to that type of abuse and that was the reason for their success...not coach Knight. If he somehow influenced them positively then great. He was simply another cog in their road to success...not the reason for it. I prefer to give each individual credit for his/her own success...not some deity in a sweater. To me there is something inherently wrong with everyone emphasizing how much his ex-players love him?? Why?? Why do we have to do that? Did Wooden's ex-players like him?? Smith's?? K's?? Driessell's??

He is what he is. And I don't really care. My main beef is what I stated earlier...I credit his kids for their own success...but every time a Knight coached team played...it was always all about him...and not the kids playing for him. And in the end, it's the kids who made him...not the other way around as everyone tells us it has to be that way.