There was a night in 1997 when Bobby Knight walked the streets of Winston-Salem after a loss
He walked back to his hotel from Joel Coliseum after loss to Colorado at Joel Coliseum
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I was worried about losing until I looked down the floor and saw Dale Brown. Then I knew we had a chance.
He should have joined the broadcast crew and the regulars at Freddie B's after the game. Sean McDonough was a dickweed, but Raftery was predictably great.There was a night in 1997 when Bobby Knight walked the streets of Winston-Salem after a loss
He walked back to his hotel from Joel Coliseum after loss to Colorado at Joel Coliseumjournalnow.com
It will give him a good view of where he is headed.Will they bury him upside down?
And they drafted Sam Bowie instead. Smooth move, Stu.In 1984, after coaching Michael Jordan on the gold-medal-winning U.S. Olympic team, Portland general manager Stu Inman called Knight for advice on the upcoming NBA draft. Knight counseled Inman to take Jordan, calling Jordan the best basketball player he had ever seen. Inman told Knight the Blazers already had Clyde Drexler and needed a center. Knight responded, "Then play Jordan at center."
I think that was his public persona, but privately I've heard he was a great guy. When I was a kid, we went to Assembly Hall to check it out. It was the summer and no one was there so we were just looking outside. One of knight's former players and current assistants Dan Dakich happened to be leaving as we were outside and approached us and asked if we wanted a tour. He took us all around the building and into the locker rooms and it was one of my greatest memories as a kid. He spoke glowingly of Knight as a coach and a mentor and said yes he was tough but he let you know that he cared about you even after you were long gone. I've listened to countless interviews from other Indiana players stating the same thing.But I still think Knight was a dick.