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...trustees and president of Indiana University explained they are "ethically" beholden to give Knight "one more chance" to prove he's not dangerously unstable (he's just harmlessly unstable, really). At odds are the apparently blinding effects of Hoosier loyalty and broader national standards of acceptable behavior. Knight, the university administration and the basketball players might have been better served by a panel of truly objective investigators; Monday's decision only leaves President Brand and his trustees wide open to criticism that they didn't take Knight's outrageous behavior seriously...
Part of the blame, of course, lies with Knight's players, who have come out in droves to support him. Here's a coach who's made a career of intimidating players, coaches and staff, who's shown up to practices with his teeth bared while the pups on the court obligingly slink back with their tails between their legs. Why would team members who've been subjected to Knight's explosions be so eager to endorse his tenure as coach? No one knows the answer, but everyone has an opinion. It may simply be too difficult to speak...
...other hand, says William Gayton, professor of psychology at the University of Southern Maine in Portland, it's hard to overestimate the effect of a winning legacy, and while Knight has not been particularly successful in recent years, he maintains his aura as a winner. It's that winning tradition, explains Gayton, that may be enough to keep players from causing too much of a ruckus over Knight's "idiosyncrasies." And in the world of sports, such outbursts are hardly the exception. Just as there is a long tradition of coaches whose enthusiasm has bordered on abuse, there are probably...
...Knight is an icon who stands tall on the otherwise flat Indiana landscape. He makes alumni proud - and proud alumni send big, fat checks to the university development office. And luckily for Knight, his is the twisted realm of collegiate athletics, where the NCAA is king and where anyone who uses the word "responsible" is well advised to keep a dictionary handy...
...Poll: Enough Punishment for Bobby Knight...