Word: knighting
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...Bobby Knight, famous in American college basketball as head coach at Indiana University, is much given to what commentaries on the Old Testament refer to as "ebullitions of wrath." Some of Bobby's ebullitions have been on display in television news clips the last couple of days: Coach Knight hurling a molded plastic chair the length of a basketball court; Coach Knight, displeased, putting a straight-arm Darth Vader chokehold on one of his own players. The papers have also showed shots of Coach Knight flourishing a bullwhip during a team practice, leading me to think that at least some...
...Bobby Knight works himself into a hell of a competitive lather. But then, so did General George Patton, another field commander with a winning record who came close to destroying his own career by slapping shell-shocked soldiers in Army hospitals. Bobby admits he has "a temper problem" - which is like Jeffrey Dahmer saying that he suffers from an eating disorder...
...Knight's eruptions have been going on for years, but this week, with hilarious solemnity, Indiana University completed a formal investigation of the coach's "pattern of inappropriate behavior." The university might have fired Knight outright, as Dwight Eisenhower and George C. Marshall might have fired Patton. The university might have considered intermediate steps - prefrontal lobotomy, say. Instead, Indiana decided to fine Knight $30,000, suspend him for three games next season, and give him one no-kidding-this-time "last chance" to behave himself. If Knight had been losing basketball games, of course, he would have been...
...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...