This is germane since Knight would later recount how people kept saying during that season that it might not be a bad idea if the Hoosiers lost a game somewhere along the way, to which his reaction generally was, "Who ever thought it would be a good idea to lose a game?"
This defeats any argument about how New England was riding for a fall... the Patriots just as easily could have lost the Super Bowl after a 15-1 regular season.
There's a couple Knight-related posts percolating; real life and professional duties are getting in the way, understand. Have a little patience.
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Man, you are all over my favorite people this week. First TJ, now Bobby. Next you'll be posting on Tom Coughlin's ability to build bridges and bring people together.
I was born and raised in Indiana, and grew up bathed in IU basketball and Notre Dame football. (Disclaimer: I'm a Purdue graduate - rebelling?) People in that state worshiped Bob Knight. And not in the sports cliche worshiped kind of way. They were unhinged in a drink the kool-aid kind of way. There was a dissonance in this idolatry that I couldn't grip when I was young.
I don't know if it's kosher to pimp other writers in blog comments, but I found this article by Pat Forde on ESPN.com. He is an actual professional journalist who is able to verbalize my thoughts far better than I could on the santimonious nonsense that is The General.
Good stuff; without commenting on Knight leaving in mid-season, let me say that my comments will be mostly positive, but warts and all.
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