tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538424.post3169624305922835432..comments2024-02-29T23:31:03.341-05:00Comments on Out Of Left Field: BOBBY KNIGHT, ON PERFECTIONsagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08757652892056684490noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538424.post-25843736697540379392008-02-05T21:45:00.000-05:002008-02-05T21:45:00.000-05:00Good stuff; without commenting on Knight leaving i...Good stuff; without commenting on Knight leaving in mid-season, let me say that my comments will be mostly positive, but warts and all.sagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08757652892056684490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538424.post-9097906051978269172008-02-05T21:38:00.000-05:002008-02-05T21:38:00.000-05:00Man, you are all over my favorite people this week...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.<BR/><BR/>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.<BR/><BR/>I don't know if it's kosher to pimp other writers in blog comments, but I found <A HREF="http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=3230826&sportCat=ncb" REL="nofollow">this article</A> 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.Geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08225927838664890374noreply@blogger.com