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For a guy who often acts as though he hates nothing more than the media, Bob Knight spent an awful lot of time making media appearances during the week after he resigned as head coach at Texas Tech. I thought his interview on ESPN's Mike and Mike in the Morning was one of the more revealing:
Knight talked about the differences of players today and players from a few decades back, when Knight began his coaching career, and he said he missed the good old days of 1962, when he was a high school teacher and was permitted to paddle students who acted up.
"Think about that in schools today," Knight said. "That just doesn't happen. I think we've become such a lenient society and a society that not only accepts mediocrity in a lot of ways but condones mediocrity simply because you don't infringe on the rights of a student and you don't take a kid to task."
That's where I take issue with Knight: Knight thinks it's a bad thing that our society has become less tolerant of adults who hit children; I think it's a good thing.
Knight also said basketball players today just want to be left alone to play their own game and want to have fun on the court, whereas Knight says players ought to focus more on hard work.
When asked about the timing of leaving Texas Tech during the season (something I criticized him for), Knight said, "I think it was perfect" because it gave his son, Pat Knight, a chance to learn what it's like to be a head coach for part of a season before he becomes the head coach on a permanent basis next year. Asked whether his players liked having their coach quit on them in the middle of the year, Knight didn't appear to have given it any thought.
Bob Knight Thinks Society Has Broken Down, Longs for the Days of Corporal Punishment
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