One of the most reprehensible people in sports is finally calling it quits, a couple of decades too late, if you ask me. Bob Knight stepped down as coach of Texas Tech today, marking the end of the road for the man who choked one of his own players, kicked another (his son!) during a game, and threw a flower pot at a secretary, part of a disturbing pattern of the coach throwing and kicking inanimate objects.
Sure, he was an excellent basketball coach, but that didn't make up for the fact that he was a violent sociopath. He's often been called a refugee from another time, and we can only be happy that Knight's time is now past.
UPDATE: But hey! Knight must be a great guy, because he told Sid Hartman first that he was leaving! And Sid still thinks Knight would have wanted to take over the Gophers, which is sort of like arguing, in 2008, that Saddam actually had weapons of mass destruction.
Posted by Stephen Silver at February 4, 2008 10:54 PMBobby Knight will be missed
Posted by: sms at February 5, 2008 02:06 PM