Bob Knight On His Old Bosses That Fired Him: "I Hope They're All Dead"
Indy Star – So for those fans still holding out hope that Bob Knight will one day walk into Assembly Hall, give it up.
Friday night, Showtime will air a documentary on the 1976 Indiana Hoosiers, college basketball’s last undefeated team.
Friday morning, the man who coached that iconic ’76 team went on “The Dan Patrick Show” to discuss that season. But what caught most people’s attention was Knight’s comments regarding why he won’t return to Assembly Hall and what he thinks of the administration that fired him.
Late in the interview, Patrick asked Knight: Why do we want you to go back to Assembly Hall so bad?
“Well, I think I’ve always really enjoyed the fans, I always will,” Knight said. “On my dying day, I will think about how great the fans at Indiana were. And as far as the hierarchy at Indiana University at that time, I have absolutely no respect whatsoever for those people. With that in mind, I have no interest in ever going back to that university.”
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Patrick followed up: “Aren’t those people all out of there coach?”
Knight: “I hope they’re all dead.”
Patrick: “Some of them are…”
Knight: “Well, I hope the rest of them go.”
God I love Bob Knight so much. I’ve mentioned it at least 150 times throughout my time at Barstool but he just never ever gets old. Like a breath of fresh air. One of the most un-PC, IDGAF figures in sports. Such a throwback to a bygone era. Hey Coach how do you feel about your old bosses, any hard feelings?
I literally hope they are all fucking dead.
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Same thing 99% of us would say about our own bosses. Whatever.
#NeverForget:
If you haven’t had your balls purple nurpled by a coach you’ve never really even been coached.
