Bob Knight Photo Retrospective a Study in Intensity

There were few college basketball coaches in the past couple of decades- few coaches in all of American sports, for that matter- as intense as Bob Knight. He was fiery on and off the court, famous for his emotional outbursts, profanity-laced halftime chew-outs, and even for his occasional foray into physical abuse, be it slapping a player mid-game or throwing a folding chair out onto the court to protest a bad call. But beyond all of the bad publicity and the media’s desire to cover anything and everything the guy did and said, Knight was an incredible coach with a resume that’s the envy of almost any hoops coach in history.

You can view a cool photo retrospective on Coach Knight at SoprtsIllustrated.com. Highly recommended. The photos are mainly the ones you’ll always see when you’re looking at an article about Knight (him screaming, him screaming with his face brighter red than usual, him looking like he just got done screaming….). We college basketball bloggers will miss Bob Knight and all the color and character that he brought to the game. Who needs another Coach K, who’s the same as Roy Williams, who’s the same as Rick Patino? Give me guy with personality, even if that personality is mean. We here at the Final Four Blog will miss you, Bob Knight.

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