Bob Knight Returning to the Sidelines?

Bob Knight, the fiery college basketball coach of a thousand YouTube clips might be coming back to the profession after leaving his post on the sidelines of Texas Tech, where he spend a few years coaching in what many though would be his final stint in the profession. However, in a local Indianapolis public television interview Bob Knight seemed to hint that he might return to coaching if the circumstances were right.

The Final Four Blog would be a big fan of Coach Knight returning to the college basketball scene, as a coach, as an assistant, as whatever. We all miss him. Even though he was famous for being a hot head who could explode at any minute, he was still a great coach, and, in the end, I think we the viewers benefit from having guys with that much passion on the sidelines. Who wants another Coach K? Sure, he’s almost as successful as Coach Knight. But he doesn’t have the personality, he doesn’t inject opinion-making, he doesn’t make you pick sides. Even though we might think of Coach Knight as a distraction or a menace, I think we all secretly liked to have him around. The world needs villains, and there’s no villain more beloved than Bob Knight.

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