Anyone got pics or a video of his alleged chin-slap at his player late in the second half last night?

supposedly it wasnt that big of a deal, but anything like this with Bobby Knight will create alot of buzz.

11/14/2006 9:32:10 AM

yeah, espn is blowing this up more than need be....he just tapped his chin/cheek, much like a "come on, get your head in the game". I'm pretty sure the player isn't emotionally damaged.

11/14/2006 9:37:44 AM

Maybe Knight will start by slapping some Noobs around.

11/14/2006 9:38:07 AM

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"Anyone got pics or a video of his alleged chin-slap at his player late in the second half last night?"

turn on a tv. it's being replayed nearly ever 30 seconds on espn. seriously.

i think coach knight is awesome. i love his old school, man up, show respect for yourself, show respect for others, show respect for the game, be humble, be grateful attitude.

players are babied and pampered now. more coaches need to be like coach knight, and not pander to spoiled kids. he's teaching his players humility and respect - how the world works. he's telling them, "you're not better than anyone else just cause you play basketball".



oh god. now, "cold pizza" is going to have a clinical psychologist on the show later on to analyze coach knight's lovetap. i'm glad the rest of america (and the world) isn't as pussified as espn sans mike golic and jay bilas. the current poll on espn.com is: "did bob knight cross the line with his actions last night?" with 31,130 votes, "no" is the decisive response at 71%.

[Edited on November 14, 2006 at 10:46 AM. Reason : ]

11/14/2006 10:23:34 AM

If Roy Williams had done this, no one would be paying attention.

Since Bob Knight is Bob Knight, not to mention only a few wins away from breaking Dean Smith's all-time win record, the UNC media will be keying all over him to try and tarnish him further.... Also doesn't help that he taught Coach K (UNC's least favorite coach ever).

11/14/2006 11:52:16 AM

^ You're right that if it war Roy it wouldn't be an issue. But I don't think it has anything to do with UNC, and has more to do with Knight's history of treatment of players. It wouldn't be an issue with most coaches.

[Edited on November 14, 2006 at 11:54 AM. Reason : ESPN is not the UNC media]

11/14/2006 11:54:35 AM

OMG ITS A CONSPIRACY

11/14/2006 11:54:44 AM

anyone who's played high school sports on an actually competitive team has had worse

people are such bitches

11/14/2006 1:33:03 PM

I had a bitch ass teacher in high school try and get the class to write a paper about why Bob Knight was a terrible coach.

11/14/2006 1:36:01 PM

All e needs is 8 more to unseat Dean

11/14/2006 1:39:24 PM

it looked to me that knight was raising the kid's head by poppin him in the chin, and it looked like he said, "look me in the eyes"

just a bunch of crap bein blown out of proportion.

11/14/2006 1:59:36 PM

its being blown way outta proportion

that being said i dont think he should have hit him as hard as he did, but the player wasnt even looking at him when the coach was talking. bob knight should just say he shouldnt have done it so rough, then everyone moves on. it's not worthy of a fine or anything

11/14/2006 2:18:41 PM

I think its a good way to get the guys attention when you have to fix something quick during a time out

11/14/2006 2:23:14 PM

When your coach is talking to you, you look at him. If you don't, he has every right to make sure you're looking at him. Simple.

11/14/2006 2:56:23 PM

I wish he would slap the hell out of keith olbermann.

11/14/2006 2:58:05 PM

yep, media already blowing up.....it's on 1st and 10

11/14/2006 3:44:16 PM

i think bobby should throw a chair at whoever is badmouthing him

11/14/2006 3:46:18 PM

Outside the lines had 3 guys talking about it. The only one that has any sense is Jay Bilas.


Guess what...Jay said there is nothing to this story and that Knight wasnt out of line since the player and his family have no problem with what happened.


The other faggots are trying to make a story and look like bitches.

11/14/2006 3:46:21 PM

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=2661474

11/14/2006 4:14:50 PM

I think Bobby Knight is an excellent coach. Does anybody make a fuss when a football coach grabs a player by the facemask and jerks his head around because he did something stupid? No, this is only because its Bobby Knight, the media has to have a big story going into the new basketball season...so they are loving it.

11/14/2006 4:22:56 PM

Knight has every right to lift the kid's chin up to look him in the eye but the manner in which he did it was too violent. Watching in slow motion, you can see Knight was forceful enough to jar the kid's head and that's just unnecessary.

LOL UNC/MEDIA CONSPIRACY THEORY!!!!!!!!

11/14/2006 4:34:02 PM

i wish'd he would have beat him to the ground with a chair

11/14/2006 5:05:51 PM

if they talk about it, they're making too big a deal about it

if they don't talk about it, they're excusing it and defending it

blah fuck espn

11/14/2006 5:10:53 PM

^^^ the same kid's head probably moves just as much every time he jumps for a rebound and comes down to the floor. he didn't break the dude's fucking teeth out or give him brain damage, no blood, kid probably didn't even feel it. give it a rest.

11/14/2006 6:05:26 PM

this is blown way out of proportion

11/14/2006 6:06:59 PM

what the fuck....the first 8 minutes of SportsCenter goes to Bobby Knight disciplining a kid? Jay Billas is right, that other kid is a fucking faggot

11/14/2006 6:08:18 PM

11/14/2006 6:11:49 PM

can you imagine being that guy now

11/14/2006 6:41:20 PM

It wouldn't be so bad if he didn't look like a pedophile.

11/14/2006 6:57:45 PM

JCTarheel:

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"Knight has every right to lift the kid's chin up to look him in the eye but the manner in which he did it was too violent. Watching in slow motion, you can see Knight was forceful enough to jar the kid's head and that's just unnecessary. LOL UNC/MEDIA CONSPIRACY THEORY!!!!!!!!"

leave it to a tarhole to be the lone pussy in this thread. anyone else not suprised?

11/14/2006 8:44:45 PM

11/14/2006 8:46:47 PM

Just saw the clip last night, and I can honestly say this is 100% ridiculous. He LIFTED the kids chin, it wasn't a slap. Anyone saying he was in the wrong knows nothing about what actually happened. It's disgraceful that anyone would call him out for that...

11/15/2006 10:30:49 AM

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"Anyone saying he was in the wrong knows nothing about what actually happened playing team sports."

11/15/2006 10:35:38 AM

someone just needs to beat the shit out of him.... that will probably mellow him out some...

12/17/2006 2:50:37 PM

congrats bobby,,, good speech

1/1/2007 2:00:03 PM