Bob Knight Takes Shot At Calipari
Posted: Dec 17, 2009 11:13 PM
Updated: Dec 18, 2009 9:28 AM
Bob Knight said integrity is lacking in college basketball and cited Kentucky coach John Calipari as an example.
During a fundraiser for the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame, Knight said he doesn't understand why Calipari is still coaching.
"We've gotten into this situation where integrity is
really lacking and that's why I'm glad I'm not coaching," he said. "You see we've got a coach at Kentucky who put two schools on probation and he's still coaching. I really don't understand that."
Massachusetts and Memphis were both sanctioned by the NCAA for violations committed during Calipari's tenure.
Knight, who won a record 902 games as coach of Army, Indiana and Texas Tech, did not elaborate or take questions from reporters.
Knight, who has a career record of 15-and-18 against the Cats, is no stranger to criticism. A video-tape surfaced of Knight with his hand around the neck of former Hoosier player Neil Reed during a practice. College basketball's all-time winningest coach was eventually fired from Indiana.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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Brad Hauser at Dec 17th 2009 11:57 PM
Knight has a point. I fully agree w/ him on this issue. Not just @ Kentucky, but it seems like everywhere now, it's wins and $$$ above all else. So much for the pureness of collge sports.
Cecil Couch at Dec 18th 2009 5:49 AM
I think Bobby Knight is jealous of both Kentucky and John Calipari. Kentucky is about to hit the historic mark of 2,000 all-time wins, and Calipari is getting all the attention in the news lately. John is making more money and accumulating more fame than Bob, and I believe it rankles him. He is bitter over the fact that he got fired from Indiana and he is the type that will never get over it, deep down inside.
GORDON at Dec 18th 2009 6:15 AM
WHO CARES WHAT KNIGHT THINKS. HE HAS HIS OWN ISSUES.
PoppaJohn at Dec 18th 2009 6:21 AM
Bobby Knight is now irrelevant. Calipari is the Teflon Don of Division One. The NCAA has stuck nothing on Calipari. Can Knight say the same thing ?
true blue fan at Dec 18th 2009 6:29 AM
i think that bobby knight is way out of line. he has no right to say anything about john calipari. john calipari is the one with a job. bobby knight was the one that was fired from indiana. kentucky just beat indiana and i think that he is jelous. kentucky is a better sports affiliated school than indiana and kentucky is about to prove that.