What did Bobby Knight say about John Calipari?
Bob Knight, like so many former college basketball coaches and players, is a professional analyst. Knight jumped straight to working at the highest level. At ESPN. At the four-letter network every aspiring journalist attempts to reach.And he said this about Kentucky coach John Calipari—the coach of a team Knight is likely to call another game for this season—at an Indiana University fundraiser. “We’ve gotten into this situation where integrity is really lacking and that’s why I’m glad I’m not coaching,” Knight 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.”Knight’s words were particularly disheartening knowing the standards he should be shooting to reach as an ESPN employee. As a so-called journalist. As a representative of the four-letter network. What Knight did isn’t quite a look back to ESPN’s Dana Jacobson and the Notre Dame fiasco, but it’s not that far away. Jacobson was reprimanded for her a
Bobby Knight Blasts Kentucky Coach John Calipari in Indiana Hall Of Fame Speech So there he was leading his new team, the storied Kentucky Wildcats, to a 10-0 start and a number three national ranking, John Calipari thought life couldn’t get any better. Then along comes Hall of Fame basketball coach Bobby Knight and all of a sudden life couldn’t get any worse. Oh, the life of a big time college basketball coach. Last night in Indianapolis, Indiana, speaking before an Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame fundraiser, Bobby Knight wondered aloud why John Calipari was still coaching. Knight said, “We’ve gotten into this situation where integrity is really lacking and that’s why I’m glad I’m not coaching. 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.” Read more at the link below. Sources:
The often-cranky ESPN analyst was back in Indiana Thursday night to deliver a speech at the state’s Hall of Fame. As could have been predicted, he said some things that are sure to ruffle a few feathers. Among them is a criticism of Kentucky coach John Calipari. “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 [John Calipari], who put two schools on probation and he’s still coaching. I really don’t understand that. Knight, who accumulated an NCAA Division I-record 902 wins during his coaching career, skipped his own induction into the Hall of Fame last month. Sources: http://blogs.suntimes.com/sportsprose/2009/12/bob_knight_takes_a_shot_at_joh.
