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[QUOTE="superjohn, post: 2937456, member: 1522"]
I think that's an easy comparison that gets made but I see it as a lazy one.  Not directed at you but I don't see Knight as a good person, I actually see him as a bad guy.  The only good things I can say about him is that he graduated his players and was a great coach.  What he is as a person though is a bully who turns on his kids.  He lied about Niel Reed and got all the higher ups at the University and the whole state to turn on the kid.  When the video came out he still tried to say that what people were seeing didn't actually happen.

It was all about Bob Knight to the point of him destroying the kids who weren't 100% behind him and creating a mob mentality where peoples lives were threatened.  Years later when asked about IU he says he hopes everyone there is dead.  Bobby was a brilliant coach but he strikes me as a pretty sick guy.  The special left me feeling really sad about humanity.  We see this mob mentality play out over and over when a beloved figure to many has their dirty laundry shown to the public.

Sorry for the long response but I hate bullies.
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