Wednesday, February 7, 2007

Simple Rules Bob Knight Doesn't Teach

One of the rules you teach a high school basketball team is: don't save the ball diving out of bounds in your own end. You usually end up giving the ball to the opponent right under the hoop for an easy 2 pints or you give them a 5 on 4 as you end up on the floor out of bounds. Apparently, "legendary" Texas Tech coach and all-around prick Bob Knight doesn't teach his players that, or if he does they don't listen. In a move I can't believe nobody is criticising, Tech's Charles Burgess saved the ball from going out of bounds in his own end with a couple of seconds remaining with his team up by 1 with a nice athletic move....and he passes the ball right into the hands of Nebraska's Charles Richardson who simply turned around and drained the three at the buzzer to win the game. This amuses me because Texas Tech gets way too much attention from the sports media because of Bob Knight's infamy, and I really can't stand the guy. Why do we want to watch games where the COACH is the biggest story? Is watching Bob Knight screaming on the sidelines or choking his own players really that interesting?

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