the "slap" itself isn't much, but no one likes getting hit in the face in public. if a coach can do that, then he shouldn't have a problem with getting hit back.
Have you ever had a professor slap your desk because you weren't paying attention? I did. I had another professor who would slam books on the floor to get a student's attention. This is the same thing. Lifting someone's chin (which is what happened), does nothing negative to him. I agree. While I do think his anger was out-of-hand in the past, he has been the ultimate college coach. The discipline he instilled in his players will help them whether they continue their careers in basketball or something else.
Man, when I heard about it on the radio, I though he popped the guy or punched him, that was nothing. I think if the player doesn't file some kind of complaint for something so minor, it should be left alone. All he did was lift his chin up.
That was nothing. If you were not paying attention on my football team in HS, you could expect the coach's baseball cap to catch you square in the face.
I live in Lubbock and you're full of crap. Texas Tech does NOT condone this type of behavior- so don't speak for the university when you have no idea what the heck you're talking about, idiot. I've been to many Texas Tech basketball games and it's never boring. At last Saturday's game vs. Sam Houston State, he was so angry about the officiating and the turnovers from his team that he kicked the wall in front of the press table and slammed his clipboard down so hard you could hear it in the upper prom. He also used more 4-letter words in a 30-second timeout than I thought was possible. Yet, when they started to come back, he high-fived players and completely turned 360. Players I've talked to said that they're used to him and it just doesn't phase them anymore. Did he cross the line? Nah. He's just a (ahem) very intense individual. Very fascinating to watch.
I'm a Tech student. I'm not sure if the university condones this but I can tell you that the students love seeing this kind of stuff. He's the only reason we give to #%#% about he B-ball program. FFB is a die hard Tech alum. He knows what he’s talking about when he talks about Tech.
No kidding. I thought most people already knew that. Not only did I go there, so did my two brothers. Texas Tech has always enjoyed being the renegade in the conference. Or do you not recall the Aggie Goalpost incident, or the blatant ribbing we give teams on our scoreboard when we are dominating. How long has Dandorotik lived in Lubbock?
We had a coach at Lamar named Mike Deane (came from Marquette) who was just like Knight on the court. He was always fun to watch. He's coaching at Wagner now, and I've always wanted to drop in for a game when I was in New York, just to watch Deane coach. (Too bad he can't draw up offensive plays.) Billy Tubbs was also good, but less so.
Interesting comparison, but I don't know if it is apt. If you slapped your wife like that and barked in her face like Knight did, any onlooker would draw all sorts of conclusions about your relationship with your wife -- that you're domineering, condescending, punitive and so on, in a relationship that should be of peers. Knight's relationship with his players is not supposed to be a peer relationship. If you barked in your wife's face like that and didn't slap her, it'd still get people's backs up. But, people accept that when it is a coach reprimanding his player.
Me and Bob Knight would've had it out right there on the court. Its one thing to try to keep a players attention, its another thing to hit him in the face, or grab him by the neck. I can deal with discipline and correction if I mess up, but when you put your hands on me its a whole different story.
Charlie Murphy says: Slapping went out of style in the 1800s. . . even then . . SOMEONE HAD TO DIE! Rocket RIver - Charlie Murphy's True Hollywoods Stories
Yes, he's a die-hard Tech alum. And I have worked for several years with Texas Tech faculty in career-related presentations (supplying information for career development aspects of curricula), as well as other programs. I also lived in Houston for 18 years and have been to many A&M and UT games. I don't see what Texas Tech fans do as being anything different than what I've observed from UT and A&M fans. But to say that the university condones this behavior is wrong. And as many people watch the men's basketball for Coach Knight, there are just as many others who do give two s**ts about the team regardless if the coach is Dickey or Myers or Knight. But, of course, I'll take the word of one Texas Tech alum to speak for the university as a whole. OK.
Yes, but fan support grew immensely once Knight was brought on. The only time Tech fan support was near that intensity was during the NCAA tourney when Tech ended up with a 29-2 record. Dickey didn't keep it up, and Knight was brought in. Hell, when I was going there, our women's team had larger support than the men's. And I'll take the word of you? You need to be on here a lot more about Tech before anyone will take you and your "expert" opinion. And I'll say this. Indiana we ain't. He'll get a lot more leeway at Tech. One of the main reasons he extended his contract. We let Bobby be Bobby for the most part.
That was not a chin lift. Would you lift your wife's chin that way? Would you like anyone else to lift your chin that way? He said that he was just telling the kid to 'keep his head up'. Well, can't help but keep your head up when he pops it up like that for you. Plus he was screaming at the kid so I don't see where it was 'keep your head up' type of talk.