Knight wishes death upon former Indy bosses
Bob Knight wishes death upon all those he worked under at Indiana from 19712000, though he hasn’t appeared to keep track of their lives since his firing.
Knight, the winningest coach in Hoosiers basketball history, made clear his hatred for his former acquaintances in Indiana’s administration when asked if he ever would return to the university.
“Well, I think that I’ve al- ways really enjoyed the fans and I always will,” Knight said on “The Dan Patrick Show” on Friday morning. “On my dying day, I will think about how great the fans at Indiana were. As far as the hierarchy at Indiana University at that time, I have absolutely no respect whatsoever with those people. That in mind, I have no interest in ever going back to that university.”
When Patrick informed him most of the officials present during Knight’s tenure have left the school, Knight, infamous for his quick temper, dropped the vengeful hammer.
“I hope they’re all dead,” he said.
Patrick’s response, that some of those individuals are in fact dead (including the man responsible for firing Knight in 2000, then-president Myles Brand), did little to appease Knight.
“I hope the rest of them go,” he replied.
Knight, who led the Hoosiers to a 659-242 record and three national championships, was let go after 29 years following an inci- dent of abuse in 2000, reportedly grabbing a student by the arm and berating him, that opened the door to a long and troubling history of violence against his players.
New allegations against Knight surfaced last October when one of his former players, Todd Jadlow, accused the legendary coach of grabbing players “by the groin” and hitting him over the head with a clipboard, among other incidents.
Jadlow, a recovering alcoholic and drug addict, had his allegations backed up by another of Knight’s former players, Ricky Calloway, who said he saw Knight slap, punch and kick players and “grab guys by the groin all the time.”
Knight, 76, coached for seven seasons at Texas Tech after leaving Indiana. He later worked as a college basketball analyst on ESPN until 2015.