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A rewrite on his basketball accomplishments, particularly at Indiana. It's disjointed and it's missing a lot of important records (home win streak, consecutive tournament appearances, overall wins etc.). Not to mention that it skims over major accomplishments like the national championships and final four appearances.
It also needs an explanation of how a very young guy can join the Army and then "accept" a position coaching basketball. When I was a private in the Army, I certainly didn't have the option of "accepting" this or that position. A secondary issue worthy of discussion is why American taxpayer dollars are expended for some guy to coach basketball at West Point. I love basketball, but that's a ludicrous waste of public funds.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.44.154.103 ( talk) 02:33, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
^^Brief response to above post: the military academies have hired professional coaches to coach the major sports for many many years; sometimes they have been given what amounted to 'courtesy' appointments as officers, mainly so they would have formal authority to issue orders in certain circumstances, but this biography is not the place for a profound philosophical debate as to whether the academies should give coaches 'courtesy appointments.' I do not believe this is usually done any more. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.238.24.75 ( talk) 05:36, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
Minor correction of his playing career info: the infobox lists him as a point guard during his playing career at Ohio State, but Knight was 6-foot-5 and about 220 pounds (before putting on a lot of weight in middle age) which would have been monstrous for a college point guard in the early 1960s. I believe Knight was a small forward (in the 1960s teams rarely distinguished between small forwards and power forwards) and essentially was the backup for John Havlicek, who was almost exactly the same size. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.238.24.75 ( talk) 05:28, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
There are currently (Nov. 2005) some subtle but problematic issues with non-neutral POV in this article; I'm surprised that no one has yet pointed this out. However, I feel quite unqualified to make any changes to this particular article. I hope that other editors will have a chance to remove the NPOV. Telestylo 06:56, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
As a humble user who is bored to tears by overtly detailed Wikipedia-entries like this one, I would suggest simply removing most of the offensive material. As I see it, an entry in an encyclopedia should not be concerned with passing judgement and discussing issues that really belong in a fan site. Jinmex, 31.10.2006
In this case you can not have an entry on Bobby Knight without mention of his controversial behavior. How ever I will agree this entry is rather biased aganist Knight, except for the mention of his major accomplishments. over all...not bad. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.186.129.227 ( talk) 11:09, 15 January 2008 (UTC) Bombastic, abrasive, and abusive are 3 words that can well be used to describe Bobby Knight. Bobby Knight is my mental picture definition of bombastic. This entire entry seems to very carefully tip toe around who Bobby was/is. I grew up watching Bobby Knight coach. There is a lot of good accurate information, but it is omitting how raw the Bobby Knight experience was. Rufusprime99 ( talk) 06:44, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
According to the Texas Tech succession box Pat Knight will become head coach when his father retires? Is this simply understood, or is there an actual contract in place? -- djrobgordon 02:35, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
I have reverted 2 edits by 209.198.12.162 because they appear to be quite POV. If the community disagrees, I'll accept their consensus. Lbbzman 20:20, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
It is a five year contract. You should look up facts before you just start randomly questioning something. Sportsfan should be editing articles like this because non sportsfans have no clue what's going on.
This entire article is POV. The writing style comes across as Bobby Knight being set up by so many people out to get him, when in reality, he is probably just a violent person with a bad temper. Several passages cast doubt on nearly everyone who testifies against him that he caused harm to their person. It's just one big mess, and throughout there are no sources. I'm putting the POV tag on this. Mike H. That's hot 01:55, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
Some People just can't accept the alternate side of the story. Everything is under the premonition that Bob Knight is evil and everything he does is an act of violence.
I just read the entire article and found it to be even-handed, keeping a neutral point of view when describing Bob Knight's critics and supporters. So I have removed the POV tag. If anyone disagrees, can you please quote specific examples from the text you feel are POV, so we can discuss the issue without simply saying the whole article or writing style is skewed? 69.142.21.24 20:46, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
Mike H. That's hot 19:50, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
This article seems a little skewed, but not as bad as many familiar only with national media coverage concerning Knight would likely think. The national media only reports the bad things about Knight because it is sensational and Knight makes no effort to publicize his good deeds or even his side of the story. It is for this reason that many in Indiana try to learn more about him.
For example, one of the reasons the wikipedia entry mentions that Knight supporters "claim Harvey intentionally set Knight up" is because Harvey is the step son of sports author, admitted Knight critic, and former Bloomington talk-radio show host Mark Shaw ( http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/college/news/2000/09/10/iu_knight_ap/). But instead of pointing out that obvious connection days after being fired, Coach Knight told a crowd of 6,000 students that were calling for Harvey's head to "Let that kid be a student and let him get on with life. This thing, believe me, had happened to me long before that situation took place. That kid is not responsible for my not coaching at Indiana, and make sure you understand that." ( http://espn.go.com/ncb/s/knighttimeline.html)
~Xander McMander (Who's Your Daddy)
I think presenting both sides of Knight's various incidents is the only way to preserve neutrality. He is a complex individual with a complex history. Glossing over the facts of his biography invariably presents a misleading portrait of the man.
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LOL guess I need to use, " Hoosier 01:24, 11 March 2006 (UTC)" sign in and use " Hoosier 01:24, 11 March 2006 (UTC)" don't use the quotation marks to record your ID.
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To me, the article is fair. It all comes down to the fact that Knight has an overall controversial character, being a good teacher and coach, but at the same time falling prey of his outbursts. It is quite clear that he has rage control problems, but one can't and shouldn't downplay the bright side of him. Why should his ex-players still keep contacts with him, and being sympathetic with him if he is such an evil man? Can anyone dispute the fact that he raised 2 million dollars to help Landon Turner? I think that the article offered a complete description of the good and the bad, and left the final judgement to the reader. And I think that the fact that Knight's haters are disputing it shows that they are not as neutral as the article is.
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Was not ment as vandalism but simply as odd things he has done which I presumed might be viewed as trivia. Nothing major if people disagree. Just thought i would toss it out there.
Speaking of trivia - what's Knight's currently record, his record at each school, and his winning percentage?
By the way: When is UK going to realize that Tubby is worthless BK is the obvious choice to replace him. UK has to take Knight in order to actually develop players that come there. Just a thought.
I am huge IU and Knight fan..but i will say this, knight is not any easy coach to play for and conseqeuntly has difficluty recriuting top noch players....just look and the hoosiers record ing the tournament is the mid to late 90's —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.186.129.227 ( talk) 11:19, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
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Hmm, I found this: "* In 2005 Bob Knight, Dick Vitale, and Coach K were involved in a threesome"
and wondered exactly how verifiable it was. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.242.21.101 ( talk) 16:27, 24 December 2006 (UTC).
Lawrence Frank, Isiah Thomas, Mike Krzyzewski, and Steve Alford all coach currently and either played under knight(coach k, isiah, and steve alfod) were a assistant for knight(coach k) or were a manager for knight(lawrence frank) Where should this info be added? i couldn't find a spot in the article apporiate for this info. Znsga 19:31, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
I neglected to sign in before putting in a set of changes this morning. They're mine (the ones from 63.86.210.252 and 66.57.45.134 on 9 January).
In general, this article is a good example of why throwing around a bunch of stuff on either side doesn't make an article unbiased. As it stood it was a blatant puff piece with a little bit of "people just don't understand Coach Knight" thrown in.
Some particulars:
This article needs a picture, somebody messed something up, and what is the deal with changing "*****d up" to "messed up" and all that stuff?
But what about the 1991 speech from Bob Knight during practice that does not make any sense which doesn't belong there. I found more claims about Knight elbowing one Texas Tech player in this year, if that either happened. Why is he still violent.
I suggest we split the section entitled Knight students. The list is important as it illustrates Bob Knight's far reaching influence on the game. However, right now the main article is too long and this section is part of the problem. We should do something along the lines of this article and use the {{main|Name of new article}} tag on the main article page to point to it.
First, for it? Against it? Comments?
Second, if we do split, what should be the name of the new article? I was thinking something along the lines of "People influenced by Bob Knight."
-- Wordbuilder 14:14, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
"Knight was angry that a practice gymnasium was not opened to his team, which went on to a 9-0 record in the tournament."
It's my understanding that the problem was that the gym was opened to the Brazilian women's team while Knight was atttempting to have a closed practice. He got into a dispute with the cop who opened the joint, leading to the incident. The team's record in the tournament appears to be wholly irrelevant and should be deleted, IMHO. 71.142.92.68 00:58, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
Froo deleted the below portion of text. The deletion was reverted by Fuzzy510. I had considered reverting Froo's change myself but am not sure that this portion, while interesting, is really encyclopedic. Coaches yell at their players, nothing new or special about that. I think the other entries under "Controversies" should remain since they're significant (run-in with police, throwing a chair, publicly arguing with a university's chancellor, etc.). This one should be deleted:
In a 1991 practice at Indiana, Knight lashed out at his team with the following tirade: "You don't wanna play, then I'm getting the fuck out of here. I mean, if you're not gonna cover Greg Graham; if you're just gonna let him drive by you; if the rest of you are gonna let him catch the ball outside the three second lane and drive all the way in here without one guy challenging him, then I'm leaving and you fucking guys will run 'til you can't eat supper. Now I'm tired of this shit! I'm sick and fucking tired of an 8-10 record! I'm fucking tired of losing to Purdue! I'm not here to fuck around this week! Now you may be, but I'm not! Now I'm gonna fucking guarantee ya, that if we don't play up there Monday night, you aren't gonna believe the next four fucking days! Now I am not here to get my ass beat on Monday. Now you better fuckin' understand that right now. This is absolute fucking bullshit! Now I'll fucking run your ass right into the ground! I mean I'll fucking run you, you'll think last night was a fucking picnic! I had to sit around for a fucking year with an 8-10 record in this fucking league! And I mean you will not put me in that fucking position again, or you will goddamn pay for it like you can't fucking believe! Now you better get your head out of your ass!" → Wordbuilder 20:57, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
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Where do we draw the line on things added to this section? As it is, the section is threatening to eclipse the rest of the article. I would not consider the latest addition to be notable, "On January 5, 2008, after his 899th career win Knight attended a press conference with his young grandson Will and used coarse language while dealing with media members." What's special about this? It has already been established that Knight has a foul mouth. And, it is not uncommon for a grandpa to cuss in front of the grandkids, so what is notable about this? → Wordbuilder ( talk) 14:42, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
Since when are Michigan and IU rivals? IU's rivalries have historically been with Purdue and Kentucky. Being in the same conference doesn't make you rivals. I'm changing it. Josh ( talk) 01:04, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
True, but being in such close proximity and in the same conference does make you rivals. Both have basketball success. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 167.127.24.69 ( talk) 19:58, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
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I've only known of him as "Bobby" Knight and this article may be the first source where I've seen him exclusively referred to as "Bob" Knight. If I had been looking him up I would have surely used "Bobby", and I am sure he is better known this way. Is there a reason why this is not used? Mal7798 ( talk) 14:14, 22 October 2016 (UTC)
Look at the books that he has written. He always identifies himself as "Bob" Knight. He picked up the "Bobby" nickname somewhere along the way, but he doesn't use it. BostonRed ( talk) 02:01, 1 August 2017 (UTC)
I suppose editors of this page may have a consensus for "Bob Knight", but as someone who grew up in Indiana during his time at IU, I don't think I ever heard him referred to as anything but "Bobby Knight". I saw of his passing on the WP main page, and it took me a few moments of reading the article to confirm that it was indeed about the person known as Bobby. Surely Bobby is by far the more common name. If nothing else, maybe a line should be in the article's lead clarifying that this is about Bobby Knight. CAVincent ( talk) 00:58, 5 November 2023 (UTC)
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The infobox photo of Bob Knight leaves much to be desired. He is an old man with a very somber and dejected look on his face. An article's lead photo should have a pleasing appearance, preferably with the person smiling for the camera.
I know that it can be difficult to locate photos that are not copyrighted, but this article definitely needs a better picture of Bob Knight. Anthony22 ( talk) 23:24, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
Norcaes has begun an edit war to insert and retain a 2-sentence paragraph that says that Knight has publicly supported Trump. Without any additional context or explanation, this material doesn't rise to the level of inclusion in an encyclopedia article. "Public figure supports major party nominee and winner of election" doesn't merit even a mention unless there is something extraordinary - supported by sources, not one's own point of view or original research - about this support and how it's expressed. ElKevbo ( talk) 19:54, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
I added a section today under heading 'Health concerns' about the news about his declining health. Jhojnack ( talk) 23:00, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
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A rewrite on his basketball accomplishments, particularly at Indiana. It's disjointed and it's missing a lot of important records (home win streak, consecutive tournament appearances, overall wins etc.). Not to mention that it skims over major accomplishments like the national championships and final four appearances.
It also needs an explanation of how a very young guy can join the Army and then "accept" a position coaching basketball. When I was a private in the Army, I certainly didn't have the option of "accepting" this or that position. A secondary issue worthy of discussion is why American taxpayer dollars are expended for some guy to coach basketball at West Point. I love basketball, but that's a ludicrous waste of public funds.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.44.154.103 ( talk) 02:33, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
^^Brief response to above post: the military academies have hired professional coaches to coach the major sports for many many years; sometimes they have been given what amounted to 'courtesy' appointments as officers, mainly so they would have formal authority to issue orders in certain circumstances, but this biography is not the place for a profound philosophical debate as to whether the academies should give coaches 'courtesy appointments.' I do not believe this is usually done any more. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.238.24.75 ( talk) 05:36, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
Minor correction of his playing career info: the infobox lists him as a point guard during his playing career at Ohio State, but Knight was 6-foot-5 and about 220 pounds (before putting on a lot of weight in middle age) which would have been monstrous for a college point guard in the early 1960s. I believe Knight was a small forward (in the 1960s teams rarely distinguished between small forwards and power forwards) and essentially was the backup for John Havlicek, who was almost exactly the same size. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.238.24.75 ( talk) 05:28, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
There are currently (Nov. 2005) some subtle but problematic issues with non-neutral POV in this article; I'm surprised that no one has yet pointed this out. However, I feel quite unqualified to make any changes to this particular article. I hope that other editors will have a chance to remove the NPOV. Telestylo 06:56, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
As a humble user who is bored to tears by overtly detailed Wikipedia-entries like this one, I would suggest simply removing most of the offensive material. As I see it, an entry in an encyclopedia should not be concerned with passing judgement and discussing issues that really belong in a fan site. Jinmex, 31.10.2006
In this case you can not have an entry on Bobby Knight without mention of his controversial behavior. How ever I will agree this entry is rather biased aganist Knight, except for the mention of his major accomplishments. over all...not bad. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.186.129.227 ( talk) 11:09, 15 January 2008 (UTC) Bombastic, abrasive, and abusive are 3 words that can well be used to describe Bobby Knight. Bobby Knight is my mental picture definition of bombastic. This entire entry seems to very carefully tip toe around who Bobby was/is. I grew up watching Bobby Knight coach. There is a lot of good accurate information, but it is omitting how raw the Bobby Knight experience was. Rufusprime99 ( talk) 06:44, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
According to the Texas Tech succession box Pat Knight will become head coach when his father retires? Is this simply understood, or is there an actual contract in place? -- djrobgordon 02:35, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
I have reverted 2 edits by 209.198.12.162 because they appear to be quite POV. If the community disagrees, I'll accept their consensus. Lbbzman 20:20, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
It is a five year contract. You should look up facts before you just start randomly questioning something. Sportsfan should be editing articles like this because non sportsfans have no clue what's going on.
This entire article is POV. The writing style comes across as Bobby Knight being set up by so many people out to get him, when in reality, he is probably just a violent person with a bad temper. Several passages cast doubt on nearly everyone who testifies against him that he caused harm to their person. It's just one big mess, and throughout there are no sources. I'm putting the POV tag on this. Mike H. That's hot 01:55, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
Some People just can't accept the alternate side of the story. Everything is under the premonition that Bob Knight is evil and everything he does is an act of violence.
I just read the entire article and found it to be even-handed, keeping a neutral point of view when describing Bob Knight's critics and supporters. So I have removed the POV tag. If anyone disagrees, can you please quote specific examples from the text you feel are POV, so we can discuss the issue without simply saying the whole article or writing style is skewed? 69.142.21.24 20:46, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
Mike H. That's hot 19:50, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
This article seems a little skewed, but not as bad as many familiar only with national media coverage concerning Knight would likely think. The national media only reports the bad things about Knight because it is sensational and Knight makes no effort to publicize his good deeds or even his side of the story. It is for this reason that many in Indiana try to learn more about him.
For example, one of the reasons the wikipedia entry mentions that Knight supporters "claim Harvey intentionally set Knight up" is because Harvey is the step son of sports author, admitted Knight critic, and former Bloomington talk-radio show host Mark Shaw ( http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/college/news/2000/09/10/iu_knight_ap/). But instead of pointing out that obvious connection days after being fired, Coach Knight told a crowd of 6,000 students that were calling for Harvey's head to "Let that kid be a student and let him get on with life. This thing, believe me, had happened to me long before that situation took place. That kid is not responsible for my not coaching at Indiana, and make sure you understand that." ( http://espn.go.com/ncb/s/knighttimeline.html)
~Xander McMander (Who's Your Daddy)
I think presenting both sides of Knight's various incidents is the only way to preserve neutrality. He is a complex individual with a complex history. Glossing over the facts of his biography invariably presents a misleading portrait of the man.
Just a reminder to everyone to sign in and then use Hoosier 01:22, 11 March 2006 (UTC) before you save so that your ID is recorded. Helps to know who to respond to. Thanks.
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LOL guess I need to use, " Hoosier 01:24, 11 March 2006 (UTC)" sign in and use " Hoosier 01:24, 11 March 2006 (UTC)" don't use the quotation marks to record your ID.
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So, for instance, you'd type: <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> to get ~~~~ Kurt Weber 23:51, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
To me, the article is fair. It all comes down to the fact that Knight has an overall controversial character, being a good teacher and coach, but at the same time falling prey of his outbursts. It is quite clear that he has rage control problems, but one can't and shouldn't downplay the bright side of him. Why should his ex-players still keep contacts with him, and being sympathetic with him if he is such an evil man? Can anyone dispute the fact that he raised 2 million dollars to help Landon Turner? I think that the article offered a complete description of the good and the bad, and left the final judgement to the reader. And I think that the fact that Knight's haters are disputing it shows that they are not as neutral as the article is.
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Was not ment as vandalism but simply as odd things he has done which I presumed might be viewed as trivia. Nothing major if people disagree. Just thought i would toss it out there.
Speaking of trivia - what's Knight's currently record, his record at each school, and his winning percentage?
By the way: When is UK going to realize that Tubby is worthless BK is the obvious choice to replace him. UK has to take Knight in order to actually develop players that come there. Just a thought.
I am huge IU and Knight fan..but i will say this, knight is not any easy coach to play for and conseqeuntly has difficluty recriuting top noch players....just look and the hoosiers record ing the tournament is the mid to late 90's —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.186.129.227 ( talk) 11:19, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
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Hmm, I found this: "* In 2005 Bob Knight, Dick Vitale, and Coach K were involved in a threesome"
and wondered exactly how verifiable it was. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.242.21.101 ( talk) 16:27, 24 December 2006 (UTC).
Lawrence Frank, Isiah Thomas, Mike Krzyzewski, and Steve Alford all coach currently and either played under knight(coach k, isiah, and steve alfod) were a assistant for knight(coach k) or were a manager for knight(lawrence frank) Where should this info be added? i couldn't find a spot in the article apporiate for this info. Znsga 19:31, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
I neglected to sign in before putting in a set of changes this morning. They're mine (the ones from 63.86.210.252 and 66.57.45.134 on 9 January).
In general, this article is a good example of why throwing around a bunch of stuff on either side doesn't make an article unbiased. As it stood it was a blatant puff piece with a little bit of "people just don't understand Coach Knight" thrown in.
Some particulars:
This article needs a picture, somebody messed something up, and what is the deal with changing "*****d up" to "messed up" and all that stuff?
But what about the 1991 speech from Bob Knight during practice that does not make any sense which doesn't belong there. I found more claims about Knight elbowing one Texas Tech player in this year, if that either happened. Why is he still violent.
I suggest we split the section entitled Knight students. The list is important as it illustrates Bob Knight's far reaching influence on the game. However, right now the main article is too long and this section is part of the problem. We should do something along the lines of this article and use the {{main|Name of new article}} tag on the main article page to point to it.
First, for it? Against it? Comments?
Second, if we do split, what should be the name of the new article? I was thinking something along the lines of "People influenced by Bob Knight."
-- Wordbuilder 14:14, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
"Knight was angry that a practice gymnasium was not opened to his team, which went on to a 9-0 record in the tournament."
It's my understanding that the problem was that the gym was opened to the Brazilian women's team while Knight was atttempting to have a closed practice. He got into a dispute with the cop who opened the joint, leading to the incident. The team's record in the tournament appears to be wholly irrelevant and should be deleted, IMHO. 71.142.92.68 00:58, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
Froo deleted the below portion of text. The deletion was reverted by Fuzzy510. I had considered reverting Froo's change myself but am not sure that this portion, while interesting, is really encyclopedic. Coaches yell at their players, nothing new or special about that. I think the other entries under "Controversies" should remain since they're significant (run-in with police, throwing a chair, publicly arguing with a university's chancellor, etc.). This one should be deleted:
In a 1991 practice at Indiana, Knight lashed out at his team with the following tirade: "You don't wanna play, then I'm getting the fuck out of here. I mean, if you're not gonna cover Greg Graham; if you're just gonna let him drive by you; if the rest of you are gonna let him catch the ball outside the three second lane and drive all the way in here without one guy challenging him, then I'm leaving and you fucking guys will run 'til you can't eat supper. Now I'm tired of this shit! I'm sick and fucking tired of an 8-10 record! I'm fucking tired of losing to Purdue! I'm not here to fuck around this week! Now you may be, but I'm not! Now I'm gonna fucking guarantee ya, that if we don't play up there Monday night, you aren't gonna believe the next four fucking days! Now I am not here to get my ass beat on Monday. Now you better fuckin' understand that right now. This is absolute fucking bullshit! Now I'll fucking run your ass right into the ground! I mean I'll fucking run you, you'll think last night was a fucking picnic! I had to sit around for a fucking year with an 8-10 record in this fucking league! And I mean you will not put me in that fucking position again, or you will goddamn pay for it like you can't fucking believe! Now you better get your head out of your ass!" → Wordbuilder 20:57, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
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Where do we draw the line on things added to this section? As it is, the section is threatening to eclipse the rest of the article. I would not consider the latest addition to be notable, "On January 5, 2008, after his 899th career win Knight attended a press conference with his young grandson Will and used coarse language while dealing with media members." What's special about this? It has already been established that Knight has a foul mouth. And, it is not uncommon for a grandpa to cuss in front of the grandkids, so what is notable about this? → Wordbuilder ( talk) 14:42, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
Since when are Michigan and IU rivals? IU's rivalries have historically been with Purdue and Kentucky. Being in the same conference doesn't make you rivals. I'm changing it. Josh ( talk) 01:04, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
True, but being in such close proximity and in the same conference does make you rivals. Both have basketball success. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 167.127.24.69 ( talk) 19:58, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
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Unfortunately this article just falls outside the scope of Version 0.7 on importance. If it were an FA, we could probably include it, but not as a B. Cheers, Walkerma ( talk) 07:07, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
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I've only known of him as "Bobby" Knight and this article may be the first source where I've seen him exclusively referred to as "Bob" Knight. If I had been looking him up I would have surely used "Bobby", and I am sure he is better known this way. Is there a reason why this is not used? Mal7798 ( talk) 14:14, 22 October 2016 (UTC)
Look at the books that he has written. He always identifies himself as "Bob" Knight. He picked up the "Bobby" nickname somewhere along the way, but he doesn't use it. BostonRed ( talk) 02:01, 1 August 2017 (UTC)
I suppose editors of this page may have a consensus for "Bob Knight", but as someone who grew up in Indiana during his time at IU, I don't think I ever heard him referred to as anything but "Bobby Knight". I saw of his passing on the WP main page, and it took me a few moments of reading the article to confirm that it was indeed about the person known as Bobby. Surely Bobby is by far the more common name. If nothing else, maybe a line should be in the article's lead clarifying that this is about Bobby Knight. CAVincent ( talk) 00:58, 5 November 2023 (UTC)
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The infobox photo of Bob Knight leaves much to be desired. He is an old man with a very somber and dejected look on his face. An article's lead photo should have a pleasing appearance, preferably with the person smiling for the camera.
I know that it can be difficult to locate photos that are not copyrighted, but this article definitely needs a better picture of Bob Knight. Anthony22 ( talk) 23:24, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
Norcaes has begun an edit war to insert and retain a 2-sentence paragraph that says that Knight has publicly supported Trump. Without any additional context or explanation, this material doesn't rise to the level of inclusion in an encyclopedia article. "Public figure supports major party nominee and winner of election" doesn't merit even a mention unless there is something extraordinary - supported by sources, not one's own point of view or original research - about this support and how it's expressed. ElKevbo ( talk) 19:54, 11 November 2018 (UTC)
I added a section today under heading 'Health concerns' about the news about his declining health. Jhojnack ( talk) 23:00, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
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Typo - article reads Knight's age of death as 73. He was 83. 63.208.139.171 ( talk) 23:34, 1 November 2023 (UTC)