Pat Knight news conference

[carter]

Has anyone else happened to see his news conference?I guess the question is has Geno been too soft throughout this season with our players?Pat Knight does make a lot of good points.

 

[Da Coach]

Yes, it was posted-
http://www.bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?t=20468

I suspect if a Bradley coach attacked his own players by name and ripped them for everything Knight did, the media and fans would tear him apart. But for Knight, it's just what everyone expects.
Personally, I don't mind a coach being tough on his players and holding them to high expectations.
I just do not agree with publically humiliating them like Knight did.

For anyone not familiar with this situation, here is the original post with links to a post-game press conference by Lamar University head coach Pat Knight after they lost last Wednesday-

Classy Pat Knight scorns Lamar seniors in post game press conference-
http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012...ss-conference/

Lamar coach Pat Knight goes Bob Knight on his players after loss-
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...ZwXR_blog.html


Just a few of the choicer statements-

• "We have a bunch of tin men out there right now. They've got no heart. I've never been around a team that's got so many problems as this one has."
• "Usually you've got one or two guys that are a problem. We've got an infestation of guys that are hard to coach."
• "I've never been around a group as a whole that are like that. Not one guy stands up.""We've got the worst group of seniors right now that I've ever been associated with. Their mentality is awful. Their attitude is awful. It has been their M.O. for the last three years."
• "You just can't do all that B.S. and expect to win games. And if people have a problem with me being harsh about it, I don't care. I came here to clean something up."
• “These guys gotta learn. They gotta grow up. They don’t need to be coddled. They don’t need to be babysat. That’s the problem with society. That’s why we have problems out there, because people don’t make kids accountable.”
• “I’m unhappy with these seniors, that’s what I’m unhappy with, it has nothing to do with X’s and O’s."
• "We’ve got the worst group of seniors that I’ve ever been associated with.”
• “We’ve had problems with these guys off the court, on the court, classroom, drugs, I mean, being late for stuff, all that stuff correlates together if you’re going to win games.”
• “I feel sorry for this school. I mean these kids are stealing money by being on scholarship with their approach to things.”
• “The main problem is we don’t have a leader. We have six seniors but not one of them is a leader. We’ve got a bunch of followers.”
• “We’ve got a bunch of tin men out there, they have no heart… We can’t play for them, that’s the sad thing.”
• “When I played, if you acted like some of these guys did, you got shoved in a locker with a forearm against your neck and told, ‘You don’t do that. That’s not how we do things here at Indiana.’ And that’s what we need.”
• “And I don’t think they get it. If you act this way in the real world, you’re gonna be homeless, without a job."

 

[bu fan 9]

I agree with Pat. The peoblem today is no one wants to hear the truth.

 

[tornado]

bu fan 9 - did Pat Knight's recruiting and coaching work out at Texas Tech?

His teams were 4-7, 3-13, 4-12, 5-11 in Big East play and they are 1-14 this year with what he left behind at Texas Tech...
I don't dispute there are spoiled kids playing ball, but this stuff needs to be kept in-house...
Does Pat think in general the kids he has are any different than anywhere else?? None of the other coaches are throwing their kids under the bus -- they just use their coaching skills the best they can and then jank the scholarships if that's what they have to do.

For the $1 million per year Pat got at Texas Tech - the fans there began to see the problems
http://www.searchingforbillyedelin.com/2011/1/12/1931384/what-is-pat-knights-future-with-texas-tech

BTW -- when they were really bad - Pat Knight sent two of his players to the podium after a loss to rip into their own fans..
".. the crowd was awful...We didn??™t have anybody here cheering us. That??™s ridiculous for this to be a winnable game and for us to be playing another Big 12 school and for nobody to show up."
"... some of the best teams have great fans and they come out and support, no matter who they??™re playing...They could be playing a Division II school and they??™re still going to be out there supporting their team.
It??™s hard whenever you look up in the stands and don??™t have anybody making noise.???
http://lubbockonline.com/sports-red...02-24/losing-it-roberson-calls-out-awful-fans

 

[Bravesfan]

I agree with Pat. The peoblem today is no one wants to hear the truth.

I agree too, but it's probably better to keep that behind closed doors than for him to make a specticle of himself.

 

[Bravesfan]

BTW -- when they were really bad - Pat Knight sent two of his players to the podium after a loss to rip into their own fans..
".. the crowd was awful...We didn??™t have anybody here cheering us. That??™s ridiculous for this to be a winnable game and for us to be playing another Big 12 school and for nobody to show up."
"... some of the best teams have great fans and they come out and support, no matter who they??™re playing...They could be playing a Division II school and they??™re still going to be out there supporting their team.
It??™s hard whenever you look up in the stands and don??™t have anybody making noise.???
http://lubbockonline.com/sports-red...02-24/losing-it-roberson-calls-out-awful-fans

That's REALLY low class! Great way for Pat to endure himself to the fans!