Bobbie Knight has passed away.....

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2. He rose more money for a academics at IU than any other

He rose millions upon millions for academic scholarships, the library, and academic facilities.

He was a flawed man, but did far more good than he will get credit for.

When he spoke at coaching conferences he always talked more about how to help players become competent adults who could live moral and productive lives than he did X and O.

I was an assistant for a coach that my brother called "little Bobby" cause he was nose to nose yelling at the point guard. I told him, you haven't seen the hundreds of hours we poured into that kid. Study tables. Team meals. Goal setting on the fifty yard line at UT rocky top while at a team camp. Our players knew coach cared more about them growing up than winning.

Bobby Knight said similar things and his players spoke of it often. That coach helped them grow into great men, not great athletes.