My loving obsession with IU basketball began with Branch McCracken, since he was still the coach when I enrolled at IU as a freshman. During my high school years, getting to see the Hoosiers at Butler Fieldhouse was the absolute highlight of any season and I treasure the memory. To me, Coach Knight was the culmination of those McCracken years: a continuation of a tradition that sprang out of the earth to those of us raised in Indiana. Later, I was a proud Lemming on the early, free version of Peegs and agonized with the other forum members about the state of the university administration, as well as the self-inflicted injuries that led up to the infamous firing. I also treasure the simple facts of RMK's approach to life: be loyal, be honest, be uncompromising in one's beliefs. There was more to admire than to criticize, from my very Hoosier bias. RIP.
Thanks, @Jerod Morris, for compiling all of these excellent obits for us and for sharing your own thoughts with the community. Your words are your own, but I believe they have meaning for many of us here.
My loving obsession with IU basketball began with Branch McCracken, since he was still the coach when I enrolled at IU as a freshman. During my high school years, getting to see the Hoosiers at Butler Fieldhouse was the absolute highlight of any season and I treasure the memory. To me, Coach Knight was the culmination of those McCracken years: a continuation of a tradition that sprang out of the earth to those of us raised in Indiana. Later, I was a proud Lemming on the early, free version of Peegs and agonized with the other forum members about the state of the university administration, as well as the self-inflicted injuries that led up to the infamous firing. I also treasure the simple facts of RMK's approach to life: be loyal, be honest, be uncompromising in one's beliefs. There was more to admire than to criticize, from my very Hoosier bias. RIP.
"There was more to admire than to criticize" is really a perfect sentence to sum up the totality of Coach Knight's legacy. Thank you Sally!
Thanks, @Jerod Morris, for compiling all of these excellent obits for us and for sharing your own thoughts with the community. Your words are your own, but I believe they have meaning for many of us here.
Thank you Lisa! It certainly was cathartic to type them out.
https://x.com/SportsGuyLance/status/1719854705008939351?s=20
This is awesome!
Also, curious, Jerod, how you came to be chosen for the student perspective on Coach Knight’s firing.
Yes, I'd love to hear that story!
Wow! I didn't see that. Incredible.