Wednesday, April 20, 2011

When an idiot speaks, starring Bob Knight

You don't like Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari? Fine. You have ammunition.


Calipari recruits kids he knows will spend one or two years on campus, kids interested more in pursuing the NBA than their college degree, and if that's the sort of thing that bugs you, complain about that.

Calipari has taken three schools to the Final Four, and two of them had to vacate that appearance because of NCAA violations involving a player -- not a coach, but a player. But if that's the sort of thing you want to lay at the head coach's feet, fine. Lay it there. Complain about that.
But what you can't do -- what ESPN commentator Bob Knight did do the other day -- is ignore the pile of facts at your disposal and make up your own. And come up with your own half-truth or even your own outright lie, and use that to attack John Calipari.
http://gregg-doyel.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5881996/28650894

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