I was a student at IU. I have two Bob Knight mini stories. One was just kind of funny. My friend Chris and I went to a IU Student event where Knight was going to speak. When Knight took the podium, he said, I’m not going to speak until he takes off his hat. He points to my friend Chris, who is wearing a baseball hat. Chris quickly removed it. This was the 90’s. Some people out of manners would remove hats indoors but not really students in classes. I don’t think anyone cares about that anymore. The other story was I was eating at Steak N’ Shake in Bloomington with a friend. Bobby Knight was at the restaurant as well, eating at a table with someone else. We had the same waitress. she came over to us and she was flustered, and commented on how big of a jerk he was. Not surprising that Knight was mean to waitresses.
Bob Knight light going fishing. I know this guy who was a teacher here in California and during the summer he worked as a fishing guide. Bob Knight hired him a few times to take him on fishing trips. The man's wife would do all the cooking and he would do the guiding. He's a super nice guy. Anyway apparently bob Knight was a total ass to the guides wife. The guide had enough of it and basically told Knight he was no longer welcome.
Yeah, he like to physically push around old-lady secretaries on campus, too. Such a badass, that's why he only went after players that he could cut on-the-spot and little old ladies at the school.
@@williamgullett5911That was partially propped up because Knight was fond of revoking scholarships of players who he perceived as not being good enough, and ran off a bunch of other players through transfers back before the transfer-portal was really a thing. And not just "soft" players: Larry Bird is one of the toughest, most competitive men in sports history and he hated Knight.
@@pronkb000 Knight didn’t run Bird off, Bird didn’t like being in a bigger city which is why he went to Indiana St. The other stuff you mention I’m not so sure of. If Knight ran anyone off it would be the guys who didn’t go to class like Giomi
Bobby knight was both a coaching genius & one of the worst narcissistic abusers in the world. He had serious psychological issues. He needed a good old fashioned ass whoopin to humble him
This is why Indiana lost Bird, Jeff Rulland, Jeff Lamp, Kyle Macy, Jerry Sichting, and many other professionals. He was a great coach but a supreme jerk
@Edward Monix that’s false. Even Knight said so in retrospect. Bobby Knight would have ruined Larry Bird if he stayed four years in Bloomington. He probably ruined a LOT of people that stayed four years in Bloomington. Andre Patterson and Damon Bailey come to mind.
Played grade school basketball versus Dakich. He was unstoppable. Stood next to Knight a couple of times, he’s huge physically and imposing. Used to see him at HS games recruiting.
Knight is so very large in person. I was an admin asst at Texas Tech during the Knight years. I had to deliver documents to United Spirit Arena and happened to park next to him. When he got out of his car I just sat in mine completely cowed. He's very intimidating in person just based on his history with others. After he had a fair lead I followed him into the arena. He had a very public spat with TTU Chancellor David Smith. For that reason I never ran into Knight again because he didn't step into the Chancellor's wing. It was fun to watch him coach during games, though. The students worshipped him.
@@Damonbird775 I was there in 1976 and used to play at the HPER Building a lot. Benson was a dick to everyone after Buckner, May, Abernethy, and Wilkerson graduated. I guess he was reveling in his moment. Bird was a casualty of that arrogance.
@@mc76 We had a lot of drills in the HPER during Knight’s camp I attended twice back in the mid 90’s. I believe my father graduated from IU in 76. Small world.
If Bobby Knight was so nasty, why did Dakich bring him to Bowling Green to help him raise his profile and fundraising? I was in the BGSU arena that night when it happened. What a two-faced piece of crap. Come on Dakich...
IKR!!!!! Dakich is such a bitter back rider. IF it not for Bob Knight DD would have been a forgotten foot note in indiana lore for his guarding Jordan in tournament and then being the reason IU lost the next game against VA.
Dakich "held" him by forcing him left all game into help D. Lol. Lot of former players, including a few of his own teammates, always laugh when this comes up.
He seems like that as a broadcaster, he always seems to be yelling a little bit and is a guy who doesn’t like broadcasting or watching overly flashy players
BK lost me as a fan when I found out what he did to Neal Reed. That kid didn’t deserve INU and knight running a smear campaign against him, that was BS
Nah. BK was a grade a jerk. No amount of wins justified how he treated players and certain people. Boeheim is another example. These guys made their name in an era when players had no options and the head coach could make or break your pro opportunities. BKs legacy will be tarnished as time goes on. This generation doesn’t lionize sports figures like previous groups. They won’t be so willing to ignore his abuse of players.
He shouldn't have went public,but no surprise working together that long.Yes I believe Dakichwas offered job in waiting. Think about it,imagine working with coach Knight all them years.That said Knight had some great ideas and is one of greatest coaches all time
Dakich didn't accomplished Squat as head coach. 2 NIT 1st round loses in 10 years in a sub-par conference....Dan won't admit he was a Knight wannabe. Class dismissed Dan.
I'm not a fan of Dakich....he's a professional troll a lot of the times...and as a UK fan he's targeted UK multiple times in that kind of thing...but him not being a great coach has nothing to do with how someone who he thought was his friend and mentor would treat him like that.
You apparently do not follow Indiana basketball. Most of his former players love him. Just to be clear Dan was speaking to his career after he was a player.
@@TerryWilsonModels you misread what I wrote. I typed "disliked"; as in, I can't believe there are former players who actually DISlike him. Also, I once had the book "Season on the Brink", and have also read other books referencing Indiana.
These two guys are the same. Fake bullies, celebrity friend name droppers, arrogant, and stubborn. Knight was a good basketball strategist, but his routine of abuse would not go today. discipline and abuse are 2 different things.
I remember there was a hypothetical question being tossed around about if anyone would want their son to play for him. There was a time when a lot would say yes, but by the mid 90's it was a resounding no. People change.
I first saw Bob Knight play with the Buckeyes back in 1960. He was a winner and a fierce competitor then, and was throughout his coaching career. That man could throw a chair!! Woody Hayes had the same demeanor with Buckeye football.
As I am old, people occasionally ask me if I have ever seen anyone like Trump in my lifetime. My standard response is yes, I went to IU in the mid-1970s. I am not speaking politically. I am speaking in terms of a fan base's utter idolatry. Like Trump, Knight could have shot someone in the middle of Kirkwood Avenue, and he would not have lost a fan.
That's true--& I was there too. I remember saying as much to my Dad when I was a kid. "Bobby Knight can get away with anything here in Bloomington". My dad agreed.
Neither Knight nor Dakich had any desire to be liked, their program was built off almost unhealthy competitiveness as have many other programs in college and HS hoops throughout the decades. Why do you think nobody likes Isiah Thomas? They had a philosophy on how to build champions and still stick to it even today, they don’t care if you like it or not. As I recall the last unbeaten team in the sport was coached by Bob Knight so something they were doing at Indiana must’ve worked. I hate Dakich too, but that’s sort of the whole point.
Knight must've gotten fucked in the head right around 1993 because, after that, he couldn't do shit. People bitch and debate about Miles Brand not liking him, how unfair his zero-tolerance policy was, and he was set up to be fired. They can't do that to a coach that is running a great program, that's the armor against all that crap. Knight utterly quit producing in 1994, that was his actual downfall. His last 7 seasons at IU, he never got past the 2nd round of the national tournament. No matter what kind of animosity or whatever nefarious plots Brand had against, it wouldn't have mattered in the slightest if Knight was producing like he was supposed to. Him having a job there for his last 7 seasons was an act of charity. He only stayed that long because of who he is. It's the reality of sports at that level. If you're not winning games and keeping your program on the map, you're gone. Post-1994, IU wasn't in the news for winning championships and setting records, they were in the news because Knight was finding new and interesting ways to be a PR nightmare. If your program stops producing like it should AND you're a total joke in the media, your days are numbered and it doesn't matter who you are. The first 2/3 of Knight's career was sterling. His last 1/3 was a joke and it's all on him. When people gush about him being a legend, they're looking at his career minus his last 14 years where he didn't do shit on the court and was a constant joke in the media. The groupies are real good at forgetting about that.
The most I know about Dakich is he defended MJ strongly in '84 sweet 16 and sent MJ packing to the Bulls who was my fav team. In the end , they're probably all egotistical jerks, including MJ, but not worth hating on.
Dan is a very good talker. Bottom Line: He had WAY below success as a Head coach. The MAJOR reason people talk to him is because he is associated with Bobby Knight. Fortunate for him. Bowling Green record under Dakich: Jim Larranaga left Dakich 4 Juniors, a Soph & Sr (off his 22-10 team. DD 1st year (with 6 of Top 8 players returning) was 10-16. Next 2 years were good. 40-18. Then 15-14, 24-9, 13-16, 14-17, 18-11, 9-21 & 13-18. If you are counting, that's 67-83 his last 5 years. Average of 13-18...for 5 years. Great storyteller, though
Obviously I don’t know Knight personally. Although I know he was a great coach and everyone has their opinions, I thought him taking shots at John Wooden fascinating. To me that said alot about Knight as well…
Bob Knight did some bad things near the end & some during his time at Indiana. My problem is all the great things he did everyone overlooks graduated players don’t tell they are suppose to cause listen to many of todays players in interviews their verbal skills are sad. He ran a clean program not one illegal NCAA violation & thats my shot at you Kelvin Sampson. People say oh Knight put his hands on players like he’s the only one who has. The media totally over blew things he did to The Chair & the Whip came to mind Knight was over 50 years old & many of those players were between 18-22 they would have kicked his ass some confrontations if needed. Knight was a target l, if John Chaney threw the chair who would shown it answer is nobody.
? Who overlooks the great things he did?? FOREVER everyone only looked at the great things he did & ignored what a dick he is. It's high time the other shoe drops, & STILL a lot of people only want to accentuate the positives--like you're trying to do. IMAGINE if he coached today: he'd probably be in jail. Let alone fired instantly.
All good points you made Pat. Spartan fan here, and I loved Bob Knight. Old school coach, clean program. Focused on mental and physical toughness, which today, is a far cry from that.
@@pigalow2002 have you watched the obvious cheating that goes on are you telling me Cals one & dones at Kentucky go to class???? I have a hard time believing that. It’s people like you that ignore the good in Knight & can’t see what the rest of college hoops & football world is like all scandals & recruiting violations. Your point on Knight would be looked at differently if everyone ran clean programs guess what they don’t. You talk about what a jerk he was guess what the player or his parents should be intelligent enough to know when you sign up to play for guys like Bob Knight, Bob Huggins, Tom Izzo, Coach K, Jim Calhoun your gonna get bad language & confrontation thrown at you. Yet these parents are so stupid they hear oh my boy is getting cursed at grabbed by the coach to get put in the correct position when playing.
@@patrickgray5633 ? How did I ignore the good?? & are you saying "the good" makes everything else ok? & it doesn't matter what you or anyone else thinks about how kids should be disciplined or whatever: if they're not going to put up with his style, he has to go! That was the case late 90's. Kids wouldn't play for him anymore, & he refused to adapt to the situation. What are you going to do? Not have a basketball team at IU because you want to pout about Bob Knight not being respected anymore? I'm an IU fan 1st & foremost.
He threw the chair early on in the ESPN era and it got replayed once every 30-minutes all over world for days and days and days. 10 years earlier, it would've been a flash in the sports news for one sports-cast with no video and been gone. ESPN was in a position to wring every ounce of hype out of it that they could, and they did.
If Dakich had anything he would have proved it at Bowling Green and going forward but he didn't he's an embarrassment who needs to learn to keep his mouth out of it listening to him do the color on a game any game is absolutely one of the most painful experiences you go through as a sports fan
Look at all the BK fans coming to his aide. Hilarious. Dudes vile anger and temper is getting the better of him every single day. There's a reason his nose has turned purple.
Dan Dakich was with Bobby Knight for 16 years. Dakich also worked with Knight at ESPN. So he would know as much as anyone if not more than most former players and assistant coaches.
Dan your record speaks for itself! As a player u got the most of your ability, props for that. Your highlight is when you get credit for (with alot of help from your team) holding jordan to 16 when you bat them in the tourney In 84 and then lost to olden polynice and Virginia. Dont blame coach knight for your lack of "chances" to coach. When u got a chance you failed. Mike Davis got the job because coach knight got fired maybe if you woulda hung around you coulda screwed it up like Davis and the ones that followed? Indiana hasnt and never will recover. Sucks to be held accountable I guess. Stay on your podcast where u can judge and not be held accountable. Indiana fired knight gets a great hire in tom crean after having to fire cheater sampson then fired screen. Now u rip everyone involved w IU. YOU were an NAIA player that could've only played for a program like coach knight ran. The fans at Louisville had in right when they were flipping you off when you were doing your bullshit "clinic" during a timeout at the FT line. A real pro keeps things to himself.
The military mind is difficult to grasp for one with no background in the military. I have no service record. Just experience. And, i count as friends many who did serve. Family as well. In fact, the people I get along with most are military people. Special forces in particular. Don't misunderstand. One who sees little if any difference between sport and warfare can only be respected, let alone tolerated, by others with the same mindset. Period. And... To add an additional two cents... In my opinion Dan Dakich is more like Robert Montgomery Knight than he may ever admit. Seems clear that Knight perceived that. And, no... In no wise am I dismissing whatever the full scope of Dan's experience was while under coach Knight. Just offering hope that one day... Dan Dakich will see himself fully as Bobby Knight saw him. And, come to respect coach for who he was in the realm of sport...and life. The General.
Wow..just a few observations on this: in any line of work I would not stay 16 years if I hated my boss that much. Dakich is full of shit right there. 2. Is Bobby Knight a mean spirited asshole? Absolutely. But he won, and maybe the best college coach ever. 3. Yes, Larry Legend would not have worked at IU with Knight as HC. He left because of Knight. 4. Dakich seems angry no matter what. Why berate Coach Knight now. Keep if professional.
Bird stated multiple times that he left IU because he was overwhelmed by the size of the IU campus, that he was homesick, and that he had no problem with Knight.
The term “Narcissism” is quickly becoming the trendy word that allows us to ironically blame things on others or appear morally superior when someone else behaves in ways we don’t like, even when we are sometimes hypocritical. It’s couch therapy speak that millennials have seemed to latch onto to explain or scapegoat anything they deem as detrimental to them it seems to me. Human beings are going to look out for themselves? No, really? They are selfish? Whoa...what a revelation, you know? I’m finding that the same people that throw this term around so liberally onto ppl they don’t like often seem to be the ones that exhibit this nature the most. I imagine that’s probably a key trait in narcissism? Not being able to see your own role in how others treat you, etc.
Dan Dakich is the reason Karen Knight's two conditions for Bob's return to Assembly Hall were (1) no microphone, and (2) no Dan Dakich. Blowhard. Lot of former IU players are open about muting TV and listening to Don on radio if Dan's calling game. Had balls to say he did more for Knight than Knight ever did for him.
I don't care what some people think about Bob Knight yes he might of sounded like a tyrant at times but he was great coach and said it like is which i really like about him, he's really not a bad person, i know he got carried away at times.
Dakich is a LOSER..... Solid Player in his time but whining on a National Radio Show because A Coaching Icon possibly talked behind your back at ESPN...... 😭 Give me a break. And if Knight was SO BAD, why did it take him 16 years to get out of there.... Hilarious 😆
Dakich wasn't a solid player, he sucked(he played decent defense)& he plainly said why he stayed 16 years: he thought he was going to get the IU gug because Knight told him as much.
If I had a son headed to any college to play basketball I would not want them with Bobby Knight. BTW How many national titles at Texas Tech? Great coach?🤔
Bob Knight, an a-hole?? Nawwww, ya don't say. He seemed like such a likeable guy, lol. " The more I look into this Hitler guy....the less I care for him " - Norm Macdonald. Perfect.
Imagine going after the guy who’s given you everything, publicly like this. Even if what Dan says is true... embarrassing. Dakich is a clown and talks out of both sides of his mouth daily on his Indy radio show.
Dan,please put the hate down. Justified,yes. In your mind. You were thrilled to get hired,as things went south between you @ coach you could have left. So wrong to speak this way. Hopefully you will wake up, reach out@ make amends. Back talking, cutting down a man who gave you so many opportunities. Why act like Judas? Say prayer ,call coach Knight @ mend fences. Your on the top now,be the bigger man. Please smell the coffee.
Yup. And he had a bunch of lackeys who would intimidate others into silence when the abuse charges became public. Some people in Bloomington described it like they were in the Mafia.
Ouch, no respect for a man who largely made Dan Dakich what he is. Granted, Bob Knight had his issues and is not the warmest of human beings. But really, Dakich has an issue with Bob Knight because he was told that if Dakich did this or that he would assume the head coaching job at I.U. when Knight left? Dakich of all people knows that while Knight may have had influence at I.U. ( at least prior to the events that led to Knight's firing) Bob Knight had no role in selecting his successor. Dakich is simply full of shit on that point. Makes me wonder if Dakich is being forthcoming on his animosity for Coach. Tell you what Dakich, how bout I fire Archie Miller today and name you as the new I U. Coach?
Sounds like sour grapes. Life is to short to air dirty laundry over social media. Don’t play the victim card. Pick yourself up , kick off the dust & persevere.
“If your a woman getting raped, you might as well lay back and enjoy it.” That was what Knight actually SAID in an interview in 1988. Let that sink in.
Granted, that is an abhorrent comment. But you took the comment out of context. There are politicians, some with presidential aspirations who have made similar comments about rape. Rick Santorum said in 2012 that "Rape victims should make the best of a bad situation". Richard Murdock of Indiana said "Even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape IT IS SOMETHING GOD INTENDED TO HAPPEN. How nice, apparently God approves of rape. The list goes on and on. Bobby Knight never billed himself as anyone's diplomat. Now, to your comment, did you ignore the rest of Knight's comments during the interview to give the impression the coach was literally giving advice to women who are raped? The rest of his comment following that statement during his interview in 1988 with Connie Chung explaining how Knight handled stress continues: "That's just an old term that you're going to use. The plane's down, so you have no control over it. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT, ABOUT THE ACT OF RAPE. DON'T MISINTERPRET ME THERE. But what I'm talking about is, something happens to you, so you have to handle it-now". So like many others who have used regrettable parallels, Knight did so too. But you intentionally made the comment far worse by setting it out alone, even excluding Knight's attempt to clean up the mess he created. Let that sink in.
@@-louie9728 Seriously, no uproar over Bobby Knight's rape comment? Either you are ignorant or dishonest. Here's just a short list of those who condemned Knight's rape comment: I.U. President, Thomas Ehrlich, Knight's own secretary, the I.U. Office of the Dean of Women's Affairs. Also networks, newspapers, commentators and other coaches condemned the comment. Let that sink in.
He actually said “If rape is inevitable, relax and enjoy it,” then immediately said he wasn’t talking about the act of rape. The media often left out the latter part.
Louie, there was a lot of uproar about it, largely because the quote was taken out of context. He made clear in the interview that he wasn’t talking about the act of rape.
I was a student at IU. I have two Bob Knight mini stories. One was just kind of funny. My friend Chris and I went to a IU Student event where Knight was going to speak. When Knight took the podium, he said, I’m not going to speak until he takes off his hat. He points to my friend Chris, who is wearing a baseball hat. Chris quickly removed it. This was the 90’s. Some people out of manners would remove hats indoors but not really students in classes. I don’t think anyone cares about that anymore.
The other story was I was eating at Steak N’ Shake in Bloomington with a friend. Bobby Knight was at the restaurant as well, eating at a table with someone else. We had the same waitress. she came over to us and she was flustered, and commented on how big of a jerk he was. Not surprising that Knight was mean to waitresses.
Bob Knight light going fishing. I know this guy who was a teacher here in California and during the summer he worked as a fishing guide. Bob Knight hired him a few times to take him on fishing trips. The man's wife would do all the cooking and he would do the guiding. He's a super nice guy. Anyway apparently bob Knight was a total ass to the guides wife. The guide had enough of it and basically told Knight he was no longer welcome.
Was she not doing her job?
Source: Trust me bro
Yeah, he like to physically push around old-lady secretaries on campus, too. Such a badass, that's why he only went after players that he could cut on-the-spot and little old ladies at the school.
@@Skank_and_Gutterboy Liar. He never pushed an old lady. He did throw a flower pot. Sorry Snow Flake.
Anyone who could take abuse from Bobby Knight for 16 years is super human!
Or excessively submissive.
Good dog!
Or a moron
@@rogermartin798 LOL
I've got 10 years of it but these crooked terrorist pieces of shitt will have an eternity.
Coach Knight. One of the finest coaches ever to grace the college courts. One of the biggest jerks to ever grace them too.
And a criminal as well
People just soft now a days sadly. They can’t take hard coaching
And one of the greatest coaches at getting his players to graduate.
@@williamgullett5911That was partially propped up because Knight was fond of revoking scholarships of players who he perceived as not being good enough, and ran off a bunch of other players through transfers back before the transfer-portal was really a thing. And not just "soft" players: Larry Bird is one of the toughest, most competitive men in sports history and he hated Knight.
@@pronkb000 Knight didn’t run Bird off, Bird didn’t like being in a bigger city which is why he went to Indiana St. The other stuff you mention I’m not so sure of. If Knight ran anyone off it would be the guys who didn’t go to class like Giomi
Bobby knight was both a coaching genius & one of the worst narcissistic abusers in the world. He had serious psychological issues. He needed a good old fashioned ass whoopin to humble him
I met players who played for dakich and they hated him too so its all relative
This is why Indiana lost Bird, Jeff Rulland, Jeff Lamp, Kyle Macy, Jerry Sichting, and many other professionals. He was a great coach but a supreme jerk
Eric Montross and the 1993 title.
I only see ONE great player on this list. 🤣😂
@Edward Monix that’s false. Even Knight said so in retrospect.
Bobby Knight would have ruined Larry Bird if he stayed four years in Bloomington. He probably ruined a LOT of people that stayed four years in Bloomington.
Andre Patterson and Damon Bailey come to mind.
Get your history straight. Bird left IU because of Benson who was a 1st class asshole
Jonathan Wiggins , IU wasn’t winning that title wit or without Montross at that time IU couldn’t beat Kansas
I met Knight when I brought my team to his camp in 1994. He's not a nice guy.
Played grade school basketball versus Dakich. He was unstoppable. Stood next to Knight a couple of times, he’s huge physically and imposing. Used to see him at HS games recruiting.
What doesn’t get mentioned is how out of touch Knight became in the last 10 years at IU. It was painful. Dakich tells the truth.
Knight is so very large in person. I was an admin asst at Texas Tech during the Knight years. I had to deliver documents to United Spirit Arena and happened to park next to him. When he got out of his car I just sat in mine completely cowed. He's very intimidating in person just based on his history with others. After he had a fair lead I followed him into the arena. He had a very public spat with TTU Chancellor David Smith. For that reason I never ran into Knight again because he didn't step into the Chancellor's wing. It was fun to watch him coach during games, though. The students worshipped him.
So many also worshipped Obama and look what a bleep he was! I did enjoy the Knight years in the '80s but ya know, there's a limit.
He could have been a TE in football. I was 6'3" and approached him several times, and I looked up to him.
I thought Bird left because he was homesick and overwhelmed by the size of the campus.
Kent Benson was the reason he left. He bullied him relentlessly.
@@Damonbird775 I was there in 1976 and used to play at the HPER Building a lot. Benson was a dick to everyone after Buckner, May, Abernethy, and Wilkerson graduated. I guess he was reveling in his moment. Bird was a casualty of that arrogance.
@@mc76 We had a lot of drills in the HPER during Knight’s camp I attended twice back in the mid 90’s. I believe my father graduated from IU in 76. Small world.
That’s his official reason. He wasn’t about to play for Knight.
Bird was in Indiana State University (ISU) not IU where Bob Knight was
If Bobby Knight was so nasty, why did Dakich bring him to Bowling Green to help him raise his profile and fundraising? I was in the BGSU arena that night when it happened. What a two-faced piece of crap. Come on Dakich...
He said why--because Knight told him he was going to be IU coach.
He's bitter because he wanted to coach IU!
@@burchperry8066 And Bob Knight talked crap about him behind his back.....and Bob Knight is kind of a dick .... I think you left that part out
IKR!!!!!
Dakich is such a bitter back rider. IF it not for Bob Knight DD would have been a forgotten foot note in indiana lore for his guarding Jordan in tournament and then being the reason IU lost the next game against VA.
Because bob knight is one of the greatest coaches ever
I was going to say something very negative , but as my mother used to say, "if you can't say something nice, don't say anything "
It didn't stop Knight from commenting something negative.
Dakich once held Michael Jordan to 13 points in a 1984 NCAA tournament victory by Indiana over No. 1 ranked North Carolina
I remember that game. MJ only played 34 seconds.
@@joeschmo5021 well done, sir.
LOL!
@@joeschmo5021 Nice..😂🤣
Dakich "held" him by forcing him left all game into help D. Lol. Lot of former players, including a few of his own teammates, always laugh when this comes up.
One went on to become a blowhard, the other went on to become the greatest basketball player
Dan is more like bobby in the way he speaks then what he wants to admit!
He seems like that as a broadcaster, he always seems to be yelling a little bit and is a guy who doesn’t like broadcasting or watching overly flashy players
He sounds like a guy from Northwest Indiana. We wear on people. Very black and white.
BK lost me as a fan when I found out what he did to Neal Reed. That kid didn’t deserve INU and knight running a smear campaign against him, that was BS
Ignorance is bliss
Jealous, party of 1 . Failed coach disses Hall of Famer. No surprise there.
Nah. BK was a grade a jerk. No amount of wins justified how he treated players and certain people.
Boeheim is another example. These guys made their name in an era when players had no options and the head coach could make or break your pro opportunities.
BKs legacy will be tarnished as time goes on. This generation doesn’t lionize sports figures like previous groups.
They won’t be so willing to ignore his abuse of players.
No. He was a bully. He choked an kicked and headbutted students. He said he wished all the people from Indiana were dead.
He shouldn't have went public,but no surprise working together that long.Yes I believe Dakichwas offered job in waiting. Think about it,imagine working with coach Knight all them years.That said Knight had some great ideas and is one of greatest coaches all time
Dakich didn't accomplished Squat as head coach. 2 NIT 1st round loses in 10 years in a sub-par conference....Dan won't admit he was a Knight wannabe. Class dismissed Dan.
I'm not a fan of Dakich....he's a professional troll a lot of the times...and as a UK fan he's targeted UK multiple times in that kind of thing...but him not being a great coach has nothing to do with how someone who he thought was his friend and mentor would treat him like that.
So as long as you win its okay to be an abuser. Got it.
You either love him or hate him
You mean to tell me that a former player for Knight actually doesn't like him? Wow!!! This is news to me...
You apparently do not follow Indiana basketball. Most of his former players love him. Just to be clear Dan was speaking to his career after he was a player.
@@TerryWilsonModels you misread what I wrote. I typed "disliked"; as in, I can't believe there are former players who actually DISlike him. Also, I once had the book "Season on the Brink", and have also read other books referencing Indiana.
Dakich is one of the few guys I can tolerate listening to
He and Knight have distinctively similar personalities.
You're frightening the children.
BK was a great coach.... and, a colossal a_ _h_ _e.... imagine growing up in his house.... wife probably wore an Everlast hat
I miss him. "No man's a prophet in his home town."
These two guys are the same. Fake bullies, celebrity friend name droppers, arrogant, and stubborn. Knight was a good basketball strategist, but his routine of abuse would not go today. discipline and abuse are 2 different things.
I remember there was a hypothetical question being tossed around about if anyone would want their son to play for him. There was a time when a lot would say yes, but by the mid 90's it was a resounding no. People change.
Head up his rectum play against Virginia (Kenton Edelin) in the '84 Regional Final cost I.U. a trip to the Final Four.
No it wasn't
Big 10 was never the same after BK left. No fun. BK was great coach and character. I wish him well.
Oh for fucks sake
I first saw Bob Knight play with the Buckeyes back in 1960. He was a winner and a fierce competitor then, and was throughout his coaching career. That man could throw a chair!! Woody Hayes had the same demeanor with Buckeye football.
Both peices of shit
@@BrewerUMich91 ... Probably been drinking Flints Kool Aid haven't you? O Yaaaa...
Wow. Followed them all those years and had no idea.
Larry bird didn’t Pick up and leave Indiana University because of Bob night. Do your research.
Thanks Dan.
Bob Knight was a genius which explains why he was often misunderstood and why he couldn’t understand why some people don’t get it.
Yeah, how many decades did it take him to figure this one out?
I mean, approximately 1.6 coaching and then .4 playing so. 2. It took him 2 decades, sir.
@@that_robguy
My question was rhetorical: if he stayed with knight that long, his complaints are opportunistic.
@@bradshultz8385 Uh, yeah. I realized.
His story doesn't add up. No one waits 16 years then just leaves outta nowhere. Dude sounds like a bitter ex-girlfriend.
You would be bitter too if you worked around an asshole for 16 years.
@@ffhd1clt Strong deductive reasoning 🤦🏻♂️
No one physically and verbally abuses players in public and practice and then hides behind “they all graduated,” so I actually love them.
As I am old, people occasionally ask me if I have ever seen anyone like Trump in my lifetime. My standard response is yes, I went to IU in the mid-1970s. I am not speaking politically. I am speaking in terms of a fan base's utter idolatry. Like Trump, Knight could have shot someone in the middle of Kirkwood Avenue, and he would not have lost a fan.
Based on a lot of these comments, I'd say you're perfectly spot-on with that analogy, Michael.
That's true--& I was there too. I remember saying as much to my Dad when I was a kid. "Bobby Knight can get away with anything here in Bloomington". My dad agreed.
@Danny Tallmadge? Wth r u talking about?
@Danny Tallmadge Congrats. You have already won this year's UA-cam non sequitur award, and it is only April.
Snowflake lol
If Knight is anything in private that even resembles his on court personality, then who would want to be around him?
16 year relationship and feeling betrayed is not highly unusual. Dakich was ready to wear big boy pants and hold a grudge for life...no biggie
Neither Knight nor Dakich had any desire to be liked, their program was built off almost unhealthy competitiveness as have many other programs in college and HS hoops throughout the decades. Why do you think nobody likes Isiah Thomas? They had a philosophy on how to build champions and still stick to it even today, they don’t care if you like it or not. As I recall the last unbeaten team in the sport was coached by Bob Knight so something they were doing at Indiana must’ve worked. I hate Dakich too, but that’s sort of the whole point.
Nobody likes Isaah Thomas because he's a dick.
@@Don-md6wn exactly
people hate Isiah Thomas cause he played for Bob Knight?
Knight must've gotten fucked in the head right around 1993 because, after that, he couldn't do shit. People bitch and debate about Miles Brand not liking him, how unfair his zero-tolerance policy was, and he was set up to be fired. They can't do that to a coach that is running a great program, that's the armor against all that crap. Knight utterly quit producing in 1994, that was his actual downfall. His last 7 seasons at IU, he never got past the 2nd round of the national tournament. No matter what kind of animosity or whatever nefarious plots Brand had against, it wouldn't have mattered in the slightest if Knight was producing like he was supposed to. Him having a job there for his last 7 seasons was an act of charity. He only stayed that long because of who he is. It's the reality of sports at that level. If you're not winning games and keeping your program on the map, you're gone. Post-1994, IU wasn't in the news for winning championships and setting records, they were in the news because Knight was finding new and interesting ways to be a PR nightmare. If your program stops producing like it should AND you're a total joke in the media, your days are numbered and it doesn't matter who you are. The first 2/3 of Knight's career was sterling. His last 1/3 was a joke and it's all on him. When people gush about him being a legend, they're looking at his career minus his last 14 years where he didn't do shit on the court and was a constant joke in the media. The groupies are real good at forgetting about that.
The most I know about Dakich is he defended MJ strongly in '84 sweet 16 and sent MJ packing to the Bulls who was my fav team. In the end , they're probably all egotistical jerks, including MJ, but not worth hating on.
Dakich was loyal to his masters at ESPN. He was a joke as a HC.
It’s refreshing to hear a former coach/player of Knight’s say he doesn’t care for him. The other 99% sings his praises constantly.
Can’t please everyone. Dakich was a loser
He’s not wrong
Knight is the typical bully sociopath.
Someone needs a hug.
Somebody needs a Snickers. I think the General.
I guess Dan skipped the reunion last year.
He did. He said he was happy to see it happen, despite his personal feelings about Knight.
That’s really sad, forgiveness opens Heavens door! Jesus asked how many times are we supposed to forgive? 70×7
What’s sad is your worship of a mythical figure and your need to drool about it on a comments section that has nothing to do with religion.
@@roberthill799 How strange? Jesus is real..I pity you, hell is hot, it’s your choice. Peace.
Dan Dakich has some Neil Reed in him
They are from the same mold and Dan needs to get over himself , Bird did not leave IU because of Knight, Reed was a self centered jerk
Dan is a very good talker. Bottom Line: He had WAY below success as a Head coach. The MAJOR reason people talk to him is because he is associated with Bobby Knight. Fortunate for him. Bowling Green record under Dakich: Jim Larranaga left Dakich 4 Juniors, a Soph & Sr (off his 22-10 team. DD 1st year (with 6 of Top 8 players returning) was 10-16. Next 2 years were good. 40-18. Then 15-14, 24-9, 13-16, 14-17, 18-11, 9-21 & 13-18. If you are counting, that's 67-83 his last 5 years. Average of 13-18...for 5 years. Great storyteller, though
Dakich is an elite, high level douchebag in a profession filled with douchebags.
Look , it's Dan Jockitch
Who’s here after Coach Knight’s passing?
0:18 on repeat
Obviously I don’t know Knight personally. Although I know he was a great coach and everyone has their opinions, I thought him taking shots at John Wooden fascinating. To me that said alot about Knight as well…
Bob Knight did some bad things near the end & some during his time at Indiana. My problem is all the great things he did everyone overlooks graduated players don’t tell they are suppose to cause listen to many of todays players in interviews their verbal skills are sad. He ran a clean program not one illegal NCAA violation & thats my shot at you Kelvin Sampson. People say oh Knight put his hands on players like he’s the only one who has. The media totally over blew things he did to The Chair & the Whip came to mind Knight was over 50 years old & many of those players were between 18-22 they would have kicked his ass some confrontations if needed. Knight was a target l, if John Chaney threw the chair who would shown it answer is nobody.
? Who overlooks the great things he did?? FOREVER everyone only looked at the great things he did & ignored what a dick he is. It's high time the other shoe drops, & STILL a lot of people only want to accentuate the positives--like you're trying to do. IMAGINE if he coached today: he'd probably be in jail. Let alone fired instantly.
All good points you made Pat. Spartan fan here, and I loved Bob Knight. Old school coach, clean program. Focused on mental and physical toughness, which today, is a far cry from that.
@@pigalow2002 have you watched the obvious cheating that goes on are you telling me Cals one & dones at Kentucky go to class???? I have a hard time believing that. It’s people like you that ignore the good in Knight & can’t see what the rest of college hoops & football world is like all scandals & recruiting violations. Your point on Knight would be looked at differently if everyone ran clean programs guess what they don’t.
You talk about what a jerk he was guess what the player or his parents should be intelligent enough to know when you sign up to play for guys like Bob Knight, Bob Huggins, Tom Izzo, Coach K, Jim Calhoun your gonna get bad language & confrontation thrown at you.
Yet these parents are so stupid they hear oh my boy is getting cursed at grabbed by the coach to get put in the correct position when playing.
@@patrickgray5633 ? How did I ignore the good?? & are you saying "the good" makes everything else ok? & it doesn't matter what you or anyone else thinks about how kids should be disciplined or whatever: if they're not going to put up with his style, he has to go! That was the case late 90's. Kids wouldn't play for him anymore, & he refused to adapt to the situation. What are you going to do? Not have a basketball team at IU because you want to pout about Bob Knight not being respected anymore? I'm an IU fan 1st & foremost.
He threw the chair early on in the ESPN era and it got replayed once every 30-minutes all over world for days and days and days. 10 years earlier, it would've been a flash in the sports news for one sports-cast with no video and been gone. ESPN was in a position to wring every ounce of hype out of it that they could, and they did.
If Dakich had anything he would have proved it at Bowling Green and going forward but he didn't he's an embarrassment who needs to learn to keep his mouth out of it listening to him do the color on a game any game is absolutely one of the most painful experiences you go through as a sports fan
If my memory serves me, Dakich was leaving Bowling Green and becoming the coach at West Virginia but changed his mind on the flight there
I agree, nothing but a blowhard.
100% painful to listen to him on color.
So! What you’re saying is …he should’ve gotten more out of the big time athletes that played at Bowling Green? 😂😂😂 you’re a clown
So I guess he doesn't care about his legacy... 😂
Look at all the BK fans coming to his aide. Hilarious. Dudes vile anger and temper is getting the better of him every single day. There's a reason his nose has turned purple.
Dan has changed his tune now that Knight died.
Who cares... He was the best coach ever.... Sour grapes now are not worth it. Life is way too short.
Dan Dakich was with Bobby Knight for 16 years. Dakich also worked with Knight at ESPN. So he would know as much as anyone if not more than most former players and assistant coaches.
Dakich is a back stabbing karen
I love listening to this guy call a game!
you maybe the first and only.. congrats!
I respect Dakich's honesty about this.
🤣
@@burchperry8066 🤔
Oh yeah...the last comment was from Scottsburg
You mean methburg?
@@gts8361 You mean Cothersville…..or Crudtucky.
Knight was a bully. He was bad for college basketball. He should have been fired years before he was
Patrick is just pissed because Knight snubbed him in 1987. If Dakich was any kind of coach he would still be doing it.
Dan your record speaks for itself! As a player u got the most of your ability, props for that. Your highlight is when you get credit for (with alot of help from your team) holding jordan to 16 when you bat them in the tourney In 84 and then lost to olden polynice and Virginia. Dont blame coach knight for your lack of "chances" to coach. When u got a chance you failed. Mike Davis got the job because coach knight got fired maybe if you woulda hung around you coulda screwed it up like Davis and the ones that followed? Indiana hasnt and never will recover. Sucks to be held accountable I guess. Stay on your podcast where u can judge and not be held accountable. Indiana fired knight gets a great hire in tom crean after having to fire cheater sampson then fired screen. Now u rip everyone involved w IU. YOU were an NAIA player that could've only played for a program like coach knight ran. The fans at Louisville had in right when they were flipping you off when you were doing your bullshit "clinic" during a timeout at the FT line. A real pro keeps things to himself.
The military mind is difficult to grasp for one with no background in the military.
I have no service record.
Just experience.
And, i count as friends many who did serve.
Family as well.
In fact, the people I get along with most are military people.
Special forces in particular.
Don't misunderstand.
One who sees little if any difference between sport and warfare can only be respected, let alone tolerated, by others with the same mindset.
Period.
And...
To add an additional two cents...
In my opinion Dan Dakich is more like Robert Montgomery Knight than he may ever admit.
Seems clear that Knight perceived that.
And, no...
In no wise am I dismissing whatever the full scope of Dan's experience was while under coach Knight.
Just offering hope that one day...
Dan Dakich will see himself fully as Bobby Knight saw him.
And, come to respect coach for who he was in the realm of sport...and life.
The General.
Wow..just a few observations on this: in any line of work I would not stay 16 years if I hated my boss that much. Dakich is full of shit right there. 2. Is Bobby Knight a mean spirited asshole? Absolutely. But he won, and maybe the best college coach ever. 3. Yes, Larry Legend would not have worked at IU with Knight as HC. He left because of Knight. 4. Dakich seems angry no matter what. Why berate Coach Knight now. Keep if professional.
Because Bob Knight assaulted a student athlete and used his power to ensure that no one would speak out against him…
Bird stated multiple times that he left IU because he was overwhelmed by the size of the IU campus, that he was homesick, and that he had no problem with Knight.
Then why’d you take a job as his assistant for 16 years if you hated him? Treacherous?
Knight displays classic symptoms of malignant narcissism . . . narcissistic injury, rage, blaming everyone else, etc.
The term “Narcissism” is quickly becoming the trendy word that allows us to ironically blame things on others or appear morally superior when someone else behaves in ways we don’t like, even when we are sometimes hypocritical. It’s couch therapy speak that millennials have seemed to latch onto to explain or scapegoat anything they deem as detrimental to them it seems to me. Human beings are going to look out for themselves? No, really? They are selfish? Whoa...what a revelation, you know? I’m finding that the same people that throw this term around so liberally onto ppl they don’t like often seem to be the ones that exhibit this nature the most. I imagine that’s probably a key trait in narcissism? Not being able to see your own role in how others treat you, etc.
@@alwaysmiserable no, just an observation. The term seems to be used for anyone we don’t like.
Dan Dakich is the reason Karen Knight's two conditions for Bob's return to Assembly Hall were (1) no microphone, and (2) no Dan Dakich. Blowhard. Lot of former IU players are open about muting TV and listening to Don on radio if Dan's calling game. Had balls to say he did more for Knight than Knight ever did for him.
@J Day up late doing meth eh?
Bobby got bitter.
Greatest coach ever.
But inner pain destroys people.
Not making excuses.
A pity you did not receive your reward.😢
So did Bobby really bring a shot gun to practice?
Classic! lol!
Dakich is a real jerk too. At least Knight has some accomplishments behind him. Dakich...not so much. Always wondered how he got his TV gig.
I don't care what some people think about Bob Knight yes he might of sounded like a tyrant at times but he was great coach and said it like is which i really like about him, he's really not a bad person, i know he got carried away at times.
Sounded like a tyrant? He was a tyrant
There can't be many that can like either Knight or Dakich.
Dakich tells it like it is and soft slaps get offended. Those who played or coached like him
@@willhamilton2446 That's HYSFRICKENSTERICAL!
Dakich is a LOSER..... Solid Player in his time but whining on a National Radio Show because A Coaching Icon possibly talked behind your back at ESPN...... 😭 Give me a break. And if Knight was SO BAD, why did it take him 16 years to get out of there.... Hilarious 😆
Dakich wasn't a solid player, he sucked(he played decent defense)& he plainly said why he stayed 16 years: he thought he was going to get the IU gug because Knight told him as much.
Dakick is an honest man with nothing to gain by being honest!
If I had a son headed to any college to play basketball I would not want them with Bobby Knight. BTW How many national titles at Texas Tech? Great coach?🤔
Dumbest take in history of UA-cam! Think about it dumbass!
AND WHO WAS BOBBY'S HERO?? WOODY FUKIN HAYES. GO FIGURE!!
If he says how awful Knight coming from him that says something
I really could never stand Dan Dakich
Bob burned alot of bridges
The only time I’ve ever agreed w/ MAGA Dan Jockitch.
Bob Knight, an a-hole?? Nawwww, ya don't say. He seemed like such a likeable guy, lol. " The more I look into this Hitler guy....the less I care for him " - Norm Macdonald. Perfect.
I can't stand Dan or Bobby.
RIP Bob Knight
So Danny is hot about another man's opinion. So what! Bobby won 3!
Imagine going after the guy who’s given you everything, publicly like this. Even if what Dan says is true... embarrassing. Dakich is a clown and talks out of both sides of his mouth daily on his Indy radio show.
imagine defending bob knight lmao
Dan had a bad history with Knight. I just didn't know it was 16 years,.
Sound's like he was getting his bills paid
The truth. A player abuser. Impossible to deal with. Bet the admin. at Indiana disliked him very much.
Dan,please put the hate down. Justified,yes. In your mind. You were thrilled to get hired,as things went south between you @ coach you could have left. So wrong to speak this way. Hopefully you will wake up, reach out@ make amends. Back talking, cutting down a man who gave you so many opportunities. Why act like Judas? Say prayer ,call coach Knight @ mend fences. Your on the top now,be the bigger man. Please smell the coffee.
NO ONE CARES WHAT DAKICH THINKS!!!!!!!
Indiana enabled Knight to continue with being a major prick.
Yup. And he had a bunch of lackeys who would intimidate others into silence when the abuse charges became public. Some people in Bloomington described it like they were in the Mafia.
Dakich stole the ball from knight during practice and got nailed in the face
Ouch, no respect for a man who largely made Dan Dakich what he is. Granted, Bob Knight had his issues and is not the warmest of human beings. But really, Dakich has an issue with Bob Knight because he was told that if Dakich did this or that he would assume the head coaching job at I.U. when Knight left? Dakich of all people knows that while Knight may have had influence at I.U. ( at least prior to the events that led to Knight's firing) Bob Knight had no role in selecting his successor. Dakich is simply full of shit on that point. Makes me wonder if Dakich is being forthcoming on his animosity for Coach. Tell you what Dakich, how bout I fire Archie Miller today and name you as the new I U. Coach?
The poster boy for awful announcing Dan Dakich... Brutal to listen to games when he's on the mic.
Sounds like sour grapes. Life is to short to air dirty laundry over social media. Don’t play the victim card. Pick yourself up , kick off the dust & persevere.
Ask Dem dan about Mike Tirico's past. When old Dem dan was at Espn. Mr. Integrity. Not so much.
1 bad person complaining about another bad person
May he RIP but he could be brutal.
I can’t stand dakich
“If your a woman getting raped, you might as well lay back and enjoy it.”
That was what Knight actually SAID in an interview in 1988.
Let that sink in.
also disturbing is the fact that there was no uproar about it , let that sink in as well.
Granted, that is an abhorrent comment. But you took the comment out of context. There are politicians, some with presidential aspirations who have made similar comments about rape. Rick Santorum said in 2012 that "Rape victims should make the best of a bad situation". Richard Murdock of Indiana said "Even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape IT IS SOMETHING GOD INTENDED TO HAPPEN. How nice, apparently God approves of rape. The list goes on and on. Bobby Knight never billed himself as anyone's diplomat. Now, to your comment, did you ignore the rest of Knight's comments during the interview to give the impression the coach was literally giving advice to women who are raped? The rest of his comment following that statement during his interview in 1988 with Connie Chung explaining how Knight handled stress continues: "That's just an old term that you're going to use. The plane's down, so you have no control over it. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT, ABOUT THE ACT OF RAPE. DON'T MISINTERPRET ME THERE. But what I'm talking about is, something happens to you, so you have to handle it-now".
So like many others who have used regrettable parallels, Knight did so too. But you intentionally made the comment far worse by setting it out alone, even excluding Knight's attempt to clean up the mess he created. Let that sink in.
@@-louie9728 Seriously, no uproar over Bobby Knight's rape comment? Either you are ignorant or dishonest. Here's just a short list of those who condemned Knight's rape comment: I.U. President, Thomas Ehrlich, Knight's own secretary, the I.U. Office of the Dean of Women's Affairs. Also networks, newspapers, commentators and other coaches condemned the comment. Let that sink in.
He actually said “If rape is inevitable, relax and enjoy it,” then immediately said he wasn’t talking about the act of rape. The media often left out the latter part.
Louie, there was a lot of uproar about it, largely because the quote was taken out of context. He made clear in the interview that he wasn’t talking about the act of rape.