at a newspaper reporter in what he calls an effort to keep from going nuts. In my opinion Knight was already nuts and his antics would continue. In 1981 Knight shoved an opposing fan into a garbage can, no charges were pressed against him and his team went on to win the NCAA tournament. In 1983 coach Knight delivered a speech to the Big Ten commissioner while standing in the middle of the court complaining about officiating, this speech was considered a disgrace to the University of Indiana due to Knights overwhelming use of profanity in front of thousands of fans. The most notorious Bob Knight incident came in 1985, when he threw a chair across the court during a game, missing the handicapped section of the crowd by only a few feet. Knight was ejected from the game and suspended for only one game. At this point in time the media and the fans could clearly see that Knight had a serious problem, but due to his coaching success his problem was overlooked and he continued to act as he pleased on and off the court.In 1987 coach Knight is once again in the spotlight after he is fined $10,000 dollars for punching the scorers table during a NCAA tournament game. The following year during a nationally televised interview with Connie Chung, Knight replies to a question about rape with the statement, If rape is inevitable, relax and enjoy it. Knight fails to admit that he was wrong in saying this and defends himself by stating that his remark was taken out of context. A few years later Knight is suspended for a game after kicking one of his own players during a game, this player was his own son. Only one year later Knight headbutts Sherron Wilkerson, another one of his players, during a game. He calls the headbutt an accident. Knight continued winning games and recruiting some of the best players in the nation despite physically abusing some of them, at this point in time Knight must have felt like he was invincible to being discipline...
