olicy setting a code of conduct for Knight. With yet another chance given to Knight to behave, he once again fails. On September 7 an Indiana student accuses Knight of grabbing his arm and cursing him after the student refers to Coach Knight as simply Knight. Brand calls Knight on September 10 and gives him the opportunity to resign. Knight refuses and decides to go fishing. Brand announces in a press conference later that day that Knight has been fired.After he was fired, there was a storm of Knight supporters who thought that he was treated unfairly. These supporters obviously didnt realize that Knight had a serious anger problem that needed attention. Knight was allowed to coach for 20 years with this problem being overlooked and most of his supporters dont understand that. Knight was obviously a success as a basketball coach, his record shows that, but he was a tremendous failure as an example on how a coach should act. You just cant expect to keep your job while treating people the way that Bob Knight treated people. Coach Knight undoubtedly deserved to be fired. The evidence against Knight is so overwhelming that I do no understand how he kept his job as long as he did. Knights long career as the second most winning coach in NCAA history was a failure in my mind because he could never understand that basketball is indeed only a game....
