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Auggie

(31,060 posts)
Sat Feb 25, 2012, 12:36 PM Feb 2012

Lamar's Pat Knight echoes dad in rant

A.P. / 2-25-2012

On Wednesday night, after his team lost 62-52 to Stephen F. Austin, the younger and usually more subdued Knight pulled no punches in an extended rant that prompted comparisons to Bob Knight, his dad and a legendary coach known for his fiery temper.

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"We've got the worst group of seniors right now that I've ever been associated with," Pat Knight said. "Their mentality is awful. Their attitude is awful. It's been their (custom) for the last three years. To come out in a game like this, with no emotion and flat, it's terrible."

Full Story: http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/7612436/lamar-cardinals-coach-pat-knight-echoes-dad-rant-team

He also said:

"These guys are stealing money by being on scholarship with their approach to things," he said.


and ...

"When I played, if you acted the way some of these guys did, you got shoved in a locker with a forearm up against your neck and told: 'You don't do that. That's not how we do things at Indiana,' and that's what we need ..."


Wow! What an asshole!

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Lamar's Pat Knight echoes dad in rant (Original Post) Auggie Feb 2012 OP
He is his father's son, apparently rocktivity Feb 2012 #1

rocktivity

(44,555 posts)
1. He is his father's son, apparently
Sat Feb 25, 2012, 09:04 PM
Feb 2012

P.S. Play the juniors, then -- make them EARN their way back!


rocktivity

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