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<blockquote data-quote="SuperintendentChalmers" data-source="post: 1956034" data-attributes="member: 535862"><p>When Lou got to Illinois and we were down, Bob Knight was friendly and complimentary toward him. Lou was even one of the coaches who made their way to Bloomington to chip in as Knight worked out guys during the '84 Olympic team. Shortly after that, we started beating IU fairly regularly and Knight issued a torrent of outright insults and whisper campaigns ripping Lou's coaching ability, honesty, etc., best characterized by the "classic bully" incident.</p><p></p><p>Toward the end of Lou's run, our program had dropped off and Knight mellowed toward Lou. When Lou announced his retirement right before the last road game at IU, Knight famously said some warm words over the PA in Bloomington as he presented Lou with a rocking chair. In Knight's book, written after his IU firing and before he started at Texas Tech, he's asked about his feelings regarding Lou and the incident. Again, Knight's very complimentary toward Lou, blames the friction on unnamed Illinois assistants, and says he's looking forward to coaching against him in a TT-NMSU game. </p><p></p><p>In short, I think Knight's feelings toward Lou had much more to do with how Lou's teams were doing against his teams at a given time than anything Lou did.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuperintendentChalmers, post: 1956034, member: 535862"] When Lou got to Illinois and we were down, Bob Knight was friendly and complimentary toward him. Lou was even one of the coaches who made their way to Bloomington to chip in as Knight worked out guys during the '84 Olympic team. Shortly after that, we started beating IU fairly regularly and Knight issued a torrent of outright insults and whisper campaigns ripping Lou's coaching ability, honesty, etc., best characterized by the "classic bully" incident. Toward the end of Lou's run, our program had dropped off and Knight mellowed toward Lou. When Lou announced his retirement right before the last road game at IU, Knight famously said some warm words over the PA in Bloomington as he presented Lou with a rocking chair. In Knight's book, written after his IU firing and before he started at Texas Tech, he's asked about his feelings regarding Lou and the incident. Again, Knight's very complimentary toward Lou, blames the friction on unnamed Illinois assistants, and says he's looking forward to coaching against him in a TT-NMSU game. In short, I think Knight's feelings toward Lou had much more to do with how Lou's teams were doing against his teams at a given time than anything Lou did. [/QUOTE]
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