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<blockquote data-quote="DeonThomas" data-source="post: 1956207" data-attributes="member: 748424"><p>I first recall Bobby and Indiana basketball in 1975 (Steve Green, Laskowski, Crews, Benson, Buckner, May, et.al.) and then followed them closely the following season when they went undefeated and beat Michigan & Ricky Green in the NCAA title game. I hate to admit it, but IU briefly surpassed UCLA as my second favorite college basketball team behind the Illini. I think it was probably Bobby's red plaid jacket that lured me in. </p><p></p><p>Naturally, that all changed once I enrolled at Illinois. But I still loved the Lou vs. Bobby battles. Classic confrontations year-in and year-out!</p><p></p><p>I'm an admitted old school guy, but I'd probably have to go with John Wooden #1 and Bob Knight #2 in terms of top coaches during my lifetime. (Of note, nearly all of the coaches I played for had some degree of Knight's coaching style and antics. Tough-nosed disciplinarians, who preached DEFENSE first & foremost.)</p><p></p><p>And I agree with others ---- Knight's approach would not work in today's world.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DeonThomas, post: 1956207, member: 748424"] I first recall Bobby and Indiana basketball in 1975 (Steve Green, Laskowski, Crews, Benson, Buckner, May, et.al.) and then followed them closely the following season when they went undefeated and beat Michigan & Ricky Green in the NCAA title game. I hate to admit it, but IU briefly surpassed UCLA as my second favorite college basketball team behind the Illini. I think it was probably Bobby's red plaid jacket that lured me in. Naturally, that all changed once I enrolled at Illinois. But I still loved the Lou vs. Bobby battles. Classic confrontations year-in and year-out! I'm an admitted old school guy, but I'd probably have to go with John Wooden #1 and Bob Knight #2 in terms of top coaches during my lifetime. (Of note, nearly all of the coaches I played for had some degree of Knight's coaching style and antics. Tough-nosed disciplinarians, who preached DEFENSE first & foremost.) And I agree with others ---- Knight's approach would not work in today's world. [/QUOTE]
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