Video: Bob Knight Cusses Out Netherlands Reporter

LOTD: The Incredible Focus of Braylon Edwards and Bob Knight Cusses Out a Reporter (Video)

We have a dual Link of the Day today, without much commentary from me because tons of work beckons me this morning. But I wanted to most this before I get started.

First, our good friends over at Cleveland Frowns have a new post up in the wake of the NFL Draft that is another solid reminder why the Braylon Edwards Experiment in Cleveland has been such a roller-coaster ride:

LOTD: Hollywood Bray Update — (Cleveland Frowns)

“Last year I was with the Texans [the non-Playoff team who, coincidentally, beat the Browns at Cleveland Stadium in a game that the AP described as leaving the Browns "beaten, battered and bewildered," "their season in shambles"], and when we played [WHOOPED] the Browns, Braylon Edwards asked me between plays if we could talk after the game about modeling and acting.”

Whatever else this indicates, at the very least it shows that Braylon’s head is somewhere else than on the football game when he’s playing in the football game. If Braylon wants to go Hollywood, he should cancel his contract with the Browns and go do that, but the level of play in the NFL is too high for players — even players with Braylon’s talent — to play at the highest level (the level that Braylon is being paid to play at) with their minds not focused 100% on the task at hand.

And then, unfortunately, there is this new video of Bob Knight cussing out a reporter who dared to ask him about the chair throwing incident. Look, you all know that I love Coach Knight, but I don’t really have anything to say in his defense here. He just comes across looking a petulant bully…which is nothing new for him. I’m sure he’s sick of hearing that question about the chiar, but just give a polite, canned answer and move on.

Bob Knight does not do polite, nor does he do canned, which I guess is part of the reason why he is both loved and hated more than almost any other figure in the sports lexicon.

I mean, one time in college I set a stove on fire while boiling water to make mac and cheese. It was only one blip on an otherwise unblemished record of water boiling (up to that point…), but for the rest of my life I will hear about that story. It is what it is. You threw a chair. The price you have to pay is being questioned about it every now and again. Is that really such a big deal?

I grew up in Bloomington in the 80s and early 90s so I’ll never stop loving Coach Knight. I just wish he’d stop doing things like this, which shine a negative light not only on himself but on his supporters as well. Fast forward to the 2:30 second mark for the comment in question. (video of Bob Knight cussing out Netherlands reporter Found via You Been Blinded, via SportsBrite.)