College sports needs more coaches like Pat Knight. No sugar coating, calls his guys out to grow up from being late, doing drugs, not being prepared. I love all of it.

I agree that he crossed a line. This is one of those videos that seems really cool until you start to actually think about it. A dude making six figures says scholarship players are stealing tuition money, blithely accuses them of breaking a variety of laws, and says they have been lousy all year. These are kids he gets six figures to help win, and to make better players and people. One assumes he was fighting with this group all year and finally went public. I'm not saying he doesn't have a valid point (he probably has plenty), but it shouldn't be done publicly. Berating kids for playing poorly is one thing, but essentially calling an entire class on your team a pack of criminal losers isn't exactly the best way to impress future recruits. Put another way, the coach is part of the team, and in that interview he blamed all of his teammates for the loss. It's actually quite self-serving. He had a year to mold these kids, discipline them if they broke rules, and make them better. It hasn't worked as he envisioned, and he's now taking it all out on them very publicly. It's crass and childish -- and if he's anything like his father, he'd probably take that as a compliment.

Oh come on, SBH- it's not like he tried to choke the kid or throw a chair at him, or something like that.

This will do wonders for recruiting.

"I wanna go to Lamar, because my coach will tear into my soul if I have an off day."

Don't know what he's done up to now, but if he really wanted to get the players' attention he should be suspending some of these guys or booting them off the team.  Consider the seniors a lost cause and start getting game time for guys who really want to play.  Taking it public like this is classless.  Should make for an interesting Senior Day at Lamar next Saturday.

Frankly, if I was a senior,I would probably quit as the coach has already quit on them.

and now comes the part no one will ever see, the ensuing win over Sam Houston. According the their message board this is how the seniors respond.

Nice win for Lamar! I expected that they would come out and play hard just as they have every time but one when there has been an issue with the team. CardAmbassador, you don't want to hear the questioning again? Really? After disciplinary actions by Coach K the Cards are now 7-1 but if you notice 8 times this year Coach has had to do something to motivate them to play better. I would love to think the seniors finally 'get it' but I'm not making any bets on it. I want 20 wins and Lamar can do it. I want a strong showing in the SLC tournament and Lamar can do it. But, if I had to bet my life on it, well------. I join Cardinal Nation in celebrating a nice win on the road but this team has effed up enough that I am holding my breath the rest of the way!

Coach Knight responded in the press following the game ca.sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/news  . It surely won't change the thoughts of the masses but it deserves to be reported as part of the bigger story instead of just focusing on the initial presser.

The entire story is in that article. There are those who live by the media and respond with an opinion based on what the talking heads say, never making up their minds for themselves. The article is an important piece unless you are an avowed all things Knight hater and have no interest in the mental side of dealing with 18 year olds.

I am no Knight fan, and have been critical in the past of Knight  Senior  (after all he is a Buckeye) but I am always interested in getting the entire story. I read this article and thought, in fairness, it should appear here. It is always good to look at entire story whether it is surrounding a basketball team or voting for President. Never trust the media to do what you should be doing as a member of a greater community.