But Knight made more news off the court in Puerto Rico, as he was charged with striking a police officer before a practice session.
Knight recalls the burning of one American flag (not five as he states) by a political fanatic in an incident unrelated to Bobby Knight and the United States basketball team, and he wonders why very few people he has talked to can recall “reading or hearing about it.” Of course they cannot. In the late 1980s Puerto Rico recalled the warrant. Don’t forget the frighteningly sophomoric obsessions with despising the media.Most importantly, both have a cult following them that will refuse to ever see their glaringly obvious faults. He also was accused of misrepresenting the coaching profession. What the hell was he doing there in the first place?No charges were filed by any of the women, but it’s still very difficult to fathom why anybody glamorizes a despicable person who hasn’t won anything since the early 1990s.-Asked by Connie Chung in a 1987 interview how he handled stress, he responded, ”I think that if rape is inevitable, relax and enjoy it.” Sounds a lot like a ringing endorsement for a violent sexual crime there.-Here he is choking Neil Reed, one of his own players:-He stuffed a fan from an opposing team (LSU) into a trash can.-The most infamous incident, tossing a chair across the court during a rivalry tilt with Purdue-Kicking his own son (a player for him at the time)Or how about this beauty, when he denounced all Puerto Ricans, at a time that he was supposed to be representing this wonderful country of ours.In 1979 at the Pan American Games, Knight, in a confrontation with a Puerto Rican police officer, punched the cop after Knight was ejected from a game on a technical foul. Rieckehoff has urged the government not to consider any further legal action against Knight.Knight was charged with assault on a policeman while he was coaching the U.S. basketball team during the 1979 Pan American Games in San Juan. As one oldtimer put it: “He is no Clair Bee as a coach, a man or a gentleman.” What he sowed the players reaped, and that accounts for the booing of the team.Regardless of political feelings, Cuban teams and players have been popular in Puerto Rico for a long time.
In written comments, they cited several other moments from Knight's record, including the times he was accused of punching out a policeman in Puerto Rico and choking an Indiana player. In a few minutes he went into one of his tantrums and insulted everybody who tried even to congratulate him.He climaxed the night by going into the Puerto Rico locker room and giving the local team a verbal lashing, stating they only had one worthwhile player.He was then called “an ugly American” by the team manager, Joaquin Villamil, who was shocked by Knight's action and who also told him to leave, which Knight did promptly.Knight was also vociferous, shouting that he would meet only with the American news media, a desire he was gladly granted.Mr. At one time or another each coached our national team, and all of these gentlemen are still close friends of Puerto Rico.Mr. He later stated that Bobby Knight's character was formed while coaching the West Point team, a remark that prompted the Governor into stating that our secretary of state is a graduate of Annapolis and well known for diplomacy and chivalry. From the words he used in The New York Times of Dec. 2. it would seem like it — especially when he claims the only crime he committed in Puerto Rico was beating the Puerto Rican basketball team. article by Basketball Federation of Puerto Rico president Arturo C Gallardo scores US basketball coach Bobby Knight's actions during Pan American Games; illus (M)
In the late 1980s Puerto Rico recalled the warrant. This time, he went to give a motivational speech at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and he ended up under investigation from both the FBI and the U.S. Army for groping the female employees.The women accused Knight of a range of boorish behavior: from touching them on the shoulder while commenting on the attractiveness of their legs, to hugging them too tightly around the chest, to hitting them on the buttocks, according to documents compiled by investigators and Washington Post interviews with three of the women.Wow! SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- A government official, encouraged by a new Supreme Court decision, said Wednesday efforts should be made to extradite Indiana basketball Coach Bobby Knight…
Territory. 1979 — Knight is charged and later tried and convicted in absentia for hitting a policeman before practice at the Pan American Games in Puerto Rico, although extradition efforts are later dropped. Closeup of USA coaches Bobby Knight and Mike Krzyzewski on sidelines during game vs Puerto Rico at Hiram Bithorn Stadium. So are the Dominicans, the Brazilians and the Mexicans.