Lost in the Super Tuesday hoopla was the sudden resignation of Texas Tech basketball coach Bobby Knight. And just as the nation’s biggest primary ever was good for the country, good for democracy, the departure of Knight is good for basketball, good for sports.

Knight represented the worst in sports, and in many who watch and support it, especially those at Indiana University where Knight became a legend, a contingent that was always willing to turn a blind eye as long as the “W’s” kept piling up.

Knight was autocratic, violent, oppositional, confrontational, threatening and belligerent; a megalomaniacal martinet who showed disrespect to players, academia, sports writers, fans and anyone who dared disagree with his childish temper tantrums and unbecoming behavior; a man who was the worst of all possible role models for the millions of children and young people who regularly tune in to sports.

Much like New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick (another arrogant, anti-social louse who consistently gets away with more than he should because his Patriot teams have won, although in one minor expression of defense, Knight was never known to be a cheater), Bobby Knight should not be admired simply because he won games, because those wins came at too high a price.

Now that he’s gone, let’s hope he stays on the sidelines forever more.

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