Legendary basketball coach Bobby Knight (prior posts here) is not everyone’s cup of tea, but he sure keeps things entertaining.
After coaching for most of his career at Indiana University where basketball is king, Coach Knight has never been all that comfortable playing out his coaching string at Texas Tech, where basketball is just a distraction between football and spring football.
On Saturday, Coach Knight was not impressed that only about 11,000 fans showed up to see Tech beat perennial Big 12 basketball powerhouse Kansas despite a snowstorm that dumped several inches of snow in the Lubbock area. Coach Knight is amazed that Texans make such a big deal about winter weather (just imagine if he had been in Houston last week!):
“People in Texas gotta understand that goddamn snow, you drive through it. Jesus!” Knight observed in his post-game remarks. “I mean, they’re selling out grocery stores.”
Not missing a beat, Coach Knight then turned entreprenurial:
“I think I’m going to buy a store and start rumors about snowfall.”