So it seems that good old Bobby Knight the hall of fame coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders men’s basketball program was back to his roots again Monday night when they were playing Gardner-Webb in Lubbock, Texas. Coach Knight became famous for his hard work with the Indiana Hoosiers whom he led to great success over the years. He was famous for his intense/fierce competiness both on and of the coart. We have all probaby seen his temper flip during games in the past when he has been seen throwing chairs onto the court while the game was being played.

   Most of us whom follow men’s basketball all we starting to think that he was now a more relaxed coach but at the same time we were all just waiting for one of his outbusts to happen on TV again. Well we were all met with that thrill once again on Monday when during a Time Out call it seemed that Coach Knight slapped Michael Prince in the face, after the player walked of the court with his head hanging low. I have watched the video over and over today and I see nothing but a slap to a kids face, when Knight was asked about the incident he said he simply flipped him on his chin in order for his player to keep his head up.

   Michael Prince was asked about the situation and he and his parents backed up Coach Knight’s story so that makes me wonder was there some kind of agreement met between the school officials and the Prince family? Or could it simply be that the player was to scared to step forward and really say what he thought happened, could it be that he was thinking if he made a statement against Knight that this would have an effect on his playing time and the way the other players would look at him. Well people that is not for me to say I can only speculate about the whole situation. Personally I don’t think that we will ever find out, but what we can do it make a judgement call after watching the situation.

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