The General at UGA?

A week or so ago, head basketball coach Dennis Felton was fired by the University of Georgia. Recent speculation, fueled by this column by Furman Bisher in the AJC, is that one Bobby Knight may be interested in the Georgia position. Would he be a good fit? My opinion: No way Georgia should even contact him. Bobby Knight has solidified his position as the biggest jerk in college basketball, maybe in all of sports. At Indiana and later at Texas Tech, he created unnecessary distractions more than a few times. However you want to characterize his dismissal from IU, his stint there involved famous temper tantrums, such as throwing chairs across the floor in a spat with an official, and allegedly even punching one of his players. The thing with Knight is, it's always about him, in that he acts like he's better than everyone else and can't stand being challenged. One of his more notable lines was directed toward a room of reporters questioning him, when Knight reportedly said "all of us learn to write in the second grade, but most of us move on to better things." Who would say that and still expect people to respect him? As a GA fan, I believe the school is too great of an institution to bring somebody like this on as head coach. We have no need for the sideshow he would create, and the embarrassment he would cause to the school. One opinion I've heard is that "the good outweighs the bad" with regard to Knight. My question is, why should GA even have to consider a coach with "bad" characteristics. There are plenty of coaches out there who could improve the program and not bring a bad attitude along with them. As for who that coach may be, I don't know, but the proven formula is to look at a coach of a mid-major conference team that goes deep into the NCAA tournament. It's as simple as that. That coach has to be out there somewhere, and I'm going on record as saying hiring Bobby Knight would be a terrible move for the University of Georgia.