So I see Bob Knight, America's quintessential Crotchety Old Man Shouting At Clouds, is at it again, chiding his betters -- i.e., John Wooden -- because Wooden let the shady Sam Gilbert have too much influence on his program at UCLA.
"I damn sure could have dealt with him," Knight said he was thinking when Wooden confided he didn't know what to do about Gilbert.
Yeah. OK, Bob.
You want to know what you really would have done about Gilbert?
Probably the same thing Wooden did. And you know why?
Because Gilbert was not only shady, he allegedly had some scary connections with some truly scary people. The kind of scary people who could make uncooperative individuals disappear, if you catch my drift.
So, no, I don't think Knight would have handled Gilbert any differently. And as to him flapping his gums about his betters?
Like Mom always said: If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all.
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