Bobby Knight…AKA my hero.

As many of you probably DON’T know, Bobby Knight (easily agitated Texas Tech basketball coach) is in the news again.  During Texas Tech’s game against lowly Gardner Webb, Knight slapped a player in the chin in what was a self proclaimed attempt to raise the player’s confidence.  There has been outrage over this incident, as well as an out-poring of support for the NCAA’s second winning-est coach. 

I can’t say that I know what was being said, or what the player had done.  But there is speculation that Knight was correcting him for mistakes during the game, and when the kid had his head down, he popped him on the chin in order to get him focused and confident again. 

I cannot believe there are so many wussy people in the world that think this is the most horrible thing they have heard since Hiroshima.  Wide-Spread pandemonium over this incident only reflects the wussification of our youth today, and our society as a whole.  It’s getting worse and worse by the second, and I can’t stand it!  Throughout the country the game Tag…you know, the child-hood game that promotes physical activity and the occasional tap on the shoulder,  has been outlawed on many school-grounds.  This would include schools in Boston, MA and shamefully Spokane, WA.  Apparently the reasoning behind this is that too many kids are getting hurt, and it’s a very very dangerous game to be played.  How many children have you heard of taking career enders while playing tag during 3rd recess?  uhhhhhhhh…gee…can’t say I can count too many.  Now how many kids do you know that PLAY tag?  uhhhhhhhh…gee…quite a bit more than the amount that have taken career enders.  i.e head bonks, goose eggs, knee scratches, etc. 

And people wonder why more and more kids have social problems.

GO BOBBY KNIGHT!!!! Don’t listen to the insane critics…  

~ by tigerfoster on November 14, 2006.