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Sure go from one of the most serene coaches to one of the most insane ones, talented but insane.

Note to **** VITALE:

I Challenge you to go more than 10 minutes without making a comment about Mike Shechefski or Robert Mongtomgery Knight. You perpetual orgasm for these two is effin pathetic. Have a brain tumor on me!!!!!!!!

Vital pushing KNIGHTmare that's shoking!!!! Stop the re-treads. UA has a AD, how about Vital showing some respect for some other than DUKE, UNC and KNIGHTmare.

B.Knight....good coach, but I wouldn't want him representing my team. don't like him. Jerk, Ahole....he's that guy in the restaurant that talks loud and wants everyone to hear him.

Lil' Dicky V., your credibility was already low. With your new book, you've sunk to gutter depths. Keep your mouth shut, PLEASE.

I was so excited when DV lost his voice last year... I was hoping it would be permanent. He is worse than Madden. I wish they would both hang up the microphones.

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Originally posted 11:59 AM ET  11.21 by IamRightYouAreWrong

I was so excited when DV lost his voice last year... I was hoping it would be permanent. He is worse than Madden. I wish they would both hang up the microphones.

DV might be the only announcer more annoying than tony kornheiser. How did DV get so famous, he is annoying, was a terrible basketball coach and says the most stupid things i have ever heard.

The Truth, you're a jerk for wishing anyone with a brain tumor!! Get a life!

Note to "The Truth"

You called him Mike Shechefski . At least learn how to spell the man's name. It's Mike Krzyzewski.

DV may be annoying, and he may have a east coast bias but at least he's thinking which is more than can be said for the present UA AD.

livengood needs to grow a pair and hire a top notch coach, pennill is a good coach but who's ever heard of him

Typical Vitale, recycle an old retread. Gives you a good idea about how irrelevent Vitale has become. Let's get some new blood, how bout it ESPN? Make me not want to listen to the ball games on my radio...please.

Cut Dukey V some slack. The thought was probably implanted in his head as Knight whispered in his ear while spooning last night.

DV does his job and more that the others despise. The likes of Knight, who is nothing more than a bullying loudmouth. He's even so idiotic that he even dresses like a slob compared to the rest of the crew. I'll betcha that was a special dress code in his contract with ESPN. Knight should go to UA and good riddance.

I have seen few more dedicated to college basketball than Dickie V. Without him, the games aren't the same in how they are called, and thank god for someone who isn't afraid to express an opinion. Bobby Knight got a bad rap in part because the Indiana U President wanted some attention (which he used to be come the head of the NCAA, and failed at it). The fact is that Bobby Knight is an excellent coach and made Coach K the excellent coach that he is. Dickie V comes from an era of basketball - particularly in the ACC - when we had great coaches, such as Jimmy Valvano, Dean Smith, Bobby Cremens, Dave Odem, and their contemporaries, such as Eddie Sutton, John Thompson Jr., Pete Carrill, as well as kids that stayed on and didn't jump to the pros. Basketball was much more fun there than seeing the greed of professional basketball start to drip down to the high school level.

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Originally posted 09:08 AM ET  11.22 by GotoHellCarolina

I have seen few more dedicated to college basketball than Dickie V. Without him, the games aren't the same in how they are called, and thank god for someone who isn't afraid to express an opinion. Bobby Knight got a bad rap in part because the Indiana U President wanted some attention (which he used to be come the head of the NCAA, and failed at it). The fact is that Bobby Knight is an excellent coach and made Coach K the excellent coach that he is. Dickie V comes from an era of basketball - particularly in the ACC - when we had great coaches, such as Jimmy Valvano, Dean Smith, Bobby Cremens, Dave Odem, and their contemporaries, such as Eddie Sutton, John Thompson Jr., Pete Carrill, as well as kids that stayed on and didn't jump to the pros. Basketball was much more fun there than seeing the greed of professional basketball start to drip down to the high school level.

Helluva first post, keep it up! I'm old enough to remember all of those ACC coaches, good memories..........and that's coming out of a Michigan fan's mouth!

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Originally posted 09:51 AM ET  11.22 by Chasin' Utleys

Helluva first post, keep it up! I'm old enough to remember all of those ACC coaches, good memories..........and that's coming out of a Michigan fan's mouth!

I concur...

Dickie V is wrong.

Arizona is a top ten caliber program -
they need a YOUNG coach who can continue the job lute did

Knight is not a long term solution-
why waste the time ??

Knight is the best college basketball coach ever. He demands respect and academics from his players, which is unheard of these days. It's hard to tell if he would have been a good fit for Arizona, but I would have liked to see him back on the bench. For all you Knight critics out there, he may not be perfect, but he graduates 93% of his players. Oh yea, he also won three national championships, Gold Medal Olympics, Pan Am Gold, NIT Championship, just to name a few. Its time for fans to understand that college basketball is not the NBA, these kids need to go to class and act like young adults and not criminals.

Yea, he'd be a great recruiter. "Look kid. You need to come to Arizona. I won't be the coach next year and I don't know who will, but it will be a great fit for you."

Knight has many plusses but he had as many or more minuses.

They really should have hired Kelvin Sampson. Five minutes after signing his contract, he would have committed 756 NCAA violations and Arizona would be on probation.