Days of Knight: How the General Changed My Life
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780253022271 |
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Publisher: | Indiana University Press |
Publication date: | 08/29/2016 |
Pages: | 224 |
Sales rank: | 519,049 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d) |
Age Range: | 18 Years |
About the Author
Table of Contents
AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. If the Game Doesn't FitThen You Didn't Commit2. Tennessee Knight Game3. The Day after Knight4. Welcome to B-Town Greenhorn5. A Hall of Fame Kind of Day6. Hoosier Family Counseling7. Talking About Practice8. This isAssembly Hall9. Close to Greatness & Close to Great Failures10. Let the Games Begin11. Phone Call12. A Parachute Policy?13. Friendship Tolerance 14. #1 Comes to Town15. Day Camp and Knight Chat16. Image Is Something, But Not EverythingBibliographyWhat People are Saying About This
"Here's a Bet You Didn't Know, Hoosier Fan: among IU's 3-year career players, only Scott May, Archie Dees and Walt Bellamy outscored Kirk Haston; only Bellamy, Dees and Steve Downing outrebounded him. And none of those Hoosier all-timers was blessed and cursed with the emotional peaks and valleys that Kirk went through in his IU years. His mother was a school teacher, an English teacher. She would have been very proud of the excellence her son shows here as a writer, andthanks to her urging to be a note-takeras an inside observer of the most tumultuous years in recent IU athletics."
I've read lots of words about Bobby Knight, but never from one of his players. I can't wait to read this.
Kirk Haston is one of my all-time favorite players.
Coach Knight stories and teachings are in the veins of Indiana—and they are in the pages of Days of Knight. Filled with previously unheard knight stories and quotes, this book gives an inside look at what it was like to be a player who experienced the final three seasons of the Knight era at Indiana. If you are a Hoosier fan, you're going to want to read this book.
People don't realize the type of positive impact Coach Knight has had over the years. This book not only gives a true depiction of his greatness as a coach, but it also gives a true depiction of his greatness as an individual who cares about others.
Here's a Bet You Didn't Know, Hoosier Fan: among IU's 3-year career players, only Scott May, Archie Dees and Walt Bellamy outscored Kirk Haston; only Bellamy, Dees and Steve Downing outrebounded him. And none of those Hoosier all-timers was blessed and cursed with the emotional peaks and valleys that Kirk went through in his IU years. His mother was a school teacher, an English teacher. She would have been very proud of the excellence her son shows here as a writer, and—thanks to her urging to be a note-taker—as an inside observer of the most tumultuous years in recent IU athletics.
This is an outstanding read. Kirk has done a great job of portraying the very unique relationship that is player/coach. This book will take you inside one of the most storied college basketball programs and give you insight into one of the game's greatest coaches.
I've always had the ultimate respect for Coach Knight as one of the great coaching minds of our time. When I was a young coach, he took me under his wing and provided valuable knowledge, just as he had with so many of his players. Thanks to Kirk Haston, a player I once recruited and have always appreciated, readers will gather insight as to what made Coach Knight successful, while also offering a view to a side of him that not all of us were fortunate enough to see.
Haston paints an intense picture of what it takes to be an Indiana Hoosier and provides an inside look at the most controversial news story in IU history—the firing of Coach Bob Knight.
I've been a fan of Kirk for a long time, going back to his high school days, when Tom Izzo and I tried to recruit him at MSU. Kirk is a person and player who has EARNED everything he's gotten out of basketball. He has always had a rare work capacity and it carried him a long, long way. He was also very hungry and humbled in his pursuit to be successful with a desire to be coached and taught. It shows up in this book.
Coach Knight is a complex man with a very clear vision. Through a vast array of techniques and emotions, Days of Knight is an incredible inside look at Coach Knight's version of teaching the game of life and basketball. Most importantly, we see all sides of a fascinating leader and a brilliant tactician.
I really enjoyed this book. It was very detailed and brought back tons memories. Fans wanting to know both the competitive and compassionate sides of Knight should definitely read Days of Knight.
Days of Knight is a great look at how Coach Knight made the young players he coached better men first and better players second. It's a personal glimpse into at how the legendary Indiana basketball coach taught and mentored his team.
Here's a Bet You Didn't Know, Hoosier Fan: among IU's 3-year career players, only Scott May, Archie Dees and Walt Bellamy outscored Kirk Haston; only Bellamy, Dees and Steve Downing outrebounded him. And none of those Hoosier all-timers was blessed and cursed with the emotional peaks and valleys that Kirk went through in his IU years. His mother was a school teacher, an English teacher. She would have been very proud of the excellence her son shows here as a writer, andthanks to her urging to be a note-takeras an inside observer of the most tumultuous years in recent IU athletics.