Is it possible to be fired while on the air?

Just when you thought the world’s greatest tournament couldn’t get any better, ESPN reduces the nation’s unemployment roles by one by bringing in Bobby Knight to do studio work during the NCAAs. ESPN story here.

Coach Knight recently stepped down as the Texas Tech coach handing over the reins to his son Pat and since that time there has been speculation as to what his next move will be. If we never again get to see him throw chairs, choke players or hold court at press conferences, we’ll have to make do with him as a studio analyst which isn’t too bad either when you think about it.

We’ll cop to a certain degree of intellectual laziness when it comes to our fondness for “The General”. That is to say our defense of his sometimes questionable and boorish behavior could be that he has always run a clean program and has graduated his players. While those are extremely admirable traits in leading a big-time college program as he did at Indiana while winning 3 national championships, its not really why we like Knight.

We like Knight because he is so loathed by teet-sucking, East Coast, liberal beta-males like Robert Lypsyte and Mike Lupica who is probably the most annoying personality in all of sports. Backhanded logic to be sure but we’ll run all day with it.

Don’t get us wrong. The Coach is a flawed man and there are many things you can say about him but don’t ever….. don’t ever question the man’s patriotism. Click here for an inspiring Marine Corps recruiting ad. NSFW warning.

Good luck, Coach! We’ll be watching.