Good ol’ Bobby Knight.  The guy never disappoints. 

In Duncanville, Texas, earlier today, the winningest coach in men’s college hoops made an appearance at a facility to which he’s lending his name and quite likely his time — specifically, a space in the southern Dallas-Fort Worth area to be used for youth basketball and volleyball leagues and other programs meant to foster academic skills, life skills for both kids and adults, etc.  It’ll be called Bob Knight’s Fieldhouse and is slated for a February opening.  Hey, sounds good, right?  Like him or not, the guy’s a legendary coach, to say the least, and of course he’s known for graduating almost 100% of his players.  Knight also has a small financial consideration in this undertaking and he’s not exactly known for getting into that many business ventures, so no doubt he’s serious about this and perhaps he’s the right man to get something like this going.  So, while we still think that shot back in 2000 on Jeremy Schaap was pretty cheap, we’re impressed with his involvement in this project.  And we’re sure Coach Knight is glad that we’re impressed.

But the other reason we’re mentioning this is the dig that Knight got in on the NCAA during his appearance at the facility.  In the AP report (via ESPN.com) it isn’t mentioned who asked the question, but whoever it was set him up beautifully.  Knight was asked whether the NCAA was going to have any involvement in this project.  His response:

“If the NCAA had anything to do with this, the roof would leak, there would be no locks on the doors, and the court would only have one basket.”

The guy never misses a chance, does he?  And in the very same appearance, he notes that he hasn’t ruled out a return to the college coaching ranks and therefore the chance to once again be ruled (so to speak) by the organization he hates and at which he is still tossing verbal grenades.

Ah, the enigma that is The General.