Two favorite Bobby Knight moments.
1) as Indiana coach, he's being interviewed after practice and the young reporter asks the standard non-question question expecting a word salad answer and Knight says "wait. Let's stop this. Start over. Ask a better question." The reporter then rephrases the question better and Knight goes "Hey, that's really good! (about the question) Reporter: "You liked that?" Knight: "Yeah, much better! Much better." then proceeds to answer the question.
2) as Texas Tech coach, there was a time out and Knight gets out his eraser board to diagram his defense. The board is in the lap of the center who is just staring into space and not paying attention. Knight sees this and slams his fist right into the eraser board, scaring the heck out of the center. There was no audio, but you could practically hear Knight yelling "PAY ATTENTION!!" You can bet the center was focused after that.
He was one of a kind.
I miss the old Mile High Stadium.