We firmly believe that Coach Knight's decision to step down from the head coaching position at Texas Tech is not the end of his career.  We have always believed he'd return to his Big Ten roots.  We have always stressed Coach Knight's commitment to graduating well-schooled young men.

The time could never be better.  With our beloved Cats facing down a winless (and expanded, no less) Big Ten schedule, with recruiting at an all-time low for Carmody, with attendance at Welsh-Ryan consisting of a smattering of adolescent boys and senior citizens, there has never been a more urgent time for something drastic.

We have endured a lot over the past year.  People have persecuted us for our outrageous belief that NU basketball could be something, anything.  "Strive for mediocrity!" we cried.  "Never, never, never!" shouted the doubters.  We received mail from across this fair land.  Those in Lubbock threatened our safety if we ever traversed to the Lonestar State.  Some in Evanston called us idiots, morons, fools, and idol worshippers.  But we marched on.  

Now, some Baloney Pony at the Indianapolis News and Tribune has stolen our idea.  Mike Hutsell claims "Bobby Knight's next stop already makes sense."  Gee, I wonder where he got this brilliant idea.  Now, this Hutsell looks big, a lot bigger than both of us together judging by the looks of him.  But we can't let this injustice go unnoticed.  We have signed hundreds of you on board this fast moving locomotive, and we'll be damned if someone else is going to try and get the glory for crossing the finish line. 

When Bobby comes to our grand University and leads us to the promised land of an NCAA birth, all we ask in return for starting the movement is a high paying assistant coaching position.  We know Coach Knight would want some fighters like us.  Fight on with us!

Over 100 years, no NCAA tournament appearances.

Do not get the wrong impression here, we are huge fans.  Amongst the biggest from a pool that can be no more than several dozen real Northwestern basketball fans.

We have fond memories.  We have stormed the court.  Just ask Jitim Young about that backslap after his inspiring last second shot and victory over Joe Crispin, Titus Ivory and Giasi Cline Heard and the Nittany Lions that gave the Cats a momentous 3rd Big Ten win.

Something needs to happen.  A school that plays in the Big Ten and has never made the tournament is a travesty.  Schools like Illinois and Michigan State barely need a pulse to reach the Big Dance.  When we go 7-9 in conference play we break records.

The weird part about it is, Northwestern has established itself as a middle-of-the-pack football school. In football you need dozens of high-level athletes to compete in the Big Ten.  Basketball, one or two high level recruits should get the job done.  Instead of going after Jon Scheyer, we go after Jeff Ryan (we love you JR). Even the high profile recruits that might be interested in coming we can't bring in.  Case in point, why didn’t Northwestern make a run for Jeffrey Jordan?  If we have room on the roster for Pat Kennedy’s kid, how can we not have room for MJ’s kid?  Yeah, we guess having Michael show up half-a-dozen times at Welsh Ryan Arena would have been a bad recruiting move.  We’d receive no national attention from that.

Not only has Bill Carmody failed to recruit anyone of note, but he hasn’t brought a level of excitement to the program.  Nobody cares.  The Welsh Ryan Rowdies, or whatever they are called these days, consist mostly of adolescent boys and creepy old men, hoping to get their mug on ESPNU 2 Plus or wherever the Cats are buried on TV.

The program needs some cache, baby.  It needs some cache up the ying-yang.

There is only one way to turn this around as we see it.  There is only one man who pack the Welsh and can bring the Cats to the Dance.  We need to woo The General out of that West Texas outpost and bring him to the beauty of Lake Michigan.  Bring Bobby Knight to Northwestern.  Bring him back to the Big Ten.  He is the best winner in college basketball history.  3 National Titles, the most wins of all time.  When you’ve been so bad for so long, this is the visionary idea you need to have.

Join us on this endeavor.  Shout loud and proud “Bring us Bobby!”