The Knight to Cats Blog

Monday, February 11, 2008

Our Time is Now

 Needless to say "Our Time is Now."  Almost a year after we started the grassroots phenomenon knighttocats.com, we are closer than ever to getting the hallowed Coach Knight to wearing purple.  

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. 

When Bobby comes to our grand University and leads us to the promised land, all we ask in return for starting the movement is a high-paying assistant coaching position.