The Knight to Cats Blog

Saturday, March 24, 2007

Update From the Trenches

We're about 3 weeks into the knighttocats.com effort, and the momentum has continued to grow.  Our press hits have exposed us to thousands, and we've heard from the masses.  Most contact us and tell us they want Carmody to go.  As Tristan Morales shouted on our site, "One thing is clear: Carmody must go!" 

Some of these people simply want some Bobby Knight.  As John Stevens so eloquently put it "Bring on the General!" 

One guy told us we were clueless for actually asking Knight to come to NU (he must not be very good at understanding tone when he reads), and he called us windmills or something.  He had the nerve to say that Carmody has guided us to the best 7-year period in our hoops history.  This type of thinking is exactly what has gotten NU into trouble.  A year should never ever never ever be considered a success if we don't reach the NCAA tournament.  And its jokers like Hank Beinen and this guy that have prevented NU from reaching the Dance, by praising a 7-year run that has amounted to nothing.  Nothing!

But know this, we are not stopping.  NU basketball is an embarrassment, but it doesn't need to be.  Indeed, this has just been reinforced by so many events that have transpired over the past week.  Including…

This whole Tubby Smith to Minnesota hoo-ha completely baffles me.  You mean, a school with a terrible pedigree in the Big Ten just snatched the employed coach of Kentucky?  Sure, Tubby was embattled at Kentucky, had failed to recruit some big-shot players, and hadn't made it to the Elite 8 in two long, dreadful years.  But you have to applaud Minnesota's move.  I bet the President and AD at Minnesota are big knighttocats.com fans. 

Henry Bienen & Mark Murphy.... we and the rest of the fed-up NU community will not rest until Carmody is unemployed and Bob Knight is our coach!