I had a diversion this past week due to the Colgan air disaster, but my loyal readers were expecting an Andy beat down on Allen for his position on Bobby Knight and his position on Obama and Iran. I figured I would start with Bobby Knight - as the Iran one is infinitely more complicated and may in fact involve more than one post.

Disclaimer to start: I am from in Indiana - but I was never really a Indiana University fan. I agreed earlier this year to root for Indiana if a friend would root for Notre Dame at the Hawaii Bowl. She did, Notre Dame won, thus I am rooting for IU basketball this year for the first time ever. But beyond that, I am a Duke University fan, and have no dog in the IU fight.

With that said, Bobby Knight would be a fantastic addition to the University of Georgia Athletic Department.

What set me over the top with Allen's ridiculous stance on Bobby Knight was when he called Bobby Knight the anti-Christ (that and he had his stats wrong regarding Bobby Knight's career). Let's examine this ridiculous logic through picture form.




Now, this might be news to people outside of Georgia, but Mark Richt is a godly man who loves Jesus. This cannot be questioned! In fact, God loves Mark Richt so much, he predestinedly named the Gospel of Mark after him. I bet you didn't know that.



Now, Mark Richt is also a very mild manner, even tempered man, thus Mark Richt is the opposite of Bobby Knight.



Using simple and obvious logic, one then can deduce that Bobby Knight ≠ Jesus



Now we all know that I am a big fan of logic, so one would think I must bow down to the obviously correct stance that Allen holds.

But does Mark Richt in fact equal Jesus for the University of Georgia.

The way I see it, a major university coach has three responsibilities: 1.) Graduate his students, 2.) Produce competitively successful sports teams, and 3.) Set an example of good character.

When said coach achieves these three with perfection, they can then be defined the "Jesus" of their sports program.

The problem of course is that Mark Richt is (arguably) only good at one of these three things, where as Bobby Knight is (arguably) good at two of these things.

In 2008, the University of Georgia came in 63rd out of 65 in graduating their football players. 52% of their players fail to graduate college.

Worse yet, in basketball, 77% of their players fail to graduate college. Bobby Knight has a stellar record in graduating his players.

Beyond that, Mark Richt hasn't won jack squat yet as head coach of UGA. UGA fans are still riding the coat tails of Vince Dooley from the 80s. Where as Bobby Knight is the winningest NCAA Basketball coach ever (women's basketball doesn't count as basketball).

Sure, neither Mark or Bobby are Jesus, but is not Bobby closer than Mark?

Allen of course made the statement on air that he doesn't need his "kid's" coach to help him graduate because "his kid will graduate." But then I ask you, why do you need your "kid's" coach to develop his moral character?

UGA should hire Bobby Knight. If he is hired, I'll be at the first game with a special throwing chair with Allen's name on it.