TNA sign Bobby Knight

[Illuminattile]

TNA Wrestling sent out a text message today to its "TNA Mobile" subscribers that said: "TNA is in talks with coach Bobby Knight....more details to come." Now, TNA's official website is reporting that the company is trying to sign controversial college basketball coach Boby Knight:

TOTAL NONSTOP ACTION WRESTLING OFFERS COACHING JOB TO BOB KNIGHT

Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling is offering its first-ever Head Coaching job to Bob Knight, the all-time winningest Division I men’s basketball coach known as much for his coaching genius as his fiery temper, who resigned Monday in the middle of the season as the Texas Tech coach.

“TNA Wrestling was shocked, like the rest of the sports world, to hear Coach Knight resigned,” said Jeff Jarrett, co-founder of TNA Wrestling, who was a high school and junior college basketball player in Tennessee before becoming a professional wrestler. “Coach Knight is a sports icon and we’d be thrilled and honored to have him join the ranks, to further build TNA Wrestling into a national power, much like he did for Texas Tech.”

Knight, 67, has been a head coach for 42 years at three Division I schools: Army, Indiana and Texas Tech. Knight won three national championships, including his 1976 Indiana team that went undefeated, a feat no team has done since. In 1984, he coached the U.S. Olympic team to a gold medal in Los Angeles.

TNA Wrestling has a lighter schedule than college basketball which should appeal to Coach Knight, Jarrett said, and TNA not only endorses chair-throwing, but has an endless supply of steel chairs.

So... who is this guy, and is there any chance of this actually being interesting (a la Tyson) rather than pointless (a la Pacman Jones)?

 

[FroDawgg]

"this guy" is one of the greatest college basketball coaches of all time, who just resigned from his position.

as far as this being interesting, nothing will ever get me interested in wrestling. so that's your call.

 

[Devious]

well the only reason why this would be interesting is that, along with what FroDawgg just said, he was known for his extreme temper and would be prone to fits of anger during games, throwing chairs, screaming at referees, etc. however this seems extremely unlikely, i think Jeff is just trying to get TNA some publicity. why did you title the thread as though they already signed him tho? a bit misleading...