Monday, December 17, 2001
Knight faces more accusations
The Associated Press
HOUSTON — An arena manager says Bob Knight cursed at him and offered to fight when he confronted the Texas Tech coach over remarks about locker rooms.
Jerry MacDonald, general manager of the Compaq Center, said Sunday that he approached Knight after the coach criticized the size of its locker rooms following a game Friday night. Knight responded with a flurry of profanity, MacDonald said.
“He said, "If you want to settle this right now, let's step outside,'” MacDonald said Sunday. “I could not believe what I was hearing. I said, "Step outside and settle the size of our locker rooms? Are you nuts?'”
Houston television station KRIV first reported MacDonald's account the incident Saturday.
Knight, fired as coach at Indiana after a series of outbursts, was unavailable for comment.
Team spokesman Randy Farley said he saw the meeting between Knight and MacDonald, on a loading dock that leads to where team busses are parked. While saying he could not hear what was said, Farley said he never considered the situation to be confrontational.
“At no time did Coach raise his voice or respond unprofessionally to a situation that was foisted upon him,” Farley said.
After Tech defeated Houston 71-64 Friday, Knight used his news conference to criticize the 25-year-old facility, which also is home to the NBA's Houston Rockets.
“We had a dressing room originally that would have been very, very cramped with four midgets,” Knight said.
MacDonald said that the recently refurbished dressing room was designed by the Rockets and meets NBA standards.
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Knight faces more accusations
