Dave Dameshek

Whoever wins, we lose, because Danny Hurley is in the winner's circle now once again, and he's pretty loathsome.

And I think that...

Again, maybe veering into hyperbole, I think Danny Hurley has worked his way, yes, to one of the great coaches that we've seen, but also one of the more hateable figures in my sports lifetime.

How say you, Amin?

Well, it's interesting to interrupt that point.

The thing that I've said a number of times, at least where it applies to football, and I'm not sure if it carries over to basketball, but the idea of the rah-rah Newt Rockne kind of guy and then turning into this type A, you know, hard-o guy, that Bill Parcells figure, you know, basically a pigskin version of Bob Knight.

That worked in the 20th century, but there's not much evidence of being that cat and it working this century.

I was going to say that.

Yeah.

And that's ironic.

As far as that goes, this then works neatly with my next question for you as I cobble together this list of the most loathsome figures that we've experienced as sports fans.

Let's try to do it over the last 30 or 40 years.

Here's my list.

Danny Hurley is now on it.

Bob Knight.

I went to Indiana University.

I wrote him a letter in my senior year and asked if I could come by and interview him.

And I remember saying that I'd like to show you, Coach Knight, that you hate the media.

I want to show you that our school is producing a better generation of journalists upcoming here.

Lo and behold, I sent the letter as a lark.