Ex-Indiana basketball player alleges abuse by Bob Knight in book
Former Indiana basketball player Todd Jadlow says that his former coach Bob Knight physically and emotionally abused him and his teammates during his time with the team.
Jadlow makes his claims in a book "Jadlow: On The Rebound," which details his struggles drug and alcohol addiction and depression.
Jadlow was a member national championship team in 1987 and says that Knight repeatedly abused players while he was a player with the Hoosiers.
He gave a few examples of Knight's alleged abuse, including saying Knight punched him in the back of his head with a closed fist before an NCAA tournament game against Seton Hall; cracking a clipboard over his head during a 1989 game, being left with bruise marks on his side after Knight grabbed him and Knight squeezing him in his groin during a timeout.
"If he did those things today," Jadlow said, according to WTHR.com, "he (Knight) would be in jail. I'm a Knight guy, I'm proud to have played for him and love him like a father; let's not mistake that. But this was the life we led when we were playing for him."
Jadlow told ESPN.com that he wasn't his intention to demean Knight in any way.
"I wrote this book to be honest about my life,'' Jadlow said. "I didn't go into it to demean Coach Knight or put him down. I was just telling stories when I was at IU."
Knight was fired by Indiana after 29 seasons in 2000 and winning three national championships. He went on to coach seven more seasons at Texas Tech, retiring at the end of the 2007-08 season with 899 career victories.
- Scooby Axson
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