The Volleyball People's Court

We're going live, now, to Volleytalk.net headquarters, where Doug Lewellen is standing by with an update on "Trish Knight Resigns from TTU Volleyball: the life of a messageboard thread." Doug?

Good evening. As this so-called "thread" trudges foward, we've apparently entered the character witness segment, as numerous people have recently taken the time to register under their own names and testify on behalf of Coach Knight.

We read the very compelling statement by the sister, who obviously has a history with Coach Knight, but as was noted, not much of it has happened on the volleyball court. Sure, the two sisters may have fought over crayons or math homework, but what about team defense or setter choices?

We also saw the more relevant testimony from one of Coach Knight's former players. This definitely played better with the jury, but there were critics who maintained that "JuCo ain't D1," a technically true statement, if not overly simplistic.

And the anonymous verbal abuse charges keep rearing their ugly heads as well. I'm sure it doesn't help that the former Texas Tech coach shares the same last name as one of the greatest verbal abusers of the modern era.

Are you referring to Bob Knight?

No, no. Ray Knight, from the Cincinnati Reds. Mouth like a longshoreman

Doug, what are Trish Knight's backers saying?

Trish Knight backers have been very effective in alluding to "problem parents," who they claim are interfering on behalf of their "spoiled princesses," a story line we've seen played out everywhere from the playground to Picadilly Circus.

Picadilly Circus, Doug?

It's an alliteration. It works.

But overwhelmingly, as this thread rages on and on with seemingly no end in sight, the growing sentiment is becoming... "I can't believe we're still talking about this."

I'm Doug Lewellen, for Dot Your Eye.