The Rabbit Hunter

For my sportswriting class I have to post about a piece we read titled, "The Rabbit Hunter." It was written in 1982 by Frank Deford of Sports Illustrated. It is a lengthy story about Bob Knight, his life and personality. We agreed in class that it was well written, but the subsections were a bit unorganized. So I am going to explain how I think Deford should have put his story in order, starting at the beginning where the initial quote by William Faulkner should be taken out completely for irrelevance. (Original placement in parentheses.)

I. Rabbits (1)

II. Players (5)

I thought this section began with a great story about Knight's first coaching job on a 10th grade team in which he broke a clipboard in his first game. A mini story like that should be closer to the beginning.

III. Coaches (2)

This would have been a nice way to follow up Players, in my opinion, because the content just transitions smoothly.

IV. Women (4)

This part gets a little bit more into Knight's personal life. I think now would be a good place for the story to transition with more detail into that area after already talking about his early life and coaching.

V. Older People (3)

Finally, I liked this section just before the end because, although it had some info about him in college that would also be good closer to the beginning, it ends with a quote from Knight about why he loves fishing that would flow into the final section very nicely.

VI. More Rabbits (6)