Watch from 7 minute mark to 8 minute mark specifically. What a jerk....classless..
F Tom Izzo!
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We say the exact same thing about refs. No problem in what he said.
See what he says Thursday after we beat them on the road!
Eh. I don’t see a problem. He’s passionate and upset. Tough loss. I watched maybe another minute. Says some good stuff.
It's not about the refs, the reporter asked him a simple question, wasnt even challenging Izzo. 7 minute mark...
I don’t really care, he is a high profile guy who early on was saying good things about Pike and Rutgers. He is good in my book.
At the 10:45 mark, Izzo is asked about if he should be playing more bench minutes to keep his team fresh. Interesting response - basically, how about having the bench guys work harder to be better ready to contribute? Rutgers game will be a physical battle too.
The hook and hold Edy put on the MSU player was egregious and could have caused a serious injury. But not only was Edy not penalized, the MSU player was called for a foul.
Got no problem with that. He may be a douche, maybe not, I don't know him personally, but I know he's fiery & passionate and I'm OK with that. He's upset, was a tough taxing loss. Who am I to judge.
I mean, holy crap, he was flung down by his arm. Should have been flagrant 2. Would a changed game entirely.
I like Izzo (other than turning head potentially during trainer scandal, still a question if he knew or not), but assuming he didn’t, he’s a great coach of course and tells it like it is, and always praised Pike even when they blew us out, and hasn’t changed that tone the past couple games either when we were the ones blowing THEM out
I guess I'm in the minority here. That's fine. I've always thought Izzo was an a$$. I dont care how many bouquets he throws to Pike.
He was a bit of an *** with that one answer but overall I love his passion. Gonna be a hell of a fight on Thursday
He basically said he's lacking real depth on his bench -- ' ..look, if I had guys who were good enough to play,
I would've played 'em.' Rare to hear that kind of blunt criticism in these post-game recaps
Izzo press conference today. He talks about Rutgers around the 15:15 mark. Very complimentary, says we are might be the toughest team in the league, plus we have size and experience. He mentioned the Ohio State game too or we'd be 6-1.
He talks about Cliff around the 21:45 mark.
I've said it before , people at RU and the athletic department really like and respect the guy
Meh. If it was Pike we’d all be saying how cool it was
Whatever. Jeez. Completely pointless thread.
I did not watch a second of the video. I do know that of all the coaches in the Big Ten, Izzo seems to get more time on the sideline than any Big Ten coach when it comes to talking-to-the-ref time. He pleads his case all game long. Amusing that he barks about officiating.
He’s already working the refs for our game. The refs know he’ll call them out if they F with him. Smart.
Yes, nothing strikes fear into the heart of a ref like being called out in the middle of a press conference that virtually no one will watch.
He’s in the refs ear every chance he gets…and he gets special treatment because of it. Always has. Perhaps he’s “earned” it but it’s still not right.
Usually like him too but resent the last minute noon MSG game. Smells like Izzo.
I don't get "jerk" from that clip. He explained to a sports journalist who covers basketball a rather obvious point. The question was almost as ridiculous as asking if allowing the players to wear different sneakers is the right "call".
Yep.. he wants everyone reporting on how PHYSICAL Rutgers is.. maybe the refs catch it on the local news sports segment. We all know that Rutgers is athletic and well-conditioned.. tough that way. By "physical" the way he uses it.. nope. He actually talks about Cliff's lower body like he uses it to push guys around when he actually gets pushed under teh basket over and over and uses his athleticism and reach to stay involved.
Yeah.. Izzo is working the refs and media. Its like how Skip Holts would say each of his next opponents was a tough game ahead of them... in case of a loss.. SEC coaches on how tough the league is.. in case of a loss.. and, of course, to hope get some whistles for his Spartans when Rutgers gets "physical".
Got to RAC very early for a women's game years ago. CVS, (no nasty remarks) was running some drills. Izzo had his guys still sitting on their bench. I got to talk to him for a couple of minutes. Asked him why they were still sitting there. He explained very nicely. "Because my guys forgot how to play defense." So they sat a bit longer, then left. He turned around waved, and said good luck today.
He gave ‘em a timeout. That’s great.
He’s a hell of a coach, so I’m guessing he knew what would/wouldn’t work with that particular team. But I can say, with experience, that such punitive measures can sometimes backfire with some teams.
Edey grabbed the ball and ripped it away. Not his fault Sissoko had his arm reaching in.
Hook and hold came from an Isaac Haas injury and it was done to prevent players hooking a guy's arm before they go up for a rebound.
His timeline is wrong. This will be the 4th straight winning season. The only player on the roster who has experienced a losing season is Caleb. This current team hasn’t taken “beatings” as Izzo claims.
Think he was implying we’re a battle tested team that’s been through some bad losses and some gut punch heartbreakers in big games and have learned from that.
I realized he was off on most of our guys being here for the lean years, but it was interesting overall IMO.