Michigan State coach Tom Izzo " NEARLY LOSING IT " during the Bradley game

[Go_Braves]

Anyone thinking to the contrary that Tom Izzo was not concern, worried, etc., etc during the Bradley game. "A single picture is worth a Thousand Words" - Especially when the coach is caught making a fist while berating his freshman player.

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https://sports.yahoo.com/tom-izzo-be...013046971.html

[tornado]

everyone in the national press is defending him and saying he did what he naturally had to do as a great coach

BUT we all know if any Bradley coach had done that, Dave Reynolds, Kirk Wessler & Dave Eminian would have turned on him and
ripped into him mercilessly with a barrage of hit pieces for several days straight, and would have called for him to be fired Then the national press would have picked up on it and never let it go
They would have even made up phrases like "renegade program" and "attacked with hands & feet & ligatures" to exaggerate and misrepresent, then would have brought it back up again and again in every article for months & years to come
Then they would have gone on a message board and said they soured on him after his first year and started beating the drum and dropping the critical hammer to get him fired.


I recall when Glasser & Cross were fired- just the mere mention of it in a 100% neutral way here on this message board
brought hateful criticism from unhinged attackers & from Wessler saying we were celebrating poor people losing their jobs and that
we were destroying their careers. LOL -
LOL - No - their actions are what resulted in disaster and destroyed their own careers and
Yes- some of the fans did contribute to their firings by writing letters and pleading with the Board to get rid of them - but what an amazing hypocrite that Kirk Wessler BOASTED about how he personally was doing his very best from Jim Les' 2nd season to do all he could to get Les fired. Is that not the definition of hypocrisy?

[Da Coach]

It actually detracted from the attention Bradley might have gotten, and should have gotten after the game. Every report I saw on the news and sports networks focused on Izzo's angry display and tirade directed at Aaron Henry instead of the game itself.

[Scoretable]

Bradley coaches and player's execution of an overall game plan was clear and impressive! Watched, cheered, and enjoyed every minute of game and our play against Michigan State. Hello to Chicago 670 sports and Mike Decourcy of Sporting News. Any comments?

[Tommy]

everyone in the national press is defending him and saying he did what he naturally had to do as a great coach

BUT we all know if any Bradley coach had done that, Dave Reynolds, Kirk Wessler & Dave Eminian would have turned on him and
ripped into him mercilessly with a barrage of hit pieces for several days straight, and would have called for him to be fired Then the national press would have picked up on it and never let it go

By all accounts, Izzo is a pretty classy guy, and seems to run a clean program.

As for the PJS, I think we need to stop talking about them altogether, as they don't deserve even a mention here.

As far as 'the incident' that everyone was freaking out about earlier this week, now that we're out of the tournament, there won't be a peep about it and it will fade into distant memory.

Time to move on and celebrate what we have and what is yet to come. This program is the real deal now, and we have a lot to look forward to in the coming years!

[egib52]

As far as 'the incident' that everyone was freaking out about earlier this week, now that we're out of the tournament, there won't be a peep about it and it will fade into distant memory.

That is kind of the point here. They used Bradley getting into the tournament as a time to create a story sell papers for all of the wrong reason, and for one of their writers (not journalists) to go on several other media outlets for his own vanity as opposed to celebrating the accomplishments of the student-athletes who had nothing to do with the situation. Had BU not made the tourney this would have been handled much differently.

[Chico]

Agree with Tommy 100%.

[Dub]

Agree with Chico and Tommy. "Those we don't speak of" will never again be mentioned by me on this board, and I invite others to join me on that.

[Da Coach]

By all accounts, Izzo is a pretty classy guy, and seems to run a clean program....

Yes, he does. Note that Michigan State was involved recruiting some of the elite high school and prep players who were tied to the pay-for-play scandal, but all of those players dropped Michigan State and none ever landed there. That is a pretty good sign Izzo and his assistants were not willing to play the game.
Every year Izzo gets some criticism from his fans and media for losing out on the 5-star, highest level elite kids, but he takes the next level of recruits and always wins with them.