Yeah, between that game and all the off the court stuff with MSU the last couple of years there is some tarnish there that will never come off.
well that's not terrible news in terms of what injury it is, hopefully he's back for Saturday
Maybe an overreaction, but that's shameful if this part's true. How is that even possible? We can't get one from Carle? The College of Engineering can't 3-D print one?
I think it has to do with the nose healing, could be wrong
I agree. This possibly cannot be true
Agree. Same ol same ol in the big ten. It never changes. Total leadership void for years. The almighty dollar rules the day, everything else doesn't mean a thing. I will say, they ARE good at making money through TV deals, etc. But managing the product, players, officials, and coaches is a total clown show.
Where are you guys hearing this?
Whether he did or not, he's the coach, buck stops with him. Maybe next time he hands out brass knuckles and clubs to his players before they take the court? Seems like they should just award the other team 2 points on a play like that. I mean beat the crap out of someone in the air and then make them shoot two from the line is actually kind of weird when you think about it.
I think you both misunderstood my post and also reinforced exactly what I'm saying. Why are certain teams getting away with this more than others? Who sets the rules for teams across the league and is tasked with enforcement? That's right, the Big Ten. The league is "ultimately responsible" since they have the power to penalize this behavior if they wanted and instead implicitly condone certain behavior by failing to address it. Izzo is a jerk for taking advantage of this laxity, but expecting him to hold himself accountable -- when he has never shown any inclination to do so for several decades running -- is foolhardy.
I mean he is getting up there... maybe he's just that confused and thought it was late 80's since short shorts are coming back in style. But yeah, if you spun up a poll I'd probably vote it was as intentional as Sissoko's fouls on Ayo and Kofi.
Most definitely, he wanedt to disrespect AD, hurt his self-estemm, both of which would immdiately influence his on-court performance.
No one would be "pissing and moaning" if we had won the game, or if DMW had taken out one of the Spartans with a hard foul, which I kind of wish he had.
Read Robs article. Addresses this perfectly. Last year Brad had Griffin apologize and said they didn’t condone that. Izzo proudly went with the street fight angle.
It is absolutely true that Izzo is not doing exactly what Underwood has done in these situations. Immediately after Alan Griffin stepped on Stefanovich (an action that drew a two game suspension by the way) Underwood explicitly stated "we do not condone that type of play. That is not who we are." He also noted that Griffin and the coaches had already apologized to Stefanovich. I have not heard Izzo say anything remotely close to any of that. As a matter of fact, he agreed that they wanted a street fight in the game. So, yes, he is most definitely handling it much differently than Underwood has handled similar incidents.
Disagree - when we beat Purdue last year, plenty of people were royally ticked off at Griffin for his Laettner stomp. Ish like that has no place on the court. There's a line and Sissoko absolutely crossed it. Repeatedly. BU handled the Griffin situation wildly better than Izzo handled this one.No one would be "pissing and moaning" if we had won the game, or if DMW had taken out one of the Spartans with a hard foul, which I kind of wish he had.
