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Tom Izzo (HC Michigan St. Spartans)

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Izzo must have incriminating video of a lot of people in the media, as much as analysts slobber all over themselves to praise him. Picking MSU this year to win the NC like Bilas and some others did was moronic for a paid analyst. MSU was not at any point in the last 3 months playing like an NC-caliber team. Izzo didn't help maximize the production from the talent they had.
 
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AT LEAST WE DON'T HAVE THIS.

But at least we don't have whatever the hell this is!



First off, imagine okaying a creepy ass lifelike statue of yourself in your facilities (I'm also not ruling out that Izzo commissioned it himself).

Second, you're really going to go all out with the realism on Izzo then roll with the most generic cartoon characters of players on the bench? You're telling me you couldn't convince Draymond Green or Denzel Valentine to have a statue done?

Take your 18-point win and keep your life size murder dolls. We'll be back next year.

Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/skul...l-coach-endorsement-urban-meyer-liv-nightclub
 
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“I don’t think it’s great for the game and I think there’s drawbacks,” Izzo said. “I think it’s bad for the kids. … I think kids are making a lot of bad decisions because we’re teaching them that the minute something goes tough, to get the hell out of dodge. I saw Clark Kellogg on the TV the other day said something great. He said, ‘To grow, it takes rain and sunshine.’ If you translate that, it means, if you just have all sunshine, the plant doesn’t grow. If you just have all rain, it doesn’t grow. You’ve got to fight through some adversity. You’ve got to have some tough times. You’ve got to have some rainy days. Those are illegal now. If there’s a rainy day, I’m getting the hell out of dodge. Then we’ve got kids transferring and they don’t even know where they’re transferring to. The problem is when they do transfer — though somebody transfers to Michigan State and then all of a sudden I get two more transfers.

“We’re afraid of competition and competition is what you do everyday of your life. You guys are competing with some other radio station there. You have to learn how to compete. So I’m sure there’s a positive here and there. I really am. But the unintended consequences of what we’re left with, to me, are going to be hard on the game a little bit. But nobody cares about that. I think it’s going to be worse on the players. You’ve got guys at two, three different schools. Four different schools. Where does he hang his hat at the end?... 90% of the transfers are not pros. That’s the reason I struggle with it. I struggle with it because I think it’s going to affect the players and the kids. I think most people think it’s giving them freedom. My dad didn’t give me a lot of freedom. I know that and I turned out okay, so we’ll see what happens.”
 
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ScriptOhio said:


“I don’t think it’s great for the game and I think there’s drawbacks,” Izzo said. “I think it’s bad for the kids. … I think kids are making a lot of bad decisions because we’re teaching them that the minute something goes tough, to get the hell out of dodge. I saw Clark Kellogg on the TV the other day said something great. He said, ‘To grow, it takes rain and sunshine.’ If you translate that, it means, if you just have all sunshine, the plant doesn’t grow. If you just have all rain, it doesn’t grow. You’ve got to fight through some adversity. You’ve got to have some tough times. You’ve got to have some rainy days. Those are illegal now. If there’s a rainy day, I’m getting the hell out of dodge. Then we’ve got kids transferring and they don’t even know where they’re transferring to. The problem is when they do transfer — though somebody transfers to Michigan State and then all of a sudden I get two more transfers.

“We’re afraid of competition and competition is what you do everyday of your life. You guys are competing with some other radio station there. You have to learn how to compete. So I’m sure there’s a positive here and there. I really am. But the unintended consequences of what we’re left with, to me, are going to be hard on the game a little bit. But nobody cares about that. I think it’s going to be worse on the players. You’ve got guys at two, three different schools. Four different schools. Where does he hang his hat at the end?... 90% of the transfers are not pros. That’s the reason I struggle with it. I struggle with it because I think it’s going to affect the players and the kids. I think most people think it’s giving them freedom. My dad didn’t give me a lot of freedom. I know that and I turned out okay, so we’ll see what happens.”
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Can't say I disagree with him.
 
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ScriptOhio said:
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Twitter is awful! Kids read mean things and they can't handle it!

ScriptOhio said:


“I don’t think it’s great for the game and I think there’s drawbacks,” Izzo said. “I think it’s bad for the kids. … I think kids are making a lot of bad decisions because we’re teaching them that the minute something goes tough, to get the hell out of dodge. I saw Clark Kellogg on the TV the other day said something great. He said, ‘To grow, it takes rain and sunshine.’ If you translate that, it means, if you just have all sunshine, the plant doesn’t grow. If you just have all rain, it doesn’t grow. You’ve got to fight through some adversity. You’ve got to have some tough times. You’ve got to have some rainy days. Those are illegal now. If there’s a rainy day, I’m getting the hell out of dodge. Then we’ve got kids transferring and they don’t even know where they’re transferring to. The problem is when they do transfer — though somebody transfers to Michigan State and then all of a sudden I get two more transfers.

“We’re afraid of competition and competition is what you do everyday of your life. You guys are competing with some other radio station there. You have to learn how to compete. So I’m sure there’s a positive here and there. I really am. But the unintended consequences of what we’re left with, to me, are going to be hard on the game a little bit. But nobody cares about that. I think it’s going to be worse on the players. You’ve got guys at two, three different schools. Four different schools. Where does he hang his hat at the end?... 90% of the transfers are not pros. That’s the reason I struggle with it. I struggle with it because I think it’s going to affect the players and the kids. I think most people think it’s giving them freedom. My dad didn’t give me a lot of freedom. I know that and I turned out okay, so we’ll see what happens.”
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Transfer portal's awful! Kids need to learn how to handle adversity!

Seems old man Izzo doesn't like new things. Nothing unusual there.
 
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Jake said:
Twitter is awful! Kids read mean things and they can't handle it!



Transfer portal's awful! Kids need to learn how to handle adversity!

Seems old man Izzo doesn't like new things. Nothing unusual there.
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I think it's moreso that he dislikes anything that takes away from his ability to control his team with an iron grip. He wants to coach his players hard, knows his guys will be challenged mentally & go through uncomfortable/unpleasant days. Izzo doesn't want his tough coaching to backfire on him, he wants it to be harder to transfer because he knows some kids may not appreciate his style.
 
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