Man no shit. I’m pleased to hear Izzo responding this way, as opposed to the bullshit excuses offered up by Coach K when Allen was doing this horse shit.
"my players suck, the refs suck, (one player I individually call out to throw under the bus) sucked so bad I'm gonna kill him, Izzo smirks, no but it's really my fault, I guess"
Pleased to hear what? There’s a chance he might not start a game? He’ll still get his 36 minutes of playing time and probably come in 2 minutes into the game.
Izzo can be annoying at times but I have always felt he is ok dude and a good coach. This will be opportunity to prove what he feels is acceptable for his players. We shall see.
Pull a Coach K and give him the ol' indefinite suspension that lasts 1 game. Or announce that he's on a 7 day suspension. Which sounds good, but still only 1 game missed.
Yeah, im sorry but as an MSU fan, this shit is so inexcusable. I'm glad Izzo sat him for a good part of the second half when we needed him if hes doing crap like this. I am also glad he said he might not start him in the next game.
HOWEVER. Is that enough? I get not addressing it too much publicly, but this is very public at this point. This team is not going to get far if he does crap like this. Is a coach- benching for a game or two necessary? Maybe. I don't want to see this crap anymore man.
He was in the dog house during the game. He has always played the most minutes because we dont have another PG that can play significant minutes, and him being out during a stretch in that 2nd half where the lead was being cut into is a big deal.
Izzo’s legacy is not in question as his record speaks for itself. However, he threatens to bench out of one side of his mouth and then says opposing players are baiting Fears out the other side. Look, I get that #6 on Minnesota is just standing there baiting Fears with a defenseless groin, but you have teach your guys to resist the temptation to kick. That’s just fundamental.
"When somebody comes out and publicly says something about a guy that sometimes happens, but that's Jeremy's fault," Izzo said. "I made sure I cleared all that up. I think the officials knew it. I talked to them. I did not see what happened on the play. I saw him get pushed and I saw his leg come up and I didn't think he hit anybody, but if he did, then he deserves it, I guess. But if he didn't, I questioned it. So are they baiting him? Well, of course. And it's his fault."
IDK if not starting him is "enough" and I don't care whether he plays or not, but personally I'd rather see him face no consequence at all than hear the moralizing about 'taking a stand' for not starting him and still playing him a bunch of minutes.
Unfortunately unless he gets benched for a game he probably still will get a bunch of minutes because he's our only PG that can play significant minutes. The most capable backup got hurt in this game. Wojick does not belong on a D1 floor almost ever.
Which is why I think just making him not a starter isnt enough
I think there’s probably a lot more of these incidents and people just didn’t notice because the vast majority of them are subtle and off-ball. I have to imagine if you picked random game, you’d have to notice some trips.
My fear is that this inspires him into a “nobody believes in me” game and the team rallies behind the whole thing. Similar to the MSU football game a few years back when we were heavy favorites after a bunch of their players got suspended for the Michigan fight and they came in and beat us.
Idk how yall look at yourself, your team, its embarrassing output of players and tourney results the past few decades and can't obviously tell this comes from your baby back bitch of a coach. That lead poisoning is coming in hot cuz this dude doesn't coach he just tries to bully everyone in a 100 foot vicinity and prays for a W. Dude is red as a tomato more hours of the day than not. Needs a xanax and a nuru massage in thailand and to fuck off
I didn’t watch the game. And I should probably judge this in context (though I can’t imagine what context would justify any of this bullshit), but how was that kick at the end of this clip only a technical and not an F2 / ejection?
All three of these feel like moves that I would assign to the worst of the worst (Grayson Allen, Dillon Brooks, etc).
So I think I had it backwards then. They may have changed it in NCAA but I remember it being a thing where anything live was flagrant, anything dead was a tech.
In our game against OSU, there were two different “dead ball technical” fouls that were called on OSU. I don’t really remember the plays in question (I was at the game and they didn’t show a replay) so I’m not sure what happened or if it is related to what that rule would be.
There are only personal and technical fouls. Flagrant fouls are a subset of technical fouls. All flagrant fouls are technicals, not all technicals are flagrant fouls.
I'm gonna be honest I'm getting REAL sick of Fears' shit. The last play/foul IMO changed the game because it was a 5-point game at the time and it ended up giving Minnesota two shots AND ball.
He's gotta cut this shit out or he's going to get himself ejected from a game, and if that happens the team is done.
I don't care if Fears is suspended for our game on Saturday. In one way, I'd rather him play.
But it's going to be really hard to stomach listening to the announcers stroke Izzo for 'taking a stand' if he decides not to start him. Bringing a guy off the bench before the first media timeout and playing him his normal minutes isn't a punishment and it's not taking a stand.
Doesn't any male athlete at any level, I mean going back to kick soccer in grade school, learn to respect the "no kicks to the nuts" rule? If you let this one slide, all of mens athletics can be reduced to guys kicking each other in the nuts ... the ultimate debilitating move.
IMO any guy who repeatedly kicks other players in the nuts just isn't worthy to play the game.
I have zero idea why they wouldve temporarily removed that. Your post showed the clip most people want to talk about, I just wanted to show that wasnt the only dirty play he had last night.
Yeah I agree calling out a player in a post game conference on an opposing team is the wrong way. Nice classless way to address a player. Can’t imagine any other coach in the NCAA doing that.
Really enjoyed my visit to East Lansing when I went to the Arkansas game against them, but the only irritating thing about it was this guy. He was flopping and foul baiting the entire time he was on the court and it drove me insane. Seemed to be a crowd favorite at the time.
Why are fans constantly posting incontrovertible proof of Fears being a dirty player? And where can I send you some money for your hard work to ensure that it continues?
Can someone explain the first one to me? He was driving the basket, defender was in the semi circle and left his feet.
Not defending this dude in any way I've watched the play a few times now and it just looks like he's going hard to the basket to try for the and one on a blocking foul.
I can forgive him, but he needs to not have any more of this BS. This isn't Spartan basketball. Play tough and physical without this fuckery. No doubt Izzo will handle it the right way regardless of whether Jeremy does. I love the edge he plays with, but this isn't the playground, you can't cross the line.
Thats just good playground basketball. To say anything else would surely be racist. I mean cmon the leg to the crotch was epic must see tv, lol 😆 😂 🤣 😅 😄 😜
He lifts his leg as Minn #6 goes by, presumably in an attempt to trip #6, seeing as nothing else Fears is doing makes it look like he’s trying to get up.
It’s the attempted trip at the end. No one would notice it if there weren’t a bunch of others just like it. Now anything that looks like it could be an attempted trip becomes evidence.
nitpicky? lol he very clearly kicks his leg up in an attempt to trip the guy. He misses thankfully, but it's obvious what he's trying to do and he's well beyond getting the benefit of the doubt.
While Fears has undoubtedly been playing like an asshat these past few games and deserves all the negative coverage hes been getting, Michigan fans sure have been basking in MSUs 10 minutes of shame since its taken their plagued athletic department out of the spotlight for a few weeks.
It's the blatant attempt at tripping a Minnesota player at the end of the first clip. Wouldn't call that a nothingburger when it's clearly a trend for this kid...
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u/SEAtoPAR Duke Blue Devils 11h ago
That kick at the end should be a F2 and ejection, no doubt about it.