OT - Izzo News Conference at 7 PM
Channel 7 in Detroit reporting he will announce he will be staying.
Update from Channel 7 - now saying 8:30 pm. Right in the middle of the presidents speach.It's to beg Lebron to talk to him.
... here:
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/ot-tom-izzo-sarah-bernhardt
Tuesday was when I saw Gilbert running out of patience. Assuming the presser is in East Lansing, Tom will tearfully announce he's staying, and proclaim undying loyalty to the Green and the White.
All because the drama queen couldn't talk to the King...
What a media whore. If you're staying, why not just release a public statement?
I just felt a huge breeze come through the window...must have been the collective sigh of relief coming from East Lansing.
Furniture manufacturers and retailers are dispondent. They were counting on the sharp up-tick in sales of couches in East Lansing if Izzo left.
You might want to close your window. If it's coming from East Lansing it will soon smell like Natty Light, Axe body spray and vomit.
WDIV reporting that Izzo is staying. Screw LeBron for not being willing to talk to Izzo. May he never win a title.
Chances are pretty good he won't win one anyway if he ends up in staying in Cleveland.
Who holds press conferences to announce the status quo? I'll be holding a press conference in 5 minutes to announce I'll be at work tomorrow the same time as I was today. I expect the press to run with this.
As much as I'd like to agree with you, this is warranted, IME.
Well, I'm going to be late by 10 minutes, but I won't host a press conference and in fact I will hide it from the press by going in one of the side doors.
What's up now?
I work for a Lansing TV station. Everyone we talked with at MSU claims to know nothing about a press conference tonight. They're telling the Lansing State Journal the same thing. A friend at WDIV tells me Bernie S claims to have a rock-solid source.
Smilovitz has a source?? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Is the local news sports guy anything other than some guy off the street in a jacket?
Update: we talked with 2 people in the MSU athletic dept, no presser tonight. "Detroit is morons," says source in SID office.
Is the local news sports guy anything other than some guy off the street in a jacket?
It depends on the sports guy. Some of them work their asses off (usually the weekenders) while others are lazy bastards who rip and read wire copy all day.
"Detroit is morons," says source in SID office.
Nice bit of unintentional comedy there.
Me fail English. That's unpossible.
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Anything related to other Big Ten teams or upcoming opponents
UPDATE: I'm honestly not trying to be a jerk, but apparently me pointing this out makes me a terrible person so neg away.
This may be the end of the "Izzo to make NBA jump" scenarios. If the Cavs actually offered him 30 million and he turned that down, I just don't see any other NBA teams wasting thier time, effort, or money on him in the future. Not to mention with the way he drew out the process.
It could go either way. Izzo (assuming he is, in fact, staying) did mull over this one a long time. If he didn't have a possible preseason #1 team to coach at MSU, maybe he'd be more inclined to leave.
espn.com has Izzo's decesion not imminent on their front page right now...good job boys.
ESPN appears to be spot on compared to these "sources." Not to mention what are the odds there is a news conference outside of the work hours? He would be doing it tomorrow morning, not at 6-10 pm EST tonight.
Hell, even RCMB notes this
Rumor has it I will be eating beef curry at 630pm.
Can I verify that with an anonymous source?
Izzo is a great coach but an even better actress .... A true drama queen !!!
Bernie's rock solid source might be Don Shane's hair, or Bill Bonds' liquor bottle.
It's wise that Bernie chose Bill Bonds' liquor bottle, since Billy has no hair under that massive rug.
Check out that horrid face lift he had. If that skin around his eyes was pulled any tighter, you could use him for a snare drum. Put a wig and lipstick on him, and you'll swear he's Joan Rivers. WTF?
this was never going to happen. Izzo was never going to leave State for a team that has no idea if it will be competing for a championship or competing for the top lottery spot. It was all just head coach/diva drama.
Thanks a lot Lebron, all you had to do is say you were coming back. I hope you choke in the playoffs for the rest of your career. Well at least now Beilien will prove soon he can beat State with Izzo as the coach.
I have to agree with those that say Izzo was never going to leave. I'm sure he's had his fun holding the collective "Sparty Nation" hostage for more than a week, but in the end it's just a meaningless flirtation most likely geared toward generating publicity, both for MSU and Izzo himself, and in a twisted way endearing him further (if that is possible) to that school and its fans. I say that knowing full well that some fans have been very critical of his "wavering" and that maybe Izzo did have some small amount of actual interest in the job, but I'm sure everyone will be so relieved when he announces he'll be back that they'll want to throw a parade for him. I hope I'm wrong, but I just don't think Izzo to Cleveland ever made sense for a plethora of reasons.
Anyone want to bet that Izzo refuses to speak until 178 more glowing articles are written about him?
ESPN has confirmed that MSU is saying Izzo is staying at MSU and will be speaking at 8:30 tonight
Izzo: "I'm pleased to say I am here for life at Michigan State."
"Life"...Which ends when the Lakers offer him a job. Sooo tired of PrimaIzzo.
I've never been sold on his "Aw shucks..." front. he's a fine coach and ambassador for the university.
at the end of the day what was the drama all about? it was pretty cut and dry what the decision was. here's the salary/terms...here's the facility/community/front office. lebron may or may not be here.
whatever dude. me myself and "I"zzo