Barstool Spartan saying Izzo & Dantonio may "retire" soon (Update: Quinn says no)
Alright, I'll come out and say it that I realize Barstool Sports isn't going to be considered the most trusted of sources, so mods , feel free to delete, but I thought this should be posted (this is a verified twitter account, BTW):
BREAKING NEWS: Sources close to the Athletic Department reporting that Izzo may retire within next few days, Dantonio soon to follow.
— Barstool Spartans (@BarstoolMSU) January 26, 2018
UPDATE:
Someone from The Athletic that covers MSU says this isn't true (although, they all said the same about Simon and Hollis)
There are "reports" popping up on these interwebs, I believe from fake or spoof accounts, that Izzo is planning on announcing his own retirement in the coming days. A source close to Izzo says this is "nonsense."
— Brendan F. Quinn (@BFQuinn) January 26, 2018
January 26th, 2018 at 4:05 PM ^
January 26th, 2018 at 5:24 PM ^
January 26th, 2018 at 4:01 PM ^
ESPN dropped a bomb this afternoon that hits Izzo and Dantontio.
http://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/22214566/pattern-denial-inaction-in…
https://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/michigan-state/spartans/2018…
January 26th, 2018 at 6:15 PM ^
Dantonio: "We had one incident that involved three people. We had another incident that involved one. We have 120 players usually on our football team," Dantonio told reporters, again emphasizing the time span of 11 years.
In 2017: "This is new ground for us," Dantonio answered. "We've been here 11 years -- it has not happened previously."
Then the article proceeds to outline reported situations starting in 2009. I am thinking those quotes from Dantonio don't quite seem up and up in the honesty department.
January 26th, 2018 at 4:03 PM ^
January 26th, 2018 at 4:09 PM ^
January 26th, 2018 at 4:18 PM ^
January 26th, 2018 at 4:12 PM ^
Yes. We all saw Ace's tweet.
January 26th, 2018 at 4:03 PM ^
Before everyone gets all tough about Barstool not being credible, this a damn student ran account. Each college account is ran by a studnet at that school. Not saying its correct, just aim your blames correctly.
January 26th, 2018 at 4:38 PM ^
But also true: Posts by "professionals" out of Barstool's HQ are also without any credibility.
January 26th, 2018 at 4:03 PM ^
They could be making this up out of thin air, and yet I wouldn't doubt this happening.
January 26th, 2018 at 4:05 PM ^
January 26th, 2018 at 4:05 PM ^
I'm not commenting on the trust-worthiness of the source, but Izzo will be turning 63 next week. Didn't he seriously contemplate going to the pros at one point? I can see him retiring (at the end of the season) and moving back to Iron Mountain. His program is going to be an epi-center of future media attention regarding MSU athletics, and it's not going to be positive.
January 26th, 2018 at 4:12 PM ^
There is no way Izzo is going to announce his retirement right now because it would be some sort of admission of culpability. If anything, he would probably like to distance his retirement from this event so nobody draws those sort of conclusions. I'm not saying Izzo is a saint, clearly Payne/Appling shows something about something, but I'm just talking about it from his perspective and why I don't remotely believe this report.
January 26th, 2018 at 4:08 PM ^
The people on this forum are just as bad as Larry Nassar. Celebrating sexual assault because it will hurt a conference rival.
2-15 over the last 17 years against Ohio State.
2-8 over the last 10 years against Michigan State.
Absolutely pathetic.
January 26th, 2018 at 4:13 PM ^
You know, if you're going to pretend to take the high road and (quite falsely) assume we're taking joy in your school's scandal because of the rivalry, you should stick to that narrative rather than throw in football stats in your next breath.
It's astonishing to me that MSU fans are still looking to troll this site, at this time.
January 26th, 2018 at 4:14 PM ^
I thought I was the only one who knew that douche bag is an MSU troll.
January 26th, 2018 at 6:01 PM ^
I don't use the app so I can't see what you are responding to, but I've been thinking about the "taking joy" aspect of this scandal. During prior scandals, this blog would be full of that Michael Jackson eating popcorn gif. I can honestly say, I don't recall seeing that gif a single time in the past couple weeks as this scandal escalated. Most Michigan fans I know are not taking joy in this. There is no schadenfreude related to this scandal. A lot of us have friends and family that are Spartans. We also have sons and daughters. We are sickened by this and only want to see the responsible parties brought to justice and the healing process to begin.
January 26th, 2018 at 4:12 PM ^
It's not over, it'll never be over. It's just beginning.
January 26th, 2018 at 4:18 PM ^
That is the real problem and people don't really like to talk about it. Everyone gets very myopic with which MSU person knew what at what time, etc. But I mean, the judicial system is going to work through that and hopefully the people that fucked up get in trouble.
The real problem is it's not as simple as just locking up a few evil-doers and problem solved. PSU, Baylor, MSU show that there are systematic issues across American Universities (not to mention everything else lately indicating it's not just universities) in that people who are not "evil-doers" or necessarily rotten apples are not responding appropriately to situations with the rare actual rotten apple. It's a systematic issue. It's a cultural issue. It's bigger than MSU. But this blog mostly just likes to focus on whether Hollis gets fired, etc.
January 26th, 2018 at 4:14 PM ^
Nobody is celebrating sexual assault genius. People are praising the punishment of individuals who did not stop sexual assault from occurring, even though they had the power to stop these predators.
Fuck off.
January 26th, 2018 at 4:14 PM ^
No one is celebrating sexual assault you fucking cretin. They are rightfully pilloring MSU for being a literal den of iniquity.
The fact that you list UM's record against two of it's rivals in a thread about an issue that actually matters tells me that you are a piece of shit. Your utter lack of humanity is further confirmed by saying(falsely) that people who are celebrate are the same as a person who raped 150 women.
You are a disgrace to humanity.
January 26th, 2018 at 4:15 PM ^
Troll. Piss off.
How does any record have anything to do with this issue at MSU.
A complete lack of institutional control offends the board (as it should).
January 26th, 2018 at 4:15 PM ^
Read the dozen+ threads on this board and show me one instance where somebody is actually "celebrating sexual assault".
If you guys weren't so casual about what sexual assault is, you would not be in this predicament in the first place.
January 26th, 2018 at 4:17 PM ^
January 26th, 2018 at 4:38 PM ^
January 26th, 2018 at 4:57 PM ^
January 26th, 2018 at 4:08 PM ^
Mods, maybe tomorrow we can consolidate all these MSU threads into 1 big thread instead of 20?
January 26th, 2018 at 4:12 PM ^
Personally, I appreciate the separate posts simply because the comments get so packed that it is hard to get through it all.
January 26th, 2018 at 4:20 PM ^
January 26th, 2018 at 4:23 PM ^
organization would be so much better. Makes it much easier for you to ignore.
January 26th, 2018 at 4:31 PM ^
was thinking it would be easier to collect everything in 1 place instead of 20 where each snippet gets its own thread.
January 26th, 2018 at 4:38 PM ^
and there are already 100s of comments. You have to scroll through pages of comments to find something new. Without knowing whether anything new is there or not. How could that be easier than just looking at the sidebar and seeing breaking news in a new topic?
January 26th, 2018 at 5:34 PM ^
The only real way to do any consolidation would be to have some sort of agreement that people would adhere to such a rule. The interface makes it virtually impossible to do without considerable time investment otherwise, and guess who isn't putting THAT much thought into it.....
January 26th, 2018 at 5:52 PM ^
don't want to make extra work for you. just thought a central location with everything and then the last post and first unread buttons could allow people to speed through the lists to see what is the latest update. no worries.
January 26th, 2018 at 4:08 PM ^
If Izzo couldn't be bugged to have shame over Appling or Payne or Walton or etc., he's not going to suddenly have the self awareness to quit now, although NBA jobs are looking a lot like his own version of a golden parachute....
January 26th, 2018 at 4:20 PM ^
He will retire snd he wont get media gigs.
January 26th, 2018 at 4:09 PM ^
January 26th, 2018 at 4:10 PM ^
The people on this forum are just as bad as Larry Nassar. Celebrating sexual assault because it will hurt a conference rival.
2-15 over the last 17 years against Ohio State.
2-8 over the last 10 years against Michigan State.
Absolutely pathetic.
January 26th, 2018 at 4:14 PM ^
Yeah yeah, we heard you the first time. Why don't you go whine on some Sparty blog.
January 26th, 2018 at 4:17 PM ^
January 26th, 2018 at 4:18 PM ^
January 26th, 2018 at 4:10 PM ^
The people on this forum are just as bad as Larry Nassar. Celebrating sexual assault because it will hurt a conference rival.
2-15 over the last 17 years against Ohio State.
2-8 over the last 10 years against Michigan State.
Absolutely pathetic.
January 26th, 2018 at 4:18 PM ^
January 26th, 2018 at 4:32 PM ^
either a sparty or osu troll apparently.
January 26th, 2018 at 4:10 PM ^
The people on this forum are just as bad as Larry Nassar. Celebrating sexual assault because it will hurt a conference rival.
2-15 over the last 17 years against Ohio State.
2-8 over the last 10 years against Michigan State.
Absolutely pathetic.
January 26th, 2018 at 4:18 PM ^
January 26th, 2018 at 4:22 PM ^
January 26th, 2018 at 4:11 PM ^
The people on this forum are just as bad as Larry Nassar. Celebrating sexual assault because it will hurt a conference rival.
2-15 over the last 17 years against Ohio State.
2-8 over the last 10 years against Michigan State.
Absolutely pathetic.