OT: Izzo a Candidate for Magic Coaching Job
Don't do it, Tom. Stay here and take your whuppin' like a man.
https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2018/05/24/michigan-state…
No way Tom leaves MSU... He seems to have escaped the sexual assault scandal unscathed and I think wants to stick around as long as possible to spite people now.
If he leaves for Orlando, I'll eat a lemon.
Double Post
article just says the magic are interested. not that izzo is interviewing, or wants to leave, or even cares that they are interested.
reminds me of the constant stream of "harbaugh back to nfl" articles that get published. fake news. good job freep.
if he agrees to interview, then there's a story.
I just don't see him ever moving on. Which is fine, he's an overrated blowhard with a broken moral compass. I hope he stays until Beilein has a winning record against him (10-12 currently).
You know as certain as sunrise and sunset is, Beilein will have a winning record against him eventually. And the national media dipshits will still be raving about how great a coach Izzo is.
This is probably a courtesy nugget thrown out to buck up Izzo's tattered image, because I can't believe even the DeVos's or Izzo are dumb enough to try this.
Same. This could easily be used to maintain his image among recruits.
"An NBA team wants me. Therefore, an NBA team will want you [if you're talented enough to overcome my 'coaching'].
Magic is still a thing?
yeah man that's where shaq plays duh.
He'll be playing some weird guys if he coaches there . . .
he can bench Jaren Jackson Jr all over again.
Title should read Izzo a candidate for a raise at MSU because that's all that is going to happen.
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Fixed it for you.
Using this as leverage for a raise. Nothing else to see here.
If he was ever going to leave MSU for another Job this would be the time. Get out of MSU on your own terms, and get some NBA money for a few years before retirement. The Magic have very little expectations. I don't see him leaving, but considering what has happened the last two years for him and his teams, it would be a very appealing offer if I were him. Florida over the winter and he can walk away from any lingering issues at MSU.
NBA team that made its last run to a title game in 2009 and has had no postseason success in recent years is looking to turn things around by hiring a coach that made his last run to a title game in 2009 and has had no postseason success in recent years.https://t.co/G77v8Z8sma
— Scott Bell (@sbell021) May 24, 2018
I think he should take the job. The owner is also the co-founder of Amway, so Izzo is almost guaranteed a job in two years after he fails in the NBA.
...he's running because he knew all those guys on the team were littering and kept them on the roster. That's the only reason why he would pass over better previous coaching opportunities to coach a dead end team at the end of his career.
I just hope the Magic get the right coach.
Honest question, why would the Magic want Izzo? He is constantly exposed for his archaic philosophy where he relies on physicality and the low post. That is the least modern NBA mentality I can think of.
They are willing to prey on vulnerable people by telling them their lives will be changed if they sell cheap knock-off consumer products to their vulnerable friends and then tell them they can change their lives too, only to all fizzle out after they've sold a few thousand dollars worth of junk that nets them maybe a couple bucks an hour of time put in hustling.
That kind of "talent" doesn't translate to many other businesses.
There I fixed it for you.
In college, he can use his ability to con high level recruits to come there where he can cruise to an easy winning schedule every year and get into the NCAA tournament. In the NBA, where there is much more talent parity, his mediocre coaching ability will be exposed and everyone will be able to see behind the curtain.
There's no way this happens. Izzo won't work in the NBA. He knows it, and surely NBA franchises can tell, too.
Not only is his style of basketball rapidly becoming outmoded, but the way he rides his players isn't going to work at all.
It's not happening.
Please stay Izzo!
I get the feeling that Izzo leaving would result in a Meyer-like successor. I think we've got him where we want him these days. Most of the time, anyway.
But maybe I'm being paranoid.
MSU basketball doesn't have the cachet that OSU football does. I don't think MSU could attract a Meyer-like successor (not that there's one available anyways)
OSU remains the most attractive coaching job in college football due to it's nearly unfettered access to the elite talent in Ohio.
MSU basketball isn't close in terms of the institutional advantages, not to mention any incoming coach would have a mess of an athletic department (and University) that he's walking into and an in-state rival that's hitting on all cylinders. It's not the most attractive destination right now.
And what is his coaching tree right now? Tom Crean? Yes, please. Hire him.
C'mon Rick Pitino is out there. Dont you think him and MSU basketball would go together like Peanut Butter & Jelly these days ?
Izzo would suck as an NBA coach, and pilfering millions would be almost typical. He deserves to suffer some kind of loss for the role he has played in MSU's complete moral bankruptcy but probably won't.
You're probably right. The Izzo you know is better than the Urban you don't.
Although it says something about MSU basketball that Michigan fans are, at worst, neutral on Izzo staying, and that a lot of us plain prefer it.
And why not? Izzo just fielded one of the most talented teams he's ever had, featuring two lottery draft picks and a number of other pieces from his best ever recruiting class. And look how the seasons turned out for the two of us.