“They are who we thought they were.”
Alright. We have a Big Ten title choke, a Big Ten tournament choke, and an NCAA tourney choke. Time for the migration.
It’s like, we want to believe Painter is a great coach because he seems like a pretty likable person and if we can’t win the league, we can stomach him winning a lot more than the other options available. But it’s hard to keep the faith. His results just say “pretty good.”
I’m just overcompensating too if I’m being honest. My take is very reactionary and based on others’ love of him. I don’t want my obnoxious ranting to come off like I think he’s terrible. He’s still, what, top 4 in the Big Ten? I agree with pretty good.
Worth remembering he was an extremely improbable shot away from a final four not long ago. If that doesn’t happen the narrative is mostly quiet.
Is that Blake McLimans?
I mean, I don’t think anyone is saying that he’s bad, just that we overrate him a little. One FF would help but wouldn’t totally dispel that. (Even Rick Barnes has made one.) Not managing to win any hardware this year when it was there for the taking is tough.
That’s fair. This year was his worst coaching job in a while
They just got worse and worse as the season went on, it was amazing to watch. You thought the slump had to stop at some point, “at least they’re grinding out wins”. No, they’re just playing worse than they did yesterday.
Yes. Bird man is a legend.
Jay Williams’ Scouting Report for Gabe Brown
Strengths: Shooting, Length
Weaknesses: Dances too much during pregame
Tough? Nah.
Tough to see two important pieces of this team go.
Always the MSU narrative. They never just wish the players well, it’s always a pity party for Izzo.
Guess Izzo is going to be busy in the portal looking for bigs.
He should be able to get any he wants once he explains how they will be part of a 4 man rotation and get as many as 12 minutes of playing time.
“You see what we did with Marcus Bingham this year? How would you like to shut down the opposition’s 5 man for 12 minutes and never see the floor again?”