OT: Tom Izzo did what?

[huskiesouth]

Must be nice to have a coach who personally will go out of his way to help in the search for the truth.

Izzo contacted witness ahead of school, police

Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo approached a witness in a 2017 investigation of criminal sexual conduct involving one of his players before that witness spoke to police or school investigators.

www.espn.com

 

[CTBasketball]

Nothing but a hand slap, if anything, I’d imagine.

 

[husky429]

Is anyone surprised? Izzo is scum and has been as long as I can remember.

Hurley isn't a perfect coach, but he has a moral code. He holds the players and himself accountable. Easy to be a fan of a program led like that.

 

[djct1999]

It is truly a sad state when guys like Tom Izzo, Sean Miller, Bill Self, and Will Wade not only have jobs but in some cases are idolized. Speaks volumes about the business of amateur athletics.

 

[Waquoit]

This is SOP at Sparty. Why would a woman go there?

 

[Spaceman213J]

As bad as the NCAA is for letting these guys work, there is also some blame on parents for letting these guys control their kids futures.

 

[ecasadoSBU]

As bad as the NCAA is for letting these guys work, there is also some blame on parents for letting these guys control their kids futures.

Oh C'mon. I don't think thats fair.

Izzo and other major college basketball coaches have so much power in their hands. Kids are just trying to play and keep their dreams of going pro alive. The power assymetry here is huge

For some of these kids its their only hope of escaping poverty and I'm sure some of the parents feel that pressure.

The only people responsible here are Izzo, first and foremost, the administration at MSU and the NCAA for allowing these coaches to get away with the shady behavior. The NCAA has to set examples and protect the student-athlete who is often the most vulnerable in the entire business model

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

What hasn’t Tom Izzo done?








Win more national titles than Tyler Olander

 

[BlueDogs]

For the average person that would be a potential
criminal offense.

 

[freescooter]

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Columbo Goes to College (1990)

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Tom Izzo edition

 

[uconnbill]

He will get what UNC got when it cheated at basketball and football with fake classes

 

[uconngb]

I say once again.....why bother getting up in arms about this?? Ain’t gonna change. Nothing will be done. Happens in broad daylight, gets dropped right on the doorstep of the NCAA and not a Goddam thing happens. So clearly we are the fools here. Just give it up and accept that there are two sets of rules and we are on the wrong side looking in. Have a nice day Mr Izzo, sorry your good name was besmirched. We will make it up to you next year by giving you a 2 seed when everyone knows you are really a 7.

 

[mauconnfan]

Can you imagine years ago Calhoun getting the label of not overseeing his program and they get a year for APR yet this POS is still coaching as well as Wade, Miller, Self and so many others? I realize he's not the gymnastics doctor but he did make his program much more important than a young woman's life and that's horrendous. Not a good person, should be fired as should the others after the Scheme.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Can you imagine years ago Calhoun getting the label of not overseeing his program and they get a year for APR yet this POS is still coaching as well as Wade, Miller, Self and so many others? I realize he's not the gymnastics doctor but he did make his program much more important than a young woman's life and that's horrendous. Not a good person, should be fired as should the others after the Scheme.

You can intimidate a witness but NOT fail to meet standards you didn’t know you had or send too many texts.

 

[Inyatkin]

I say once again.....why bother getting up in arms about this?? Ain’t gonna change. Nothing will be done. Happens in broad daylight, gets dropped right on the doorstep of the NCAA and not a Goddam thing happens. So clearly we are the fools here. Just give it up and accept that there are two sets of rules and we are on the wrong side looking in. Have a nice day Mr Izzo, sorry your good name was besmirched. We will make it up to you next year by giving you a 2 seed when everyone knows you are really a 7.

You get up in arms about it because it's way worse than paying players or faking tests.

 

[BlueDogs]

I believe they have mandatory reporting responsibilities. So, MSU’s plucky defense of their “beacon on integrity” doesn’t seem to hold water if they beat the police to the witness to make sure he was “OK”. But, forgot to check in with the Title Is folks. I guess they were concerned about the witness being scarred by watching the event, despite the witness being nor greatly moved to intervene or report it. These people honestly think we are stupid.

 

[uconngb]

You get up in arms about it because it's way worse than paying players or faking tests.

But the point is, not a damn thing will happen. Obviously I was saying this tongue in cheek.

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

I'm not a lawyer, so the potential legality issues are beyond me.

But, the more I read of the story, the more I think Izzo didn't do anything unreasonable given the facts.

The Smiths are basically family in those circles. It's plausible that he called Smith for genuine personal concern for his safety. And I have no doubt Smith would have corroborated his partner's story regardless.

The optics look awful, I'll give you that.

 

[UC1995]

That school is toxic and until they all go (D'Antonio was the first) I wouldn't let my kids go there. That administration screwed up royally from the start.