Tom Izzo says John Calipari has finally been accepted

[preacher_tom]

http://kentuckysportsradio.com/basketball-2/tom-izzo-says-john-calipari-has-finally-been-accepted/

 

[UKhoopCat]

The college basketball world will of course be more tolerant since Coach K is doing OAD's.

 

[BigRedMachineBigBlueNation]

Tell that to UC, Kansas, Louisville, and Memphis fans

 

[AnarchoNeoLuddite]

Izzo still kicking and screaming not to change his old school anti oad philosophy.

 

[jarms24]

Probably took a lot of humility to heap that kind of praise at Cal, when he hasn't even been considered for the HOF yet. Major props to that guy! Class act!

 

[gright]

Probably took a lot of humility to heap that kind of praise at Cal, when he hasn't even been considered for the HOF yet. Major props to that guy! Class act!

There is something about Izzo that I have always liked. He seems to get a lot out of his players and he is a class act.

 

[.S&C.]

As already mentioned, now that K has embraced the OAD you rarely hear anything about the system, it's negatives, or the fact that it's "destroying purity".

But there's no bias. Oh no.

 

[ganner918]

Izzo is a lock for the hall of fame, one of the great coaches of the era. "Only" one title, but 7 Final Fours in 20 seasons as a head coach is incredible success, and while Michigan State was hardly a nobody, they did only have 2 Final Fours and 4 Elite 8s before Izzo took over.

 

[Federal Cat]

Izzo has always been a class act and a good coach, nice to see another coach telling what we have known all along

 

[ORCAT]

Great thing for Izzo to say about Cal whom he has to compete with for recruits. Izzo has always seemed like a classy guy and this is just another example of that. As someone else mentioned above, Izzo making these remarks when he hasn't received the same honor himself yet speaks for his humbleness and class. He is one who also deserves to be in the Hall and hope he is recognized very soon.

 

[AnarchoNeoLuddite]

Ha,izzo has been a dick towards Cal and UK.has thrown enough jabs at us about oad,screw him.

 

[Bigblueforever]

Izzo has always been a class act and a good coach, nice to see another coach telling what we have known all along

Agree

 

[gright]

Ha,izzo has been a dick towards Cal and UK.has thrown enough jabs at us about oad,screw him.

If you notice from the quote that started this thread he does envy all the great players that Cal has been able to recruit, but he also recognizes and gives props to Cal for molding that talent into a team that can compete for championships year in and out.

 

[Neue Regel]

Izzo still kicking and screaming not to change his old school anti oad philosophy.

If he's so against OAD then why did he go hard after Okafor?