Comments on: “Fat and Sassy” Spartans Fall At Ohio State 68-60 http://spartannation.com/2013/02/24/%e2%80%9cfat-and-sassy%e2%80%9d-spartans-fall-at-ohio-state-68-60/ Your Home for Michigan State, Big Ten & Detroit Pro Sports News Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: st8grad http://spartannation.com/2013/02/24/%e2%80%9cfat-and-sassy%e2%80%9d-spartans-fall-at-ohio-state-68-60/comment-page-1/#comment-79449 st8grad Mon, 25 Feb 2013 23:26:22 +0000 http://spartannation.com/?p=28177#comment-79449 Appling must be hurt. I want to give him the benefit of the doubt. However, it wouldn't surprise me in the least if Izzo didn't do anything to stop the loss. I'm probably bordering on delusional, but the route of Michigan showed how high the ceiling is for this team - maybe, just maybe this was losing the battle to win the war. He has funny ways to send a message to the team, could this be one of them? Probably not. But I have always maintained that he holds back on playing his ideal lineup and substitutions until sometime near the end of the season, and then they start playing their best basketball. Appling must be hurt. I want to give him the benefit of the doubt. However, it wouldn’t surprise me in the least if Izzo didn’t do anything to stop the loss. I’m probably bordering on delusional, but the route of Michigan showed how high the ceiling is for this team – maybe, just maybe this was losing the battle to win the war. He has funny ways to send a message to the team, could this be one of them? Probably not.

But I have always maintained that he holds back on playing his ideal lineup and substitutions until sometime near the end of the season, and then they start playing their best basketball.

]]> By: DC Spartan http://spartannation.com/2013/02/24/%e2%80%9cfat-and-sassy%e2%80%9d-spartans-fall-at-ohio-state-68-60/comment-page-1/#comment-79448 DC Spartan Mon, 25 Feb 2013 03:30:30 +0000 http://spartannation.com/?p=28177#comment-79448 I just don't understand this performance. The first half we came to play. missed a few looks early but kept competing. The second half was a gong show. Izzo getting out coached and the team being out played with defensive breakdowns everywhere. Craft had a layup line going and yet we kept playing him so tight he could drive right by. Was UM the peak and we forgot the season doesn't end until April? I'm not sure I can remember a more schizophrenic performance from a PG. Good / great against Kansas and UM and a no show with IU and OSU. hopefully Appling can get it together. I just don’t understand this performance. The first half we came to play. missed a few looks early but kept competing. The second half was a gong show. Izzo getting out coached and the team being out played with defensive breakdowns everywhere. Craft had a layup line going and yet we kept playing him so tight he could drive right by.

Was UM the peak and we forgot the season doesn’t end until April? I’m not sure I can remember a more schizophrenic performance from a PG. Good / great against Kansas and UM and a no show with IU and OSU. hopefully Appling can get it together.

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