Rob Parker: Tom Izzo was 100 percent 'out of line' for screaming at MSU player | CBB | UNDISPUTED
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- Rob Parker joins Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe to weigh in on Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo receiving criticism over berating one of his players during the NCAA Tournament. Hear Rob defend the players and thinks what Izzo did was not coaching.
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Rob Parker: Tom Izzo was 100 percent 'out of line' for screaming at MSU player | CBB | UNDISPUTED
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Was Tom Izzo out of line for screaming at a freshman?
Definitely was out of line. He has no right to talk to a kid like that. Especially when it's not HIS CHILD! Some people parents probably don't even show that kind of emotions to their own kids. Now if the kid decided to strike back or give him the same disrespect, his scholarship could be took away and have no education.... see the difference?
Skip and Shannon: UNDISPUTED You can’t treat them as both students, and workers, not while not paying them.
Lol omg. Are some people’s feelings hurt right now?
Did he hurt the player feelings? No... Stop acting like this is a big deal... They've signed up for this to be coached and play the sport that they love...
Super Soft Segment
Gregg popovich one of the greatest coaches ever still yells at his players
Yells at grown men not a freshman with that kind of vitriol that has other players holding him back
He yells... Key word yells. He doesnt try to punch Kids for making a mistake
Albert G nba players also get paid
Melvin Ramirez did you ever play middle school or high school sports???? I’ve gotten swore off by a screaming coach multiple times.... it’s literally common in all sports
@@hlzeron your reaching lol. Where did izzo try to punch him? I didn't see that in the video.
I find it absolutely hilarious that these guys are telling a GOOD coach how to coach
Mr. Fluffles izzo is overrated
A hall of fame coach at that.
@@jordygoat lmao 8 final fours 23 tournies in a row
Great*
Rob sounds like someone who’s never played high school or high level sports
Facts
Facts, only ppl feels this is wrong are ppl who never played sports or any competitive competition
2 seconds of listening to rob will tell you that lol.
Doesn't excuse bullying/punching a kids for making a mistake. No great coach does that
What about Shannon Sharpe?
The only problem I had with Izzo was the closed fist when he was arguing with his player. Other than that this was a man who cried a couple years ago when his senior players were graduating this notion he doesn’t respect his players is ludicrous
Yall so soft 🤦🏾♂️ a closed fist ain't nothing
William Fortson So grown men can show all that emotion but let that freshman have reacted in even the slightest bit aggressively and he would of got his scholarship taken and been labeled a hothead with no respect
@@felipe5955 first off, Aaron Henry is a grown man. Secondly, you can't get aggressive with your coach just because he yelled at you. Sorry to hear that you're soft but i'm not. Him yelling with a closed fist during the tournament of all times is nothing
Exactly. If you walk up on someone where I'm from and where these players from with a closed fist, you might get dropped. Dont walk up on no man like that.
@@thrillwill5 so, lunging at people and being held back is respectable. Things have changed. People refuse to be talked to that way. You can get a point across without screaming and attempting to assault a player. And yes I've been screamed at like that and had my facemask grabbed and pulled around.
You know it's bad when one of university of Michigan's players defended Tom Izzo.
Greg Popovich, Bill Belichick and Nick Saban all yell at their players. Not every coaches the same and it doesn't mean one way is better than the other
MrShitfire they don’t touch the players
@@jordygoat neither did Izzo
MrShitfire never seen any of those coaches present like they were tryna square up on a player 😂 I’ve played sports I know it’s not all hand holding but he wanted smoke
Never even seen pop or belichick even put their finger in a guys face like that
I think izzo did nothing wrong. People complain about this but are okay when players fight each other and just a game or two suspension. It’s as if they knew nothing about izzo the man loves his players. Like someone else said all of his ex players are defending him. Like come on now.
Because players can have a sheep mentality towards schools and coaches.
I’m trying hard to see what’s the issue and I just don’t see it🤷🏾♂️
Oh I do...the issue is that they don't know what they are saying and want to make news so they make money.
It’s not a good look on NATIONAL Television
XAVIER LINDSEY. The issue isn't about the yelling. What Izzo did was considered an act of aggression in society today. If Izzo did that in a bar and got knocked out, people would say he deserved it. If the student would have hit or pushed Izzo on the court, the student would be banned by the NCAA immediately. It's about leaders holding people to a standard they don't have to live by.
@@jordygoat u not a good look on this comments section
No. Man y'all got to stop being so damn soft.
Exactly
No the players do lol I would of popped off on Tom Izzo
I agree... but were probably saying that coming from a different time. Dont be that old guy. Things change. We can choose to accept it or not, but it's different times
@@30boyjb he was screaming back at Izzo
shut up nerd
0:39 fire somebody.
🤣🤣🤣
Nobody was paying attention anyways, rob Parker was talking
Izzo was 💯 correct it's 1 and done there is not tomorrow.
This shouldn't have been a news. Soft generation. SMH.
Wym generation rob Parker is saying it
@@zachkim4 Just goes to show how quick dumb motherfuckers are to try to blame it on a "generation" thing
@@zuffyg4772 *dabs*
@reg nash he your generation
okay reg Nash
I agree with skip from the standpoint that it was really about Izzo. He was upset that he nearly lost a first round game in the midst of several years of underachieving
Reminds me of the audio tape of Knight in the locker room yelling at his players because he was tired of losing to Perdue.
Underachieving in the tournament? He's been to 8 final fours. He doesn't get the talent like Duke, N. Carolina,or Kansas.
Ur dumb gabe missed the easiest switch ive ever seen
Lmao beat zion prob the most overhyped player in history then he goes to 23 tournies in a row and gets to 8 final fours lmao underachieving?
People need to realize that players respond to different things. People become better with harshness and people also play worse with it. If the coach doesn't know how the player responds to words and he yelled at him out of frustration then he was wrong
Well the word is that the player that got yelled played better after getting yelled at. All your seeing is a 2 minute video out of a whole season. Maybe Tom izzo knew that yelling at that kid is what he needed.
@@rebelforchrist6570 that's what I'm saying. if yelling made him play better than that's fine. But if he doesn't respond well to that and izzo yelled at him out of frustration then izzo was in the wrong
Damn you should’ve brought Rob Parker on for a Lebron topic. He called the Lakers not making the playoffs months ago
shannon dnt want that smoke
Darren Jones did he call Lebron being hurt half the season to?
@@whayes8084 does him not playing those games also count as an excuse for when he came bsck from injury he still taking Ls left and right. And he got blocked for the game by some no name player on the Knicks.
I agree with Parker that the yelling is not coaching. Good coaching and good teaching does not require yelling. When we yell it means we're out of ideas.
Also, the power differential is huge. The player simply has to take it. I used to like Izzo but I see him differently now.
I've never seen so much ignorant hate for Izzo, who gives his players the same right to come at him and speak their mind. The fact that yall ignore alumni defending Izzo is clear yall want to push this agenda.
He was silent last year when the school was facing MeToo and since then people have had it out for him. They literally compared him to Bobby Knight choking a player and Mike Rice throwing basketballs at players in practice. If that don't show you the vitriol they have for MSU I don't know what would.
cheap talking points for this stupid snowflake media
I guess rob ain’t never played any sport
he just blames whites for everything and moves himself up the pyramid
@@snoodballla9632 your the type that says Bobby knight was correct in all his practice and chocking a player. Yep we already know...
Rob Parker is soft.
Facts
This is why the NBA is becoming terrible because you can’t say anything to AAU players, High school players, or college players!
Show Rob Parker the video tape of Bobby Knight 🤷🏾♂️
This is nonsense. Izzo was coaching with passion. In today’s political media, white coach, black player, a receipt for getting more clicks...
Sad times we live in.
I love my man Rob but I gotta disagree with him here. Players need tough love sometimes
They don't need bullying
@@ThePk7861 you right... They need tough love
Bullying? I bet you can’t tell me what he said
@@ThePk7861 And what is bullying? Yelling at someone? Cause in that case every parent in the country has bullied their kids.
@@ThePk7861 soft
Rob Parker automatically = Dislike
I'm mad I even had to click on the video to give it the Dislike..
hes a wimp
A dislike doesn't matter. A view count does.
These guys are out of their minds. It's just insane that they're condemning him for yelling at a player.
This is nothing compared to Bobby Knight
When one of these kids choke Izzo out ppl gonna say the kid is wrong 🤦🏾♂️
You can just tell Rob Parker never played sports in his life
Rob 'I talk with spit in my mouth' Parker = Soft!
The coaching is good until you go Latrell then you are out of line
If you can't handle the heat, get out of the kitchen.
tboneups that’s not how that works. Be professional
They all hugged after this episode.
😂
Disappointed in this take from EVERYONE on set. Especially being on Fox! How ESPN get it right and y’all go soft
TOM IZZO WAS 100% WRONG. So you are telling me that is the Michigan State University President did the EXACT same thing to Izzo in front of a large crowd of people, or, on this telecast of a national tv game Izzo, his family, and other coaches with be ok with that. Of course they would not be ok with that. Inspite of the fact he is a FRESHMAN he is still an adult man. He could have accomplished the same thing by pulling him from the game and in a soft voice said "Son you are not playing hard and I will not tolerate that. So you can come sit next to me for the rest of the game as my discipline for your lack of hustle." That would have been acceptable and would still have accomplished STRONGLY what Izzo did by yelling and screaming and embarrassing someone, (who is an adult), in front of a crowd of people. It would be called domestic violence if it was found out he did that to his wife or his own son.
Yeah I want my boss to yell and raise a fist at me at work more often.
Do you play competitive sports at work?
@@brpinkleton is playing a professional sport not a job?
3:07 the media not soft you soft
I agree with Rob Parker because it's an easy solution: sit the player down and go to him and tell him he cannot get on the court unless he hustles. Parker was right about the P.J./Spreewell situation... these coaches, for the most part, are sadistic psychotic people who love to prey on young athletic men using power, influence, money, connections, and opportunities in exchange for this type of foolishness. This was great it happened because everyone can see the truth of coaching in general who have no idea how to lead or influence people positively... most coaches (just look at them) are crazy because of the pressure and responsibilities they have, especially at the high school/college level with smaller pay... it's just way too much for them to expect not to lose their minds or cool when the pressure gets to them - it happens but this had more to do with understanding than a mad Izzo... just make sure the player understands but why was he in the game if he doesn't understand?
Ehhh NAW I THINK THESE COACHES ARE JUST HUMAN. Some are Sadistic Sarcastic Overpowered egomaniacs, you know HUMAN
It's almost April, when's Rob Parker going to Mexico
LM
Now imagine if that freshman had done the same thing. If you know you’d have a problem with a player acting like that then It’s a problem when the coach does it.
Coaches coach players, not the other way around. Does a soldier in basic training act like a drill sergeant? No, the sergeant is training the soldiers.
lordnate2000 First of all a drill sergeants job is to train soldiers on how to survive and operate in war time situations. That comparison to a sport isn’t just ridiculous it’s borderline disrespectful. Second of all even a drill sergeant could get in trouble in the army if they acted like that.
To say nothing of a coach who’s job description does not in include being restrained. For fear of getting physical with a college freshman. My point still stands because the ACTION is being judged not the position. If you believe a position gives you permission to act in such a manner you’d have no business being a coach.
Rob Parker is the goat of talk shows
Russel Westbrook goes 100 mph every game every second. Idk what Shannon is talking about lol
Not on defense
@@mobrocket thats debatable
Rob Parker: show me the tape of coach k, dean Smith yelling at players
Not all coaches coach the same way since when has being tough on kids been a bad thing.
Rob parker Never fails to bring up race
Izzo may care about his guys, but the other players and coaches had to hold him back from his kid. There's a difference between tough love and verbally attacking an athlete. There are other ways to really coach your athlete
Maxwell Hammond what if they didn’t hold him back?
How soft are we
Soft is respectable or at least understandable. THIS IS PC LOL
Nobody is mad about the screaming. We all got screamed at as kids in sports. My facemask was grabbed and thrown around. The issue is he lunged at the kid on the bench. It looked really violent.
Only reason its a story . Because its on video._.. This story softer than drake
It's not a secret he's being doing this for years, if you don't want to play for a coach that has expectations you have plenty of other top schools in the country to attend and get coddled.
If that player yelled at Izzo like that it’d be unacceptable. Players are expected to talk to coaches with respect. Coaches should be held to the same expectations
Imagine if Izzo yelled at that same player on the street and wonder if Izzo doesn't get beat down. Izzo used his position to terrorize his player. Man to man he doesn't even have the balls to do that in any other setting. Cowardly man.
I have no problem with coaches coaching aggressively, but anytime the other players feel the need like to step in between the two in order to restrain the coach, that's going to far.
This doesn't happen in the next level in the NBA, so it really shouldn't escalate to this level in college at all.
Dude me and my homie hav worse arguements than that daily lmaooo
It was nothing more than the typical Izzo actions. He's yelled at MULTIPLE athletes when underperformed, some open handed some closed fist. If you cant take the intensity go play at a lower level point blank.
Thanks for confirming you've never played sports in your life Rob lmao
Wow, Rob Parker finally got it. Agreed, Izzo did too much this time. Izzo should sincerely apologize to him and the team. We are all humans and make mistakes, coaches included.
It’s obvious you never played a sport. What coach doesn’t apply tough love at times? Not every coaching style are the same.
It's just coach being coach until it's your 18 yr old
NON ATHLETES telling folks that the coach was wrong. Funny.
You can always tell who never really played sports lmao
Shannon Sharpe was one of the greatest ever and a hall of Famer and he said he was completely out of line so what's your point?
Bobby knight did this twice a yr at texas tech and indiana he fought hall famer isaiah thomas and hes consider a legend
The media is soft, but at the same time I'm happy it's a white man getting this criticism.
racist
@@thephilosophicalphilswift8677 yeap
If that kid had defended himself and socked izzo for lunging at him not once but twice the NCAA would be losing their mind right now.
Of course everyone would. Why would he have to defend himself if he's not being attacked?
Jenny says these discussions are important to have. What are we going to do about it though
The lunging was the only thing out of line . As a former athlete if a coach lunged at me we gotta scrap
As a father I don’t need any coach to teach my son how to be a man. Just teach him to be a better ball player and leave the rest up to me.
You're an idiot!!! When a "kid" becomes a student athlete, it's the coaches JOB to turn him into a man! You are wronge and wear women's underwear.
Cry babies it's a game where you are one and done... Izzo was not out of line period...
Why is rob Parker employer? This guy is horrible. Says the opposite of what most viewers think
Gotta agree with Rob. That threat of physical violence is a step past coaching, into just plain old bullying.
Bullying is for crybaby victims
Do you really think Tom izzo was gonna strike a player during a national televised game??? What evidence do you have on tom izzos past that makes you think the player was in any actual physical danger?
@@rebelforchrist6570 Exactly. The player was in no danger, he wasn't going to hit him. Too much is being made out of this.
@@rebelforchrist6570 optics optics. You keep asking what if, but lunging with a closed fist are half way act, in criminal court that's assault so yes that has negative implications. We will see next year's recruiting how will that affect Michigan State. Ill call that it will affect them.
@@gannibalof21st bro every player that signs up for Michigan state knows what they are signing up for. You don't think these players and their families do a background check on Tom izzo and his coaching style? By the way have you ever played organized sports? If you did I wonder what type of powderpuff, flower smelling, skipping off to a rainbow type of coach you had? Lol
How many people here HATE Rob Parker
Society is getting soft
Not sure how I feel about this. But let's be honest. As a 90s kid things have changed. You cant discipline your kid like how we got it back then. 90s this was nothing today if you talked to your teenager like this at the grocery store, even if the kid was wrong, the cops would be called. So therefore the question isnt about right or wrong. The focus should be on a change in times. We realized screaming and throwing fits is not effective. Let's say if this kid was a high projected draft pick. You might have hurt his stock.
SAWFT if you can't handle your coach yelling at you to improve you, you will never stand a minute against an opponent who trash talks you 48 minutes
Dude coach pop was yell at everybody that's why Duncan was so valuable because players would see Duncan getting yelled at which would give pop the ability to coach at full potential
He definitely wouldn't want this on his highlight reel great point rob
Honestly from a professional standpoint that I believe that Tom Izzo is 100% Right for what he needed to do as the Head Coach of the team.
Cant believe I agree with Rob Parker...
How if u played sports u should know it was nothing
@@chrismartin1812 it's one thing to be upset with a player but its another thing to behave like you don't have common sense. Scholarship or not, respect should be there regardless if you the coach or not and there are better ways he could have taught his player to understand his frustration...
If this was a regular season game, then I would have an issue. But this, this is March Madness man. One loss and you’re gone... I love that General Izzo was in the face of his players, it gets them fired up and more motivated...
MSU coach yells, wins game. Bradley coach doesn’t yell, loses game. 🤷♂️
There’s nothing wrong with this. This is coaching. This is a non-story, the media is soft and they are overreacting. Non-story. The fact that this is getting as much coverage is ridiculous to me.
If you never played sports at a competitive level, you wouldn’t understand the passion behind a coach wanting to win.... it’s just different sometimes
When they start a segment with words Rob Parker, its doomed!
Y’all saying the NBA soft damn what are y’all LMAO
This country getting OD soft. Y'all serious right now? Tom Izzo is a legend, stop it. Damn. Smh
Why are they acting like Tom Izzo is the only coach who stills yells at players?Coach Popovich yell at his players all the time but yet no one calls him out. Another thing I don’t understand is why does the media all of sudden have a problem with coach Izzo with yelling at his players .I have been a Michigan state fan for 15 years in almost every game I have watch coach Izzo has yell at his players about something.Why are they now just calling him out for it?
NO ISSUE I'M A YOUTH COACH PEOPLE STOP SEARCHING
And the media obviously has zero respect for MSU
To be fair it’s rapey school
Phonso prove it: I'm sure the East Lansing police department would love all the evidence you have that would convict a few basketball players.
Rob nailed it on this one.
Rob Parker, u Charmin soft
Let’s act like Rob Parker has credibility.
Rob Parker.. stop it
Everybody wanted Sean Woods fired at Morehead, but these comments are polar opposites.
Im suprised by all of shannons reactions. I think we are tougher in the midwest. Its that easy. We all get coached like that since the day we decide we dont want to work in a factory.
Life is tough. And unfair. The only thing that we can control day in and out is effort. Effort. Its what makes a Spartan a Spartan
The media is soft and you’re overreacting
Rob Parker needs to chill out because Izzo was trying to explain the seriousness of the game. I can’t expect non collegiate player like Rob “the junk professor” to understand
I just saw the clip and there was a video talking about this particular incident while showing other clips of him doing the same at other times. The reason that the people who are having a problem with what happened with Henry is mainly due to the appearance of it. Watching the video that was showing several other clips, if you pay attention instead of just focusing on how Tom Izzo looks when he's doing it, you'll see that the players are able to argue back with Izzo. This isn't a typical coach screams at a player and the player has to be silent and just take it. The players are free to voice their input. And what you'll also see if you pay attention is that Tom Izzo does immediately calm down, usually, when he makes whatever point he's trying to make.
I know the incident with Henry continued in the huddle. But even in the huddle, you see that the team has the kind of relationship that Henry can voice his side. The other players can voice their side when they are trying to get Izzo to calm down. The relationship that Izzo has with his players and what the players feel about the coach/player dynamic is a lot deeper than your typical outside viewer is going to pick up on.
Now, the look on his face plus the bags under Izzo's eyes aren't helping. And the bags really are making him look crazy. But there's a saying, "what are the optics", or it might be "the optics are everything". But the gist of it is that nowadays people are swayed so easily, and people don't really look beyond how something appears than to look for what actually is happening. Such as the look on Izzo's face. They get that image, and they stop at that. They don't see the things I pointed out like the players are able to yell back. How quickly everyone calms down. How was Izzo the rest of the game? Did he flare up again? I like watching Mich State and I've seen Izzo flare up in a game. But it's hardly ever more than once.
I didn't see this game, but I haven't heard talk of Izzo not putting the player back in the game. How many times would you expect a coach who had that kind of thing happen in a team huddle where the player could voice his side like that, take it out on a player by not putting them back in the game?
Parker could NOT be more wrong.
Can somebody please link me to a time when Rob Parker said something valuable?
I absolutely agree with Rob. When players have to hold a coach back from a player, there's something wrong. The coach should be the example. He did more than just yell and show passion at Henry, he was trying to intimidate him. Why the closed fists? Why did it continue in the huddle? The coach lost it and didn't look good on the school.
Undisputed is out of line for bringing rob parker on the show
Stop yelling in like 2 min in and I’m leaving the video lol. Jesus.
Moral of the story for college athletes, everyone (fans and media) will support the coaches and schools before you. Period.
Not surprised that coaches do this to their players nowadays
Well damn! Knight brought a whip to practice? I knew about the choking but not a whip!
My coach used to throw chairs at me and my teammates during practice
J. R. Damn. So do you think this was bullying? Just curious
@@904czv4 bullies don't care. Coaches do.