{"id":16618,"date":"2024-03-20T15:31:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T19:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/?p=16618"},"modified":"2024-03-20T15:31:22","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T19:31:22","slug":"tom-izzo-tells-nbc-sports-hes-not-retiring-anytime-in-the-near-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/?p=16618","title":{"rendered":"Tom Izzo tells NBC Sports he&#8217;s not retiring anytime in the near future"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Tom Izzo spoke to NBC Sports recently and talked about his eventual retirement and he says it&#8217;s not happening any time soon.<\/h2>\n<p>The conversation surrounding Tom Izzo and a <a href=\"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/carson-cooper-malik-hall-share-when-tom-izzo-will-retire\/\">potential retirement<\/a> has never been greater this year. Maybe it\u2019s because a few of the other greats have recently retired, but this year is probably the year <a href=\"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/tom-izzo-talks-about-retirement-plans-in-cbs-sports-interview\/\">Izzo has talked about retirement<\/a>\u00a0the most.<\/p>\n<p>Could he be retiring soon? It probably depends on what your definition of soon is, but let\u2019s hear from coach himself on when he might decide to call it quits.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tom Izzo\u2019s remarkable NCAA tournament resume continues to grow! \ud83d\udc4f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bigten?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@bigten<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MSU_Basketball?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MSU_Basketball<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L16ME1ZZoC\">pic.twitter.com\/L16ME1ZZoC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NBC Sports (@NBCSports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCSports\/status\/1770152534277005444?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>In the above interview with NBC Sports, Izzo talked about when he might retire. Thankfully for Spartan fans, it doesn\u2019t sound like it will be anytime soon. This is what Izzo shared about when he may retire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"s1\">The minute I don\u2019t feel I have the energy to take a red eye, the minute I don\u2019t feel like I have the energy to motivate a kid\u2026 I\u2019m walking away.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Izzo then went on to say, \u201cI don\u2019t see that anytime in the near future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is the best news possible for Michigan State. Sure the last few years haven\u2019t been the best on the court, but Izzo is one of the goats for a reason. We will never see another coach as great as him in our lifetimes in East Lansing, so we need to cherish and enjoy having him roam the Breslin Center for as long as it lasts.<\/p>\n<h3>How will Izzo retire?<\/h3>\n<p>I\u2019ve also always wondered how Tom Izzo will go out. Will he announce his retirement a few days after the last game of his final season? Will he do it during his final postgame press conference? Maybe he\u2019ll tell everyone before his final season begins like Coach K. Based on Izzo\u2019s comments, it sounds like the former.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe day I\u2019m done, I\u2019m done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s as simple as that in Izzo\u2019s eyes. He won\u2019t make it a huge deal and he also won\u2019t be giving us a warning. I think I prefer it that way. One thing I didn\u2019t like about Coach K\u2019s retirement is that it made their season all about him. It took so much away from their players and the season they had. So thankfully, it sounds like Izzo has no interest in doing that.<\/p>\n<p>The last thing Izzo said that stood out is \u201c<span class=\"s1\">I won\u2019t steal any money from Michigan State.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">Now he obviously doesn\u2019t mean literally stealing, but some coaches will wait until a bonus hits and then announce their retirement (Mark Dantonio). But I also think this means Izzo will do everything he can to set MSU up for future success. Whether that be taking on a role in the athletic department or hand picking his replacement, Izzo will make sure to leave MSU better than he found it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It will be a sad day whenever Izzo decides to retire. I just hope he\u2019s able to turn the program around and end on top, because nobody in college basketball deserves to more than him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Izzo has no plans to retire soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":16651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[187],"tags":[59,190,189,504,211],"class_list":["post-16618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","tag-featured","tag-michigan-state-basketball","tag-michigan-state-spartans","tag-news","tag-tom-izzo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}