Crean interview on Dan Patrick - some tough questions, some bad answers

[dwaderoy2004]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/danpatrick/listenlive.player.html?file=http://i.cnn.net/si/danpatrick/interviews/2008/4/3/DP-Tom_Crean_Interview_4-3.mp3

mosarsour posted this on another thread.  thought it might get buried, so i posted it here.  good listen if you're up for it.  Patrick doesn;t beat around the bush too much...

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

This is a really good interview

[GuyIncognito]

"I want it to be when we see each other [the team], that we pick up right from where we left off. And I think time will heal that. I don't think that they're very happy with me right now, and I understand that.  But, I want to be able to pick that up and build on the the bonds that we've built. And that's all you can ask for. And its the same thing with the administration, and it's the same thing with your close friends, and it's the same thing with fans........that stuff is so important to me."

We are not very happy, Tom, and I don't think we will be "picking up where we left off" when we see you again.

[Mike Deane]

I was a sucker, and felt for the con man.  I woke up today, and discovered how ugly that a-hole is.

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

He is also confusing leaving Michigan State as an assistant and abandoning guys like McNeal, Matthews and James with a single year of eligibility.

Those guys might forgive and forget, but I don't think it'll be easy.

[thatman32]

I like how Dan downplayed Marquette by pretty much implying it was not a major program!

I think tan tommmy is underestimating how pissed off everyone is.  So by TC's logic we start of where were before then that would 'really really pissed of'!

Now that TC is at a 'major program' then he can do the dan patrick show more . .  thank goodnes.

[Norm]

Has anyone noticed that Crean uses the pronoun "our" when talking about Marquette? "Our players," "our administration," "our fans." He hasn't shifted that yet to Indiana. He used "our" in the press conference yesterday and in subsequent interviews.

I think he does feel bad about the way he left. At least O'Neill went on Steve "The Homer" True's show after he left for Tennessee to kind of sign off on Marquette and Milwaukee. Crean may want to consider doing the same, or at least granting an interview to the Milwaukee media.

In the rush and excitement of taking the Indiana job, I don't know yet if he realizes the bridges he has burned to the Marquette community. Its a shame, because he did good work at Marquette and the majority of fans embraced him and his family. I wonder how his wife and kids feel.

[Chicago_inferiority_complexes]

In the rush and excitement of taking the Indiana job, I don't know yet if he realizes the bridges he has burned to the Marquette community.

I studied poli sci undergrad which was essentially the study of narcisism.

I wonder if Crean is even capable of understanding those bridges he burnt down.

After all, what could Marquette (which city is it in, DP?) have against a guy making a "heart choice" like this?

[TJ]

I wonder how his wife and kids feel.

I'm sure they're very worried about where they are going to put all the money that Tom obviously loves so much.  They feel fine.  His kids are too young to really be leaving anything and his wife was probably very involved in the decision process.

[Daniel]

Wow - did he NOT have an answer about the contract question - he tried to pin one on Dan and Dan said "I lived up to my contract" - Crean is not looking good.  "Because it's Indiana" - got I am tired of that line already.  He grew up in Michigan for gods sake.  Yeah - next it's because it's Michigan State.  Take the Indiana job to build it over the long haul - so "people know I'm going to be here" what a joke. Ugh.

"I'd been there longer than anyone since Al McGuire had been there"  "My emotional level right now is a wreck."  And.....

I think we're finished.  We are not picking up where we left off.  He is really making himself look very insincere.

[Coobeys Oil Depot]

Has anyone noticed that Crean uses the pronoun "our" when talking about Marquette? "Our players," "our administration," "our fans." He hasn't shifted that yet to Indiana. He used "our" in the press conference yesterday and in subsequent interviews.

I think he does feel bad about the way he left. At least O'Neill went on Steve "The Homer" True's show after he left for Tennessee to kind of sign off on Marquette and Milwaukee. Crean may want to consider doing the same, or at least granting an interview to the Milwaukee media.

In the rush and excitement of taking the Indiana job, I don't know yet if he realizes the bridges he has burned to the Marquette community. Its a shame, because he did good work at Marquette and the majority of fans embraced him and his family. I wonder how his wife and kids feel.

I think this part is important. I'm not sure if it will wear off on both sides whereas into the summer Crean realizes just how hurtful his departure was or where the fans step back once we have a new coach and some guys haven't left and realize that Crean fucked up the departure but he still did good things.

Tenuous times for MU fans. Well, except for PRN and 4ever. 

[Chicago_inferiority_complexes]

Does Crean want to pick up before or after his Marquette players saw the ticker on ESPN go by?

Relatedly, how do you pick up from somewhere if you've reduced "somewhere" to nil through your last-minute behavior?

[Ready2Fly]

The best part is when he's trying to convince Dan Patrick to come to midnight madness and he asks someone in the background, "We have midnight madness here right?"

[ChicosBailBonds]

Here's the bad news, he confirms he had a buyout which is also what was confirmed to me today. 


That means no big money coming to MU other then the buyout, which I had heard this morning is 6 figures only.

[Thomas' Danish Delight]

Here's the bad news, he confirms he had a buyout which is also what was confirmed to me today. 


That means no big money coming to MU other then the buyout, which I had heard this morning is 6 figures only.

That female dog!

[Norm]

TJ,

The reason I asked how Crean's wife and kids feel is that Joanie seemed to enjoy their life in Milwaukee and from every report on here she was very nice to talk to and got involved in the community. She's used to it as a coach's daughter, but my guess is she is sad to leave her friends behind. Plus, his oldest daughter is 12 - a tough age to have to move. His son is friends with all the MU players.

Like I said, at some point he is going to realize his exit was pretty bad. Unfortunately, there may be no mending unless he does something to reach out, and it already probably too late for that.

[Thomas' Danish Delight]

"Because it's Indiana" - got I am tired of that line already. 

"It's Indiana, It's Indiana"

It's Indiana?

"It's In- did you grow up in the Midwest?"

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Don't start that rhetorical bullpoop, dude. 

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"It's Indiana"

[mu-rara]

I was a sucker, and felt for the con man.  I woke up today, and discovered how ugly that a-hole is.

Did you notice how pock marked his face is on HD....What was Joani thinking?

[mu_hilltopper]

You know .. I'm surprised .. How many times did Crean buy full page ads in the Milwaukee JS?  Almost every year, there was some ad ..

I'm surprised Crean doesn't make IU pay for an ad like that, trying to mend fences in Milwaukee.  "Thanks, I loved my time at MU, I'm sorry the news leaked out like it did, and if I could do it over again, I would.   Thank you to the fans, the coaches, the players, yadda yadda, you will always be in my heart, yadda yadda."

Fine, don't do it in the MJS .. what's a full pager in the MU Tribune?  No, wait.  That's like bringing a half-dozen roses home to the missus after a fight.  He needs the 2 dozen rose bouquet.  Gotta be in the MJS.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

"Because it's Indiana" - got I am tired of that line already. 

"It's Indiana, It's Indiana"

It's Indiana?

"It's In- did you grow up in the Midwest?"

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Don't start that rhetorical bullpoop, dude. 

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"It's Indiana"

"The dogs name was Indiana!"  - Sean Connery Indiana Jones 3

[ATWizJr]

way too late for fence mending.  And the DP zingers, "Hey I didn't even know what city MU was in",  and "now that you are coaching a major program" well, up yours too, Dan.

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

Patrick was kidding. He used to be on the radio in Milwaukee when before ESPN forced him to quit.

[Marquette Gyros]

Patrick was definitely kidding with the "because I don't even know where Marquette is" line -- the way I heard it, the line was a shot he took at Crean for minimizing MU. 

[Thomas' Danish Delight]

Patrick was definitely kidding with the "because I don't even know where Marquette is" line -- the way I heard it, the line was a shot he took at Crean for minimizing MU. 

exactly.  he pretty much defecated on crean during that interview, and i thank Dan Patrick for it.

on a totally unrelated note...OMG SAL'S PEPPERONI STUFFED PIZZA IS DELICIOUS!

[ATWizJr]

I don't find alluding to not knowing what city Marquette is in on a national show all that amusing.  Then again, I don't like us getting dissed by anyone.