Tom Crean gets “into it” with Michigan coaches in the post game
The quintessential Tom Crean look. (Steve Dykes-USA TODAY Sports)
No. 2 Indiana pulled off a thrilling victory over No. 7 Michigan on the road on Sunday, but it was the post-game antics of Hoosiers’ coach Tom Crean that once again stole the headlines.
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Crean has become one of the most vilified coaches in America for his actions both on and off the court. He has been hammered by media and fans claiming that he calls for his players to flop — a lot — and it’s hard to argue against that if you turn on an Indiana game.
On Sunday, following the 72-71 Indiana win, it was more of the same as Crean reportedly got into it with Michigan assistant coaches, according to Yahoo Sports Dan Wetzel.
Tom Crean got into it twice postgame with a Michigan assistant. Wild scene here in Ann Arbor
— Dan Wetzel (@DanWetzel) March 10, 2013
Heated ending to game. Crean and UM assistant Jeff Meyer exchanged some words during handshake line and then after.
— Dan Wetzel (@DanWetzel) March 10, 2013
And the best reaction tweet goes too…
Even Lane Kiffin thinks Tom Crean could tone down the “Haters gonna hate” routine.
— Ben Jones (@Ben_Jones88) March 10, 2013
And we just had to pull a runner-up…
@realskipbayless you should have Tom Crean on so the country can vote who is the bigger DB
— Matt Berkowitz (@guruberk21) March 10, 2013
And a few more reactions from the Twitter-verse…
@tomcrean if you weren’t such a baby post game, might actually care when u won. #bettersportsmanship
— Rob Mitchell (@RobMitchell00) March 11, 2013
.@tomcrean is a horrible individual.
— Connor O’Brien (@mconnorobrien) March 11, 2013
Apparently Tom Crean is quite the a-hole. Guess IU basketball is now REALLY back. #bobknight
— Jeff Stocker (@nocajstock) March 11, 2013
If you’ve got hate in your heart, let it out…
@rrush59 AIDS/Nuclear Proliferation/Famine/Disco Music/Satan >>>> @tomcrean
— Andrew Schweiger (@TheSchwig) March 11, 2013
Next up for Crean and Indiana is the Big Ten and NCAA Tournaments. It’ll be fun to watch Crean’s reactions when everything is on the line.
*Update* Video and Back Story
Here’s the video (via Deadspin) in which Crean appears to be yelling at Michigan assistant Jeff Meyer. Meyer was a member of Kelvin Sampson’s staff at Indiana during a downswing in the Hoosiers basketball program. It seems that Crean tracked down Meyer and said ”you know what you did…you held up the program,” before being restrained.
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