re: Possible coaching candidates

From Crean's Wiki page (I know wiki is a joke, but anyway):

Izzo and Crean became such good friends that Crean lived in Izzo's house and Izzo was an usher in Crean's wedding. According to Crean at the time,

And also this from Izzo:

"Am I a little frustrated with it? Yeah, I am. Do I think he's a hell of a coach? Yes, I do. Do I think he's got to make adjustments just like I do and everybody else? Probably," Izzo said. "But I'm telling you the guy can coach, the guy can recruit, and he built my program [Crean was a Michigan State assistant from 1995-99 then left to become the head coach at Marquette]. He helped me build my program. My program wouldn't be as good as it is if it wasn't for Tom Crean. I mean that. I really do."


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