I Couldn’t tolerate it longer: Jase Richardson confesses after slapping Coach Tom Izzo over…

April 5, 2025 sportprocess Uncategorized 0

Michigan State freshman Jase Richardson received sage advice from his dad, former Michigan State and NBA star Jason Richardson, about playing for Tom Izzo.

“First thing he told me was expect the yelling,” Richardson said. “That’s one of the first things he told me, you’re going to get yelled at and you’re going to have to live with it because at the end of the day, he still loves you for the person that you are and not what you do on the court.”

Jason Richardson was a freshman on Izzo’s 2000 championship team and led the Spartans in scoring the next season before going on to a 13-year NBA career. His son is a likely one-and-done and, for a while, he might have thought he was getting out of East Lansing without feeling the wrath of Izzo.

“I was waiting for my turn to get yelled at when I first came out here,” Richardson said. “It took me like three, four months to finally get yelled at. I was kind of excited about it. I don’t know why, but I was kind of excited, like, yeah, he’s finally getting on me.”

Izzo is notorious for his hard coaching. The four players at the podium for the Spartans a day before their first-round matchup against Bryant could all recall the first time they got yelled at.

“First time he kind of got on me, it was a non-conference game last year,” redshirt freshman guard Jeremy Fears Jr. recalled. “Yeah, it was pretty intense.”

“Probably my freshman year, probably in practice or something,” junior guard Tre Holloman said. “I probably, like, turned it over or something, and he got on me.”

“It was sometime early in my freshman year,” senior guard Jaden Akins said. “I mean, when Coach is yelling at you, you’ve got to take it and just realize he’s trying to get the best out of you. So that’s how I look at it.

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