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Jay Bilas, Seth Greenberg call the end of the Michigan-Wisconsin game disappointing and ‘totally unacceptable’
By Keith Farner
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Jay Bilas and Seth Greenberg offered their reactions to the events at the end of the Michigan-Wisconsin men’s basketball game on Sunday when Juwan Howard, after arguing in the postgame handshake line, reached across and hit a Badgers assistant in the head which triggered a scuffle.
The ESPN analysts were on “Get Up” on Monday morning to share their views.
“It was disappointing to see 2 coaches get in a fight in the handshake line after a game is profoundly disappointing,” Bilas said on ESPN’s Get Up. “Usually it’s the administrators and coaches that are waving their finger at the players to show decorum and to act the right way. And then when the coaches can’t do it, it’s really disappointing. It’s also disappointing that people are talking about well, this guy pressed and this guy called a timeout, so what. None of that matters, the game was over. If we can’t act the right way in the handshake line, and can’t take the proper tone in the press conferences afterwards, I don’t know what, it’s really disappointing.”
Seth Greenberg offered his perspective, and said while everyone talks about the pressing and the timeout, here’s the bottom line.
“Coach your own team,” he said. “Juwan Howard should not worry about Greg Gard calling a timeout, and Greg Gard should not worry about Juwan Howard pressing. You do what’s in the best interest of your team.”
Greenberg then said what happened at the end of the game was “totally unacceptable” and he shared talking with his daughter about it.
“Maybe we should get rid of the handshake lines,” he said. “How about we just act appropriately. How about we lead as opposed to follow. How about we set an example. What happened yesterday was unacceptable, it was embarrassing to both institutions to the point where people were in danger. We just set a really bad example.”
.@JayBilas reacts to the altercation between Michigan-Wisconsin.
“Usually it’s the administrators and coaches that are waving their finger at the players to show decorum and to act the right way. And when the coaches can’t do it, it’s really disappointing.” pic.twitter.com/NsOM2V8OvE
— Get Up (@GetUpESPN) February 21, 2022
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
