I think Allen knew what the expectations were and didn’t/wasn’t able to meet them. Izzo said over and over that he needed to grow up more and ultimately decided that a change of scenery would help. My guess is that the realization that his time at MSU was over and it was his own fault was the very first step and the moment CA really started to take the emotional steps that Izzo called for. In that light, his positive attitude doesn’t shock me. Looks like Izzo knew exactly what he was doing and Allen even begrudgingly agreed with the call.

I know that’s some psycho-babbling but it all holds together for me.

More in the spirit of Anderlecht’s spin, if Chris did do something(s) big to screw up and Izzo has been guarding his privacy, what incentive would he have to make a scene and throw some mud? I bet Chris Allen loses that PR battle.

I hope people took the “this year” from my post, while having an expectation at a Final 4 every season would border on delusional, I think we can all agree the tea leaves are in our favor for this upcoming season.

But expectations, projections, etc really mean nothing when it’s all said & done – that’s why they play the games!