The final buzzer rang on the Michigan State disaster, leaving the score at 83-66. The humiliation was complete. But Mark Pope's press conference may have left Big Blue Nation feeling even worse.
Instead of fire, defiance, or concrete answers, the head coach offered a passive, analytical assessment of the chaos.
“We're really disappointed and discouraged and just completely discombobulated right now.”
In a postgame setting where your team just got whipped, that one word, discombobulated, spoke volumes. It is a light, analytical term for "confused" or "befuddled." And it validates the fan feeling that the coach is aloof and passive rather than angry and focused.