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Micah Shrewsberry’s fiery news conference after gutless Notre Dame loss

You wanted a coach that shows emotion? How does this work for you?

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – You longtime Notre Dame basketball fans who have wanted a fiery and emotional coach might have gotten your wish. [autotag]Micah Shrewsberry[/autotag] took his postgame news conference after the Irish lost to The Citadel, 65-45, and turned it into a platform to say everything he and his team did in the game was completely wrong. And he held nothing back.

Fighting Irish Wire was among the outlets in the room as it happened. When we began a question by (admittedly somewhat ignorantly) pointing out that [autotag]Braeden Shrewsberry[/autotag] was the team’s 3-point specialist, the elder Shrewsberry snapped back, “He’s not,” citing his son’s recent struggles from that distance, which includes an 0-for-6 showing in this game.

But that was only the tip of the iceberg as to what Shrewsberry had to say. He spread blame around but also put blame on himself. While that’s typical of coaches after a loss, he did it in a way that even reporters who have covered this program for years couldn’t remember seeing anything like that from a Notre Dame coach.

The news conference was too good to leave out, so here it is in its entirety:

Micah Shrewsberry speaks after Notre Dame beats Western Michigan

Here’s some of what the head man said after his latest win.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – All things considered, Micah Shrewsberry has to be pleased with how his Notre Dame tenure has started. With the roster almost completely turned over from a season ago, any victory should be considered progress. That’s what happened when the Irish defeated Western Michigan, 86-65.

That’s not to say there aren’t some things don’t have to clean up. While he was happy to get the win, there also were some things he feels the Irish need to improve on. He made that clear during his postgame news conference.

One thing the media members covering the Irish have learned is that Shrewsberry gives very detailed responses to every question he’s asked. [autotag]Mike Brey[/autotag] also gave detailed responses, but Shrewsberry really loves to talk about his team and make it sound interesting, even finding humor in some of the answers he gives.

Here is Shrewsberry’s opening statement after the win and his answers to the two questions we asked him: