{"id":19075,"date":"2010-12-23T22:57:30","date_gmt":"2010-12-24T03:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=19075"},"modified":"2018-07-05T09:53:21","modified_gmt":"2018-07-05T13:53:21","slug":"the-feel-good-story-of-former-michigan-state-big-man-tom-herzog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/the-feel-good-story-of-former-michigan-state-big-man-tom-herzog\/","title":{"rendered":"The Feel-good Story of Former Michigan State Big Man Tom Herzog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-thumbnail img-fluid wp-image-7643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2009\/11\/2662615-150x150.jpg\" alt><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-thumbnail img-fluid wp-image-7643 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2009\/11\/2662615-150x150.jpg\">When the AP Poll is released next Monday, there\u2019s a chance that No. 24 Central Florida will move up in the polls and Michigan State \u2013 which suffered its fourth loss this season \u2013 may move out of them.<\/p>\n<p>When informed of that scenario, former Spartan 7-footer Tom Herzog \u2013 who has become a key piece in Central Florida\u2019s shocking 11-0 start \u2013 could only shake his head in disbelief.<\/p>\n<p>Herzog made a mistake five or so years ago when the former Top 100 player opted to stay close to home and play for Tom Izzo at Michigan State.<\/p>\n<p>It just wasn\u2019t the right marriage.<\/p>\n<p>Izzo\u2019s hard-nosed approach just didn\u2019t mesh with the cerebral Herzog, an applied engineering major who graduated in four years and is using his one year of remaining eligibility immediately after transferring to Central Florida.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s a totally different coaching style,\u201d Herzog admitted. &#8220;For some players, it works. Coach Izzo\u2019s obviously had great success, but it just wasn\u2019t the right style with me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Knights coach Donnie Jones has taken the softer, warm and fuzzy approach of trying to build Herzog\u2019s confidence back up since he arrived and it\u2019s worked.<\/p>\n<p>Both on and off the court.<\/p>\n<p>Herzog, despite playing the past six games with a broken bone in his wrist, has scored 49 points this season. That\u2019s five more he put on the board in his entire Michigan State career.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s also begun to come out of his shell socially and is far more outgoing than he\u2019s been in the past.<\/p>\n<p>I first met Herzog years ago when I sat next to him on the same connecting flight to an AAU tournament and couldn\u2019t get more than a handful of words from him. Even when I\u2019d see him at Michigan State, he blended into the background and was tentative to speak. However, Herzog wasted no time coming up to me after the afternoon shootaround and couldn\u2019t stop talking.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The crazy thing is he\u2019s doing all this with one hand,\u201d said teammate A.J. 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But then, in the second half, I had the right mindset.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And he was a difference-maker.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tom came in with low self-esteem,\u201d Jones said. &#8220;He needed to form his identity and where he fit into this team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That hasn\u2019t taken long at all.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He\u2019s impacted our team on a daily basis,\u201d Jones said. &#8220;With his work ethic and attitude.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019re not where we are without him,\u201d Rompza added.<\/p>\n<p>While his former team is struggling to find its identity, it\u2019s nice to see that Herzog appears to have found his.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: FOX Sports,&nbsp;THE FEEL-GOOD STORY OF FORMER MICHIGAN STATE BIG MAN TOM HERZOG<\/em><em>, by Jeff&nbsp;Goodman<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When the AP Poll is released next Monday, there\u2019s a chance that No. 24 Central Florida will move up in the polls and Michigan State \u2013 which suffered its fourth loss this season \u2013 may move out of them. 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