Fact is that Kirk does get up in the officials faces and stands up for his players. But he does it when he needs to, not over everything. This helps to drive a point home. If the officials hear it all game, they are going to tune it out eventually.
Fact is Kirk has been known to cry at the end of a game. But it is when his team pours it all out on the field and they WIN. Tears of joy.
Fact is that had the ISU players done what they needed to do on the field, one or two blown calls at the end of the game wouldn't have made a difference. If you want to win a game, you want the outcome in your hands, not the officials. A good coaching role model tells his team, and the public, this. He doesn't blame it on the officials.
And that, as they say, is football.