Mattison walks in on meeting between Narduzzi, McDowell
On the first day contact was allowed during the latest recruiting period under NCAA rules, Michigan State defensive coordinator Pat Narduzzi, Michigan defensive coordinator Greg Mattison and Alabama assistant Bobby Williams were patiently biding their time at the school.
McDowell arrived at school, entered a tiny office and sat against the left wall in the middle of a row of chairs. At a small round table, Narduzzi began speaking, talking about football, about life, about his future in both areas — the door closed for just the two of them.
“Michigan State was here, then Michigan came, they just walked right in and sat down,” McDowell said. “That was pretty funny. I was just sitting there watching … (Coach) Narduzzi was sitting right here. It just all stopped. Then (Mattison) was like, ‘Oh, is this a bad time?’ It made me laugh.”
January 31st, 2014 at 6:26 PM ^
Sooooooo he's coming to Michigan?
January 31st, 2014 at 6:28 PM ^
One small victory for the "good guys..."
I hope it means something later.
January 31st, 2014 at 6:31 PM ^
Sam Webb tweeted that the visit went very well and that Michigan is "definitely still in it!" Yay?!?!
January 31st, 2014 at 7:56 PM ^
January 31st, 2014 at 8:04 PM ^
February 1st, 2014 at 7:38 AM ^
January 31st, 2014 at 6:31 PM ^
Swag Mattison don't give a F.
January 31st, 2014 at 9:18 PM ^
"That's what we try to do."
January 31st, 2014 at 6:35 PM ^
January 31st, 2014 at 7:17 PM ^
Has to be all the points
January 31st, 2014 at 6:36 PM ^
As if the anticipation could not have become greater.
January 31st, 2014 at 6:41 PM ^
January 31st, 2014 at 6:46 PM ^
especially if it was MSU time. How would we feel if Narduzzi did that to Mattison?
January 31st, 2014 at 6:53 PM ^
Didn't Dantonio or Narduzzi interrupt one of the assistants when they were speaking at like a HS coaches meeting?
January 31st, 2014 at 7:06 PM ^
What's your point?
January 31st, 2014 at 7:19 PM ^
January 31st, 2014 at 7:24 PM ^
To hell with MSU
and ND
January 31st, 2014 at 8:07 PM ^
Solid argument. Really great work.
February 1st, 2014 at 1:44 AM ^
February 1st, 2014 at 1:18 PM ^
If you look at his previous comments, you'll realize he's having more than just one bad day.
January 31st, 2014 at 7:20 PM ^
Just to answer the question, it was an early 2012 meeting of the Michigan High School Football Coaches' Association, I believe, when Jeff Hecklinski was interrupted by Mark Dantonio. As I recall, the reason that Dantonio gave essentially is that he found the tenor of Hecklinski's remarks a little too Michigan-centeic for the occasion. Supposedly, there was a misconception about the format of the forum that was being held which led to this.
In any case, I think that was a totally different situation that what the OP is reporting.
February 1st, 2014 at 1:21 PM ^
You are a wealth of knowledge my friend.
January 31st, 2014 at 6:58 PM ^
I think this kind of 'unpoliteness' is reasonably common in recruiting. I've heard of this exact 'accident' a few times over the years and I am certain that with the amount of negative recruiting that goes on off the record that this is about as tame as it gets
January 31st, 2014 at 7:18 PM ^
It was a joke. People get jokes, even if they're MSU people.
January 31st, 2014 at 9:05 PM ^
January 31st, 2014 at 9:24 PM ^
So what? Let them be pissed. They were all laughing and crowing when D'Antonio did it to Heck. Let em get all salty.
January 31st, 2014 at 9:25 PM ^
By "MSU people" I was actually referring to Narduzzi. RCMB pushes my definition of "people." They're awful.
January 31st, 2014 at 10:18 PM ^
Who am i kidding? I will laugh my ass off when I go read RCMB.
January 31st, 2014 at 7:22 PM ^
There is no class anymore. This is a cut throat buisness and you gotta do whatcha' gotta do to get the job done. You want to show class to MSU? So they don't call us scum? They will say we have no class no matter what. Fuck them and fuck everyone else. We want championships, not friends.
January 31st, 2014 at 7:45 PM ^
January 31st, 2014 at 8:11 PM ^
Everyone would be very upset. It's ok when the shoe is on the other foot, though.
February 1st, 2014 at 11:14 AM ^
Maybe we would be upset. And what is wrong with that?
Is this not simply an extension of taking a little time to enjoy OSU losing 5 of the last 6 basketball games? Just because we wouldn't like it if it were done to us, doesn't mean this is some terribly treacherous act. It's funny. To an unbiased observer, it'd be funny if MSU did it to us, even if we didn't like it. Some people on this board need to start buying their panties a few sizes larger, so they're not constantly riding their cracks.
February 1st, 2014 at 12:22 AM ^
January 31st, 2014 at 6:46 PM ^
I have almost been pulled back in!
January 31st, 2014 at 6:54 PM ^
I thought this was interesting regarding McDowell not taking an official visit to Michigan:
(Malik McDowell won’t officially visit Michigan because “I’ve seen Michigan so many times, it’s unbelievable. I’ve been on an academic tour nine or 10 times.”)
Sam Webb also talked about this issue on today's recruiting roundup thanks to a question from Don. Sam also emphasized that the entire McDowell family was not present for MSU's in-home visit yesterday, in contrast to the in-homes with FSU and Michigan, where the entire family was or would be present—perhaps signaling that this recruitment is trending away from MSU.
January 31st, 2014 at 7:09 PM ^
I've never been sure, is the Don who always calls WTKA the same "Don" on this board?
January 31st, 2014 at 9:41 PM ^
is different from the one here.
February 1st, 2014 at 7:22 AM ^
January 31st, 2014 at 7:58 PM ^
January 31st, 2014 at 11:50 PM ^
February 1st, 2014 at 11:51 AM ^
Unless he wants to be a Rhodes Scholar. In which case, he should commit to FSU, draw our ire, then shock the hell out of us when this happens...
January 31st, 2014 at 6:54 PM ^
or would this have been douchey if it was something an MSU coach did to us? I love Mattison. And yes, swag for days. But I just keep thinking this sounds like a Dantonio-y attention grab.
Please, prove me incorrect.
January 31st, 2014 at 7:02 PM ^
January 31st, 2014 at 7:03 PM ^
like that with a sense of humor, it's not really douchey. What Dantonio did with Hecklinski was somewhat similar, except that he threw a hissy fit while interrupting him.
January 31st, 2014 at 7:17 PM ^
January 31st, 2014 at 10:39 PM ^
The important thing is that McDowell thought it was funny.
January 31st, 2014 at 11:53 PM ^