2017 MSU 4* WR decommits
November 13th, 2015 at 4:13 PM ^
November 13th, 2015 at 4:19 PM ^
November 13th, 2015 at 5:15 PM ^
D'antoni should know better. It's like Tressel taught him: "Don't go chasing blue chips. Please stick to the walkons and the two-stars that you're used to."
November 13th, 2015 at 4:06 PM ^
Andre Rison used to play hoops at the CCRB during the summers while he was with the Falcons, I remember playing against him a few times. Good guy, great career.
November 13th, 2015 at 3:50 PM ^
That would be a nice pick up.......and I'm seriously worried Dantonio might be leaving for USC before we can right the win/loss record against him.
November 13th, 2015 at 3:55 PM ^
I'm not. I want Dantonio to be gone and leave MSU in shambles.
November 13th, 2015 at 3:59 PM ^
I agree, get Dantonio out of there. Once he's gone, who cares.
That said, you all know that if Dantonio walks, Narduzzi will absolutely be on the first plane back from Pittsburgh.
November 13th, 2015 at 4:06 PM ^
November 13th, 2015 at 4:19 PM ^
Then we can officially label the Pitt program as the most cursed program in all of college football. Narduzzi's replacement would be Pitt's sixth head coache since the 2010 season.
November 13th, 2015 at 4:14 PM ^
November 13th, 2015 at 4:06 PM ^
He has some crow to eat for several years here. He needs to stay and eat it.
EAT YOUR DINNER MORK!
November 13th, 2015 at 4:11 PM ^
Now I have to leave the office early. Actual laughter out loud.
November 13th, 2015 at 4:13 PM ^
November 13th, 2015 at 5:17 PM ^
I read that last sentence as "eat your inner dork." But that also works. It's the metaphysical version of eat a bag of dicks. Sorry, I just watched Unfinished Business with Vince Vaughn last night. That movie pushed the absolute limits of the R rating.
November 13th, 2015 at 4:37 PM ^
First let me say I think there is 0 chance he leaves for SC job which has done in better coaches like Holtz and Spurrier. Spurrier topped out around 10 wins. He has zero southern roots at this point, he has been a Midwest coach for over 2 decades. He'd be coaching in a division with 3 traditional powers in GA, UF, TN and be "4th best" just like someone taking over MSU would be in the East here. Except he has done all the hard work at MSU whereas he'd be back starting from scratch at age 60 at SC trying to compete for 4th best.
But second let me say I think people here really underestimate how psychologically damaging it would be for Mike D'Antoni to leave MSU. This is a fanbase and schools which needs to feel loved. They yearn for it. They demand it or its disrespekt. If their own coach - the best they have had in 50 years - leaves them like this like a jilted lover at the altar, to take another job it would just stamp what we all say. It's not a destination program nor an elite program. Something MSU fans now believe. Something Dantonio crowed about just last year.
The impact on their psychology, the disruption to recruiting, the disruption to coaching (Mork would take all his assistants but 1-2 I bet) would be epic. But most important would be point 1 - the betrayal ... the feeling of "we are not good enough even for Mork". It would be priceless I tell you. Far more important and long lasting then Harbaugh going 3-0 next few years before Dantonio fades into oblivion and gets his statue built.
If Mork leaves MSU it would be a death blow to their fanbase. You just have to truly understand how their people think to understand it. They are some of the most insecure people on earth and this would be an incredibly debilitating blow that would last for decades mentally.
November 13th, 2015 at 4:46 PM ^
If that happens, it'll be a grab the popcorn and sit by the fire (tire or couch) kind of moment. Would be amazing to watch.
November 13th, 2015 at 4:59 PM ^
November 13th, 2015 at 4:49 PM ^
One - The pull as an alum to right the ship at your school can be very strong (see: Harbaugh, Jim)
Two - Recruiting to South Carolina would be a lot easier than to Sparty (see: Clowney, Jadaveon etc.)
November 13th, 2015 at 5:12 PM ^
They are recruiting good enough at MSU.
You named me 1 elite player at SC. Name me 5-10 others anywhere near.
I just pulled up a few classes - here is national rank and SEC rank. It's relative to SEC that matters.
- 2014: 19 overall, 9 in SEC
- 2013: 20 overall, 10 in SEC
- 2012:17 overall, 7 in SEC
So they are not even finishing top 5 in the conf like he does in Big 10.
SC is not even the best school in the state for recruiting. And loses players to GA and other SEC powers constantly. It's all relative.
I never hear Dantonio talk about SC - he doesnt wax poetic like Jim did about Bo. Dude spends more time pining about Ohio that SC.
If he was 53 maybe I'd get it to some degree but he is now basically an OH guy.
November 13th, 2015 at 5:52 PM ^
November 13th, 2015 at 5:01 PM ^
Great point. D'amatono leaving MSU for South Carolina would sting them far worse than when Saban left them for LSU--and lots of Spartains I know are still butt hurt over that.
November 13th, 2015 at 5:15 PM ^
Yep and Saban was a mercenary. Dantonio is a Michigan hater bred for 20 years since Tressel years to hate UM and lives for this rivalry. His abandonment would be a 10 alarm fire.
Look I am rooting for it - I just don't see it.
And I want him to leave immediately rather than wait around 4 more years and keep MSU a good 9 win program. The quicker they get to 3-5 wins like they used to do a lot when I grew up the better. I am fine with Harbaugh destroying their JLS level coach 49-13.
November 13th, 2015 at 3:57 PM ^
Maybe Oakland is in play after all
November 13th, 2015 at 4:31 PM ^
I want Dantonio to stay. I want to beat him more than I want to beat msu.
November 13th, 2015 at 5:00 PM ^
The guys is either crying and whining, or grumpy and annoying.
November 13th, 2015 at 4:33 PM ^
I still want him to stay and kick his ass every year.
November 13th, 2015 at 3:54 PM ^
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November 13th, 2015 at 3:56 PM ^
I kind of hope not. It will be nice to win the next five in a row against him. He will finally realize what an easy road against Michigan he has had during his tenure at MSU. I doubt he wants any piece of a Harbaugh-led UM team for the foreseeable future.
November 13th, 2015 at 3:58 PM ^
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November 13th, 2015 at 4:01 PM ^
you may not be looking at this realistically. They have lost 4 commits this week. That is very peculiar and while the Nebraska game was comically ugly it would not result in this. I am not ready to declare that "something is going on" but this is strange.
November 13th, 2015 at 4:02 PM ^
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November 13th, 2015 at 4:44 PM ^
MSU is losing recruits faster than any of the schools whose coaches have resigned or been fired. No way that happens on some rumor.
November 13th, 2015 at 3:55 PM ^
4 in one week? RCMB must be freaking the fuck out.
November 13th, 2015 at 3:56 PM ^
I don't see any evidence from that source. It's just his profile which says "Solid Verbal" to MSU.
November 13th, 2015 at 3:57 PM ^
Those sites normally take a little while to be updated.
November 13th, 2015 at 3:59 PM ^
Where's the source then? The OP's source is just his profile. Not saying I don't believe it, just wondering where I can read aboot it
November 13th, 2015 at 4:04 PM ^
Ah thanks.
Reminder: don't tweet at recruits. The people tweeting him even with words of encouragement, adding #GoBlue to the end, are kinda tacky at best. Let's not make it about us this quickly when the kid just made the decision, guys.
November 14th, 2015 at 8:02 AM ^
On top of that, Michigan hasn't even offered. So it's definitely not about us. In fact, I strongly doubt that he would come to Michigan even if he were offered, since his dad is an MSU alum.
November 14th, 2015 at 10:55 AM ^
November 14th, 2015 at 11:25 AM ^
No, he wouldn't be the first (after all, Tyriq Thompson chose Michigan State), but to commit to MSU and then decommit for Michigan would be a real twist of the dagger.
November 13th, 2015 at 3:56 PM ^
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November 13th, 2015 at 3:56 PM ^
This thread needs more giggling James Earl Jones gifs. Also Nelson.
November 13th, 2015 at 5:32 PM ^
I want to know what kind of shampoo they used. #gorgeous
November 13th, 2015 at 5:49 PM ^
I didn't know Ann Coulter had a twin.