I'll bet Mark is a bitch and won't take questions about the arrests and alleged crimes.
I'll bet that Dantonio takes one question on the criminal issue, and in answer gives a statement along the lines of "while I can't comment on particular cases, I note that the MSU football program treated information regarding alleged assaults properly and promptly - but I'm here to talk about people on the roster."
And then Dantonio won't answer the follow-up question - i.e., the one about whether Curtis Blackwell was ever part of "the MSU football program".
The people on the roster? I was certain that we were down to the person on the roster by this point in the summer. I assume Mark would then have an answer for why they are currently behind on clearing the deadweight from the program.
1...Mark is a bitch. That's a known fact, no need to bet on it.
2....well duh, he's not going to want to talk about the arrests and "alleged" crimes, would you? that's a sucker's bet!
Jim Delany: "College football's never been healthier. It's also never been more fragile (i.e. health and safety issues)."
Makes sense.
"Water is always wet, unless, of course, it's frozen. Well, wait, I guess it may melt sooooo....it can be wet again."
"Hey Mark, how's your offseason been going?"
Mike to take the podium at 1:45 p.m.
I hope someone asks him about his fledgling writing career.
Hahaha. Never Enough is a great title for D'Antoni. Reminds me of his Pride before the Fall speech.
2007 D'Antoni: It's not over, it'll never be over here.
2017: FOR THE LOVE OF GOD MAKE IT STOP
Can't even include purple boy in that because he's gonna be looking for a new job in December or Janaury.
He's too good for that hole.
He's gonna take over for Butch Jones at Tennessee.
Butch Jones will then go to msu and teach them how to be champions of life. He's also familiar with the area.
vis a vis the targeting rule and implementation, he seemed to be satisfied with it while I'm not.
Weak sauce bullshit yet again.
This is one of a few things I appreciate about ESPN.
I could not tell you this man's name. I'm pretty sure it's not Mork, but it's a toss up between Mike and Mark. Similarly, it's a toss-up between Dantoni and Dantonio.
Same here, weve got so many damn nicknames for this guy Ive lost track of what his name really is
Its to bad he will be gone after this year. Would really like to see him lose at least 4-5 games to Harbaugh.
I'd go a step further and say that Hollis' job is safe as well, especially considering the continued success of the basketball program. For Hollis and Dantonio, SpartyNation seems to be circling the wagons, not sharpening their knives. I haven't heard a single spartan friend express a desire to see Dantonio or Hollis replaced. They just pass the blame on to bad coordinators, or, bizarrely, the "Blue Wall Media."
...because pro-Michigan journalists made the football program commit a litany of crimes and go 3-9.
He doesn't have to get fired. He isn't getting any younger, and he has already accomplished everything that he can possibly accomplish in EL. If things don't change drastically, I can see him retiring in the next year or two.
I realize it has become customary in sports to fire the head coach whenever a team has a couple losing seasons. But from a purely football standpoint, MSU would be crazy to fire Dantonio. He's proven he can win with the 2- and 3-star recruits that State is used to getting. They are highly unlikely to find another coach who can do that, and they are certainly not getting a coach who can pull 4- and 5-star talent in consistently. They may well be in for another rough season or two thanks to the massive off-season roster attrition. But if MSU wants to have a winning football team again, their best bet has got to be letting Dantonio ride this out and get back to winning with a veteran squad in 2018 or 2019.
The "X factor," I think, is if Dantonio winds up being implicated in any of the sexual assault coverups or anything of that nature, and MSU finds itself in a position where they need to cut ties with Dantonio for reasons other on-field performance. But so long as nothing like that happens, I think he can stay as long as he wants--at least another serveral years to see if he can field a competitive team again once the effect of the dismissals has faded away.
After going 2-10 this season I see him retiring to preserve what little legacy is left.
Not one reporter asked any tough questions about the recent downward spiral of the team's culture under Mork's leadership.
If it were Michigan going through the same thing I have little doubt there would be no quarter from the press.
One of the few talked about benefits of being irrelevant! Good for them!
I didn't think it was possible for him to look MORE like a penis, but he's managed it...
And just in case you have a hard time remembering, he has it taped to his shirt. I mean, WTF?!? He's the gosh-darned head coach, and they have to tape his name to his shirt? I might look like a sourpuss too, if they did that to me.
(Photo: Dale G. Young / Detroit News)
I hadn't come up with it myself, but "sourpuss" is really the best possible name for this guy (at least in polite company). I will be borrowing this going forward. Thank you.
there is now no way to mess up Mike's name.
That says "Dantono"
But it's MSU...I wouldn't except anything more.
MSU players on now. Chris Frey provided this gem in regards to educational classes the team had to take about sexual assualt: "It just adds to our knowledge of what we already know". Dumb AF.
EDIT: He also just added that he proposed to his gf on April Fool's day. What a lucky girl.
the Devin Bush hit.