Glad to see all of you are so noble to walk away from $4.3 million
Dantonio’s a douche and there’s a lot of reasons to tear him a new one for skulking our the back door the way that he is. But his hanging around just long enough to get an extra 4 million isn’t one of them.
Every single one of you would have done the exact same thing and you’re all full of shit if you claim otherwise.
Otherwise, happy trails Mark. Don’t let the door hit you in your prideful ass on the way out.
February 4th, 2020 at 4:32 PM ^
Please Mods give us this. We have gotten so much trash from this clown in his comments, at least remove his ability to start threads. His point here should be nothing more than a comment in one of the numerous threads on the subject of Dantonio.
February 4th, 2020 at 7:12 PM ^
This is an all-time great gif for this site!! Can't believe I haven't seen it before!
February 4th, 2020 at 3:30 PM ^
Nice of you to think that everyone in this world has lost their integrity.
February 4th, 2020 at 3:38 PM ^
OK Phil.
The day you reject $4 million you were guaranteed by your employer and say “No thanks, I have integrity.” Let me know.
Until then don’t hurt yourself climbing off that high horse.
February 4th, 2020 at 3:40 PM ^
It’s a different story when you’re already worth millions and have spouted loyalty and all that for your employer for years. That just sounds like a last fuck you to MSU.
February 4th, 2020 at 4:26 PM ^
Maybe I'm alone here, but it's one thing to take cash from a huge corporation, and quote another to take it from a public institution of higher learning.
February 4th, 2020 at 6:31 PM ^
Maybe I'm alone here, but it's one thing to take cash from a huge corporation, and quote another to take it from a public institution of higher learning.
I don't disagree with you, but I fail to see how this is germane to the current conversation about Dantonio and MSU
February 4th, 2020 at 6:30 PM ^
Precisely. He has plenty of money already and he left the department as a smoldering crater behind him. He put the safety of students at risk. That program might struggle for years because of his tenure. And as someone pointed out, he was probably mailing it the last season+ so he could cash in.
There's not a lot of altruism or magnamity in college sports these days (although if I recall correctly, did Harbaugh actually take less money than Michigan initially offered him?) but D'antonio's case seems extra sleazy.
February 4th, 2020 at 3:41 PM ^
You don't seem to get it. When he took the bonus, he should have stayed & endured the shitstorm that was to come. He also recruited en entire years worth of players & screwed the program by leaving the day before signing day.
If you think all of us would have done THAT you're dead wrong.
February 4th, 2020 at 4:00 PM ^
It would be pretty shitty to leave the day before National Signing Day, but most of his guys are either already enrolled or signed LOI. The bigger problem is the shitstorm you mention and that he checked out before last year. He stuck around for a year and a half to collect 4 million. He also stopped putting in the effort on the recruiting trail according to the MSU peeps. He collected a bonus he didn't earn.
February 4th, 2020 at 3:44 PM ^
Didn't Trump ask for $1.00?
Furthermore, your attempt at an analogy is missing important gravitas for the situation. If I were making 6mil or 9mil a year or whatever... for ten or fifteen years and my employer was being a pain in my lower posterior... I'd tell them to go fuck themselves and walk.
So yes, I would walk away from it! So would you I'm sure... with all of the money these coaches make, if they invest properly, diversify, they'd make more in interest, dividends, and payback on investing in businesses, than they every would by "working for money". (Rich dad poor dad, read it).
February 4th, 2020 at 4:14 PM ^
Is this Maizen's new account or do we have an all new troll to deal with now?
February 4th, 2020 at 4:37 PM ^
Watch for whining about stars. That's the tell.
February 4th, 2020 at 7:33 PM ^
Until you know me don’t judge me. As a retired State Trooper I turned down plenty.
February 4th, 2020 at 3:31 PM ^
This is a ridiculous hypothetical. We all wouldn’t have perpetuated a culture of violence, looked the other way with regards to rape as long as the player were talented, etc... No, many of us wouldn’t have turned down 4.3 million dollars, but then again, most of us wouldn’t be forced to make that decision because we failed as a role model and coach due to us being a shitbag human
February 4th, 2020 at 3:32 PM ^
Wow! You are the greatest person in history.
February 4th, 2020 at 3:37 PM ^
You seem to be a bigger cunt than usual today.
February 4th, 2020 at 3:38 PM ^
Thanks. I’ve been practicing.
February 4th, 2020 at 3:54 PM ^
Practice makes perfect.
February 4th, 2020 at 5:17 PM ^
That's like water practicing to be wet.
February 4th, 2020 at 3:50 PM ^
I'm wondering how the assclown got 100+ points while points have supposedly been broken.
February 4th, 2020 at 3:57 PM ^
I am 1) not the greatest person in history and I am also 2) not ever going to be in this situation because I’m not going to be forced to retire because I’m a shitty person being sued for being such.
Sorry guys, not all people in Utah are this devoid of morals who struggle with putting together a logical argument.
February 4th, 2020 at 3:37 PM ^
You are correct, but that isn't the point of this. The point is if you were in that position, you would not depart prior to receiving the bonus.
February 4th, 2020 at 3:47 PM ^
False...
If I were worth millions, and making seven figures a year... I WOULD WALK AWAY! Hell I could invest and make that money rather than having to work for it.
February 4th, 2020 at 3:53 PM ^
The entire point is that very few of us would be in that position because very few of us are shitty people who make millions of dollars
February 4th, 2020 at 3:31 PM ^
Mark Dantonio has already made millions of dollars and will have chances to make millions more, if he so desires. He doesn't exactly need that money to keep the lights on.
On the other hand, quitting one day before National Signing Day takes one more whack at the football program he's spent the last couple years working to cripple. If you're a Spartan fan you ought to be pretty salty about that.
February 4th, 2020 at 3:39 PM ^
Oh come on. Stop with the "he doesn't need the money" crap. It's about want.
February 4th, 2020 at 3:52 PM ^
Everything scales, though. Would you do something immoral (but not illegal) for $1000, if you were homeless and didn't know where your next meal was coming from? Almost definitely. What if you had food and shelter but still had unpaid bills piling up? Yeah, still probably. What if you had a comfortable bank account, and had your life pretty well squared away? Then no, probably not. And if you did, we'd be right to judge you for it.
Mark Dantonio, unless he's been busy bribing every prosecutor from Lansing to Washington D.C. (which, granted, we shouldn't rule out), already has millions of dollars. He has the money for everything he needs, and most of what he wants. He can get a six-figure job as an analyst on BTN like every other failed Big Ten coach if he wants. He didn't have to put his school in a more awkward position by holding out for the money, but he did. Absolutely bring on the judgement.
February 4th, 2020 at 3:56 PM ^
Well, we also don't know if Mark is doing well financially. Sure, we all assume he is (and I'm sure he is fine), but there is no way for us to really know. Maybe he actually does need the money.
I would have done the same thing in his position. It's $4.3M (before taxes, of course - I guess he will just have to settle for about 60% of that bonus...oh the HORROR).
February 4th, 2020 at 4:08 PM ^
Come on man...you have wandered way off the deep end here. For starters, if he is not VERY well off financially that is completely on him. And if he is harboring any bitter feelings toward any person or institution that "causes" this money grad-that is also totally on him. Just quit rationalizing more bad behavior for his despicable character.
February 4th, 2020 at 3:32 PM ^
It isn't about the 4.3 mil. It is about how he ran his mouth for a decade then when adversity hit he did the complete opposite.
February 4th, 2020 at 3:48 PM ^
Which is totally legit. He left like a rat. Taking the money is just par for the course.
February 4th, 2020 at 3:32 PM ^
While I actually agree with you, this really didn't need to be it's own thread.
Prepare Uranus.
February 4th, 2020 at 3:45 PM ^
Probably not.
Just cracks me up that, especially when there are a billion legit reasons to rip Mork as the scumbag he is, people decide to say “And he took the $4 million he knew he’d receive if he hung around another month or so.” When 99% of them would do the exact same thing.
February 4th, 2020 at 3:33 PM ^
I would have asked Michigan State University to pay that bonus to the victims of the sexual assaults of Mark's recruits.
February 4th, 2020 at 3:39 PM ^
That’s a good thought.
February 4th, 2020 at 3:51 PM ^
Wow! I’m getting negged for agreeing that donating the money to the victims would have been the right thing to do.
some of y’all have some serious anger issues.
February 4th, 2020 at 4:05 PM ^
You don’t have to be angry to neg a post, you just need motivation and a finger.
February 4th, 2020 at 6:00 PM ^
No, you're getting negged because of your body of work in this thread and the other one.
February 4th, 2020 at 6:59 PM ^
No. You’re getting negged because we all hate you.
February 4th, 2020 at 3:36 PM ^
Exactly what I said in another thread. No one in their right mind who knew they were due $4M+ would walk away prior to that. No one. If you would, then you're a fool.
February 4th, 2020 at 4:11 PM ^
It’s an impossible scenario to put myself in as I will never be in this position. We’ve seen instances of players and coaches taking the money and running and while I can’t fault them for it I will also call them an asshole every time.
February 4th, 2020 at 4:14 PM ^
Let's put the $4.3M bonus in perspective: It's slightly less than his $4.39M 2019 salary!
February 4th, 2020 at 3:37 PM ^
Shut up.
February 4th, 2020 at 3:38 PM ^
Cool story, troll.
February 4th, 2020 at 3:38 PM ^
The school would have paid the bonus. They were not gonna demand he can’t get it.
February 4th, 2020 at 3:59 PM ^
Exactly! They would’ve worked out a deal right after their bowl game, hands down.