Texas [would like] to interview Dantonio

Dantonio may only take the interview as leverage for a new contract, but I doubt he needs it. Truth is, he is probably their best coach in the last 60 years and is close to legendary status at MSU already.

He doesn't strike me as the type of guy that would walk away from that for another million or two.

I kind of doubt he'll interview at Texas.  He's a good coach, but his roots are in this region and I don't think he'd find it a lot of fun dealing with the boosters and that ilk in Texas.  Brown wasn't a great X's and O's guy, but he handled the diplomatic parts of his job very well.

Also, Dantonio has proven to be a good coach with a certain level of talent, but it is a major logic leap to presume he's going to suddenly become unbeatable with better talent.  His run at MSU has been impressive, and as we saw with Saban it can be a nice launching point, but he is still a guy who has only had sustained work at one school (MSU), and outside of this 4-year run has been pretty mediocre.  This may be a sign that he's trending upward, but I'm not sure Texas is going to take that chance if it turns out Mark just got lucky with a couple of recruiting classes.  The history of teams remaining elite with top-35 classes isn't very long.

these things become public with the sole purpose of getting the coach in question a raise and extension.

Dantonio isn't going to Texas

He'll never leave the "destination job" he has and I like that. I don't want him to leave being up on us. He's taken advantage of the big ten and Michigan being down more than anyone. He's a good coach but I hardly fear him.

We suck again!

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This is basically a slightly more adult and Texan version of Ace Williams.

rich boosters and a lot of glad-handing ans SMILING!  Dantonio is a very good coach, but he's not an ass-kisser and he only smiles twice a season.

Texas will hire Fisher, Malzohn or Briles.  That job is probably the best in the country and requires a coach that can adapt to that way of life and the style of football that Texas highschools runs, which is predominantly a spread attack.  Is it any wonder that virtually every school (college) in that state and most of the ones around run a spread attack? 

Texas may find that Mack Brown was the perfect Texas coach and they might hire/fire a few coaches before they get their 'Saban'.

All he has to do is immediately send a text or email to Texas politely but firmly declining any interest in Texas or any other location, and reassert his view that MSU is a destination, then read his message to his team right before game time. This will be a significant psychological lift to his squad, reaffirming their collective view (wish?) that MSU has "arrived" on the national scene as an equal of the big boys.

They were also putting out feelers for David Shaw earlier in the week. This is just Texas throwing every name at the wall and hoping one sticks.

If I had to put money on it I'd say it ends up being Art Briles. Also maybe put a sneaky bet down on absurdly photogenic GQ model Kliff Kingsbury 

Nothing would kill Sparty morale knowing that when they finally get a good coach...they leave for real programs like Alabama and Texas.

for HC. It's the prospect of running a successful program. Dantonio has it now because he is one of the better coaches in the B1G and feeds off weak opponents. His program in its present state is almost assured of success year and year out.

Going to Texas is a whole new world with football demands second in pressure to only Alabama. He will not get the time to build like he did at MSU. Auburn fired their coach after winning a NC two years earlier. They did not see progression in the program and took action. That is the way it is for football coaches in the south. 

The Texas job IS NOT a coveted job. 

MSU agreed to make Narduzzi the HC at MSU when he does so.  It would be a way for Dantonio to ensure that the program he has developed is continued and forms the basis of his legacy there. 

The Texas coaching search is starting to resemble Michigan's 2007 search. How many weeks has it been since Mack Brown announced his retirement?

It's weird enough to see Texas A&M being a successful offensive program that lights up scoreboards and highlights. But seeing the most Texas A&M-like coach in the country go to Austin would just break my brain irrevocably. 

Dantonio is just angling to get to ride on a zamboni with a blackened tooth.

but I'm not sure Texas is the right fit. He and his staff have the player development/coach-em-up part down, but recruiting counts too, and recruiting Texas requires the links to all those Friday Night Lights high schools. Can he build those in time to succeed if he takes the job, or hire assistants who can? Now, if they offer him the PSU job and MSU guarantees Narduzzi the HC job if he leaves, I could see that - his recruiting footprint is nearly the same and he can bring some of his staff to bootstrap.