OSU/MSU Coaching Futures Discussion

Submitted by EconClassof14 on

The cited podcast is a month old and no longer exists, but I thought it warranted discussion in our slow period. 

 
Feldman and Mandel recently discussed their expectations for how much longer Meyer will coach at OSU. Meyer is currently 53. Mandel expects Meyer to coach another few years until around 2022. Feldman said he "doesn't see Mayer coaching past 56 and certainly not to 60". While their statements are speculative, they did have insight on Stoops stepping down early. The Harbaugh-Meyer battles may not last as long as I expected. 
 
Side note, which scenario do you think would be best for MSU to fade into oblivion?
   A) A disaster of a season this year, 2-3 wins. Fire Dantonio and they start fresh with  Narduzzi or a wildcard upstart coach.
  B) 5-6 wins this year, retain Dantonio (age 61) and give him a few years to try and      stabilize the program
 
 
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DrMantisToboggan

July 22nd, 2017 at 4:11 PM ^

I'm not really of the persuasion that Duzz would leave Pitt for MSU now. MSU is a dumpster fire. Pitt can compete in the SEC and the only in-state competition is in another conference. Why leave Pitt for a school with 3 title contenders in your division, one of which is your in-state rival that has a lock on in-state talent. If you were Narduzzi, would you leave a school with more tradition, that plays in an NFL stadium in a bigger & nicer city, where you can win 8-10 games a year and the occasional division title for a school that plays in a shit town where you are now looking at 6-8 wins a year being your ceiling? Don't think his return adds up anymore.

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Manonthemoon

July 22nd, 2017 at 6:12 PM ^

I think the whole recruiting aspect of College Football is very strange. I couldn't imagine calling 16 / 17 years old kids every day trying to get them to go to your school. What do you talk about? Hey, did you hear that Bob Seger has a new CD out. Or, how far did you get playing Call of Duty last night? 

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Perkis-Size Me

July 22nd, 2017 at 6:34 PM ^

I don't see Meyer leaving OSU in the immediate future. The only reason I see him leaving is if:

A) More health issues come back, or

B) A top-tier NFL gig comes along (like the Pats, the Packers or the Cowboys) and the desire to win at the highest level in football becomes too hard to resist. But I don't think Meyer is an NFL guy. The spread has not adapted very well in the NFL (yet), so I don't know if he wants to risk leaving the mountaintop in college and possibly walking into a disaster in the NFL.

He'll also never be ousted at OSU, barring a major scandal. He'll get to stay there as long as he wants. They'd have him until he was 90 if he was up for it.

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Perkis-Size Me

July 23rd, 2017 at 8:25 AM ^

Exactly my point. Meyer's bread and butter has always been a run-oriented spread (Inside zone, if I'm not mistaken. Don't know my football terminology very well) with a QB who usually is a far better runner than he is a passer. That would get massacred in the NFL, but it works as well as anything in college.

Meyer has never been known for producing pass-happy offenses. Until maybe this year. So I don't think the NFL is really a goal of his.

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