OT - Looks like Dantonio is staying put
Texas reached out, but he took the raise instead. Indicated that Narduzzi is staying put too but nothing definitive.
January 1st, 2014 at 5:53 PM ^
cool.
January 1st, 2014 at 7:29 PM ^
No it is not.
January 1st, 2014 at 5:57 PM ^
I'm starting to wonder if Narduzzi is really that interested in being a HC anywhere. He's very choosey about where he may or may not interview, especially for a guy with no head coaching experience. Maybe he just prefers being a DC
January 1st, 2014 at 6:19 PM ^
His job as a msu dc is very secure as well. There is basically no pressure on him with the way his defense has preformed recently.
He might not want that added stress and pressure of being a hc.
January 1st, 2014 at 5:58 PM ^
Someone mentioned that Texas might reach out.... to like 8 coaches and he was down there on that list.
Also extensions in college football are worth absolutely nothing unless they increase the buyout and even that isn't very effective any more.
January 1st, 2014 at 5:58 PM ^
Good I would rather beat MSU with both of them there.
January 1st, 2014 at 6:00 PM ^
January 1st, 2014 at 6:44 PM ^
but from 1979-83 when Michigan won 5 straight
- Who was their head coach and DC?
- Did all their starters play?
- Were they cheated out of anything?
No one remembers. People only remember the W/L. So I appreciate the sentiment, but 20 years from now people will only remember who won. I'd rather just win, regardless of circumstance
January 1st, 2014 at 10:11 PM ^
Cool. I would rather beat that bad guy while he's carrying a machine gun and a nuclear weapon while I have my ping pong paddle.
January 1st, 2014 at 6:02 PM ^
I see no reason why this would preclude Dantonio from taking the Texas job...
January 1st, 2014 at 6:03 PM ^
It doesn't. Its just MSU trying to limit any damage rumors of him leaving may be causing.
January 1st, 2014 at 6:09 PM ^
Perhaps it doesn't, but the thread earlier today only gets as far as Mark Dantonio being on the list of coaches that Texas would like to interview, which to me implies that they've not yet formally reached out and made the call. Even if they did, he could just decline an interview, and I have a suspicion - and I could be wrong about all this - that Dantonio may very well believe that East Lansing is a destination for him even if it is not a destination job per se. He's created a situation which in a lot of respects he owns, a situation that works and doesn't have the pressure of the Texas job.
I would be intrigued, however, to see if Texas did call and how far they might be willing to go in monetary terms with any coach, including Dantonio (if only because we would then know how spendthrifty the Longhorns are willing to be if they really wanted a Midwest coach with no Texas ties). Patterson wants this done by January 15th supposedly.
January 1st, 2014 at 6:49 PM ^
I agree wiwth the concept of MSU being a job with less pressure than Texas, but the Sparty fanbase has eventually turned on every coach in the last forty years except Nick Saban, who got out early. If Dantonio has two bad seasons in a row, the same Sparty fans who worship him now will vilify him.
January 1st, 2014 at 7:06 PM ^
What do you mean turned? They've hired a ton of shit coaches in a row. The last coach to get them to a rose bowl was eventually fired because he did terrible. That's kind of how it works.
January 1st, 2014 at 6:13 PM ^
on your part. I believe he would not interview for a job he knows he would not get and that is what the Texas job is.
January 1st, 2014 at 6:03 PM ^
Getting your top choice in college football these days isn't really an option unless there's luck involved. Sounds like Texas search isn't going as planned.
Urban was unemployed and osu had a vacancy after the tressel scandal. Another reason why I hate the shit out of them.
January 1st, 2014 at 6:04 PM ^
Is it weird that I'm concerned about Michigan and don't care what anyone else does since I think its important to get our situation right?
January 1st, 2014 at 6:11 PM ^
January 1st, 2014 at 6:11 PM ^
I always find college coaching moves in general interesting, but in the final analysis you're dead right—it's what Michigan does that's critical.
January 1st, 2014 at 6:16 PM ^
BUT DID YOU HEAR ABOUT DANTONIO????!!!!
January 1st, 2014 at 6:59 PM ^
McDowell's recruitment and how he's leaning toward Michigan State and away from us, the current situation of the MSU staff directly concerns Michigan's situation. It's a major reason why I made this post. Otherwise you would have a point and I would agree with you. ..
January 1st, 2014 at 7:50 PM ^
I don't see how we are going to "get things right" when a coordinator provides mountains of statistical evidence that he's bad at his job and is still given a fourth year. Many Michigan fans feel helpless and like we have no choice but to root for other programs to get worse when we show no urgency to make things better.
January 1st, 2014 at 6:05 PM ^
January 1st, 2014 at 6:25 PM ^
Are we watching the same Rose Bowl or is yours on delay from last decade?
January 1st, 2014 at 6:21 PM ^
I'm sure a lot of people said that about State this year. And here they are in Pasadena.
January 1st, 2014 at 7:46 PM ^
January 1st, 2014 at 9:31 PM ^
Welcome to the board. Yes, that is sarcasm.
January 1st, 2014 at 6:26 PM ^
I heard Texas wouldn't let him distribute 'roids to the players like they do at MSU.
January 1st, 2014 at 6:28 PM ^
January 1st, 2014 at 6:40 PM ^
January 1st, 2014 at 6:35 PM ^
As the great Ric Flair once said, "To be the man, WHOOOO, you have to beat the man."
January 1st, 2014 at 6:49 PM ^
January 1st, 2014 at 7:12 PM ^
But massblue told me he was interviewing for the Texas job! There's no way head could have been wrong.
January 1st, 2014 at 7:24 PM ^
Stanford is shooting themselves in the foot so much.
January 1st, 2014 at 7:58 PM ^
January 1st, 2014 at 8:25 PM ^
January 1st, 2014 at 8:28 PM ^
January 1st, 2014 at 8:32 PM ^
pony up and get Narduzzi out of EL. Please
January 1st, 2014 at 8:37 PM ^
an NFL job. Is it Dantonio's age? He's a defensive coach, who runs basically a pro-style O, so that should fit well with NFL owners.
January 1st, 2014 at 10:13 PM ^
Actually, with a big raise and a Rose Bowl win- MD might take it easy next year. it wouldn't be the first time this has happened. We might catch them soft in EL. Success sometimes leads to a termporary vacation.
January 2nd, 2014 at 2:58 AM ^