How upset would you be if Dan left?

[Fogdog]

If he wins tomorrow, not a ton. The narrative will be that he owned UM, and if we get a Sugar Bowl berth, we can compete with every opening in the country except USC (supposedly filled) and LSU (may be as good as filled, but that may also open up FSU). If we're in Orlando or Tampa, it's still good. Yeah, it's a sellers market, but we'll find a top-notch young guy who wants to make a name in the best division in college football. We're primed for another solid year in 2016, and we can pay top 10 money if we need to.
If we lose, quite a bit. The narrative will be that Freeze owned our greatest coach of the modern era, and he ran away because he knew he could never top the Rebels again. Oh, and we'll have to hear how our greatest player ever was 0-2 as a starter in the Egg Bowl.

The irony is that the only reason we can compete with those other programs for coaching candidates is because of Dan's success. You get that, right? Plus, "top-notch young guys" who fail at the highest level are a dime a dozen.

 

[amcdan2000]

I think with his eye for talent and know he recruited these guys because he could get the best out of them and he left, whoever the next coach was may not be able to.

 

[kb549]

It's free publicity

How much is the airtime worth to the university? May Strickland is encouraging it. If he really does love it here and sees that he has job security here, why squash the rumors. He gets all the talking heads discussing State's record under him, the QBs he's coached, etc. Maybe it gets us a few second looks by some of the 4 and 5 stars that we wouldn't have gotten otherwise.

The obvious answer is he likes being thought of as wanted. If he's smart, he'll see that 8-4 isn't going to cut it at a Miami or USCe. I'd like to think that he wants to prove he can win big here and build this into the "House That Dan Built". He will never be a legend at a big school unless he pulls off multiple NCs. Back to back Orange and Sugar would be a helluva start here.

 

[ugabully]

If the rumors play out, some of the folks likely to be fired from "bigger" schools this year are pretty good coaches.


And honestly, who was Dan before he came to State?

The question you should be asking - if you had a clue - is who was MSU before Dan?

The early Sherrill years were pretty good, represented the West in Atlanta. MSU needs a good coach at the top of his game, no doubt, but Dan isn't the only guy in America capable of winning at State, especially these days of free flowing bowl money and the SEC network.

Even if you wanted to do a depressing retrospective of the bleak history of MSU coaching, you'd have to acknowledge the difference in the budget today and expect it to have an impact. http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...mike-slive-sec-meetings-sec-network/28168453/

I think Dan has done a good job, no doubt, but he's been here at a great time money and development-wise too and not all of that is attributable to him. The job is a great opportunity for somebody.

 

[thatsbaseball]

If we had followed Bob Tyler with a another good coach and recruiter instead of Bellard a lot of this whoa-is-me crap would be long gone by now. There are plenty competent coaches who can win at MSU....there are far far fewer administrators who are competent enough to spot and hire those coaches. We are living proof of that.