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midwest17
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Michigan State has completely lost it if they’re paying him that based on one good season. Hey, I hope it works out for them, but that’s pure fricking insanity.
Tucker was squarely on LSU's radar and other schools were going to be sniffing around soon as well. You don't pay a coach solely on what he's already done. If you do that you lose them. You pay them partly on projection for where they're going. What had Saban done before LSU hired him? 34-24-1 (.586) and blown out in 3 fleabag bowl games (including 1 to DeNardo's LSU). But it was a good move because he was going places and LSU identified that. MSU learned it's lesson and Tucker is going places as well and is willing to go all in to make sure he sticks around. It's a risk, but a good risk.
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Some old Ford, GM and Dow Chemical folks must be stepping up big.
Actually Mat Ishbia is bankrolling athletics right now. He's a young billionaire Chairman and CEO of United Wholesale Mortgage and a former walk on to the MSU basketball team.
MSU is not the job in 2021 it was in 1999. Saban was smart to leave at the time. Umich owned the state, owned MSU, MSU didn't have the revenue or facilities to keep up and LSU was just a FAR better destination. FF to 2021 and that has largely changed. MSU's athletic department revenue (thanks largely to TV deals and BTN) is very close and MSU facilities have vastly improved and are about to get better.
To address the UMich comparison nonsense. They have a brand, wings on their helmets, and a large albeit uncomfortable stadium. They have never appeared in a Big Ten Championship game in the 10 year existence, MSU has appeared in 3 and won 2, they have never appeared in the playoff (MSU has), and MSU has won 10/14 head to head. On the recruiting front currently Tucker has a higher rated class and has 5 in state guys committed all with UMich offers.
Bottom line MSU is about to back the Brinks truck up for Tucker and it's a huge risk for them so I don't blame LSU for not wanting to throw Saban money at him. But to say he doesn't have the resources to win shows how much you're living in the past. UMich hasn't been relevant since the Clinton administration. Umich wants LSU to lure Tucker away because they fear him and what he is building.
LSU is still a better job than MSU, just the gap isn't as wide as it was in '99.
To address the UMich comparison nonsense. They have a brand, wings on their helmets, and a large albeit uncomfortable stadium. They have never appeared in a Big Ten Championship game in the 10 year existence, MSU has appeared in 3 and won 2, they have never appeared in the playoff (MSU has), and MSU has won 10/14 head to head. On the recruiting front currently Tucker has a higher rated class and has 5 in state guys committed all with UMich offers.
Bottom line MSU is about to back the Brinks truck up for Tucker and it's a huge risk for them so I don't blame LSU for not wanting to throw Saban money at him. But to say he doesn't have the resources to win shows how much you're living in the past. UMich hasn't been relevant since the Clinton administration. Umich wants LSU to lure Tucker away because they fear him and what he is building.
LSU is still a better job than MSU, just the gap isn't as wide as it was in '99.
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