Reacting to Michigan State's new coaching hire

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🗓️ 12 February 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Following the news that Colorado head coach Mel Tucker had accepted the job to take over Michigan State’s head-coaching vacancy, we dissect what the hire means for the Spartans and, indirectly, the Wolverines.

First, we look at how good of a hire Tucker is for Michigan State. We break down his background at Michigan State, Ohio State, at big-time programs such as Alabama, Georgia, LSU and in the NFL, and opine on what he brings to East Lansing after one season with the Buffaloes. We also look at the optics of the hire, including whether Tucker was in the wrong for initially saying no to the job, the timing and how the situation changed so quickly for the Spartans.

Next, we look at what kind of program Tucker is inheriting. We look at what kind of recruiting impact Tucker will have, how and how much that will impact Michigan, the importance of Tucker’s offensive coordinator hire and what the next two years can and should look like for the Spartans on the field.

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0:00.0	Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Wolverine 247 podcast, your audio source for all things, Michigan
0:03.9	Football, Basketball, and recruiting. I'm your host, Zach Shaw. Steve Lorenz here with me.
0:08.3	You can read all of our stories at the Michiganinsider.com and Michigan.247 Sports.com. Lots of
0:13.4	stuff pertaining to Michigan football, basketball, recruiting, as I said. No, but there's lots of stuff going on.
0:22.1	Even in what seems like a slow week for Michigan sports, there's still going to be some
0:25.7	interesting stories.
0:27.9	But today's podcast, or at least this one, is going to be a little bit less about Michigan,
0:32.9	although we'll tie it to Michigan in a couple ways.
0:36.0	But talking about Michigan's one of their chief rivals, Michigan State,
0:40.1	because last week, Mark D'Antonio expectedly, unexpectedly resign.
0:46.9	I mean, I think everyone knew his days were numbered.
0:48.4	I don't know if anyone knew what was going to happen last week.
0:51.7	We had a whole podcast about that if you missed it.
0:54.6	But they've now made their hire Colorado head coach Mel Tucker
0:58.1	will be Michigan State's next head coach.
1:02.8	He has previously, he was a GA coaching cornerbacks
1:06.5	when Mark Dantonio was coaching defensive backs at Michigan State in 97 and 98.
1:11.5	And then when Dantonio became defensive coordinator at Ohio State in the early 2000s,
1:17.0	Mel Tucker was the defensive backs coach.
1:19.3	He climbed the ranks.
1:20.2	He took the jump to the NFL, was the defensive coordinator, DB coach for Jacksonville, Cleveland, Chicago.
1:27.0	And then came back to college.
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