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Tucker Or Smith? | Cash the Ticket

Cash The Ticket

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4.92.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2025

⏱️ 4 minutes

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If Valenti could only pick Mel Tucker or Jonathan Smith to coach Michigan State, who would he choose? Find out on this episode of Cash the Ticket. Download and subscribe today.

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0:00.0

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0:30.2

All right. Next one, cash ticket podcast at gmail.com. This one says Tuck or Smith, Mike and Cookies,

0:36.2

was listening to base shows this week, and you guys have talked about how the bottom has fallen out. I couldn't agree more. I have a question mainly for Mike. If you could pick between Mel Tucker or Jonathan Smith, who would you pick? He details a bunch, Mike. I think this is an easy one. What is he detail? He says, I'd pick Mel Tucker, besides playing pocket pool in a hotel room.

0:56.2

I think he was a much better head coach than Smith, actually showed a motion on the

0:59.9

sideline, present with players, understood top level recruiting and NIL mattered.

1:04.8

He even called MSU out the year he got fired for it.

1:07.5

Wasn't the greatest game manager, no, but he actually gave an F and wanted to be

1:11.0

there. He gave me sleazy use card salesman vibes. I mean, his name is Mel, but I think he had the right vision. Smith seems like he has no personality. His press conference shows no confidence, and I've never seen anyone, I never seen him talking to anybody on the sidelines. It doesn't seem like it matters to him. He reminds me of Belichick on the sideline and don't even get me

1:30.9

started on the sidelines. It doesn't seem like it matters to him.

1:27.9

He reminds me of Belichick on the sideline and don't even get me started on the second

1:31.7

halves of his games.

1:32.9

Long story short, Mel cared about his job, didn't see us as a stop along the way.

1:37.1

We need to get a coach that actually cares after we get rid of Jonathan Smith.

1:41.3

I hope he enjoys the money he never earned dissent of and goes back to the West Coast,

1:45.6

Justin and Dryden.

1:46.8

I like it.

1:48.3

The problem in all of it is you're projecting the idea of Mel Tucker versus the reality.

1:53.5

Well, Mel Tucker had an 11 win season.

1:55.3

He was part of that top 10 showdown with Michigan, the K-9-5 touchdowns.

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