2020 Michigan State Offseason Thread

[MaximumSam]

I am not a lawyer, but given that it was in a deposition about Blackwell's wrongful termination suit, if Blackwell was alleging that Dantonio was breaking NCAA guidelines by bringing him on recruiting visits and Dantonio denied it under oath, I'd say that's material to Blackwell's suit and therefore it matters.

My more cynical take is that Blackwell's attorneys thought they would be able to get a big settlement by threatening NCAA violations and MSU called their bluff

[ELA]

Hiring away Wisconsin's WR coach/passing game coordinator.

No official position announced, but rumored to be TE coach.  You probably unintentionally absorb more TE coaching knowledge coaching WRs at Wisconsin than you do actually coaching TEs anywhere else.

And Harlon Barnett, who left to be be DC at FSU, is back as DBs coach, as he was under Dantonio, first at Cincinnati, then at MSU, from 2004-2017.  We had some pretty good secondaries in there.

So it seems like we retained our DL coach, retained our DC as LB coach, brought back our pre-2018 DB coach, and completely flipped the offensive staff.  Basically a best realistic case scenario from a staffing standpoint.

[ELA]

The Sedrick Irvin as RB coach is picking back up as well.  He's been coaching in Florida for a while now, so it wouldn't hurt to have him and Barnett with Florida ties for recruiting purposes.

[ELA]

Hiring away Wisconsin's WR coach/passing game coordinator.

No official position announced, but rumored to be TE coach.  You probably unintentionally absorb more TE coaching knowledge coaching WRs at Wisconsin than you do actually coaching TEs anywhere else.

Looks like the Milwaukee Journal Sentinal was more interested in being first than being right.

[ELA]

Connor Heyward coming back.


https://twitter.com/chrissolari/status/1230638918414065669?s=19

[847badgerfan]

The Milwaukee paper has been a little bad lately.

See the Kobe King story that blew the hell out of everything... And was wrong.

[Benthere2]

Jay Johnson announced as Michigan State’s new offensive coordinator and QBs coach

[847badgerfan]

From Potrykus at the Milwaukee paper, as posted on Buckyville and his twitter:

I've explained the matter on Twitter and will here.

1) I didn't post the story.
2) I had no knowledge the story was posted until I returned home after getting my mom settled in.
3) I deleted the story as soon as I saw it on the site and called work to inquire how a story that wasn't ready for publication found its way onto our site.
4) Eric has given you a solid explanation on how reporters handle such matters and he is 100% correct but I'll fill in some details on this case.

I was at lunch with my mom when I received a text regarding TG and MSU. I alerted an editor via email that I had received a tip and would try to track down/confirm. I reached out to several people, including a reporter who covers MSU football. What this person knew was that MSU was getting close to announcing a new hire, today. He wasn't certain of the ID. I only had my phone so I typed up a few graphs and sent to an editor via email noting I was not home and it was possible something could break while I was on the road. The graphs were sent so we could have something to post if MSU announced before I could confirm/get home.

As Eric noted, this is done all the time by reporters. I've had recruiting stories ready to go while on vacation so if the desk couldn't reach me and the kid announced via Twitter we could post quickly.



I also had to write a story last summer while in Arizona just in case Howard (edit: Moore) didn't survive the heart attack. Yea, that was a blast getting a call from someone back home who shared with me just how serious Howard's condition was. I wrote the story from the hotel lobby and sent it to work via email. We had to be ready in case something horrible happened while I was gone.

[ELA]

Looks like the Milwaukee Journal Sentinal was more interested in being first than being right.

Well now it's confirmed.  They were just premature.

[847badgerfan]

This pisses me off. A lot.

[bayareabadger]

This pisses me off. A lot.

For which reason?

[847badgerfan]

A good coach and great recruiter leaving to go work for a conference foe. 

[847badgerfan]

Holy crap!

$1.1 Million/year for a TE coach? 

Hell, I'd have left too. That is just stupid money to buy a coach.

[FearlessF]

it's a bargain if it works