One of the podcasts I was listening to today, forget which one, mentioned how much more attractive the job is now, than when Dantonio retired. MSU's place in the national landscape has not changed, it's somewhere between the #20 and #30 best program. But in 2020, that still made it the 4th best program within its own division, among five P5 conferences, with a 4 team playoff. Now it's the same nationally, but it's just one of 40ish schools in one of the two (not 5) marquee conferences, no more or less encumbered by OSU, UM and PSU than any other Big Ten school, with a 12 team playoff. Instead of having to be better than all 3 of them, like Dantonio had to be, you could be the 3rd best of those 4, and still make the playoff depending on the scenario
