Michigan State hires Fitzgerald

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How soon until a pj to northwestern thread is made bc his kids or some shit are in Chicago?
 

Great hire. he will do well there if he can navigate the NIL and portal.
 


He's not gonna want revenge against the Wildcats, will he? 😄
 




I think it’s a good hire but I don’t think this is a HR.

Doing more with a little (and not all that consistently) isn’t always the same as doing well with more.
 
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Yeah I’m torn on this one. He had some very good years at NW, of course he was the golden son there. He also had some terrible years where his offenses were total garbage towards the end. In theory he should be able to recruit better at Mich St., I lean towards it being a solid hire and potentially a great one.
 




btowngopher said:
Yeah I’m torn on this one. He had some very good years at NW, of course he was the golden son there. He also had some terrible years where his offenses were total garbage towards the end. In theory he should be able to recruit better at Mich St., I lean towards it being a solid hire and potentially a great one.
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Fitz could win the big 10 west........and he absolutely despises Iowa.

I was dreaming of him being here someday.

Oh well
 

minnyrules11 said:
Why? Was horrible last two years at. Northwestern. Granted Michigan St can’t get much worse.
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If he had achieved at Minnesota what he did at Northwestern he would be a legend here! I think he is going to do great at Michigan St. as it is a more traditional football school than Northwestern.
 

I think he will raise the floor at a minimum
And make Michigan state worth paying attention to for the first time in a while
 

Guy fired during scandal and was 3-9 and 1-11 his last two years is a homerun hire? Man I don't know about that. Had been pretty bad since 2019. Sure had some good years at Northwestern but was showing more and more he wasn't equipped for the changed game. I'm happy about this hire, it's another Michigan State bust.
 

studentgopher94 said:
Guy fired during scandal and was 3-9 and 1-11 his last two years is a homerun hire? Man I don't know about that. Had been pretty bad since 2019. Sure had some good years at Northwestern but was showing more and more he wasn't equipped for the changed game. I'm happy about this hire, it's another Michigan State bust.
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I actually hope your right and I'm wrong but I always liked him as a coach. Not sure the scandal was something he condoned or was really aware of ... but it was done on his watch and somebody had to pay. If there was proof that he covered up stuff I'm sure Mich. St. wouldn't have hired him.
 

MNSpaniel said:
I think this is a home run hire!

www.espn.com

Michigan State hires Fitzgerald, touts 'new era'

Former Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald was hired Monday as the new football coach at Michigan State. Sources told ESPN that it's a five-year deal.
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MSU has at times made a lot of noise in Big Ten races. They have been known to make some nice runs when the Corn/Blue team has been not quite at the top of their game. Certainly Michigan will notice.

Fitz will most likely turn Sparty into a team that can run the ball,
stop the run and still have some big play capabilities. He will recruit well to Esst Lansing and MSU has some boosters.

The B1G just got a little tougher I think

Toughen up Gopher!
 

kg21 said:
Fitz could win the big 10 west........and he absolutely despises Iowa.

I was dreaming of him being here someday.

Oh well
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He despises Iowa so much that his kid is currently a QB there, okay
 

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