Four candidates on 2nd round interviews for MSU headcoach

So they found 4 who haven't met the fanbase.

Gonna be Candle and Sparty heads will explode

round 3...the rest of the mac coaches.  miami of ohio I'm looking at you kid.  

If they could somehow get Candle more power to them-though at this stage Toledo is the much better gig 

Question 1: Do you enjoy masturbating?

…and I’ll see myself out…

Jonathan Smith has done an impressive job rebuilding Oregon State, but he's never coached or played east of the Mississippi. He has no recruiting ties in the Midwest. That makes him a gamble.

Jedd Fisch would be a good get, but defense is a question mark with him. Teams don't play much defense in the Pac-12, so he would need to bring on a top shelf defensive coordinator.

Jason Candle is who they would hire of everyone else said no. He's had a few good seasons at Toledo but nothing on his resume really jumps off the page. The only factor in his favor is that he probably has the deepest B1G recruiting ties of anyone else on the list.

Mike Elko would be a coup, but there's no way he picks MSU over TAMU.

I am ok with Elko to MSU. They play in a weaker ACC and some of the shine has worn off with recent losses.

No, Jedd, NOOO!!!!

Jeff Fisch for UCLa or MSU...   we need some allies in this  despicable conference 

Fuck Michigan State 

I'd be pissed if Jedd took that job.  He's turning Arizona into something and he'd do the same at MSU.

Please not Smith or Fisch.  Smith has done an unbelievable job at Oregon St. and I think would make them a perennial playoff contender (in the expanded playoff era). 

Lol don't do it Jedd

I see now it's good to have friends coaching in the conference...then you can March to the commissioners door with pitchforks...I hope Jedd gets the job, he's a good and respectful friend of UM.

Cool? They probably think they have 4 home run candidates. lol. 

Bad shit, Jed. 

Sherrone Moore can easily outcoach this group for the next 5 years.

/s

Hope it's not Fisch because I like him. Although good for him if he wants it, I guess.

Those are all good choices. Sparty should be happy with any of those.

These are 4 names I sort of expected, so not a surprise.  Smith would be a big signing for them given what he's done at Oregon St., but him and Elko could be options at better jobs as well.  Elko might also just like Duke for now since there will be better openings in the future and he's probably going to keep chugging along with decent teams for a while. I still think Candle is the most likely guy because he's local but we'll see.

I doubt Sabin and 6 little Kirby like assistants could help that dumpster fire of a team.

The only coach should want to leave is the Toledo coach because its a step up in conference. Oregon State coach only makes sense if the money is that much better but I don't think MSU is a better job than Oregon State. 

There's an article out listing Sparty's worst coaches ever. Tucker is nowhere on the list. Maybe he would make their best coaches list.

I'd prefer it weren't Fisch, as he has talent. But he might lower the temperature to half-sane levels?

That’s a handsome list of coaches 

Bad shit, Jedd.

I thought Urbz had already been hired?

Candle is probably the most viable, the others are probably just using this as leverage for more money 

Elko won’t leave the south

Smith plays the part and Candle can bridge Ohio recruiting. Funny how reality hit and all those MSU fans thought they suddenly had $11-12m to offer are realizing “oh those were pledges and we may need to settle with the other coach.”

welcome back to $5-7m territory