Fitz to Michigan State

[Catmandoo78]

For me, this touches on the my biggest "concern." Many of the recruits that he will be expected to win will be totally opposite of the kind of guys that he has coached. Even different from the kind of guys he played with

“Black kids from inner city schools”

 

[kaTNap]

“Black kids from inner city schools”

Kids who turn down offers from Alabama, who make all-conference and go on to have Pro Bowl careers in the NFL.

 

[Gatabowl]

My last real thoughts on Fitz: other than the money situation, which is the single largest factor in today’s CFB, period, the biggest pivot point for Fitz IMO is gonna be assistants. Does he hire good ones? Does the MSU AD put him on a tight leash hiring bad ones? They really really ought to reserve the ability to tell him to fire struggling assistants if he demonstrates his old stubbornness that was his fatal flaw. Does he hire an OC who actually wants to come and score points and be modern and let them cook? To me these are huge questions.

The range of outcomes here is honestly massive, he could go 2-10 or 10-2 2-3 years from now and I wouldn’t be shocked either way TBH.

Dates TBD, but this is the 2027 schedule

vs. Central Michigan
vs. ND
vs. Indiana
vs. Michigan
vs. Rutgers
vs. Wisconsin
@ NU
@ OSU
@ Penn St
@ Purdue
@ Washington

They're not going 10-2.

 

[TheC]

Fitz has work to do right away. MSU's best returning player, wide receiver Nick Marsh, has made it clear he's entering the portal. The father of their young QB has taken to social media to criticize the firing of Smith. Fitz better get to work to make sure he doesn't lose everybody.

 

[Ilvolino]

Dates TBD, but this is the 2027 schedule

vs. Central Michigan
vs. ND
vs. Indiana
vs. Michigan
vs. Rutgers
vs. Wisconsin
@ NU
@ OSU
@ Penn St
@ Purdue
@ Washington

They're not going 10-2.

Looks like a 3 win year, Central Michigan, Purdue and maybe Rutgers

 

[Baz = Heisman]

Fitz isn’t coaching NU anymore, and in fact he’s going to be on a mission to bury us every chance he gets.

You don’t have to lick his boots anymore.

Not to mentioned he went 14-31 his last 5 years so his track record in recent times was awful.

 

[Baz = Heisman]

Frick off. I respect the way the man goes about his business. That does not stop because NU was dumb enough to let him slip through their fingers. MSU is now my 2nd favorite team.

You mean how he never evolved from a 1996 offense and probably never will? What a leader lol

 

[Purple Pile Driver]

You mean how he never evolved from a 1996 offense and probably never will? What a leader lol

At least our academics were good, right?

 

[Baz = Heisman]

At least our academics were good, right?

????

 

[AdamOnFirst]

You mean how he never evolved from a 1996 offense and probably never will? What a leader lol

Worse actually, since his predecessor materially changed college football by implementing a hyper modern offense that Fitz inherited and intentionally DEVOLVED from

 

[bringbacktherantboard]

You mean how he never evolved from a 1996 offense and probably never will? What a leader lol

He placed an emphasis on defense that resulted in multiple 10-win seasons. When evaluating him, I think you need to look at the whole.

 

[Purple Pile Driver]

Fitz lives in some people’s heads around here!

 

[TheC]

Fitz lives in some people’s heads around here!

Of course he does. Why wouldn't he? He was the face of Northwestern football for over a quarter of a century. And, he just got hired by another BIG foe. I'm surprised there isn't more talk here.

 

[Rodenthater]

I despise him already!!!!

 

[AdamOnFirst]

Fitz lives in some people’s heads around here!

Well he's our last coach, hired the current coach, left in drama and scandal, was the winningest coach in our history and was the face of our program for 20 years. Before that he was one of the greatest and most beloved players in our history. We built a $300 million practice facility basically as a palace for him personally, and people still call it the "Taj Fitz." And our school just settled a nine figure lawsuit with him a matter of weeks ago.

So... yeah, he's still a thing.

 

[Gatabowl]

He placed an emphasis on defense that resulted in multiple 10-win seasons. When evaluating him, I think you need to look at the whole.

But the best 10-win teams were the ones where we cared about offense, too.

 

[Baz = Heisman]

Can we please stop talking about this meathead? He’s a loser.

 

[AdamOnFirst]

Can we please stop talking about this meathead? He’s a loser.

We play in East Lansing early next year, so giddyup.