Mark Dantonio retires
- Thread starter GWMorris
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And is added to Ray's short list of replacements for Champ.
He is older and tired of the recruitment game. No.
I'm not suggesting that there is anything amiss, but the timing is certainly odd.
Stuck around til he received $4mm bonus Jan 15 is what I'm hearing
Its funny. I was watching one of their games this year and was wondering how much longer he would coach.
It’s called sarcasm. Jeesh, the shear stupidity of the suggestion should have given it away!
But then, on the other hand, you never overestimate the thought process of ray.
There's a little more to it than that. The pending lawsuit brought by his former recruiting director might very well blow the lid off that program.
This might sting but I don’t think he’s in love with here. Just going based on what I’ve read over the years or heard. He’s not from this part of the country either and I think location has a lot to do with it.
Gotta say, the guy could coach. In a conference with Ohio State and Michigan, I think he held his own pretty well - especially NOT being at the big name school. We would name a stadium after a coach who could win the conference here.
He has a few good years left in him but if he decides to coach again; I doubt he would wanna do it here. Winning at South Carolina is tough and although I believe he “would win, I doubt he’d take on the challenge.
Yep, I had read about that a while back and had been waiting for this announcement. Many have.
Stupid or not, the idea of going after him- simply because he is an alum- has been tossed out so many times by fans here I kind of expected it to be the first idea floated by many in this thread. You are correct though, it would be insane to try to get him to come out of retirement. He is no Holtz/Spurrier. If we are going to bring someone out of “retirement” it better be Meyer or Stoops... A coach of that level. Beyond someone that level we should let sleeping dogs lie, end the trend of taking old “has been” retired guys or recycled Florida rejects and go for the up and coming young names... Obviously we TRIED that last time it just did not work out.
There was a time Dantonio would have been a good option, had HE been interested. That time is long past.
Exactly- 10 years ago... I would have been on board but we were doing just fine with a better coach at the time. Even 4 years ago when we got Muschamp this would have been a questionable hire, certainly no better than what we got IMO mostly due to his advanced age and needing to start over completely rebuilding recruiting networks in a completely different area of the country...
