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<blockquote data-quote="DH9387" data-source="post: 280288" data-attributes="member: 547"><p>First off, let me preface this be saying that I absolutely love Mark Dantonio and I frequently argue in his favor as the best coach in college football, but I feel like comparing Michigan State to Georgia Tech is like comparing apples and oranges. First off, they have nearly twice the enrollment (50,543 vs 26,806), four times the degree choices (160 vs 40), and nowhere near the admission requirements; and that is just from the academic perspective. From the football perspective, they have significantly better average attendance (74,667 - sold out vs 47,503 - 86%, which as a season ticket holder seems highly inflated), much higher annual revenue ($108,687,274 vs $77,202,758) and better media exporsure (B1G vs ACC). These are all just the quantifiable things. Michigan State really only has to recruit against its own conference, whereas we have to recruit against our own and the SEC. Michigan State is also the #2 team in its home state vs GT being optimistically #4, although quite possibly lower. Also, Dantonio has had the pleasure of coaching at Michigan State during a time where most of which, Michigan was way down. It will be really interesting to see how he fares now that Harbough has them on the rise. I see Michigan State as being much more akin to Auburn or UCLA than they are to us. If you were to switch coaching staffs between the two schools over the last nine years, I think Dantonio would do worse here while I think CPJ does just as good if not better there.</p><p></p><p>I know all that has very little to do with the topic of this thread, but I guess my point would be that Tech is an anomaly in college football. Comparing the successes of coaches at other schools as if they would translate here is meaningless. Finding a great coach in college football is a fluke. It is just as much luck as it is due diligence by the athletic director. We have been very lucky that CPJ has worked out the way that he has. We will be very lucky to repeat that in our next hire. I am of the opinion that the spread option levels the playing field for us and I would look there first for our next coach. I am not saying that we should be married to the option nor that our next coach must run it. There are just too many variables that can change between now and when we will be looking for a new head coach. I want the best coach available, but realistically at this time, doing something different like the spread option gives us the best chance to be successful. Obviously this is just the opinion of a casual football fan.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DH9387, post: 280288, member: 547"] First off, let me preface this be saying that I absolutely love Mark Dantonio and I frequently argue in his favor as the best coach in college football, but I feel like comparing Michigan State to Georgia Tech is like comparing apples and oranges. First off, they have nearly twice the enrollment (50,543 vs 26,806), four times the degree choices (160 vs 40), and nowhere near the admission requirements; and that is just from the academic perspective. From the football perspective, they have significantly better average attendance (74,667 - sold out vs 47,503 - 86%, which as a season ticket holder seems highly inflated), much higher annual revenue ($108,687,274 vs $77,202,758) and better media exporsure (B1G vs ACC). These are all just the quantifiable things. Michigan State really only has to recruit against its own conference, whereas we have to recruit against our own and the SEC. Michigan State is also the #2 team in its home state vs GT being optimistically #4, although quite possibly lower. Also, Dantonio has had the pleasure of coaching at Michigan State during a time where most of which, Michigan was way down. It will be really interesting to see how he fares now that Harbough has them on the rise. I see Michigan State as being much more akin to Auburn or UCLA than they are to us. If you were to switch coaching staffs between the two schools over the last nine years, I think Dantonio would do worse here while I think CPJ does just as good if not better there. I know all that has very little to do with the topic of this thread, but I guess my point would be that Tech is an anomaly in college football. Comparing the successes of coaches at other schools as if they would translate here is meaningless. Finding a great coach in college football is a fluke. It is just as much luck as it is due diligence by the athletic director. We have been very lucky that CPJ has worked out the way that he has. We will be very lucky to repeat that in our next hire. I am of the opinion that the spread option levels the playing field for us and I would look there first for our next coach. I am not saying that we should be married to the option nor that our next coach must run it. There are just too many variables that can change between now and when we will be looking for a new head coach. I want the best coach available, but realistically at this time, doing something different like the spread option gives us the best chance to be successful. Obviously this is just the opinion of a casual football fan. [/QUOTE]
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