Will Jonathan Smith bring Michigan State back to the Big Ten Elite? | Always College Football

Will Jonathan Smith bring Michigan State back to the Big Ten Elite? | Always College Football
Greg McElroy reacts to Michigan State naming Jonathan Smith as the next head coach and weighs in on whether Smith will bring the team back to the Big Ten Elite.

[keithzastrow]

MSU alum here. I am STOKED about this hire. If he can bring his QB Chiles with him as well as his DC we are SET.

[markheidema]

This is a great hire. I'm stoked that we got a former Pac 12 coach who was taught under some of the best football minds.

[TarsoBsAs]

Great fit. Low profile, talent development coach

[jeremywilson]

Give him a few years and Michigan State will be a powerhouse program to deal with. They have to rebuild from inside out

[jameshopkins]

Johnathan Smith was checked out the last two games. He told team right before Ducks game that he was leaving. It showed in the game…worst they played all year.

[JustAdinGuy]

Wow, there’s a lot of people who can apparently see the future in this comment section. Wonder what team they’re fans of 🤔. Anyway, I think this was the best possible hire that MSU could have made. There was a 0.001% chance of any team getting Urban out of retirement. Over these past couple years, Oregon state was everything that you need to win in the big ten. Tough, power running, great in the trenches, using tight ends. Hopefully they can get Trent bray from OSU too, because he had some amazing defenses. Really the only question will be recruiting, since he doesn’t have many Midwest ties, and recruiting/NIL wasn’t great at OSU (but… c’mon, it’s Oregon State, I can’t really blame him). I think keeping Courtney Hawkins and Harlon Barnett will help with that though. Overall, A- hire in my opinion.

[MJC__]

Michigan State was elite in football GENERATIONS ago....like when your grandfather or great grandfather was young. Michigan State is a mediocre program at best.

[JohnCunningham-syug]

At least he is not John L Smith. He will have to produce before I'm impressed.

[Hellos]

Almost take Oregon State there? When has he taken Oregon State to a bcs type bowl in his 6 years there?
He had 8 wins there. Played nobody nonconf...like always. Beat no great teams, this year. Beat Utah but Oregon beat them even more....on the road.
I wish him the best but he will be let go in less than 4 years. Cômpeting âgainst too many big time programs.

[wwumbo]

Def not. Probs around 8-9th in the Big 10

[desidog]

Chip Kelly was a mastermind at Oregon, but has been mediocre at UCLA. The same thing will happen to Smith at MSU.

[RT-pbpp]

LOL big ten has no elite teams be real every time they get to CFP they get blasted by elite teams. Michigan will be bounced round one

[franzfranz]

Sparty is doomed. They had something with Mark but Mark was humbled by the athletic department. He was bringing in players who could ball but they were a disaster off the field. Arrests and the obvious taint of other major scandals that had nothing to do with the football team have marginalized State. Mark couldn't recruit the kind of players that pushed State above the rest of the conference. With the Big10 expanding, it has created a scenario witch marginalizes Michigan State to the level of Purdue, Indiana. Competitive at basketball but they will remain in the shadows when it comes to football.

[DTS_I]

I don’t think so. They’ll be above then Wisconsin/Iowa tier but that’s it.

[joeearley]

MSU doesn't stand a chance in the new big 18 teams. The big 10 conference has screwed over 12-13 teams. What money grab. But players are leaving MSU like crazy right now. Why because the conference is going to be a complete mess for many colleges.

[berad]

This reminds me of Mike Riley to Nebraska…

How’d that turn out 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Because he is a traitor to his Alma mater, I hope he fails, and fails miserably. Ends up coaching a flag football team in Mexico would be my desired outcome.