MSU apparently already made its hire

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#1

http://www.espn.com/college-football/st … tate-coach

They moved fast considering they had no idea they needed a new coach until 2 days ago.

#2

We knew for about a month that Bret was going to be fired and midway through search we decide to hire a search firm?

#3

[quote=“StillGregHog”]
http://www.espn.com/college-football/st … tate-coach

They moved fast considering they had no idea they needed a new coach until 2 days ago.
[/quote]I’d say there has been widespread speculation that he would move somewhere for the last half of the season. We’ll (the average fan) never know how specifically MSU knew that he would be going - for sure - but it absolutely was their responsibility to initiate back-channel discussions and find out who might be interested “just in case”. Apparently, they did.

#4