Brandon Walker Drops Hot Take on MSU's Pat Fitzgerald Hiring
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Michigan State has been making headlines with their football season having just come to a close, as they fired former head coach Jonathan Smith.
To replace Smith, the Spartans decided to hire Pat Fitzgerald, who has a history of coaching in the Big Ten conference, having coached at Northwestern for several years, and has a lot of work ahead of him with the players and their staff.
Such a massive hiring got a big reaction from Spartan Nation, and the consensus on social media has been that Fitzgerald was not the right option.
However, many of the bigger names in the college football landscape have weighed in on the conversation, and some have had hot takes on Fitzgerald that go against the public opinion.
One of the most prominent names that has done so is Brandon F Walker, one of the biggest college football personalities online.
What Brandon Walker Said About Pat Fitzgerald
What Walker said about Fitzgerald will be talked about in more statistical depth down below.
Hot Take #1: Pat Fitzgerald Should Have Never Been Out Of Coaching Opportunities
- In most cases, when a coach is out of a job, it means that their team was struggling to win and unsatisfactory to what the fanbase, as well as donors, desires.
- This was the case with Smith, and why the Spartans fired him, after all, he only had one Big Ten win this season, which was deemed unacceptable.
- However, with Fitzgerald, there was no real reason as to why he should have been out of a coaching position.
- His record at Northwestern was 110-101 overall, and despite some controversy that muddied the waters in his last years with the team, he became the winningest coach ever with the Wildcats.
- Such success with a school that has not been incredibly relevant in football aside from their years with Fitzgerald should have landed him another job quickly, but it did not and MSU was able to get a steal in him because of that.
Hot Take #2: Michigan State Is Getting Serious About Football Again
- During Smith's time at MSU, there were many questions as to how much energy was in the facilities, and especially on the sidelines. He did not attend other school events all that often and at times even seemed apathetic about his job.
- But Fitzgerald has already made his mark with the team being active in school spirit, and has attended other events in both Basketball and Hockey.
- That energy will quickly translate to the locker room and on the practice field, eventually coming to the gridiron on game day. Such energy in taking his job as seriously as he has is huge for the program and makes Fitzgerald a great hire.
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Nathan Berry is a senior at NCCS and was raised a Michigan State Spartan fan. With a great interest in sports and writing, journalism is a great avenue to pursue both.