A lot can be said about Jonathan Smith’s tenure at Michigan State, and not much of it is positive. Smith was a really good person, but he just wasn’t a fit in East Lansing.
He didn’t bring that toughness and culture of accountability that existed under Mark Dantonio.
The culture issues were obvious when it felt like there were no true leaders to hold anyone accountable. The coaching staff just kind of let guys do whatever they wanted with no fear of punishment, and Nick Marsh found that out the hard way at Indiana’s first spring camp session…