For the third time since February of 2020, Michigan State football experienced a coaching change this offseason. Following two straight bowl-free seasons, Jonathan Smith was let go and it wasn’t really a good feeling because he wasn’t a bad coach and definitely not a bad guy, just an overall bad fit for Michigan State and the Big Ten.
Spartan fans have gotten used to the coaching changes and what they entail nowadays, and it usually means a mass exodus of players as well as a brand new coaching staff coming in.
Fortunately, there hasn’t exactly been a huge exodus of players so far under Pat Fitzgerald, and he even kept a few coaches from the previous staff that won just nine games under Smith. Normally, that would be considered a bad move, but realistically, Fitzgerald retained the best of the best from Smith’s staff in Joe Rossi, Courtney Hawkins, and Brian Wozniak…