Dickert accepts MSU job
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Well, if that's true, I want to be the first on record to state you can't spell Dickert with out Dick.
And that would be a dick move.
But since it's unconfirmed, I'll just have to be quick on the trigger if it does happen.
And that would be a dick move.
But since it's unconfirmed, I'll just have to be quick on the trigger if it does happen.
He's not going to leave midseason.
I seriously doubt that he has accepted the job. However, the longer he stays silent on all the speculation then the more likely it seems as though he is in talks with them. If he's not even considering the job he should come out right now and squash all the rumors.
No point in talking about it. Some rumors aren't worth addressing.
What a distraction to everyone and the players, especially when we play UCLA in 5 days.
Remember how much money MSU threw at Tucker? It was ridiculous and stupid.
Would be tough to turn away a huge guaranteed compensation package if indeed they've offered him that.
What a slap to the face that would be to WSU and Chun (who took the risk of hiring Dickert).
Anyway, it is still speculation at this point. I'm not convinced MSU is going hard after Dickert.
He's probably addressed it internally, much like he has with this team most of the season.
I’d argue the Pac2 week of stuff with the Beavers was a greater distraction. Kids handled that just fine.
Just saw him answer a direct question about MSU. He hasn't been contacted (does this mean perhaps his agent was though?).
Dickert's presser is released, and he said "I've not talked with any University out there". I cued it up where the question was addressed by Greg Woods, (Spokesman Review):
Chugspig:
Since Dickert hasn't announced that he's accepted the job....any chance you could edit the title of this thread?
Chugspig:
Since Dickert hasn't announced that he's accepted the job....any chance you could edit the title of this thread?
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If the money is right, he will walk…….we all would.
Honestly, I don't know that I believe Dickert will be high on their list of candidates. His HC track record is pretty short, he's got a pretty small coaching tree and limited recruiting connections, and the connections he has are not in MSU's region.
I suppose in the NIL era, recruiting connections are less meaningful as long as you have a checkbook. You still have to get in the door though.
I suppose in the NIL era, recruiting connections are less meaningful as long as you have a checkbook. You still have to get in the door though.
MSU is a flaming pile right now, and success is not going to be instant. If it were me, the money would have to be Harbaugh/Saban level, and all guaranteed.
At the end of the season it will be 30+ games as a head coach. Plenty of games, and wins, on the resume to justify him as your pick. Plus, with his relative youth, think of the decades of glorious wins he can give you. Youthful energy, if he can recruit to Pullman he can recruit gloriously in East Lansing, blah, blah, blah.
Articulate, well-spoken, hit tough questions (MSU, Gameday) head on. Serious but light hearted, clearly thinks the world of his players.
That’s what agents are for.
So he’s being literally truthful. He has not spoken (directly) with any university out there
Color me jaded, at best.
Shrug.
Would you rather have a coach that's connected to other jobs, or a coach that is not?
Recruiting connections don’t mean shit now. Money talks. Didn’t MSU take Dickert’s qb verbal recently? Or was that someone else?
It was MSU, they flipped Sam Leavitt a QB from West Lynn Oregon. I assume the heavy breathing phone call from Tucker flipped him.
I think everyone here has been a WSU fan for a long time ... what about this is surprising at all? Any top-35 type of job (or even worse sometimes) opens up and we have a coach doing well, especially if there is some kind of geographical hook or connection, and there will be speculation about him leaving. Even extending him for $3.5 million a year -- not happening, by the way -- wouldn't stop a program with resources. Anything less than a Jimbo- or, ahem, Tucker-level buyout and they don't care. Even if WSU gets some kind of rebuilt Pac with a decent media deal, or gets in the Big 12, it won't stop this. If neither of those two things happens, then this kind of thing will be even more pronounced and occur on a more accelerated timeline.
He was a dog commit before MSU flipped him, or maybe I'm thinking of another QB (from South Dakota)?
Other guy, yes, from South Dakota. Ohio State flipped him. UW offered Leavitt after that happened, a week before signing day, but he went with Michigan State.
