Michigan State has no idea what it’s doing, trying to conduct a hurried coach search led by an athletic director who’s never done it before, shadowed by administrative gawkers, dogged by ugly perceptions. If that’s not the truth, someone please convince us otherwise.
It began because the school had no idea what Mark Dantonio was doing, almost to the very day he retired a week ago. Now it’s a disaster that can always get worse, as candidates drop out whether offered the job or not. It can’t get much worse than this week, when Cincinnati’s Luke Fickell bailed on a deal that Michigan State apparently thought it had sealed.