#TuckLeavin

[Matt]

If MSU had the same information they have today in December 2022, March, and July, it is hard to justify firing for cause NOW. #asthetugcranks

Actually, it's pretty easy to justify. Everything kicked up once the USA Today article was published and it all became public. MSU has been through the proverbial ringer since the article. That triggered the firing. Rightly or wrongly, before then silence was golden. Even if Haller knew all of the details - he wasn't free to share it to enough people to make a firing decision. Once the cover was blown, all bets were off.

I'd argue though that the timing of all this is irrelevant.

Had all of this remained private through Oct 6, that USA Today article was still going to be published. Had MSU kept Tugger as coach after that hearing ... the blowback / humiliation / etc. heaped on the University would have been even worse than it's already been. Had they fired him ... all of this still would have happened.

MSU has been acting very deliberately and cautiously at the advice of legal counsel. Haller couldn't make this decision, even though it's his name on the "you're fired" document. This was all done as billable hours ... and all of that takes time to be done the right way. They want out of paying him $77 million dollars.

Bullshit - they say on this until they couldn't. If this didn't come out AND he beat Washington, they would have made it go away. When this issue became available, it became State's get out of contract jail card. #asthetugcranks

[Robert Faygo]

Nah. Washington game was irrelevant.

Tracy already had made her plans to either get paid or get him fired. Or both.

#TuckLeavin was going to happen. It's just how much it costs, who's paying, and when.

[Robert Faygo]

If you believe / trust the 97.1 afternoon Spartan blowhard, the signs were there that Tugger had already essentially checked out from his responsibilities long before the article was published. Even he knew it was coming.

[moldyoldie]

I dunno, but after reading everything that's out there, I'm sensing that Tucker is being railroaded by a scorned woman. It's an ugly situation, to be sure. Very bad judgement on Tucker's part, but he'll walk away with a hefty settlement when all is said and done. We'll see.

[km1125]

I dunno, but after reading everything that's out there, I'm sensing that Tucker is being railroaded by a scorned woman. It's an ugly situation, to be sure. Very bad judgement on Tucker's part, but he'll walk away with a hefty settlement when all is said and done. We'll see.

Can you imagine someone with the tenacity of, say Feiger, motivated by "you get 50% of the take" when $77mm is on the table?

[moldyoldie]

I dunno, but after reading everything that's out there, I'm sensing that Tucker is being railroaded by a scorned woman. It's an ugly situation, to be sure. Very bad judgement on Tucker's part, but he'll walk away with a hefty settlement when all is said and done. We'll see.

Can you imagine someone with the tenacity of, say Feiger, motivated by "you get 50% of the take" when $77mm is on the table?

A lot will depend on a judge or jury's interpretation of "moral turpitude" as spelled out in the contract. My guess is a settlement to make it "go away".

[TC Talks]

I dunno, but after reading everything that's out there, I'm sensing that Tucker is being railroaded by a scorned woman. It's an ugly situation, to be sure. Very bad judgement on Tucker's part, but he'll walk away with a hefty settlement when all is said and done. We'll see.

Can you imagine someone with the tenacity of, say Feiger, motivated by "you get 50% of the take" when $77mm is on the table?

A lot will depend on a judge or jury's interpretation of "moral turpitude" as spelled out in the contract. My guess is a settlement to make it "go away".

MSU isn't going to offer him very much to settle. This is a pretty clearly winnable case for the University.

[MasterB]

Jeff Feiger is Mel's lawyer? I hope Feiger loses the case, it gets settled as MSU wants it to go away.

[Honeyman]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/inv ... 922038007/

[Honeyman]

Spartans won't win another game. This team is beyond awful.

[SD45]

Minnesota is terrible. That game against Nebraska was brutal, and their other win is Eastern Michigan.

They just lost to Northwestern in OT. Minnesota was up 31-10 and gave up 21 points in the 4th quarter.

MSU can win 3 conference games this season.