Recruiting Young Love by Mark D. Jordan6/29/2023 As the losses mounted in 2022, heinous videos of the postgame attacks on rival players in the Michigan Stadium tunnel last October led to criminal charges for seven players, including one felony count of assault for cornerback Khary Crump for weaponizing his helmet. Tucker's overhaul of the recruiting department invited further criticism of a program that was already showing signs of unrest less than a year after winning 11 games. A third cog in Michigan State's recruiting wheel - director of community and high school relations Thomas Wilcher, who previously coached at prospect powerhouse Cass Tech in Detroit - also departed. Both men were approaching the end of their respective contracts, and Tucker opted not to renew them. Two weeks earlier, a report from Spartan Tailgate had made public Tucker's intention to move on from both general manager Saeed Khalif, who served as executive director of player personnel and recruiting, and Jensen Gebhardt, the program's recruiting operations coordinator. College Football and College Basketball WriterĪround the midway point of a 32-minute news conference to preview his team's spring scrimmage last month, Michigan State head coach Mel Tucker closed his eyes, pursed his lips and nodded his head in response to a question he almost certainly knew was coming.
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