When Don Treadwell stepped in as interim head coach for Michigan State while Mark Dantonio was in the hospital, there was a lot of speculation about how his success could lead him to a non-interim (outterim?) head coaching position in the future. The future is now (and nary a hula hoop in sight). I am happy for Don. He'll be coaching at his alma mater, a school that won its conference championship this year (yeah, it's the MAC championship, but it's still a championship), and I think MSU's success against Wisconsin this season is a sign that he can do the job.
I was talking to someone (I forget whom) earlier this year about the possibility of Treadwell leaving and his feeling (I believe it was a he) was that the loss of a coordinator would be a real test of the strength of MSU's football program. I agreed. The team reaches bowl games consistently. It recruits respectably and develops those recruits beyond their expected potential. If MSU can stay at that level after Treadwell's departure, it will prove that the program is strong. If the team falters, well, hopefully we'll find a way to get it together again without another Williams-Smith Era of Excruciatingly Bad Football.
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