Courtney Hawkins

Um, when you talk about some resistance to hiring him, I, I just give folks an example if, if they don't get this.

If Courtney Hawkins were elevated to the offensive coordinator position, that probably would've been better received than going out and, and getting a guy named Nick Sheridan, who was honestly, um, on the way down at Alabama.

And I'm not trying to, to, to kick up old dirt, but we, we had a promotion demotion during the Dantonio era, in the late in the era with the staff.

Um, those things do happen.

Uh, he's here to see his brothers in, uh, in Michigan State, but keeping him around the program.

He's got a good relationship with, uh, James Adams, Pat Fitzgerald, and Courtney Hawkins.

Um, all those guys have been recruiting him for quite some time.

They've been continuing to keep in touch, and the, the communication behind the scenes is, is still there.

Uh, because like, I mean, the, it, it looked like it was gonna be a, an issue for Michigan State entering the season.

Uh, I gave some benefit of the doubt to Courtney Hawkins because he, I think he had earned that right because wide receiver had relatively consistently been a r- a strength for Michigan State, um, you know, since he's been the wide receivers coach here.

But Rod-- you're having a starting trio of Rodney Bullard, Frederick Moore, and Crishan McCray.

It's, it's objectively one of the worst starting wide receiver trios in the Big Ten.

Yeah.

It's like I, I don't know, like, I don't know if Courtney Hawkins solely controls that.

I don't know if Sheridan controls the rotation.

Right.

Right.

Like, I, I, I just, I, I have to believe that they're not an apparent upgrade.

Like, 'cause you're not get- you know, Courtney Hawkins isn't demanding it, Sheridan isn't demanding it, and Fitzgerald isn't demanding it.

So you got three layers there that could sort of be like, "Hey, we need to change something up here," and it's not happening.

What else are we going to do? What else do you want to talk

about? Let me ask you about – I saw Sheehan complaining about Courtney Hawkins and the wide receiver room.

I know Courtney Hawkins is your guy.

Is there any validity to that? No, because here's my problem with all these people.

Are these guys not getting open? Is it Alessio? Should they try to go – I mean, is Cam Fancher healthy? I mean, I don't know.

We're like, hey, offense, you guys have to just score 40 points.

a game because the offense is the least of the issues i guess if you were gonna do a top five what is the worst part of this lion's experience after four games

so the shepherd the point is i didn't answer the courtney hawkins thing i feel a little bit the same way like i look at michigan state's receivers and i'm going you find me a wideouts coach who can fix that i don't i don't see it right i don't he's not he's had lots of good wideouts but also if you you

But still, to go back to the strategy and the portal, I'm still confused by it, to be honest with you.

Because Courtney Hawkins is a good enough wide receiver coach.

He has enough NFL guys that he can point to and be like, you can come here and we can work with you.

And the guys that they identified, like Fred Moore, he didn't have a catch at Michigan last year, and Michigan hasn't exactly been – a wide receiver factory in recent memory.

But Savory is just a dynamic weapon with his – size and ability to flank out.

But I think that, you know, in talking to Courtney Hawkins earlier and talking to Fitzgerald and Nick Sheridan, the offensive coordinator, they feel like they're going to be a work in progress at that spot.

And I think he kind of did see that a little bit on, on Saturday when you're going against an elite elite secondary like that, they're not there yet to, to get separation and get kind of the, the playmaking that they need downfield.

Now, that said, they won't play some other defense quite like Notre Dame's.