As sure as the sun will rise and set every day, Mel Tucker will preach one thing to his football team – consistency in performance.
The first-year Michigan State coach has a few principles he hammers, rarely wavering, even during a shaky season full of uncertainty. And not all of that uncertainty is because he’s trying to navigate his first season leading the Spartans during a global pandemic that has created all sorts of obstacles from nearly the moment he took the job back in mid-February.
In fact, the biggest hurdle has been trying to get a handle on his roster, one he inherited completely from his predecessor, Mark Dantonio.