Michigan State interim head coach Harlon Barnett "will always have my love and respect" for the 2023 Spartans.
He also made his intentions very clear about the permanent head coaching role.
"Well, I'll be looking in the mirror," Barnett quipped when asked what he would tell the next head coach about Michigan State. "I'll say, 'Michigan State is a great place, you've known that since 1985, you know there are a lot of great people here, you know that you've got to love the student-athlete above everything, you've got to be all for them because you've got to be about people first.' Then everything else will come. They'll play hard for you, they'll do whatever you ask them to do, but you've gotta touch their life and they gotta know you truly care.
"What's that old saying? 'They don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.' I care for people, that's what I'm taught to do, that's what I believe in. I love my neighbors as (well as) myself. That's what I'm about ... and I know results will come after that. Guaranteed."
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He also made his intentions very clear about the permanent head coaching role.
"Well, I'll be looking in the mirror," Barnett quipped when asked what he would tell the next head coach about Michigan State. "I'll say, 'Michigan State is a great place, you've known that since 1985, you know there are a lot of great people here, you know that you've got to love the student-athlete above everything, you've got to be all for them because you've got to be about people first.' Then everything else will come. They'll play hard for you, they'll do whatever you ask them to do, but you've gotta touch their life and they gotta know you truly care.
"What's that old saying? 'They don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.' I care for people, that's what I'm taught to do, that's what I believe in. I love my neighbors as (well as) myself. That's what I'm about ... and I know results will come after that. Guaranteed."
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Spartans Illustrated - Harlon Barnett praises MSU's resiliency in 2023, wants head coaching job
Harlon Barnett praises his team's ability to fight through adversity, and discusses the permanent head coaching job.
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