NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

I told you this would happen:

Perles, the former coach and athletic director, still wields tremendous influence among the "Old Greens" who still contribute plenty of "old green" to the university coffers. He told me he wanted input in the candidate dragnet, but he only would provide counsel at the request of president Lou Anna Simon.

And, right now, that offer appears unlikely.

Perles' candidacy for the Board of Trustees added another layer of melodrama to the soap opera that historically becomes an MSU coaching search. Would he steer one of his own choices -- maybe someone like Eagles quarterback coach Pat Shurmur, a former Spartan -- to the top of the short list?

"I don't take my seat on the board until January," Perles said, "so there isn't really much that I can do right now. But I definitely have some thoughts as to what I think we should be looking for in the next Michigan State coach."

Honest to f-ing God, why hasn't the MSU Chemistry department come up with some sort of George Perles kryptonite yet? Can't somebody distract him with a bucket full of Whoppers until we pick a new coach? This is still the same guy who sued MSU and Peter McPherson after he got fired. I don't give a damn who he thinks the next coach should be, keep him the hell away from campus for the time being.

Grrrrrroan. God help Michigan State.