“I’m a home town kid and [Jonathan Smith] didn’t offer me,” Leavitt told Spartans Illustrated. “There are some hard feelings there.”<\/p>\n
Leavitt did meet with Coach Smith today and brought up what happened in the past.<\/p>\n
“I felt slighted by that,” said Leavitt. “Why would they like me now when they didn’t like me before?”<\/p>\n
When asked if there was any chance that he might return to Michigan State, he replied, “Yeah, I’m kinda just done.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Those are the kind of quotes that you hear from someone who didn’t get the answers he wanted. Leavitt was probably skeptical when Smith was hired because of the fact that he didn’t recruit him and wanted to clear the air in person. When the two spoke, something didn’t go right and they just didn’t see eye-to-eye on this situation.<\/p>\n
Could it be because Smith stood his ground and stuck by his decision to recruit Aidan Chiles over Leavitt? That would be my guess, but it’s interesting that Smith wouldn’t even try to talk him into staying.<\/p>\n
This is a big blow to the quarterback room which doesn’t seem as intriguing on Monday night as it did when Smith was hired. People were talking about a potential competition between Leavitt, Katin Houser, and Chiles. Now, the former two have transferred and Chiles still hasn’t announced his intentions to leave Oregon State yet.<\/p>\n
That means the quarterback room could be completely new in 2024.<\/p>\n
Hopefully Smith can bring his guy (Chiles) to East Lansing because the once-thought “future of the program” Leavitt is moving on. And it seems bridges have been burned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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