Of course they don’t. I’m just not going to take everything everybody says as gospel. Just because they say they aren’t losing the recruiting battles doesn’t mean they aren’t.
Yes, MSU has lost many recruiting battles and their defensive coaching was quite poor last year. You can see quite a difference between the guy before and Daly, and it’s all roughly the same players (actually if I recall correctly, they lost their best DT). So yes, much better coaching this year, and probably better player buy in.
I don’t see how you can 2024 UM had a better season than 2023 MSU. They both had their seasons end at the same point.