Three Michigan State staff members, including defensive tackles coach Ron Burton and current quarterbacks coach and former offensive coordinator Dave Warner, warned head coach Mark Dantonio multiple times that big-time recruit Auston Robertson presented serious problems, before Dantonio green-lighted the signing anyway, according to a deposition given by fired staffer Curtis Blackwell.
The deposition, given in August over 6.5 hours of testimony, was made public Thursday in a new court filing by Blackwell's lawyers in Grand Rapids.
"Ron Burton looked at me," Blackwell said in his deposition, given under oath. "I mean, what he said to Coach Dantonio and Dave, 'Like I have a daughter on that campus and I wouldn't feel comfortable with Auston Robertson being on campus with my daughter.