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Michigan State football's Mark Dantonio won't 'micromanage' assistants

The Lansing State Journal's Graham Couch and the Detroit Free Press's Chris Solari share instant reactions from Mark Dantonio's press conference. Graham Couch and Chris Solari, Lansing State Journal

EAST LANSING – Mark Dantonio wants to see more leadership.

From Michigan State’s players and his assistants.

And from himself.

“As I said to our football team, when you are a leader — when you're the head coach or when you're the coordinator or you're the assistant coach or the leader, captain — sometimes you have to be more demanding,” Dantonio said during his weekly press conference Tuesday.