Mark Dantonio is old school. That is not a criticism, in fact I love that attribute. The old school way was that an offensive line picked five guys and rode them long and hard. That was his philosophy. That was the philosophy of former OL Coach and OC Dan Roushar and former OC Don Treadwell before him. It wasn’t an idea that Dantonio harbored to himself. That type of thinking permeated the most successful college coaches’ mindset.
But something happened to Dantonio. Something that challenged him and frankly something that took a great risk by one MSU assistant that has paid off for all involved.