ESPN.com · Dec 15, 2016
Introspective Mark Dantonio seeks answers to Michigan State's problems
The day after Michigan State lost its season finale at Penn State, Mark Dantonio drove to Cincinnati. During the nearly five-hour trip, he turned the radio off and sat in silence. A little while later, he drove another two hours to Columbus and did the same thing.
That time alone, free of distractions, gave Dantonio a chance to think. To reflect on all that went wrong with the Spartans' 3-9 season. And most importantly, how he could help his program avoid a repeat of that debacle.
"I've taken the approach of, 'Hey, I'm a new coach coming in here, I'm going to fix the things that other guy did last year,'" Dantonio said in a news conference Thursday.