Examining Michigan State's offensive shakeup: Position by position

Free Press writers Chris Solari, Shawn Windsor and Lansing State Journal sports columnist Graham Couch recap Michigan State football press conference.

EAST LANSING – It was a chance for Mark Dantonio to personally announce the moves he was making.

No informal press release. For his coaches’ sake. For his program’s health.

But predominantly, he said Thursday, it was a chance to explain himself to Michigan State fans. About staff decisions he called “very difficult.”

“I just think that we need a change to stimulate growth and really to stimulate circulation,” Dantonio said, of his offensive overhaul. “Like I said, get things moving, get people in a different direction and get them thinking in a…