Michigan State mailbag: Leash appears long for Mark Dantonio

Michigan State is 24-24 under head coach Mark Dantonio since the end of the 2015 season. (Photo: Dale G. Young, Detroit News)

The Michigan State mailbag is back and, not surprisingly, we’re football heavy this week.

After coach Mark Dantonio announced his intention to return as the head coach next season, folks want to know what that means for the rest of his staff, for recruiting, and more importantly, the future of the program.

We mix in one basketball question, too on — surprise — Joey Hauser, as the Spartans get set to hit the road for next week’s Maui Invitational.

\u25ba Question. If Dantonio comes back to rebuild, how long is the leash? And what assistant would come knowing that his boss…