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Michigan State Football: 5 reasons Mark Dantonio must make change at OC

By Connor Muldowney

LINCOLN, NE - NOVEMBER 17: Head coach Mark Dantonio of the Michigan State Spartans walks on the field with the team before the game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Memorial Stadium on November 17, 2018 in Lincoln, Nebraska. (Photo by Steven Branscombe/Getty Images)
LINCOLN, NE - NOVEMBER 17: Head coach Mark Dantonio of the Michigan State Spartans walks on the field with the team before the game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Memorial Stadium on November 17, 2018 in Lincoln, Nebraska. (Photo by Steven Branscombe/Getty Images) /
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EAST LANSING, MI – NOVEMBER 24: Fans are bundled up against the rain and cold during the first half of the Michigan State Spartans game against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Spartan Stadium on November 24, 2018 in East Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Duane Burleson/Getty Images)
EAST LANSING, MI – NOVEMBER 24: Fans are bundled up against the rain and cold during the first half of the Michigan State Spartans game against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Spartan Stadium on November 24, 2018 in East Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Duane Burleson/Getty Images) /

4. Fans will start to turn

If you’ve been on social media over the past couple of months, there’s a collective sentiment from the fan base: if changes aren’t made to the staff, specifically offensive coordinator, season ticket holders are willing to call it quits and wait for Mark Dantonio to care as much as they do about the growth and progress of the program.

Could you imagine a mass exodus from the fan base over an offensive coordinator? Pretty soon you won’t have to imagine it as the fans will be few and far between on game day if the head coach doesn’t make a change.

Sometimes coaches must do the tough thing, telling their friend that it’s just not working out, in order to move forward as a program. Michigan State is at a crossroads, and Dave Warner is standing right in the middle. Never before has a coordinator caused such a rift between the fans and coaching staff but Dantonio has to feel the pressure.

Risking ticket sales and — I hate to say it — support from the fan base is something no coach wishes for his program or players.

Michigan State needs a new direction on offense, and Dantonio knows it. It’s on him to make it happen.

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