Mark Dantonio's retirement
The Michigan Insider
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🗓️ 5 February 2020
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Reacting to the retirement of Mark Dantonio, we break down how the veteran head coach got to this point, and what the keys to his downfall at Michigan State were.
We look at the Spartans’ missed opportunity after making the College Football Playoff and a third Big Ten title in five seasons. We break down whether or not Michigan and Penn State’s return to prominence played a role, and how the last four years might erase the legacy of the first two-thirds of his tenure with the Spartans.
We also look forward, discussing the state of the Michigan State gig given its location, division and current state. We break down potential candidates for his replacement, and look at what Michigan State looks like heading into the 2020 season from both a depth chart and a 2021 recruiting standpoint.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Wolverine 24-7 podcast, your artist source for all things, |
| 0:03.7 | Michigan football, basketball, and recruiting. We just did a National Signing Day episode. Be sure |
| 0:09.4 | to check that out if you want your recruiting fix. Basketball, we think we're going to have to |
| 0:14.3 | table at another day. We were going to do a basketball one today. I think it'll come out Thursday |
| 0:19.1 | night instead. But there was some big news. And it's not |
| 0:23.6 | necessarily related to Michigan, but it is indirectly related to Michigan. Mark D'Antonio |
| 0:27.5 | after, what, 12 seasons, 12 or 13 seasons with Michigan State has stepped down. He was Michigan State's |
| 0:34.7 | all-time leader in wins. He won three Big Ten titles. |
| 0:38.2 | He made it to a college football playoff, one of just 11 teams to do so so far. |
| 0:44.6 | And he retired. |
| 0:46.3 | And so, Steve, I don't think anyone was surprised. |
| 0:50.7 | Like, I think if you'd asked someone three days ago, do you think De Antonio would be done within the next 12 months? |
| 0:55.5 | I think most people would have said yes. |
| 0:57.2 | I mean, his days were clearly numbered. |
| 0:59.3 | He was 63. |
| 1:01.1 | Clearly, whatever was working in the early part of the decade was gone. |
| 1:06.0 | They weren't beating Ohio State. |
| 1:07.7 | They weren't beating Penn State. |
| 1:08.6 | They weren't beating Michigan State. |
| 1:09.6 | This year, they weren't really close to any of the three. |
| 1:13.7 | And they went seven and six. |
| 1:16.9 | Just did not, I mean, they're losing their quarterback, probably around 12 to 13 starters. |
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