News and Notes From Spartan Football 08/10/10 Mark Dantonio Edition

 

Mark Dantonio's 2010 football team has him smiling. Photo courtesy of Starr Portice.

 

• “Most talented team we have had”
• Biggest concerns: *Kicking game can be 85-110 points per season when successful. All three (Conroy, Muma, Sadler) kicked well. We have to put them under pressure. *Rebuilding OL on right side.
• LBs fine DB fine
• Expectations:Â You expect to win championships
• Got to win close games and finish
• You shoot for last game trying to win a championship
• STAR is a will LB, can be a DB in a nickel.
• Top battles

1)     WR

2)     RB

3)     K

4)     RT OL

5)     Backup TE

6)     DE 4 guys playing well

• Seniors: Good players and people…credit also to the past staff
• I expect to win every football game. That is my expectation. We have the talent to play with anyone on our schedule.
• Play consistently more than anything.
• Focus equals mastering the fundamentals
• 30+ guys that played and traveled extensively back
• You have to recruit this caliber of player that can compete in the weight room, film room, and on the field.
• Respect has to be earned back:Â Socially, athletically, academically
• 18 of 21 from the ‘08 class graduated
• All but 2 in ‘09 class graduated, Swenson in NFL but working on it with over a 3. GPA
• J’Michael Deane has to stay healthy through the two-a-days
• Chris D Rucker to CB for a position change as well as Drew Stevens to F (Fullback)