EAST LANSING, Mich. – First-year Michigan State offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Brian Lindgren met with the media on Monday afternoon to talk about his offensive philosophy, the Spartan quarterback room, and what he’s looking forward to when spring practice starts in two weeks.
The Spartans begin five weeks of spring practice on Tuesday, March 19.
Below are quotes from the media session:
Michigan State Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach Brian Lindgren
On how he would describe his offense…
Modern pro-style. We want to be in multiple looks that we give defenses and keep concepts at a high level. We want to give the defense a lot of different looks personnel wise, formational with shift and motions. Then we want to run the ball, make it physical, pride ourselves on mirroring the run and the pass. Making them look the same to push the ball down the field and create explosive plays is a part of what we want to do.
On tight ends being built into the offense…
Yeah, definitely. At Oregon State we were fortunate enough to have some really talented tight ends. We built a lot of our stuff around 12 and 13 personnel sets. Always a fun thing when going into a new program is seeing what we got, personnel wise. That will be a big thing this spring of taking advantage of the personnel. No matter if that’s more receiver base or tight end base. Ideally, we’re pretty flexible in the different personnel looks.
On if he has a sense of the type of personnel has with the squad now without seeing them on the field…
Kind of. You talk to the coaches who were here in the past who worked with those guys, you watch the film obviously. You get a feel but I don’t think until you get them out there, coach with them, work with them, you challenge them with some things in the scheme you’ll know. I’m just anxious as I know a lot of our coaches are to work with these guys; do individual drills, challenge them a little bit to see what we got.
On if it’s a different kind of spring when he’s learning the team…
A little bit. You kind of stick with the core that we do. Expose them to a lot. Challenge them to a lot. See who are your playmakers. As we get more towards training camp in the fall, how we can tweak the offense to fit those guys and take advantage of their skillset. Some of that will be…
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