Twitter reacts to Harbaugh's hiring on Don Brown (Hint: You will love this)

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Thought this deserved its own thread.

 

SI is reporting that #Michigan has hired #BC's Don Brown as Wolverines new defensive coordinator. That'd be a terrific hire for Jim Harbaugh

— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) December 20, 2015

RIP Big Ten. Brown is a mad scientist. https://t.co/8vOCiBuDFl

— Mark Ennis (@MarkEnnis) December 20, 2015

Crazy thing about Don Brown's defenses is even going back to UConn they've been insanely good and never paired with even a decent offense.

— Mark Ennis (@MarkEnnis) December 20, 2015

Everyone can have their own opinion but I don't think there's a better defensive coordinator in college football. https://t.co/FuKWGBFFU3

— Mark Ennis (@MarkEnnis) December 20, 2015

Just to reiterate what @MarkEnnis has been saying, Don Brown is that good. I'd take him over Venables, Smart, anyone. He's the best.

— M. Ryan Hayes (@mRyanHayes) December 20, 2015

Michigan made an outstanding hire in Don Brown as defensive coordinator. About as good a hire as they could have made.

— Justin Rowland (@RowlandRIVALS) December 20, 2015

#Wolverines just hit a major home run in the DC hire of Don Brown. Grand Slam.

— Mike Farrell (@rivalsmike) December 20, 2015

Other than Virginia Tech retaining Bud Foster, Don Brown (Michigan) and Greg Schiano (Ohio State) two best staff additions on defense.

— Adam Rittenberg (@ESPNRittenberg) December 20, 2015

Michigan got really good today with the hiring of Coach Don Brown! The B10 should be afraid, very afraid...

— Steve Costello (@CoachStello) December 20, 2015

I have an absolute pit feeling in my stomach for having lost Don Brown. But great for him to go to Michigan. You can't say no to that job.

— Dan Rubin (@DanRubin12) December 20, 2015

Quick CFB note: Michigan reportedly hiring Don Brown as DC. That's a HUGE get. Brown consistently puts top defenses on the field.

— Brent Sobleski (@brentsobleski) December 20, 2015

Don Brown isn't a good defensive coordinator, he's a GREAT defensive coordinator. Huge for Michigan. https://t.co/PAA6PV3phZ

— Michael David Smith (@MichaelDavSmith) December 20, 2015

Michigan…this is what you are getting in Don Brown. Results. https://t.co/Z7WURpPP6R

— FootballScoop Staff (@FootballScoop) December 20, 2015

Terrific hire by Harbaugh. Top D in the country in 2015. RT @ThayerEvansSI: Boston College DC Don Brown will be Michigan's new DC per source

— Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) December 20, 2015

Don Brown has directed lots of kick-ass defenses paired with substandard Os at BC and UConn. That looks like a very good hire by Harbaugh.

— Ralph D. Russo (@ralphDrussoAP) December 20, 2015
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Stringer Bell

December 20th, 2015 at 9:30 PM ^

It's not really a thoughtful case though.  He cherry-picked 3 QB performances to suggest that Brown's defenses are bad.  He also called BC's 2014 defense, which was top 15 in traditional stats and top 40 in S&P, mediocre to bad, which it objectively wasn't, and ignored the upward trend BC's defenses have shown every year under Brown.  Alum clearly doesn't like the hire and is just passing off certain bad stats (or poorly interpreting good stats) as objective analysis that shows that Brown isn't a good hire.

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Danwillhor

December 20th, 2015 at 10:38 PM ^

but the point everyone here made all season about BC is true. Even Brian dismissed BC several times due to schedule, IIRC. Now, we'll see what's what next year but I'll admit that you're correct on that point and the strange insta-knowledge everyone has for how amazing he is. Maybe 10% of posters even knew who he was earlier today. I'm truly taking a wait and see approach but on pure speculation and word I'll give the hire a solid C+. I don't think he's dumb and you'd have to be dumb to not field a solid UM defense next year. I also expect a solid 16 campaign but he'll be judged after that, IMO.

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TrueBlue2003

December 20th, 2015 at 10:55 PM ^

and upvoted accordingly. Lot of people seem to be pretty excited about his 2015, which was great, but small sample size. Being 60 and just now moving from a middle tier school to a top tier is little bit of a reg flag.  I look forward to a more detailed analysis by Brian (he only talks about last year in his post), particularly his teams success (or lack thereof) against spread option teams. Definitely trust in Harbaugh's choices but I agree that it is not at all certain whether this is an upgrade, which is admittedly tough to acheive when compared to previous DCs.

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Bleedmaizeblue

December 20th, 2015 at 6:12 PM ^

Can ANYONE tell if he can stop the spread? Him that's the only stat that is important! 4/6 division teams run spread offenses. Durkin was a good DC but had NO CLUE how to even slow down the spread. Got progressively worse through the season in yds and pts against us when playing a spread team. Now we play more spread offenses and if he can't scheme against spread offenses IDC how good he is against the other teams it'd be a bad hire

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Bleedmaizeblue

December 20th, 2015 at 6:35 PM ^

That is a stupid point of view. There are DCs out there that can stop the spread consistently. Typically they were DB position coaches before becoming DCs from what little I've looked into it. But he'll who the fuck am I? Just some idiot that has posted the same shit over and over to figure out what to expect next yr. Maybe I should just STFU.

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Stringer Bell

December 20th, 2015 at 6:16 PM ^

Held Notre Dame to 19 points this year.  Did give up 34 to Clemson, but Clemson blitzed a lot of teams this year on offense and I'd be happy holding tOSU to 34 personally.  Did very well against a Lincoln Riley-led ECU offense.  Also did well against the Jameis Winston-led FSU offense (which isn't spread I know).  So there's a lot to like in terms of his success against spread offenses.

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M-Dog

December 21st, 2015 at 9:29 AM ^

Of which ND only got 19 points out of.

But good point.  Like the time we were credited with the win when we out-gained you guys even thought the scoreboard said 31-0.  That was awesome.

Oh, wait . . . that's not what happened at all.  Seems like the points were what mattered. 

Until they rewrite the rulebook, it looks like it's the points that count.

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