Don Brown A Finalist for Temple HC Job
Per the Philadelphia Inquirer
We could find out today the new Temple football coach. Three DC's Mike Elko (Texas A&M), Manny Diaz (Miami), & Don Brown (Michigan) are thought to be in the running. Based on some conversations, my gut says Elko is the favorite, but we will see.
December 12th, 2018 at 9:59 AM ^
Footballscoop.com is now reporting that Elko is not leaving A&M
December 12th, 2018 at 10:01 AM ^
And my stomach just dropped a little farther...
December 12th, 2018 at 10:31 AM ^
The Philly.com article OP referenced also states that 8-10 individuals have interviewed for the position
December 12th, 2018 at 10:00 AM ^
This may have impacted Dax Hill more than any of the Harbaugh rumors...
December 12th, 2018 at 10:05 AM ^
+1 if I could. Don Brown leaving would be a bigger deal than any recruit we get/don't get. Would also guess this would impact Harrison.
December 12th, 2018 at 10:10 AM ^
Very possible. Was hoping he'd stick around a few more years. Not good especially with retaining the defensive kids that are committed.
December 12th, 2018 at 10:59 AM ^
Don's a New England guy - not gonna go hang out in Philly. Philadelphia is most decidedly NOT New England.
December 12th, 2018 at 11:04 AM ^
He has been hanging out in Ann Arbor the past few years which also is not New England.
December 12th, 2018 at 11:10 AM ^
He is not going there to be their head coach. He is an elite DC and if he wanted to get a better job than Temple he could Not sure if he did it for contract negotiations or what his reasons are but that man will not be a head coach in Philadelphia next year.
December 12th, 2018 at 11:19 AM ^
The guy is 63 years old with limited head coaching experience (none in the past 10 years and 0 total at the FBS level)
Not really sure how you figure he’d be a candidate for better jobs than Temple. He doesn’t exactly fit the description of what good jobs look for in a coach.
December 12th, 2018 at 11:29 AM ^
If Don Brown has to leverage Warde for a raise, I would like to see a Brian article that eventually results in Warde's resignation. God help this program without him.
December 12th, 2018 at 11:53 AM ^
Disagree. I'd hate to see Brown go but I won't be devastated for our program if he does. His greatness hasn't helped us win big games. Harbaugh will hire another excellent DC.
December 12th, 2018 at 11:36 AM ^
Great, not elite. Yes I know I'll get negged and that's fine.
December 12th, 2018 at 12:01 PM ^
What's more elite than having the #1 #3 and #1 defenses his 3 years here? Who has had better ranked defenses in that time? I'll answer for you- no one.
December 12th, 2018 at 12:11 PM ^
Out talenting teams to those rankings. When it counts, against top talented teams, it doesn't work. His scheme is too predictable. The most talented teams can execute against it. I mean, is there any fan out there that didn't know osu was going to run crossing patterns all day? And yet... No adjustment.
December 12th, 2018 at 12:43 PM ^
I mean you can say virtually every top defense is a top rated defense because they out-talent the majority of their competition.
The fact is, no defense is impenetrable. Every defense has its strengths and its weaknesses both from a talent and a schematic standpoint. Every once in a while that elite defense is going to come up against a talented team that has the pieces to exploit those weaknesses. It happens to everyone. Literally everyone.
Youre not going to find many defenses that can shut down an Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State, or Oklahoma level offense. You’re just not. To expect to be able to do so and to chastise a defense for NOT doing so is just asinine.
Michigan’s defense is great at a lot of things. The weakness of this defense was slants and crossing routes. Which also happened to be the strength of the Ohio State team. Michigan tried to adjust and bring less pressure to help in coverage, but players like Brandon Watson were just too slow and were exploited by the speed of OSU receivers.
Their strength was one which not only exploited our weaknesses, but eliminated our ability to use our strengths.
But if you think for a moment that Michigan didn’t make adjustments in that game, you’re simply not watching. The fact of the matter is those adjustments just didn’t work as OSU routinely picked on Brandon Watson all day long. Michigan couldn’t win all of their 1-on-1 battles and OSU picked them apart by running routes specifically designed to create separation. There’s no adjustment you can make for that.
December 12th, 2018 at 12:46 PM ^
Purdue.....Maryland.....and host of other teams that DIDN'T get 63 pts hung on them seemed to have figured it out.
December 12th, 2018 at 12:58 PM ^
I'll go a step further. Who did he "out talent" when he was at BC and had the #1 defense?
December 12th, 2018 at 12:11 PM ^
Yeah, those defenses also lost the ND game, got its teeth kicked in against Penn state and was embarrassed against osu, and gave up over 30 to osu last year. Again he is great, not elite. Building up stats against Minnesota, Rutgers and western Michigan is fine, but stop ignoring the fact that every great offense has beaten this defense. Every. One.
December 12th, 2018 at 1:04 PM ^
You're an absolute idiot (and it now shows) if you seriously think the defense lost us the ND game.
December 12th, 2018 at 12:54 PM ^
Elite is not giving up 62 points in the worst loss in the history of The Game.
December 12th, 2018 at 1:02 PM ^
Elite is also not defined in one game. Or even two.
December 12th, 2018 at 1:09 PM ^
Except that he didn't give up 62 points.
December 12th, 2018 at 1:58 PM ^
Name some elite DCs then. You're a complete moron
December 12th, 2018 at 11:27 AM ^
Nor is Minnesota Texas
December 12th, 2018 at 11:06 AM ^
Nor is it Old England.
So if it's not New England OR Old England, that means it's England.
Ergo, Philadelphia is in England.
December 12th, 2018 at 11:52 AM ^
and they're leaving the EU.....
December 12th, 2018 at 11:51 AM ^
WHY CAN'T WE HAVE NICE THINGS?!?!?!?!?
December 12th, 2018 at 10:01 AM ^
He’s not taking that job.
December 12th, 2018 at 10:07 AM ^
If he cared enough to interview for it, and presumably go through a second interview (which one would consider appropriate), he'll take it if its offered with a comparable pay package. Otherwise, why bother interviewing?
December 12th, 2018 at 10:11 AM ^
Are we sure he interviewed?
December 12th, 2018 at 10:32 AM ^
Sure. And David Cutcliffe turned down Michigan.
December 12th, 2018 at 10:54 AM ^
And Butch Jones "took himself out of the running" during one or both Michigan HC searches.
December 12th, 2018 at 12:00 PM ^
Gregg Williams shot us down twice, too. He didn't even have to interview.
December 12th, 2018 at 12:18 PM ^
It's possible that Michigan expressed interest and reached out in some fashion to Gregggg Williams, but the consensus among many of us at the time was that the search committee wasn't particularly interested in Butch Jones, but that didn't stop Butch Jones from loudly announcing his non-interest in Michigan.
Methinks coaches do this to improve their status at their current program - "I'm in demand, so pay me.)
December 12th, 2018 at 10:42 AM ^
I have no clue whether he interviewed, or not. It's possible this reporter is speaking out of his ass. It's also possible that he has a source in the Temple AD and is speaking from somewhere other than his ass.
I don't know. I do hope he's totally wrong.
December 12th, 2018 at 11:01 AM ^
If you read the article the reporter wrote most recently, it states that Brown interviewed for the job (according to this guy's source, at least).
December 12th, 2018 at 12:05 PM ^
Josh Henschke over at the 247 site is reporting that he has interviewed for the job.
December 12th, 2018 at 10:47 AM ^
There are plenty of reasons. The primary one being because you learn a lot by just going through the interview process.
December 12th, 2018 at 11:05 AM ^
Maybe a pay raise here at Michigan.
December 12th, 2018 at 11:08 AM ^
Or, and I hate to say this, but it is possible (maybe not probably, but certainly possible) that after giving up 62 points to OSU, Harbaugh and Brown agreed it might be time to go in another direction? That is in fact possible...
December 12th, 2018 at 11:23 AM ^
Was one of my first thoughts too. Much like Durkin in 2015 found himself a new gig after the OSU blowout. Although Durkin may have been looking pre-OSU but getting smoked certainly didn't persuade JH to try to retain him.
December 12th, 2018 at 11:39 AM ^
Durkin quadrupled his salary. JH had no way of retaining him.
December 12th, 2018 at 11:38 AM ^
Sure. I bet he wants to fire him right after Harbaugh called Brown the greatest coach he has ever worked with.
December 12th, 2018 at 12:38 PM ^
It’s very possible. Our defense kicks ass against inferior opponents but many times against top teams we get shredded. People love to knock our offense but the defense was a disgrace against OSU and they never adjusted during the game. Brown is very good but there are plenty of very good DC’s Jim could get to replace him if it came to it
December 12th, 2018 at 11:20 AM ^
Beilein interviewed for the Piston's job and didn't end up wanting it. It may be he's exploring the idea, it may be he wants to get paid more to stay...
December 12th, 2018 at 12:11 PM ^
Did'nt Beilein interview for the Pistons job? Interviewing is testing the fit for both sides.
December 12th, 2018 at 12:55 PM ^
uh...Look at Coach B. No way he was ever taking the Pistons job.