SI: Don Brown is Top Coordinator Hire of Off-Season
Sports Illustrated ranked the top 10 coordinator hires of the off-season, and they loves them some Don Brown.
"Michigan finished with the fifth-best total defense in the country in 2015 under now-Maryland head coach D.J Durkin. How do the Wolverines plan to get better? By hiring the coordinator who oversaw the nation’s No. 1 defense."
http://www.si.com/college-football/2016/02/26/best-coordinators-hired-r…
February 26th, 2016 at 3:33 PM ^
The SEC will petition the NCAA to outlaw coaches with mustaches.
February 26th, 2016 at 4:51 PM ^
they will attempt to outlaw the University of Michigan.
I always wanted to be an outlaw.
February 26th, 2016 at 5:36 PM ^
Come to Columbus and join the rest of us Maize and Blue outlaws.
February 26th, 2016 at 8:17 PM ^
February 26th, 2016 at 3:35 PM ^
No love for Brady.
February 26th, 2016 at 4:27 PM ^
If he was hired to be a D-line coach and the poll was about position coaches, then I think he would get the love.
February 26th, 2016 at 3:36 PM ^
February 26th, 2016 at 3:37 PM ^
No Schiano for Ohio State on the list. This makes me smile.
Less surprising is that Hoke didn't make the list. I wish him well, but it remains to be seen how he will do as a coordinator.
February 26th, 2016 at 3:38 PM ^
February 26th, 2016 at 3:44 PM ^
February 26th, 2016 at 4:10 PM ^
You won't really take any good results Hoke has "with a grain of salt" - you'll be pissed and disike him even more...
How do I know this? You post on Mgoblog!
If you like someone, no amount of contrary evidence will sway your opinion.
If you don't, no successes will convince you, no failure will go uncelebrated.
That's just who we are... I've accepted it. I think that's one of the steps?
February 26th, 2016 at 4:14 PM ^
February 26th, 2016 at 4:58 PM ^
Not as the HC, though.
February 26th, 2016 at 5:12 PM ^
It had nothing to do with "fit". Stylewise and personality wise, he was a great fit. He just wasn't a great coach.
February 27th, 2016 at 10:56 AM ^
February 26th, 2016 at 4:11 PM ^
February 26th, 2016 at 4:33 PM ^
So many assholes. It's nice to wish the best for the truly decent people you come across.
So I'll wish you a nice weekend just in case you are one of those decent people! (I aspire to being one.)
February 26th, 2016 at 4:47 PM ^
February 27th, 2016 at 4:02 AM ^
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February 26th, 2016 at 4:12 PM ^
I have a feeling he will do well as a D coordinator. Being the HBC comes with a ton of extra responisbilities and distractions he won't have as a coordinator. He may surprise to the upside....and his d-line should be top notch in short order.
February 26th, 2016 at 3:44 PM ^
I find that funny because many OSU fans I know are pleased with Schiano's hiring.
February 26th, 2016 at 3:50 PM ^
Remember when him sealing the deal for Rashan Gary was a thing in December? They did get Fuller but he was probably going to OSU anyway. He really didn't do much for their recruiting at the end of the day and he'll probably be gone when he gets any head coaching offer.
February 26th, 2016 at 4:30 PM ^
Meyer isn't going to stand by and let us dominate NJ recruiting. It was ridiculous to think Schiano could swoop in and get Gary, but he'll be someone to contend with. I doubt he's there more than a year though.
February 26th, 2016 at 3:37 PM ^
February 26th, 2016 at 3:37 PM ^
Commence negbang.
February 26th, 2016 at 4:28 PM ^
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February 26th, 2016 at 5:16 PM ^
February 26th, 2016 at 3:41 PM ^
Harbaugh is great at hiring talent to augment his own excellence. That is a great leader.
February 26th, 2016 at 4:08 PM ^
Real recognize real.
February 26th, 2016 at 3:49 PM ^
I now hope that next year we are not on the list because we keep all of our coaches.
February 26th, 2016 at 4:09 PM ^
February 26th, 2016 at 3:53 PM ^
Some nice validation heading into weekend about what many here said about this being a great hire for Michigan. Also validates views expressed on the blog that Wisky lost a terrific coordinator in Dave Aranda, who went to LSU (listed as # 2 hire in article)
February 26th, 2016 at 3:56 PM ^
I was among those who were actually rather excited about the Don Brown hire from the start basically, and for some of the reasons SI mentions - you're augmenting an already excellent defense by getting the coordinator who ran the best one in the country last year. Even more exciting is that he walks into a situation with most of the tools - aside from maybe the linebacker questions - to turn excellent into potentially unreal over time. Yes, the next several years could be fun years.
February 26th, 2016 at 4:12 PM ^
Agreed. It is particularly a great situation when one considers theLB were the main question last year and that defense turned out pretty good.
February 26th, 2016 at 4:25 PM ^
February 26th, 2016 at 4:47 PM ^
I guess it was. Bolden ran in sand so hopefully nobody in this year's corps does that
February 26th, 2016 at 4:49 PM ^
Going into last season the LBs were generally considered the strongest unit of our defense. Here's one example. http://mgoblog.com/content/preview-2015-linebacker
I think a fair question is whether our defensive scheme asked our LBs to do too much, or at least some things they weren't capable of doing well.. They may may have looked like a weak link, but the same scheme with backups playing extended minutes may have been disastrous.
February 26th, 2016 at 5:04 PM ^
I tend to think the d-line will continue to mask M's holes at LB play next season, but it'd be nice to see some players establish themselves.
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February 26th, 2016 at 4:10 PM ^
Jim Harbaugh is fucking King Midas and Gold = Maize.
February 26th, 2016 at 4:21 PM ^
February 26th, 2016 at 4:30 PM ^
Five SEC teams made it. It's hard to beat the best conferences if they snag the best coaches.
February 26th, 2016 at 4:32 PM ^
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February 26th, 2016 at 4:44 PM ^
I think Doc Brown 
February 26th, 2016 at 4:50 PM ^
I'm going full-koolaid this year*. I think I'm going to be surprised if any one team scores more than 14 points on us in September (Hawaii, UCF, Colorado, PSU).
*Like every year, but this year I believe it
February 26th, 2016 at 5:01 PM ^
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February 26th, 2016 at 5:08 PM ^
Very telling is the 2 SEC teams who hired B1G DCs to the same position but offered to pay a lot more. If teams don't offer compensation close to what the SEC is, they won't be able to keep good coaches. I think $1.3 million for a DC is excessive, but that seems to be the going rate in the SEC these days. Even Michigan and OSU aren't paying over a million for any assistant coach.
February 26th, 2016 at 7:36 PM ^
February 26th, 2016 at 5:18 PM ^
Now those are some gurus right there to base your zen defense on.