Don Brown to UMass

[ShakyTheMohel]

the question begs will he have the athletes to make his D work. The UConn D he had and the Michigan D had the athletes. UMass doesn't have many athletes on D. Additionally, unless he is HC/DC - he will be spread around the whole team. Whomever his D coordinator will have to be in the weeds for him.

I do think his aggressive style can work even with lesser athletes. But only against lesser teams. Meaning...it will dominate FCS and maybe bottom 10 teams in FBS. But it has a ceiling...and it will struggle against teams who have the players and coaches who can scheme against it. It's almost like the defensive version of the triple option. Works great until you face a good team.

 

[Tank]

Love Brown. He was good for the Huskies. He'll turn 67 this July. Spendng more time with the grand kids is probably part of the reason he wants to return to New England

My my, UMASS hiring a 67 yo DC, they may be worse than UCONN in hiring.

 

[WestHartHusk]

Staff at Arizona likely getting axed at season end. He's probably looking for his next thing.

This has all the signs of a pre-retirement gig.

 

[Ajs120102]

thought i would update UMass' staff. Slow movement but nice hires. Seem to be budget friendly.

 

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[WestHartHusk]

UMass DL Coach from Western MA High School Football.

UConn DL coach from DL at Michigan.

We better have a better DL.

 

[uconnric]

Whoop de do!

 

[BigTenFan]

Can't believe IU made Walt Bell OC
Odd hire

 

[Watchdog]

Hate to see this. Great motivator for Brown to really kick some UConn butt and I'll use my ND/USC analogy.
In 1966 ND ran up the score (51-0) in a win over USC and so torqued off John McKay that he vowed to never lose to them again and it wasn't pretty after that if you were a ND fan.

 

[TheDrifter75]

Hate to see this. Great motivator for Brown to really kick some UConn butt and I'll use my ND/USC analogy.
In 1966 ND ran up the score (51-0) in a win over USC and so torqued off John McKay that he vowed to never lose to them again and it wasn't pretty after that if you were a ND fan.

Well, UConn is undefeated all time against ND, so USC can suck it. Just wanted to make sure everyone knew that.