December 30th, 2018 at 10:42 PM ^
How reliable of Feldman?
December 30th, 2018 at 10:43 PM ^
Seems legit. Being reported elsewhere now.
December 31st, 2018 at 9:53 AM ^
Saw it confirmed on ESPN2
December 30th, 2018 at 10:41 PM ^
Guess everyone hoping don brown would leave are gonna get their wish.
Be careful what you wish for.
December 30th, 2018 at 11:26 PM ^
Who knows for sure at this point, but I don't fear change.
With the talent on the roster and the class coming in, we will be fine.
Coach Harbaugh showed great hiring in Sherrone Moore, Al Washington and Ed Warriner earlier this year.
No one is irreplaceable.
December 31st, 2018 at 8:55 AM ^
Regression to mean is a cruel lady. Where we stand today, it is far likelier that our defensive performance will regress towards average, no matter who we hire.
December 31st, 2018 at 9:54 AM ^
Would regression to the mean involve holding OSU to 40 points? I'm all for it.
December 31st, 2018 at 11:49 AM ^
Chris Partridge should take it. If we don’t lock that guy down in a big payday/title, someone will. Young guy that’s one hell of a recruiter.
December 30th, 2018 at 11:53 PM ^
@Tame
I wouldn't bank on it. Todd Bowles is now available. He is a legend at Temple, a member of the school's Hall of Fame and (like me) a proud Temple alum. He is so North Philly that he apparently regularly wore the TU gear at Jets practice etc.
*If* Todd Bowles is looking for work he's going to be the first choice by some margin.
December 31st, 2018 at 12:23 AM ^
No way Temple wants Don Brown right now
December 31st, 2018 at 12:33 AM ^
Why?
I'll hang up and listen. See if I'm right.
December 31st, 2018 at 1:05 AM ^
my guess is because how the defense looked the last 2 games which is fair. However its Temple and Don Brown is still a highly rated DC.
I have also read a lot of stuff about Browns system only working with a talent advantage... but no one follows that up with an excuse for what he did at BC.
December 31st, 2018 at 1:11 AM ^
Yep. I was just thinking the first part of your reply, but the 2nd part is interesting.
December 31st, 2018 at 12:55 PM ^
My guess is he was never under the spotlight at BC like he was at Michigan and therefore no one bothered to really evaluate it as much?
That, or we have a rancid locker room and our guys quit the last two games. This scenario I can believe (somewhat) given the transfers of players who are in line to start or play significant minutes.
December 31st, 2018 at 4:17 AM ^
How did they overlook that Manny Diaz's defense allowed Wisconsin to put up 34 points in the 2017 Orange Bowl? Michigan must have allowed 50 points, right?
December 31st, 2018 at 9:54 AM ^
IF Brown does leave, I'd imagine Partridge gets a shot at the DC gig.. and if not him I'm sure Harbaugh will bring in someone else who will implement some zone concepts.
December 31st, 2018 at 10:55 AM ^
100+ points scored against us the last 2 games...
Cant prepare for your biggest rival game.
I am cool with Donnie moving on.
Good for him if he does get the job. His schtick wore out here.
December 30th, 2018 at 10:41 PM ^
Don Brown?
December 30th, 2018 at 11:03 PM ^
....and he will need an OC....anyone come to mind???
December 30th, 2018 at 11:32 PM ^
One can only hope.
December 30th, 2018 at 10:41 PM ^
Can’t imagine Don Brown wants to be anyone’s plan B.
December 30th, 2018 at 10:57 PM ^
Hot chick’s drunk night deep regret Plan B? Maybe....
December 31st, 2018 at 11:05 AM ^
Not with that magical broken pinky Sir.
December 30th, 2018 at 10:42 PM ^
Queue the Unsolved Mysteries music.
December 30th, 2018 at 11:40 PM ^
I was rollin with Twilight Zone myself.
December 30th, 2018 at 10:42 PM ^
interesting; you'd have to think Brown was the, or at least one of the runner ups for the job?
lets see what transpires now.
December 30th, 2018 at 10:44 PM ^
Why can’t we have nice things ever.
December 30th, 2018 at 11:09 PM ^
I’m not so sure Don Brown is a nice thing...
Love the guy’s fire and persona but the defense never shows up when it matters.
December 30th, 2018 at 11:45 PM ^
Yes, see 2018 MSU, PSU & Wisconsin
2016 OSU, PSU & Wisconsin
December 30th, 2018 at 11:58 PM ^
Indeed.
Recency bias is large around these parts.
December 31st, 2018 at 12:20 AM ^
The sad thing is most people don't even realize their recency bias. They aren't even rationalizing it.
December 31st, 2018 at 10:42 AM ^
The average IQ around here has steadily been dropping for years. It'll continue until we're all talking about Brawndo.
December 31st, 2018 at 11:11 AM ^
It's very drastic and more noticeable each day. It's probably for the best as this blog was an addiction for a long time, but now I only check it a few times a month.
December 31st, 2018 at 11:26 AM ^
If we could win some shit worth winning the aggregate number of lost brain cells lost in the hours and days subsequent to another embarrassing defeat would reduce dramatically. And likely have an inverse effect on the average IQ trajectory of the mgocommunity. These are coefficient factors. No one is to blame. We're all just sick of not being great.
December 31st, 2018 at 8:15 AM ^
This board is hilarious. On one hand they claim recency bias, on the other claim Harbaugh isn’t the guy to bring Michigan back to glory. Michigan is back, this is it. Get used to it. We are Northwestern with a better football history and a way bigger ego.
December 31st, 2018 at 8:37 AM ^
Recency Bias. Truer things were never said.
46-42 in 7 seasons prior to Harbaugh.
we are a program building back up from real mediocrity, trying, so far as I can tell, to do it honestly and have a real interest in guys getting real degrees. But we are doing it in the Twitter age where people forget the lost decade (nearly) prior, and want national title contention now.
Yes, I know other coaches have done it more quickly. And whatever else, guys like Tressel and Saban are excellent coaches. Some of the best. But they started out with a much stronger position.
December 31st, 2018 at 8:57 AM ^
Or much better bag men???
December 31st, 2018 at 9:33 AM ^
It took Dabo Swinney 7-8 years to get his Clemson program to where it is now. And they were essentially Michigan under RR and Hoke. You've got to have everything in place, including assistant coaches and infrastructure types. Are they there yet, or just close? It takes time, depth, and ability...
December 31st, 2018 at 11:21 AM ^
Michigan is a lazy river in the training complex away from National Contention.
December 31st, 2018 at 12:21 AM ^
2018 MSU- worst offense in the big ten and playing in the rain. Seriously, they were awful, couldn’t complete passes to wide open receivers
2018 PSU- Hurt Mcsorley without much ability to run
2018 Wisconsin- Hornibrook is terrible and they abandoned the run despite it working
2016 was a much better defense but I think his scheme has since been figured out and exploited without much adjustment. Recensy bias or not, these past two games happened. The first half of ND happened. He puts his defense in tough positions where if they execute perfectly, all is well, but there is such a small margin of error with it. Teams have it figured out now and I am sure we’ll see it all over again next year.
December 31st, 2018 at 6:53 AM ^
Yawn. Yes, none of those teams were top 5. But those were all games with a lot of hype heading into them. And our defense dominated every single one of those games. MSU got held to less than 100 yards total. That is showing up. PSU has less than 200. That is showing up. Same with Wisconsin until a garbage time Qb. That is showing up.
You dont have to stick with a bad narrative just because you didn’t bother to think before you posted. You can change your mind.
December 31st, 2018 at 11:48 PM ^
MSU could barely beat Rutgers, Penn State lost to a bad MSU and couldn’t score most the game against Michigan, and Wisconsin fell to BYU.
Lets try to be realistic here. We shut down a whole lotta nothing.
Good offenses torched us. Heck, even Florida wasn’t anything spectacular and the defense didn’t show up.
December 31st, 2018 at 12:05 AM ^
Recency bias much? 3 games in his tenure here have been blowouts.
December 31st, 2018 at 12:22 AM ^
Don Brown has put up some stinkers but he has for the most part done all you could ask. Pep on the other hand...
December 31st, 2018 at 1:22 AM ^
Don Brown is a very good DC. I also think it’s fair to say he’s married to his system. Unless he has two safeties who are extremely fast and can cover his defense is exploitable. He chooses to stick to playing one type of defense and coaches to that. There’s no plan B.
I think heavy pass offenses like OSU’s will be able to exploit this defense consistently unless we have the talent of 2016. There aren’t very many good offenses in the Big Ten and Don Brown has exploited that. If people believe his claim of this being his fastest defense I don’t know how to help you.
December 31st, 2018 at 3:02 AM ^
And who are you going to get that's better? I'm asking - seriously? Top 5 defenes the last 3 years, no?
December 31st, 2018 at 3:47 AM ^
No one. But it’s still okay to criticize the faults we see.
December 31st, 2018 at 6:30 AM ^
He was at inferior programs with inferior talent before this. I believe this was HIS fastest defense he’s had. That doesn’t mean it’s THE fastest defense ever.
December 31st, 2018 at 3:57 PM ^
The only position we’re faster at is linebacker. And almost exclusively due to Devin Bush. Safety is so much slower than 2016, viper is slower, corner is probably a wash as I’d bet Lewis is the fastest and Stribling would be the slowest. And D-line is obviously faster in 2016, the two best D-lineman on this team were reserves on the 2016 team.
Without a doubt 2016 is better and faster save linebacker. This coaching staff is not honest in the preseason when discussing personnel. I’d call it the Fred Jackson syndrome.