This is how guys like Al Golden get hired in the wrong place , you get a bunch of esquires and accountants making football decisions.
They're turned on by what someone did w lesser talent and their Ivy League/white collar backgrounds so it must mean he's really smart and can do it here. You give him nicknames such as "The Don" until then you realize maybe you outsmarted yourself. Maybe this guy just doesn't fit THIS BRAND OF FOOTBALL!
Don Brown is a good DC but hasn't coached a down of football south of Pennylvania. He fits that brand of football! His scheme fits that type of athlete. That means something!
BC is a read and react team , I don't need google.. I've got my eyes and have been watching them nearly 20 years since Big East days . They play the same style of football Al & D'Onofrio wanted run ... Slow the ball down offensively and limit opponents offensive possessions. Prevent the big play and win "money downs".
If your schedule consists of playing Maine, Massachusetts, Howard, Wake Forest, Northern Illinois, Duke and Syracuse (not including his days at UAss and Connecticut) and you can't field a top 10-15 defense then you shouldn't be coaching.. A true DOMINANT defense would've helped win more than 3 games.
**** Even D'Onofrio fielded a "top 15" defense once!
Good coach is Don Brown but give me a coach who's coached this TYPE football before. He fits that northern brand of football! So does Al Golden!
This is probably the least informed post I have read on any Canes board EVER.
Don Browns defensive scheme is more aggressive than any defense we have had hear since the early 1990s. He is a savage of the HIGHEST order.
Just becuase you disagree with him doesn't mean he's Ill informed
I won't stake my side of the Don brown argument but it is true that Boston College played a pop Warner schedule this year and you could still can fit the amount of wins on one hand. We will probably get a better idea of how good Don brown is after Michigan
This is why he's making a lateral move to another coordinator spot at a bigger school than a head coaching position I would imagine. I'm not sure he's proved himself yet to everyone
Excuse me???? Brown isn't the HC. The wins and loss record has nothing to do with his
[URL=https://www.canesinsight.com/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=1]#1 [/URL] in a dozen categories defense. BCs offense is
putrid. It makes his defensive numbers even more impressive.
BC played FSU, Notre Dame, AND Clemson this season. He played a tougher schedule than Bama did and had better defensive stats across the board than the "genius" Saban and his army of 5 star recruits.
Again, you have NO CLUE what you are talking about. Also, BC to Michigan is not a lateral move. It's a second tier to major brand program big step up.
your message board posts don't equate to real football IQ!
The "the offense was putrid" EXCUSE, you knew it was coming! If he was a savage he'd be in the NFL and not bouncing from Ivy League schools to Maryland, UMass, Uconn and BC... All basketball schools!!!!!
With the exception of Clemson, BC didn't play one elite Offense. FSU (who was a one trick pony) coming off of losing a NFL
#1 draft pick and ND had about 4-5 turnovers plus their offense was very inconsistent ALL YEAR were the only two even remotely close to Clemson.
You have NO CLUE what you're talking about and saying that BC's schedule was tougher than Alabamas shows just how stupid, arrogant and illiterate you are! Then trying to discredit Alabamas defense, THE NUMBER 3 defense in the country only 2 spots below BC! Lmfao you're a biased, idiot. I hate talking football w people like you.
Guys like you like to use numbers hence me saying you don't let lawyers and accountants hire coaches. You're basing your "tougher schedule" argument off of "Top 25" matchups (preseason rankings are a crock of **** just like your argument) guys like me see what the product on the field is.. They won 3 games!!!! In the Acc! With their only 3 wins coming to Maine, Howard and Norther Illinois! A dominant defense would've squeezed out AT LEAST 6 wins.
Playing other PUTRID offenses in cuse (121st), Wake (116th), Va. Tech (96th), MD (88th), Louisville (61st), Nc. state (65th) is grounds to have ELITE NUMBERS defensively. Especially when these teams rely heavily on the run due to horrid Qb play.
Last year D'Onofrio had a top 15 defense and we know that was skewed!
My whole point was D. Brown is a good fit for that northern, slow paced, pound the rock football teams and that's exactly what Harbaugh wants to do. Minimize opponents offensive possessions.
