Social media, where negativity often rules, has been anything but negative. The reaction to the hiring of Don Brown has been nearly unanimous, and unanimously positive. We have to get in great shape, starting to integrate with our scheme and what we’re going to do offensively, what we’re going to do defensively and obviously being sound in special teams.” “To do that, winter workouts are going to be the important piece.
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“Obviously, the first goal is we’ve got to get competitive and we’ve got to be in a position to compete and to compete at a high level,” Brown said, when he met with reporters on Wednesday. “You follow that up with a trip to the playoffs in ’99.”īrown did say that ultimately, he would like to get the Minutemen into a bowl game. “We came in in ’98, following a tough ’97 campaign and we just worked hard on both sides of the ball and on special teams, and you win a national title,” Brown said. He had also been Mark Whipple’s defensive coordinator when UMass won the I-AA title in 1998. It’s easy to counter that argument with one that says the deficiencies might have been scheme rather than talent.Īnd Brown most likely does not want to prejudge any players, giving them all a chance to curry favor by what they all do in the winter workouts and in spring football.īrown was UMass’ head coach from 2004-08, and he led the Minutemen to an NCAA Division I-AA championship game.
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Certainly, if Brown and his new staff watched the video of 2021, they might have an idea of where the Minutemen were deficient. There is good and bad to not watching the tape. I had asked Brown about looking at tape to see what he has on the UMass roster, and the implication is that every player - from Gerrell Johnson to Brady Olson to Ellis Merriweather is going to start practicing with a completely clean slate. Whether the new coach will be able to turn the presser victory into being competitive on the McGuirk Alumni Stadium turf is a question we won’t be able to answer for a while.