Mack Brown

[echeese]

I think North Carolina is a complete  tear down program that is going to take a lot of energy  and time. I  just do not see Mack being able to turn the program around.

That was a really weird quote from the article but there is a reason I do not have that site saved nor do I read it.

UNC has actually had 4 years of Top 30 level recruiting.    Just the opposite of a tear down, their problem was their staff.     Mack returns to an area where within 250 miles of Chapel Hill, NFL quality talent abounds.

Hire a quality staff, focus on some coaches who can recruit and develop, he will do well the next 3 to 5 years then hand it off.

 

[Captain Hookem]

Mack was a godsend to the Texas program. If he wants to spend his retirement coaching in one last opportunity then more power to him. 

Besides, he should be fully recharged at this point and likely more energy than most his age. Maybe he doesn't have a lot of years left but could make UNC a better destination for HCs in the future. The assumption that UNC has the clout to hire any of these 'young coaches' is a little presumptuous anyway. 

Plus, I'm excited because I get to break out my Mack Brown impersonation again. So... winners all around! 

 

[Eastexhorn]

IMO Brown did less with more than any other coach at Texas. At least modern day coaches.

 

[primal defense]

Dabo, Muschamp expect big things from Mack Brown at UNC




https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/college/article222307605.html

 

[J.B. TexasEx]

#MackIsBack

 

[DBut82]

Any word on how TarHeel nation feels about Mack's hire?

 

[primal defense]

Any word on how TarHeel nation feels about Mack's hire?

I would say not well, however they did like the Tim Brewster hire.

Check it out.

https://247sports.com/college/north-carolina/Board/Tar-Pit-102711/

 

[primal defense]

Age before beauty: Mack Brown's return to North Carolina the latest in a trend that has merit




https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/age-before-beauty-mack-browns-return-to-north-carolina-the-latest-in-a-trend-that-has-merit/

 

[J.B. TexasEx]

Any word on how TarHeel nation feels about Mack's hire?

Most could care less. It's basketball season.

 

[TexCoyote]

Saw where Mack is probably taking Greg Robinson as DC. I was going to throw that name out there the other day. Mack is getting the gang back together. I bet he hires Everrett too. 

 

[Johnstark23]

I wonder if he calls Akina At Stanford 

 

[primal defense]

Mack, Brewster, and now Robinson is shaping to be the old squad.


Mack Brown adding Greg Robinson, Tim Brewster to UNC staff






Mack Brown's new coaching staff at North Carolina will have a familiar feel.

Brown is hiring at least two of his former assistants, including Greg Robinson, who will be the Tar Heels' co-defensive coordinator and playcaller, sources told ESPN.


EDITOR'S PICKS

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  Brown rebuffs idea of UNC rebuild: 'Win now'
  
  
  Mack Brown, five years removed from coaching at Texas, is optimistic he can turn things around in his second stint as UNC coach. "We want to win now," he said.
  
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  Mack Brown fighting history in return to North Carolina
  
  
  Hall of Famers like Johnny Majors (Pitt), John Robinson (USC) and even Bill Walsh (Stanford) struggled to sustain success upon returning to old coaching jobs.
  

Robinson, 67, twice served as a defensive assistant on Brown's staffs at Texas, most recently in 2013. He was the head coach at Syracuse from 2005 to 2008 before becoming Michigan's defensive coordinator under Rich Rodriguez in 2009. He last coached at San Jose State in 2015.

Tim Brewster, a standout recruiter who worked with Brown at both North Carolina and then Texas, will come from Texas A&M, where he coached tight ends.

Brown will retain UNC linebackers coach Tommy Thigpen in a co-defensive coordinator role. Thigpen played for Brown with the Tar Heels and was an All-ACC linebacker and team captain. He joined the UNC staff before the 2018 season after five years at Tennessee.

Brown also is hiring Dre Bly -- another of his former Tar Heels stars -- as cornerbacks coach, according to a source. Bly played 11 seasons in the NFL and was set to coach defensive backs for the San Diego Fleet of the Alliance of American Football, but instead will reunite with Brown in Chapel Hill.

http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/25410215/mack-brown-hire-greg-robinson-tim-brewster-north-carolina-tar-heels-coaching-staff

 

[605Longhorn]

6 hours ago, J.B. TexasEx said:

#MackIsBack

What do you the over/under is on the # of retakes they had to do?  I bet he said go Horns!!!!!  at least 3 times before they got the go Heels down.

 

[MikeV73]

Any word on how TarHeel nation feels about Mack's hire?

They are all watching basketball and haven’t heard the news yet.

 

[Harrison Wier]

Mack Brown has backed out of hiring Greg Robinson, reportedly. Yikes. 

https://247sports.com/college/north-carolina/Article/Greg-Robinson-No-Longer-Option-for-UNC-Defensive-Coordinator-Role--125626761/

 

[primal defense]

Here's what they thought of the hire.


Mack Brown is reportedly hiring Greg Robinson as defensive coordinator and wow that’s bad


https://www.tarheelblog.com/2018/11/29/18118034/unc-football-greg-robinson-mack-brown-what-is-you-doin-baby

 

[dillohorn]

Has G. Robinson been hired or not?

 

[primal defense]

Has G. Robinson been hired or not?

Not! 

 

[dillohorn]

Not! 

Thanks.