“There’s a narrative now that some people are afraid it’s going back to the old school Don Brown system. That’s not the case whatsoever. To me, that’s profiling. Just ‘cause I’m old and Don Brown’s old, you can’t put us together.”
That’s what Michigan defensive coordinator Don “Wink” Martindale said this summer about people comparing him to former Michigan DC Don Brown.
Those comparisons haven’t let up, mainly due to Martindale’s defense ranking the lowest in some categories since Brown back in 2020, a year Michigan went 2-4 in a COVID-19 shortened season.
- Michigan currently ranks No.