Troy coach Neal Brown starts second spring with better feel for team

Troy AthleticsBrown said that will be the biggest difference between his first set of spring practices and his second set, which begins Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. at the practice fields near Trojan Arena.

Brown conducted his first spring practices a little more than three months after he was hired on Dec. 1, 2014, to replace legendary head coach Larry Blakeney, who retired.

“I know our kids. Last year I didn’t know what our issues would be and what our strengths would be,” Brown said. “I’ve got a good feeling now. I know what we’re capable of.”

The Trojans, just like every program in the nation, will have to replace some key cogs from the 2015 team that went 4-8. The program’s seventh 1,000-yard…