3 reasons Michigan Football won’t repeat as Big Ten champs
By Nick Popio
3. Jesse Minter is no Mike MacDonald yet
The new defensive coordinator is highly praised by Jim Harbaugh and his brother but comes in from a place where coaches typically do not bode well.
That was the case for Minter last year at Vanderbilt. His defense gave up a whopping 36 points per contest with the lowest being 21 twice. It’s good that he got the experience, but that should ring a troublesome bell for Michigan football at the very least.
The SEC is a better conference than the Big Ten is and Vanderbilt does not even come close talent-wise to what Michigan brings to the table though.
That and the Harbaughs backing him is reason enough to believe that the job isn’t too big for him. Add in the fact that Michigan eases into its docket and Minter has time on his side to get things ready for October and November.
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MacDonald had the generational talent to work with, but the cupboard is not lacking for Minter either. As long as Michigan’s defense doesn’t revert back to its 2020 ways and resembles more of the 2021 group then Minter should do just fine.
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What he does against Michigan State and Ohio State will be the judge on whether he can be the next MacDonald or not.