Tar Heel HC Mack Mack Brown Interview

The breaking the day is that not rule was fired in Charlotte but we got a lot of really good college football teams in our backyard still in the top 15 another that should be ranked in the top 25 frankly five and one head coach of which joins us now on talking about North Carolina.

It's Mac Brown, the Hall of Fame coaches with us on in the triad again and coach just because I know prior to you being at North Carolina for your second tour of duty you covered Matt rule when you are at ESPN what you think is the most difficult part about transitioning from college to the program opportunities to go to the always want to pick nonlawyers scouting department to pick their players. I want to be in charge of one to make decisions since my name was on the product and a lot of times there's a lot of decision-makers at the level, and in many of the programs I feel like again in college, a group of people around me a lot for a long time. They know the philosophy I want. A lot of times when you change levels of football like that guy. Maybe you weren't around, just put it all together so that I am going football in college football. I never ever thought about the NFL when the recall think I would be the best Event and I know Matt rule.

Well, I love the game when he was there, claim a lot when he was at Baylor. He is a great coach and a better person and now we really, really lucky to get. I remember when Williams was talking to us a couple years ago and telling us that he was contacted close to 30 times like one of his grandkids Track of how many times NBA teams would reach out to them expressing interest in having him jump from college to the MBA was it ever tempting at all like ballpark it for me. How many times teams have contacted you it was never one point when I called they were going back to Cleveland and thought it would be good grounds and home a little bit and I really think that it was something that will be best for them to look at when somebody one of them, not best for me either in trying to be really hard to evaluate Aaron and figure out if I can do it or not in there would've been a learning curve for me also have been doing this for 40 something years I get seen just about everything you see in this business. You make all the right decision. Still but but I've got some experience with most things that pop up so it is best for them or me for me to move forward grounds with sincere North Carolina head football coach ask since you haven't had one since 2020. How did you celebrate a road win this weekend in Miami well when are you around with a great win.

We had a romantic gorgeous day with great win on the ACC. I'm sorry and really and truly winter when Josh, one of the things that run Windsor when you you have to wonder in that locker room together. You don't have friends around on the road home have a parent there is a wonderful point back to spend so much time together and that's not the same for a home game. We haven't had three wins 2000 and this program is only it hadn't happened many times on the road winds on the road to thousand 15 from having gotten another fun challenges we didn't want to do so. This would be a wardrobe game already for so step up and continue to get better listen to that game right here in WS TS on Saturday. Mac Brown's with this year and what you're hitting on to something. I'm very interested in because last year you were very frustrated and you talked a lot about learning how to win, but compartmentalizing that a little bit.

It's learning how to deal with success in putting winds together the way that you're describing what is the biggest obstacle you think that you that you think your team has climbed over early part of this year that you just weren't able to do the last couple being handling the respondent find the good things that happen in the game, you gotta respond a couple things that happen in the game and there were some really difficult things that happened happened at Miami and the got the name blank that is looked at each other with confidence and in Playing and and that was one thing that last year's team. Probably because I didn't coach them as well were really up and down. We are inconsistent and so far this team is trying to grow up premature and and just get better every day and not talk about who were playing not talk about where were playing just work in practice and played to a standard of excellence puts yourself to be the best you can be and really not talk about her think about any of the outside influences Mac Brown's with this year you are listening to W. S. J.

S. You mention it is Duke versus North Carolina coming up this week. The first couple of years that you went up against the blue Devils in your first tour of duty. Some guy named Steve Spurrier was on that sideline.

Now it's a guy that we got to know really well for a long time in Winston-Salem Mike Elko longtime closet assistant was at Notre Dame and Texas A&M.

In past years when you think about your memories in this rivalry. What are some of the things that stand out the most important for many many years and they chose to be a game where rebel was something that started nothing back in the 40s and really really important for each university to pull it back home so they told me this morning. I think there's something left this morning started break it when planning an empty winning in 20 winning it is great for the APC but also tremendous pride football in the state because these programs really are and they've done a good job in the country at Wake Forest and and Mike Elko was with him for a long time and and you can already see the influence that my having you there are so welcome there. Running the ball or stop in the Ron tremendous kicking game. So, Micah). You continue to get better Mac Brown's with this year. I'm interested that you brought up high school. A lot of the guys that you have brought in were highly touted recruits have come from the area that you're talking to right now in the triad and we were thinking about it last week you bring you mention up the ACC big for you mention how good they are doing right now, but you played Appalachian State, and you seem they've been capable of East Carolina's probably going to be going to a ballgame.

You remember North Carolina football being as good as it is right now and how related do you think that is to how populous the state has become in the quality of high school football.

I don't remember it being gone for 21 years doing a tremendous job in this day is a lot of players in this day and I absolutely think some of it is because of the population.

Obviously, when you where Brown lasting for you. Speaking of recruiting when Drake made was a commit. Alabama and you flip them. Did you think even then this guy had the physical tools to be a special of the players years I really did these either everything that ballplayer is a good athlete is very competitive. He was raised in the competitive family he got it bad that led the ACC impacting so he's grown up in a quarterback family wherever the dad would tell them every game they watch look at this, look at this the throwing motion and EE handyman 20 was early so Drake is the guy who was raised black family found to be the quarterback. North Carolina and I'm so happy to see him doing so well quickly obstacle to Criswell doing because there are a lot of people that are just focusing on Drake and forgetting that all throughout fall camp. We didn't get a chance to see it. We just heard what you said it was razor thin to the point where the week of the game you are even calling Drake the starting quarterback Saying all drakes get to be the first one to run out there.

How is Colby doing and are you concerned at all about quarterback that young man number one. He's a great player and and we would be having that he was playing because we would get the best quarterbacks in the country a little bit when we were ahead of Virginia Tech. I wish that putting me in earlier because we need to get a mini game and getting getting playing some and give them a chance with the older gotten starters. When women were ahead in the game. Hopefully that will happen again at some point in the season, but with Virginia Tech we we were ahead 40 1 PM with about 10 or 12 minutes left in. I think I wake up with a minimum of seven minutes and he deserved to win earlier so that there if it ever comes up again and I hope it does, then we will put them in the game, but Drake got hurt against Virginia Tech. At one point, Jacoby is coming off the bench and one play within their so he he's great and we got a good quarterback on her roster. So for long though amazing job that ran in and getting those guys where we got there, but prepare him all Jacoby had to go in tomorrow and I wouldn't worry about it all ready go knowing you have to do game this week and you probably can be on the recruiting trail and the bye week the week after that.

So if you ever back in the trap. Have you given how often you recruit guys around here have you found like Mainstay restaurants or places that you have to hit when you're around here.

You don't have that one when they get the code which is not very often lately, so you don't move and shake and work in this film all to have VoIP but they don't. You the best Mac rats in the wind. Best of luck against it this weekend. Great band and in your area and if you have the name of the fountain lapping a phone call family and help support your target was weekend