GopherLady
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What do you think will happen next, after this loss to NIU?
We all are.Oops - this was suppose to be a poll...too tired! Oh well, write in what you think. Options were going to be - Brew fired, Maturi fired, both fired, nothing until the end of the seasons...or no changes for a long time?
Nothing for the end of the season. Then it should be a complete house cleaning with only Tubby surviving.
Maturi ..Gone
Brewster..Gone
Lucia..Gone
Borton..Gone
Smith.. Stays
I believe the team will totally fall apart, get blown out by 40+ several times and win no more games this year. Several players will transfer or quit the team before year's end.
Brewster will be a lame duck coach - everyone will want him out before year's end, but I don't think that the U has the cahones to can him yet (before his contract is up). But I would be that the U will be (if not already) sending out feelers to available coaches.
When Brewster does leave, I believe he'll leave humbly. Seriously.
Sadly, I have to agree. This is not looking good. This was an easy start to the season that should have put the Gophers 4-1. Instead, they will be 1-4 and looking at 1-11, with a lot of embarrassing losses ahead. I hope I'm wrong but I don't see a light at the end of the tunnel yet. The only hope is that the powers at the U will see that they need to spend some real money on a coach that has a chance of turning this program around. Brewster is a bargain basement coach by Big Ten standards and we got what we paid for.
The coaching salary was not the problem, that is an excuse. There were several candidates that were interested in the job that were more qualified. Maturi just made the wrong selection.
Unfortunately, as the frequenters of the basketball boards have seen, Maturi is not the man to make quick, decisive decisions (Mbawke case, Royce White, etc.).
...I will start with cutting about 8 non-revenue sports, walking over to Bruiniks and saying that money for Northrop renovations is now mine. Then I will break ground on the basketball practice facility, the new baseball stadium...
I would imagine the next thing to happen after the loss to NIU will be a loss to Northwestern.