Sacramento State is hiring Tim Brewster as senior associate head coach.

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FredCoxRocks said:
Him and Country Jer seeing who can finish with the most suitcase stickers.
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No kidding. I can see being young and bouncing around all over the country as you try and make your way, but once you try the top job, fail, and are older...just retire or do radio/tv etc.
 


The only head coach that I know who wanted to recruit a high school kid by landing at midfield, prior to the National Anthem, in a helicopter.
 


Jack jones said:
The only head coach that I know who wanted to recruit a high school kid by landing at midfield, prior to the National Anthem, in a helicopter.
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You'd be surprised at how many coaches have done it. But Brewster is the only Minnesota coach that has used a helicopter as far as I know.
 

FireDaveLee said:
The staff turnover & lack of consistent identity for sure played a part in things. Who knows if Roof always thought of Minnesota as nothing more than a stop over to someplace down south.
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I'm spitballing (which I often do), but for all of the contacts Brewster had developed as an assistant, he never came from what I would call a "coaching tree." He just seemed to assemble a staff like a drunk going through a grocery store and just throwing things in his cart. He had moved around a bit and I was surprised that through those experiences he didn't seem to develop his own vision as to what offense and defense he wanted to run and build a staff within that framework. As a good recruiter, maybe he thought all it would take was talent, but as has often been said, "Just because someone is fast doesn't mean they will run in the right direction."

I always thought he was a stand-up guy for the most part. I heard (not confirmed) there was tension between him and Maturi over resources (and that wouldn't be surprising seeing Mason had the same problem). He had come from big programs where football was king and Minnesota at that time may have been a huge culture shock for him. All that said, he took his firing in stride and just moved on to his next locale without ripping anyone. It's been years, but in the modern sports environment, who just don't see that anymore.
 


Word said:
Brewster may have been a good TV commentator.
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After he was fired here he did some TV work. He was the sideline reporter for Fox (or an affiliated network) on a crew with Gus Johnson on play-by-play and Charles Davis as the color analyst. I don't remember much about it other than Gus saying "now let's throw it down to Coach Brew!"
 



Gophers7NatTitlesBadgers0 said:
You talking about his son Clint? He never saw the field here and transferred to Tennessee Tech. He now is a national recruiting analyst.
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Clint's older brother Nolan WAS a legit national prospect and a 4-star recruit to Texas. He played for the Longhorns for 3 years before quitting after his junior season due to multiple concussions.

When Brewster was hired as our coach, Nolan was a HS senior and 1 month away from signing his LOI with the Longhorns. Many of us on the board were hoping he would be able to flip his son by signing day but he didn't....nor do I think he really tried. Clint was a HS junior at the time committed to Illinois and NOT a national recruit, only a 3-star. He flipped to Minnesota and as you said, never saw the field before transferring.
 

Brew pretty much was hired because he was known as one of the best recruiters in the country. He kind of delivered on that, but failed at many of the crucial question marks. I still think it was a model that should have had more success if stable coordinators could’ve been put in place.
 

DarrenTheGreek said:
Clint's older brother Nolan WAS a legit national prospect and a 4-star recruit to Texas. He played for the Longhorns for 3 years before quitting after his junior season due to multiple concussions.

When Brewster was hired as our coach, Nolan was a HS senior and 1 month away from signing his LOI with the Longhorns. Many of us on the board were hoping he would be able to flip his son by signing day but he didn't....nor do I think he really tried. Clint was a HS junior at the time committed to Illinois and NOT a national recruit, only a 3-star. He flipped to Minnesota and as you said, never saw the field before transferring.
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Clint was 2007 and Nolan was 2008. I don't remember anyone here thinking they had shot at Nolan. The excitement around Clint faded pretty quick.
 

Clint essentially came in a "trade" with Illinois. He flipped his commitment when Dad was hired at Minnesota; a verbally committed QB from Henry Sibley, Phil Haig, then switched from Minnesota to Illinois in response (he never played QB there but did pitch on the baseball team).
 



MilosRevenge said:
Clint was 2007 and Nolan was 2008. I don't remember anyone here thinking they had shot at Nolan. The excitement around Clint faded pretty quick.
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People definitely did...I even heard some boosters I know talking about it pretty openly.
 

mngg11 said:
I'll always appreciate the guy, he thought he could do it and he couldn't. I don't believe for one second he was fraudulent at any point like a lot of people seem to think, he was just in over his head.

And, without Brew we don't get Kill, and without Kill we don't end up in a situation where we're vying for a young coach who will eventually bring us to some of the highest peaks many of us will have seen in our Gopher football fandom. And I don't think we're at the top of the mountain yet!
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The only thing Brewster did was accept the job he was offered. While he was woefully inadequate at the job, made all the more obvious that here were some 15 years later, and he's been an assistant in a lot of places but is now at a D1AA school trying to make the leap to D1 and was denied 3 days ago, still as an assitant, you can't blame him for taking the job when offered it.

I wish him nothing but the best in his endeavors, but everything that has happened since he was let go by the U suggests that Maturi never should have been allowed to hire Mason's replacement. Similar cirumstance - nice enough guy, not even remotely qualified for the job.
 

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