A Negative to regime change.

[gopherfield]

Another negative to changing the head coach, is that you typically lose the entire staff. I for one think that Tim Davis could be the best O-line coach we've had at MN. You have to remember he came in for the bowl game in '08. Last year was his first year, and he is making strides in the O-Line. The guy is knowledgeable, hard-working, well-liked and a genuinely nice guy. He was at Alabama, the Miami Dolphins, USC, etc. This guy can coach.
I also like Derek Lewis (TE), Mark Hill (strength), and the two additions this year - Horton and Watson (WRs) could turn-out to be quite good in their respective roles.

I know Brewster won't surive if we don't win some big games, but you hate to see the entire staff supplanted.

 

[goldengophers]

Unfortunately that's the nature of coaching. The next coach may have a connection with Davis and decide that he is worth keeping.

 

[GopherFB]

Well, if we have to get rid of a couple of good assistants to get this program turned around I'm all for it.

 

[amateurdwarftosser]

I dont support a regime change unless you are going to get someone good. I am tired of getting coaches who are middle of the pack, up and coming (at least you hope they are), or retreads who were once good like 20 years ago. Spend the money to get someone good and i'm for it. Spend money on good assistants, keep the around too. If we are going to get just another guy for the job, just for the sake of changing coaches, then forget it. I am tired of being the cupcake part of the schedule for the rest of the B10. changind coaches every few years gets us nowhere. We have proven that.

 

[theTurning]

jesus christ

 

[GopherinPhilly]

I hate the idea of a new coaching staff...unless we are going to spend $2 mill per year to get a real head coach...what's the point. For what we pay Brewster...who are we really going to get...and how long do we think we will keep them?

Our only hope...and it is a slim one...is that Brewster grows into the job and we have some success the rest of this year and we are much better next year...absent that...if we fire Brew and Co...we are 3 more years of change and then we start the "Fire ___________" all over again.

Nobody good wants this job...because it isn't a good one...I would rather stay with the devil I know.

 

[theTurning]

I hate the idea of a new coaching staff...unless we are going to spend $2 mill per year to get a real head coach...what's the point. For what we pay Brewster...who are we really going to get...and how long do we think we will keep them?

Our only hope...and it is a slim one...is that Brewster grows into the job and we have some success the rest of this year and we are much better next year...absent that...if we fire Brew and Co...we are 3 more years of change and then we start the "Fire ___________" all over again.

Nobody good wants this job...because it isn't a good one...I would rather stay with the devil I know.

 

[MBAGuy]

You can be a dink and post fancy graphics, but GIP had some valid points. We run our program on the cheap. We're stuck with Brewster and coaches of his ilk because we don't capture the football-associated revenue streams (read: parking on game day) that our peer schools do (see Badgers, Wisconsin or Hawkeyes, Iowa). And even the revenues we do capture are used to support the three-toed shuffleboard and women's hole digging programs instead of football.

This is a problem for the whole of the university. Brewster is a symptom of the problem, not the problem itself. We're doomed to repeat history unless we make the organizational changes necessary to correct the root causes of our failure.

 

[Unregistered User]

You can be a dink and post fancy graphics, but GIP had some valid points. We run our program on the cheap. We're stuck with Brewster and coaches of his ilk because we don't capture the football-associated revenue streams (read: parking on game day) that our peer schools do (see Badgers, Wisconsin or Hawkeyes, Iowa). And even the revenues we do capture are used to support the three-toed shuffleboard and women's hole digging programs instead of football.

This is a problem for the whole of the university. Brewster is a symptom of the problem, not the problem itself. We're doomed to repeat history unless we make the organizational changes necessary to correct the root causes of our failure.

Don't confuse the new posters here with reason. They demand the head of coach Brew and have been demanding that for as long as they have been loyal followers of the program, or the past 3 days, whichever is the shorter time frame.

 

[MBAGuy]

Don't confuse the new posters here with reason. They demand the head of coach Brew and have been demanding that for as long as they have been loyal followers of the program, or the past 3 days, whichever is the shorter time frame.

I actually think canning Brew at the end of the season is a perfectly reasonable position to take at this point. But people have to realize that neither the program nor the university are structured to bring in top coaching talent and pay them what the market demands.

Maybe I need to go back and read MV's analysis of football-related expenses at the U and other BT programs. But the fact we pay our coach 40% less than what Bielema makes and only 30% of what Ferentz makes is indictment enough, imo. Sure, Brewster has accomplished less than those two (Ferentz for sure); but is there any scenario where the U would pay it's coach $3MM per year?

I think we need to take a good, hard look at these things before we even think about hiring another coach. Change for the sake of change won't do this program any good and I'm not sure we know enough to make the right kind of change.

 

[theTurning]

Don't confuse the new posters here with reason. They demand the head of coach Brew and have been demanding that for as long as they have been loyal followers of the program, or the past 3 days, whichever is the shorter time frame.

i've been here a lot longer than you. and anyone stupid enough to continue to support TB deserves a team this putrid.

 

[MRJ]

I hate the idea of a new coaching staff...unless we are going to spend $2 mill per year to get a real head coach...what's the point. For what we pay Brewster...who are we really going to get...and how long do we think we will keep them?

Our only hope...and it is a slim one...is that Brewster grows into the job and we have some success the rest of this year and we are much better next year...absent that...if we fire Brew and Co...we are 3 more years of change and then we start the "Fire ___________" all over again.

Nobody good wants this job...because it isn't a good one...I would rather stay with the devil I know.

Well, there you have it. No sense in firing Brewster since we're doomed to suck anyway.