I have to add that in additon to Maturi's quotes, the fact that Joe Shad supposedly indicated Brewster is one of the 4 finalists suggests there was substance to the rumors. Not that ESPN is always accurate, but if this was nothing more then a search firm innocently raising his name, it wouldn't have had this much legs. You don't make it to the final 4 candidates without having spoken to them. Therefore, it seems far more likely to me that Brew is hiding behind 'I've never had any contact' type quotes which is probably technically accurate but not really the truth. Tubby never had any contact with MN until the day before he was hired. That doesn't mean the groundwork wasn't 90% done.