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Brewster will be in-studio with Joe Schmit Sunday night at 10:45 p.m. ... Channel 5.
 

Thanks for the heads up Doogie. I'll be watching/setting the DVR.
 

Any chance the new media Brew shows up? That would be... Awesome!
 

Ask him

why he is so grouchy this fall. *wink*
 



Tell Joe to ask him if he expects Rallis to have a good season.
 

KSTP had a nice little story about Kirkwood last night at 6:30. Keep up the good work.
 


Doogie said:
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They severely cut back on their penalty numbers in the games following the MSU game. Why don't you ask him how they did it and if expects it to continue? ;)
 



Still led the Big Ten in penalty yards... don't know if we'll get that in-depth in a 7-min. or so TV-interview. Many other talkers take precedence, IMO.
 

Another Q

What does the coaching staff in practice to teach the players ball so they don't fumble?

Obvious example is Gray's issues last season.

I think I remember Mason used to have the players carry a ball around all the time...and have a drill in practice where that is all the players tried do the ball carrier....strip it relentlessly.

Any one have insight into that? A big factor no matter the game.

Well and of course because it will be so hot in TN on Thursday. :)

GM
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Iceland12: Also remember, most people watching are not die-hards like us... if we show up in approx. 60,000 households tonight, most are casual fans, curious on expectations, Weber, the daunting schedule, what to watch for in Thursday's opener, etc. The penalty topic is interesting... but hard to get to in the somewhat limited time we have.
 

It's good to have a media mix that at times targets the casual fan, and others goes into the details. The casual fans are where we hope to draw in future die-hards.
 



Shoot - I just saw this and missed it. When it's up on the internet, would you mind sharing the link, Doogie? Thanks!

P.S. 7 minutes is pretty good. I remember when I got home from Ann Arbor after the Michigan game we won. We were all beaming that we had taken the jug back. I was so excited to watch all of the coverage, we watched Rosen's sports Sunday, and I believe he had about 1 1/2 minutes on it. The rest was all Vikings...and I want to say they lost that weekend. You can't expect more coverage from the media until people have more interest...wish people did have as much as those on this board, but that's not the case.
 

Joe Schmit did a great job. No nonsense, good questions. No agenda. Fair but direct questions. Doogie could learn alot from this professional.
 

Don't make a blanket statement w/o backing it up... for example......
 

Nadine: Can't put on the web... we mixed in a lot of highlights from last year, and the Big Ten Network owns those... we don't have clearance to put those on kstp.com.
 

Doogie

Thanks for pushing for more coverage of the program.

Does sportswrap really pull in 60,000 viewers? It is a quality show I just have no idea how TV viewership for these types of shows stacks up.
 

Doogie said:
Nadine: Can't put on the web... we mixed in a lot of highlights from last year, and the Big Ten Network owns those... we don't have clearance to put those on kstp.com.
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So? Come up with a new login, and leak it here. What's the big deal? It's not like we're going to lose out on a home and home with Texas over an issue like that. Oh...wait...
 

I have always been passionate about Gophers football... never have understood the "having an agenda" takes... I am on record saying if they don't make a bowl game, but we see improvement in the running game, 3rd down defense, less confusion on the sideline, less penalties, better play overall late in the season, etc. that Brew should absolutely get a 5th year... they scored one offensive TD in their final 43 possessions of last year... this regime has yet to win a rivalry game, a November conference game, or beat a top-25 team... is it wrong to state some of those facts? That means I have an agenda? What agenda do I have then after talking-up Jeff Horton for months? Considering the circumstances, Horton was a home run hire.

Sports Wrap varies... we do very well in the 25-54 demographic, which is what they sell... overall, fluctuates depending on time of year, structure of show, etc... but on average this time of the year, anywhere from 30,000 households up... 60,000 is a healthy number... when I get in later, can provide an exact number.
 

Doogie said:
I have always been passionate about Gophers football... never have understood the "having an agenda" takes... I am on record saying if they don't make a bowl game, but we see improvement in the running game, 3rd down defense, less confusion on the sideline, less penalties, better play overall late in the season, etc. that Brew should absolutely get a 5th year... they scored one offensive TD in their final 43 possessions of last year... this regime has yet to win a rivalry game, a November conference game, or beat a top-25 team... is it wrong to state some of those facts? That means I have an agenda? What agenda do I have then after talking-up Jeff Horton for months? Considering the circumstances, Horton was a home run hire.

Sports Wrap varies... we do very well in the 25-54 demographic, which is what they sell... overall, fluctuates depending on time of year, structure of show, etc... but on average this time of the year, anywhere from 30,000 households up... 60,000 is a healthy number... when I get in later, can provide an exact number.
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You are on record that Brewster has no shot of returning with 5 wins this year. You are on record of saying that Maturi should have looked at other coaches before the bowl game last year. You are on record as stating that Tim Brewster should be a hands down winner of Reusse's Turkey of the Year despite winning 6 games. Why should they re-hire a "Turkey of the Year"? Every article you write includes the offensive performance at the end of last season. Not mentioning that not one Junior or Senior started at WR or RB the last few games. Not mentioning that Brewster had to plug in an overweight JC player and a transfer to an OL that was left bare when Mason left. Not mentioning that the defense, which did have seniors on it, played very well vs. Iowa.

This season Iowa will have 23 red shirt seniors on their team. MN will have 9 and 2 of them are transfers. Have you ever looked at the money spent on the MN program vs the IA program? There are many reasons why MN is different than WI or IA. You seem to think it is coaching. Keep hiring and firing until something changes when the root cause is deep and takes a long term committment to fix.

I have no idea if Brewster is the answer as coach. I do know that 3 seasons is hardly enough time to judge with certainty. Finally, please stop with the Penn State game as a rivalry game. I understand there is a trophy for that game, but they are hardly a rival. If you take away the 55-0 game vs Iowa, MN has been competitive against IA and WI. Undermanned and competitive. Losing is losing, but pointing fingers at the coach isn't always the answer.
 

Let's dissect:
1st sentence -- when did I say that? I have said that I am fine with evaluating him on way more than wins and losses... less penalties, less sideline confusion, improvement in the running game, etc... with that schedule, if we see measurable progress, he absolutely deserves a 5th year.
On the Iowa game, on 1500-ESPN, I have praised Tinsley, Cooper, and Collado a ton for their efforts...
On your RB point, Bennett was a Mason recruit... he's been around, so not sure I agree there.
I have written that what should happen eventually should happen immediately... it's the Jeremy Foley philosophy... but in Brewster's defense, having never been a coordinator at a major level, he deserves at least a 4th year... I have changed my tune on that... but because I have/had questions about Brew, wondering if he can coach (I know he can recruit) at the D 1-A level, that means I have an agenda?
That's a strong statement to throw out there. Easy to do on a message board. Feel free to attach a name and a voice to that... call in next time I am on 1500.
 

I really don't get the "November conference game" thing. We won a game about 3 hours away from it being a November conference game last season against MSU, does that make it almost significant? Or does something magical happen in November?
 

"That's a strong statement to throw out there. Easy to do on a message board. Feel free to attach a name and a voice to that... call in next time I am on 1500.


Doogie;

I'd suggest you exercise your "gimme your real name card" a little less often. It's a message board and like it or not, anonymity comes with it. You use your name fine, but please stop using to the "oh yeah, it's easy for you" to criticize. Sure "banning" around here is pretty darn "elastic". Loon, Wren, Gordy, Panther hawk etc. have probably been on here dozens of times under various monikers, but it comes with the territory. The number of shots at you have been dramatically reduced and markedly softened. I'd suggest that's been a solid reflection of most of your work at KSTP.

The "name" complaint comes off, IMHO, as being pretty defensive or at least thin-skinned for someone who voluntarily put themselves into harm's way. Just a thought.

By the way none of those guys, the virulent anti-Gopher/Brewster posters seemingly, have attempted taking a shot at you. THAT should be more worrisome then unfounded shots that have been made. ;)
 

To ignore the differences between a program like Florida and Minnesota and say 'its the Foley philosophy' seems laughable. Even Notre Dame, who can attract top coaches much easier, commit for five years. And when they didn't (willingham) they were roundly criticized for having too quick of trigger and turning into another 'football factory'.
 

Rotundo: ratings were low last night... same for when he was on Ch. 4 the week before... maybe interest is extremely low... I'll be curious to look at the ESPN-U rating with the Twins, Vikings, and lots of high school football games going on at the same time.
 

http://http://www.startribune.com/y...yqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUKcOy9cP3DieyckcUsI
Doogie said:
Let's dissect:
1st sentence -- when did I say that? I have said that I am fine with evaluating him on way more than wins and losses... less penalties, less sideline confusion, improvement in the running game, etc... with that schedule, if we see measurable progress, he absolutely deserves a 5th year.
On the Iowa game, on 1500-ESPN, I have praised Tinsley, Cooper, and Collado a ton for their efforts...
On your RB point, Bennett was a Mason recruit... he's been around, so not sure I agree there.
I have written that what should happen eventually should happen immediately... it's the Jeremy Foley philosophy... but in Brewster's defense, having never been a coordinator at a major level, he deserves at least a 4th year... I have changed my tune on that... but because I have/had questions about Brew, wondering if he can coach (I know he can recruit) at the D 1-A level, that means I have an agenda?
That's a strong statement to throw out there. Easy to do on a message board. Feel free to attach a name and a voice to that... call in next time I am on 1500.
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As far as first sentence, read your own blog in Tribune where you state Brewster is a goner if he wins 5 games this year. I will insert the link. The Iowa blogger references it.

Bennett did not start vs Iowa as he was coming off injury and had very few carries.

Why no comment on the red shirt seniors? Is it Brewster's fault that he didn't redshirt guys when he wasn't here? Is it his fault that he couldn't redshirt his first class because he needed bodies just to field a competitive team? Tell me how MN was going to beat Iowa when they are playing 23 year olds and MN is playing true freshman and sophomores? Last season MN red shirted 22 freshmen, the same as Iowa. Is that a step in the right direction?

What about the money? Check the Title IX spending data on what MN spends on football compared to Iowa. Level playing field?


All I ask for is some reporting on the program shortcomings rather than just focusing on the coach as the reason for a mediocre program going on 50 years.

http://gazetteonline.com/blogs/the-hlog/2009/11/22/monday-reading-room-bowl-projections-from-all-over-america
 

I think the problem with a lot of these issues is that the MN media and general population is naive when it comes to college football. It's easier to blame Brewster than it is to really find out what the problem is.

We are the most front running fan base i've ever been around. I remember hearing tons of people talking Rose Bowl a couple of years ago (absurd) and then those very same people talking 1 or 2 wins this season. Everything is either the best or the very worst and for a lot of people, there is no inbetween. The idea that a journalist would call for Tim Brewster to be Turker of the Year is laughable. HE won as many games as pretty much all of us had guessed (+ or - a game). Look at who else was available for the award, and you wanted to give it to a middle of the road coach on the middle of the road big 10 team that finished about exactly where we thought they would?

You could have picked Royce White, Trevor Mbakwe, Nick Punto (bad season coupled with huge base running mistake in playoffs), or countless other guys.

Honestly, how is Brew more of a turkey than Royce White? How?
 

Doogie said:
I have changed my tune on that... but because I have/had questions about Brew, wondering if he can coach (I know he can recruit) at the D 1-A level, that means I have an agenda?
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You don't seem to have an agenda to me. However, you, like most people, appear hung up on the coaching question. Now if he can't coach, the danger is that maybe he can't recognize one either. Yet Brewster has hired good coaches, unfortunately some were not suited for the college game (Fisch) or couldn't coach unless they had superior talent to run their schemes (Withers). He should be wiser in that area now.

A head coach should leave coaching to the assistants, while he oversees and sells the program and recruits. Saw an interview with JoePa the other day. Love the guy, but the old fella could barely talk. And yet the Penn State machine marches on. How does Brewster oversee and sell the program and recruit? I think he excels at selling and recruiting, and is starting to provide competent oversight.
 

Bob_Loblaw said:
You could have picked Royce White, Trevor Mbakwe, Nick Punto (bad season coupled with huge base running mistake in playoffs), or countless other guys.
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Nick Punto? A low cost utility player that everyone knows can't hit? Bwah?
 

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