Doogie Again

[DarrenTheGreek]

First of all, his name is Dan. Second, and far more importantly, please stop using that racist nickname for him. I'm saddened that some posters on this board are so willing to throw around a racist nickname - this certainly isn't the first time it's been used on this board. Can it be the last?

Wow, just wow.
1. I realize what his first name is. Figured if KFAN idiots like Common can call Brewster "Tom Brewster" at his innaugural press conference then I can do it too.
2. I didn't even realize Barreiro is Spanish nor do I care. I've called him Dan Burrito for years and will continue to do so. I do it because Barreiro and Burrito are fairly close in appearance when you type them out.

 

[Clyde Tester]

I do it because Barreiro and Burrito are fairly close in appearance when you type them out.

No, you do it because you believe it to be a derogatory nickname in some way - if you didn't, you wouldn't use it.

I've asked a valid question and people have answered. That's all I asked for - that people consider the words they use (which is BTW what GopherLady is asking us to do in her "let's be a better board" thread).

 

[GVBadger]

I keep reading that a lot of you don't like Doogie because he makes a lot of over the top statements and is a poor fact checker.

Isn't that the same thing Coach Brewster does?

Most of you seem to like him.

Maybe you like people that make over the top statements and don't check facts properly if they are giving a message you agree with and feel differently if they are delivering a message you don't agree with.

Just food for thought. Carry on.

 

[monk10]

I keep reading that a lot of you don't like Doogie because he makes a lot of over the top statements and is a poor fact checker.

Isn't that the same thing Coach Brewster does?

Most of you seem to like him.

Maybe you like people that make over the top statements and don't check facts properly if they are giving a message you agree with and feel differently if they are delivering a message you don't agree with.

Just food for thought. Carry on.

That's a lot of trying. Can't wait for schnoodler to post again so you enrage and post again.

 

[DarrenTheGreek]

No, you do it because you believe it to be a derogatory nickname in some way - if you didn't, you wouldn't use it.

I've asked a valid question and people have answered. That's all I asked for - that people consider the words they use (which is BTW what GopherLady is asking us to do in her "let's be a better board" thread).

So in this post you hope that I say "Burrito" for reasons that aren't racist:
http://www.forums.gopherhole.com/boards/showthread.php?p=162055#post162055

Then when I confirm that you say you don't believe me. Fine. Believe what you want.

 

[Section2]

Well they do have 3 national championships since 1995, were the 4th most valuable program this year according to Forbes magazine and will likely finish this season with a top 15 ranking and have sold out every home game since 1962. I guess I would be curious then to hear what makes a program big time. In the last 40 years they have had one bad run of 4 years under the previous staff(won 5 national title in that time period).

Agree with all your other points, but I think Neb has zero nat'l champs since '95. They won 3 in 4 yrs ending in '95 IIRC.

 

[Section2]

Doogie, honest question, you notice that I haven't been flaming you anymore. Are you encouraged, implied or directly, to write inflammatory pieces about the gophers? Or do you have free reign, and could choose to write boring rah rah puff pieces if you wanted?

 

[GopherGod]

Agree with all your other points, but I think Neb has zero nat'l champs since '95. They won 3 in 4 yrs ending in '95 IIRC.

We were both wrong, they won in 1994,1995, and 1997. So 3 since 1994 and not 1995 since I originally wrote, my bad.

 

[Doogie]

Doogie, honest question, you notice that I haven't been flaming you anymore. Are you encouraged, implied or directly, to write inflammatory pieces about the gophers? Or do you have free reign, and could choose to write boring rah rah puff pieces if you wanted?

Free reign .. rah rah puff pieces are not always "boring," quite the contrary oftentimes I think.

 

[Section2]

Free reign .. rah rah puff pieces are not always "boring," quite the contrary oftentimes I think.

I assumed since you've never written one that you assumed they were boring.

 

[Doogie]

"Loving The Hoff" was an entry I wrote just three weeks ago ... have heaped plenty of praise on Favre, Mauer, the Vikings in general, the Twins, etc. Also praised the Gophers with entries in April/May and early in the season.

 

[ruralgopher]

The only thing about Doogie that I don't really get is that he wants to get into the media biz full time again but can't see that the antifan, sarcastic idiot role is already filled in this particular market. Hard working columnist that mixes opinion, good or bad, with research and analysis on the other hand is wide open to someone who wants it.

 

[Costa Rican Gopher]

I agree with many of the things Doogie says, let's face it there are some issues that need to be addressed. I also realize Doogie's got it out for Brewster & he's an out of work blogger who's cut 'n' pasted pieces read more like they're written to impress potential employers in other markets where he hopes to become their local inflammatory Reusse or Barreiro. When times get tough people always go to what they know works. Doogie knows the top dogs in our market are all negative guys who attack the local teams, so that's what he's trying to emulate. It's just a calculated business decision, imo. If there was money to be made pumping up Brew that's what he'd do. Just business folks.

So, I do agree with many of his points but he's also a loud mouth who makes some silly statements such as....

"Mason left more talent than you believe ... Mason left 5 win talent and Brewster turned that into 1 win ... coaching was a reason in '07 why they lost a handful of games by 7 points or less.".

That's just nonsense. Mason left very, very little ready-to-play talent & Mason knew it. That's why he had uncharacteristically gone out and signed 7 Jucos to play defense. Mason knew that defense would be the worst he'd ever coached and the only prayer was Juco talent. When he was canned we lost those Jucos and there was no time to recruit new ones. Then, due to no fault of his own Brew lost DJ, Massey, Daniels, EJ Jones and McField (* Timeline, perhaps McField was already gone???). DJ was our best player, Massey was expected to start at either corner or safety, Daniels was expected to start somewhere & EJ Jones was expected to contribute at RB. Then add in that Brew was left with an untested Freshman QB and an injured starting RB.....I just don't see the 5 win talent & neither does anyone else without an agenda. I'll agree we might of squeezed out 2 wins with a more experienced coach, maybe 3 if everything went our way that season but really what's the difference at that point?