Doogie's post-game radio rant (audio link available)

[lakesgopher]

So if they have been coached up, does that mean Brewster can't recruit?

speculation again! maybe the kids are being coached up physically but not so much x's and o's. or maybe he is an over-rated recruiter. maybe there are a million scenarios that we can speculate on but none of us have a clue and its just a stupid pissing match that no real answer will come from!

 

[Maroon]

speculation again! maybe the kids are being coached up physically but not so much x's and o's. or maybe he is an over-rated recruiter. maybe there are a million scenarios that we can speculate on but none of us have a clue and its just a stupid pissing match that no real answer will come from!

I'd say the team's on-field performance offers a few clues.

 

[Maximus]

speculation again! maybe the kids are being coached up physically but not so much x's and o's. or maybe he is an over-rated recruiter. maybe there are a million scenarios that we can speculate on but none of us have a clue and its just a stupid pissing match that no real answer will come from!

So he sucks at coaching or recruiting, we just don't know which one.

 

[Brew_recruit]

he sucks at coaching which affects his recruiting.

 

[Oneoldgopher]

Congratulation Dad of a U athlete

You put yourself out there by defending the indefensible. I am an alum of the U, as is my wife. My daughters already have the full funding they will need to go to the U, when they decide to attend. And, I have attended GF for the last 30 years and watched them for the last 40+ years. I am old enough to remember the last great years of Warmath, the illdefined years of Cal Stoll, Joe Salem, Lou Holtz, Gutey, Wacker, Mase and now Brewster. Each had their problems to face. Brewster has his uphill battles as well. There is plenty of blame to go around for almost 50 years of failure. So, when I say what I am about to say, I am just the messenger.

Tim Brewster needs to be fired for not having a stratigic vision of the team. "Winning the Rose Bowl" is not a mission statement, an objective, a vision, or a task. It is the outcome of all the things that go into making it happen. After all the changes in coordinators, and different game day philosophies that have come into being, I think I can say that Brewster has strayed from managing the team.

 

[gophmeister]

I've read through these post and one thing I'm happy to see is we have some passionate fans. But I feel bad for the kids and I'm pretty sure they feel worse. YES they have perks and it's because we want them to have them. Also, it's fair for people to be upset. Brewster has been here 4 years. If we're truly on the right course and progress is being made why are we still losing to d1aa teams? The situation is not good.

 

[EverTheSkeptic]

We have seen what Brewster has to offer - lots of hot air. What is the point of keeping him around any longer? He simply can't do the job. If Maturi won't see the obvious and take action, then Bruininks must. Enough is enough.

 

[DocfromDarwin]

That's bull*&^!#*&^!#*&^!#*&^!# and pretty weak of you. Don't try and dimenish my point a view because I have son on the team (who receives NO scholarship money I remind you). My alligience and intelligence can not be bought. I'm a principled man. I don't blindly follow anyone.....even when it may cost me tens of thousands of dollars. Can you say the same? In the future don't ever play me like that. I say what I mean and mean what I say. You have a financial interest for blogging on this website..not me. I have been posting and calling sport shows since you where in elementary school, I didn't just start because my son happened to be playing.

Back to the point, Doogie there are too many games left in the season to proclaim the season lost. To make that assertion is flat out unreasonable and over the top. This was a horrible lost but it only counts as ONE lost. I could go into the X's and O's as to why this team is having problems and the subsequent X's and O's as to why it can be fixed but you don't have the sports knowledge to understand. Not meant as a dig but considering what you do for living, it's unfortunately and astonishingly true.

We're still cool but if you ever try that again I'm going to make you stand in the corner.

First of all you should run spellcheck before you post, as your errors make you even less credible. The sooner Brewster shuts his big mouth and the rest of you parents and players do too, the better off you will be....

 

[GoldenRose]

First of all you should run spellcheck before you post, as your errors make you even less credible. The sooner Brewster shuts his big mouth and the rest of you parents and players do too, the better off you will be....

This coming from a guy whose town's claim to fame is the world's largest ball of twine.

 

[Mulligan]

UpnorthGo4: We also took 2 calls from so-called die-hard fans who said the same thing. I respectfully disagreed. But Phil is a smart cat. He is a "U" alum. He wants what is best for the program. In other words, a new coach/regime. The fastest way to that result in his opinion to is to lose games this year.

BS!!!! You do this crap all the time with your buddies. Giving us little insights into what great people they are (too busy with his kids to really study up on college ball; drives to Iowa and back which shows how dedicated he is; and now he roots for a loss because that's what's best for the program) and that excuses PA's, Gaard's, and Mackey's constant ridicule of the Gophers. All sorts of comments were warranted yesterday but Phil Mackey has come off like an asshole many times before yesterday. It's not wanting "what is best for the program." It's the insider game being played trying to be more clever than the next guy in insulting Gopher fans. It's being anti-Sids and genuflecting before the biggest asshole, Ruesse. Who, BTW, writes a column on St. Thomas football today but can't resist the shot at the Gophers at the end. It's being a sports nut without having sports talent and compensating for it by by making fun of the jocks whenever you can.

 

[Honyocker]

Agree

Chris: Well aware where you stand. With your son a starter and a leader, so put in a position to succeed, and has by the way, by Brew, wouldn't expect you to feel any other way. But when you lose to two Dakota schools in four years, plus have a 55-0 loss to Iowa on your resume, so have three of the four or so worst losses in the program's history, enough is enough... confusion still occurring -- timeout burned on offense late yesterday... #1 in penalties two straight years (a personal foul penalty in all but two games last year)... offensive ineptitude not seen around here in a long time last year... I've seen enough. He said the program was "light-years" ahead of when he took it over. He also said this was his most athletic team to date. His spewing of BS has to stop. They have better talent. But what evidence is there that he can coach them up? If you listened to the whole show, my co-host, Phil Mackey, said he was rooting against the Gophers. I never would do that. Also said they will win "games" the rest of the season. Maybe even next week against a beatable USC team. But when you lose to a middle-tier 1-AA team, in my opinion, no win or wins the rest of the year can erase that. Just my feelings. If you want to call me "unrational" so be it. But we have to remember the side that you're coming from. An extremely biased one.
By the way, my venom is nothing compared to numerous people within the athletic department.

Agree. This is the end for Brewster. We will stumble through the rest of the season. This team cannot execute. The talent is there, the coaching leadership is not.

 

[Rotundo]

Doogie - thanks for the meltdown and the column in the Star Tribune. At least you care and cover the program.

 

[Ewert86PC]

Doogie. Great show. I don't think Maturi has the spine to drop the ax now. He should, but it is a situation where he can't protect himself. He would have to admit fault.

 

[DMB123]

Either provide specifics or don't mention it. This is playground journalism, Darren.

Doogie's comment has nothing to do with journalism, this is a message board and that's a perfect forum for comments like this. Had he said it in the Star Trib you may have a point, but he didn't. Get a clue.

 

[WhatAMaroon]

Doogie is just another sports talk guy trying to get a reaction. He has been here trying to suck up for a while after he lost his radio job, and now that he's back on the air he rips the team the first chance he gets. We don't need "people who care" like that.

Just another attention seeking famewhore.

 

[Noonan]

Doogie is just another sports talk guy trying to get a reaction. He has been here trying to suck up for a while after he lost his radio job, and now that he's back on the air he rips the team the first chance he gets. We don't need "people who care" like that.

Just another attention seeking famewhore.

Couldn't disagree more. I view myself as somewhere between Doogie and his opposition on this forum, but I have to side with Doogie in that he is not simply looking for a reaction. He puts out good arguments that are not "fly off the handle" reactions. His points are based on an overall performance over 3+ years. No one wearing maroon and gold should be happy with where we are at given the time we've had to "rebuild" and the level of talent we are supposed to have based on recruiting ratings.

I don't agree with everything Doogie has to say, but it sickens me to see people who reply with the intention of given this regime a break or somehow coming across like the program is headed in the right direction. They should have already passed the point where they cannot beat an inferior team on their own field.

For the record, I don't want to see Brew go. I don't want to start over again. I hold out hope that he can improve his gameday coaching. I have much less confidence than I did a year ago, but I am still supporting the team.

 

[DarrenTheGreek]

Doogie's comment has nothing to do with journalism, this is a message board and that's a perfect forum for comments like this. Had he said it in the Star Trib you may have a point, but he didn't. Get a clue.

Agreed that there is a difference between radio journalism and a message board but part of what Doogie is doing here is promoting himself as a local journalist/pundit who wants to cover Gophers football. To use his position as a way to get credibility and then throw out rumors is not cool.

 

[jmag21]

I loved Doogie's rant. I felt exactly the same way. Losing to USD, in my opinion, was a fireable offense. And I'm somebody who believed that Brewster should be given four years. But it's clear that there's nothing there. I was extremely angry after that game, and it was cathartic to listen to Doogie. So keep up the good work, Doogie. This is one case where all the negativity was worth it. And frankly, that's what annoys me most about Reusse, Souhan, et al. They're so knee-jerk negative on everything, and in some cases, have to reach so hard to find any trace of a negative angle (Gopher basketball, Twins baseball, etc), that when it really comes time to sharpen the knife, there's no longer any legitimacy. I loved seeing this program get ripped in the Sunday papers, because the Coach deserved it. But I wish that once in a while we'd see some positivity towards the teams that deserve it.

 

[steffyboy]

this south dakota loss was terrible but 3-4 worst losses in programs history? but get real! i would say blowing the lead against michigan and then texas tech are the 2 most painful gopher games i have ever watched. i will give him 1 of the worst games in gopher history with iowa loss but that is it.

there isnt any evidence showing these kids havent been coached up so to speculate on things you have no clue whether true or not is pretty weak! im willing to bet all these kids are much better football players from when they stepped onto campus to now...just sayin!

i have liked brew and his positivity but this loss at this time killed any momentum brew had left in the tank. lets get him out and move on. i blame maturi number 1 and brew number 2 so i hope brew is there to help pack maturi's office as well!

For me the SD loss was the worse by far. NDSU was close. Both were humerous in that I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I would rather crap glass than go through the ordeal that occurred Saturday. The Michigan and Texas Tech losses occurred at a time when we blew plenty of games (the Purdue and NW losses for example where we gave up a long two-play drive with 16 seconds on the clock from our own 9 yard line as Grinning Glen walked around congratulating the coaches, and the NW last second bomb in the Dome). They were surprising and sucked. Cosgrove has to go. I could write a book the size of War and Peace on straight critisizm.

I understand anyone cheering against the Gophers for the good of the program so we can get a new administration. I just can't bring myself to do it. I also wouldn't be surprised to see the Gophers win some more games including USC. We will now be considered a pushover and teams may overlook us, and we do have some athletes. I'm at least looking forward to the tailgator this weekend.

 

[GophersInIowa]

I understand anyone cheering against the Gophers for the good of the program so we can get a new administration.

I don't understand that at all, especially this early in the season. I don't know how us winning 2 or 3 games would be a good thing, even if it means getting a new staff. If we only win 2 or 3, then not only is our coaching staff bad, but it would mean we just don't have the talent either. I don't think that's the case. I do think there is talent right now to be a good team, we just need the right coaches to get them prepared and in the right spot. Having another season like 2007 would mean we haven't progressed at all since then.

I just can't imagine wanting my team to lose for any reason ever.

 

[Rescooter]

Great Post OOG!

You put yourself out there by defending the indefensible. I am an alum of the U, as is my wife. My daughters already have the full funding they will need to go to the U, when they decide to attend. And, I have attended GF for the last 30 years and watched them for the last 40+ years. I am old enough to remember the last great years of Warmath, the illdefined years of Cal Stoll, Joe Salem, Lou Holtz, Gutey, Wacker, Mase and now Brewster. Each had their problems to face. Brewster has his uphill battles as well. There is plenty of blame to go around for almost 50 years of failure. So, when I say what I am about to say, I am just the messenger.

Tim Brewster needs to be fired for not having a stratigic vision of the team. "Winning the Rose Bowl" is not a mission statement, an objective, a vision, or a task. It is the outcome of all the things that go into making it happen. After all the changes in coordinators, and different game day philosophies that have come into being, I think I can say that Brewster has strayed from managing the team.

I too am a longsuffering Gopher fan. You hit the nail on the head when you talked about vision. The "Smokey Joe" Salem era was hard to endure, but the Brewster era is unbearable.

 

[go4rob]

Chris: Well aware where you stand. With your son a starter and a leader, so put in a position to succeed, and has by the way, by Brew, wouldn't expect you to feel any other way. But when you lose to two Dakota schools in four years, plus have a 55-0 loss to Iowa on your resume, so have three of the four or so worst losses in the program's history, enough is enough... confusion still occurring -- timeout burned on offense late yesterday... #1 in penalties two straight years (a personal foul penalty in all but two games last year)... offensive ineptitude not seen around here in a long time last year... I've seen enough. He said the program was "light-years" ahead of when he took it over. He also said this was his most athletic team to date. His spewing of BS has to stop. They have better talent. But what evidence is there that he can coach them up? If you listened to the whole show, my co-host, Phil Mackey, said he was rooting against the Gophers. I never would do that. Also said they will win "games" the rest of the season. Maybe even next week against a beatable USC team. But when you lose to a middle-tier 1-AA team, in my opinion, no win or wins the rest of the year can erase that. Just my feelings. If you want to call me "unrational" so be it. But we have to remember the side that you're coming from. An extremely biased one.
By the way, my venom is nothing compared to numerous people within the athletic department.

Doogie, I'm a long, long-time fan, since 1960 and have to agree with you. I'm not faulting the kids on the team, I'm faulting the way they are being prepared. I got back to 1984, Holt'z first year when he brought back respectability to the program because we were IN every game, we competed hard, we won games we shouldn't have (beat Wisconsin in Madison at their homecoming 17 to 14 when we were 21 point dogs going in) and he did it with all of Joe Salem's players that had been run off the field the previous year. If he is going to "talk" about how much improved we are, then he'd better be able to back it up with the performance on the field. I have seen not one single thing in 4 years that leads me to believe there is improvement, other than the big ranking of Brewster's first real recruiting class (his 2nd year here). I'd feel much more positive if we were doing the right things. It's just not happening. Make a change now? Maturi would be admitting that he blew it four years ago and I'm not sure that will happen. I said then, and I say now, a change needs to happen but I'm not sure we have the administration in place to make the right decision about a new coach. All this B.S. about nobody wanting to coach at Minnesota is also an excuse and a crutch! This is as good of a place to live, work, and attend College as any place in the Country. All it takes is MONEY and this town has a LOT of that as well with all the big corporations in town. We've done it before with Holtz, we just couldn't figure out a way to keep him...we did it with Tubby as well. Whoever turns thing program around will be on everybody's radar...get a good one, and keep him. We are simply not used to doing that. Anyway, sorry for my rant, but I will be there supporting our team and cheering them on. I just want something back in return and what I saw last Saturday was unacceptable, and somebody in the Athletic Dept. needs to feel the same way.

 

[Sportsfan24]

First of all you should run spellcheck before you post, as your errors make you even less credible. The sooner Brewster shuts his big mouth and the rest of you parents and players do too, the better off you will be....

Really dude? You are going to go the spell check route? Really? Why don't you try putting a space between spell and check and YOU might be credible.

Do you even know what I said that you are disagreeing with? Of course not. You are just angry that I have an opinion that you think differs from yours. How credible does that make you?

 

[60 Cent]

ll this B.S. about nobody wanting to coach at Minnesota is also an excuse and a crutch! This is as good of a place to live, work, and attend College as any place in the Country. All it takes is MONEY and this town has a LOT of that as well with all the big corporations in town. We've done it before with Holtz, we just couldn't figure out a way to keep him...we did it with Tubby as well.

Money talks...the power boosters in the program don't care enough about the football program to put pressure on the U to pony up the cash to make the program relevant. The persistent and consistent mediocrity that is U football wouldn't fly in Columbus, Madison, Austin, or in any other mid market city where their university is the big dog in sports.

If the U and its power boosters really cared about the product on the field, they wouldn't have hired a position coach as head coach of the football team. There's a lot more "talk" from the powers about wanting the program to be successful than there is action...money talks and unfortunately those with the pockets and connections to the U and the U itself aren't following through. Until I see a big(ger) name coach hired for the football program and until I see money pouring into the football program from the U, I'm not optimistic that the U is fully serious about being more than occasionally competitive in football.

Anyone will coach at a major school if the commitment from a university is strong enough financially...

 

[go4rob]

Money talks...the power boosters in the program don't care enough about the football program to put pressure on the U to pony up the cash to make the program relevant. The persistent and consistent mediocrity that is U football wouldn't fly in Columbus, Madison, Austin, or in any other mid market city where their university is the big dog in sports.

If the U and its power boosters really cared about the product on the field, they wouldn't have hired a position coach as head coach of the football team. There's a lot more "talk" from the powers about wanting the program to be successful than there is action...money talks and unfortunately those with the pockets and connections to the U and the U itself aren't following through. Until I see a big(ger) name coach hired for the football program and until I see money pouring into the football program from the U, I'm not optimistic that the U is fully serious about being more than occasionally competitive in football.

Anyone will coach at a major school if the commitment from a university is strong enough financially...

Agreed!