Easy to say Brewster wasn't as bad as Rich Rod

[EE_Gopher]

Given the recruiting advantages, there simply is no excuse at Michigan. It would have been one thing to have a poor offense and a good defense. But the Michigan defense on New Year's Day reminded me of the South Dakota game. At least the Gopher defense was respectable last year and our defense actually got better this year as displayed against Iowa.

Of course, saying Brewster wasn't as bad was not meant as a complement!

Also, the debacle with Harbaugh not coming to Michigan makes Maturi look superior to Dave Brandon as well. This also is not meant as a complement.

 

[goldengophers]

Both were abject failures in their last jobs but Rich Rod has succeeded as a head coach before...Brewster never succeeded as a head coach. Also, Dave Brandon will have been on the job one year as of tomorrow, what has he done wrong? The Harbaugh to Michigan relationship was torn before Brandon.

 

[gophmeister]

Brewster missed an awesome chance to get the jug in 2008.

 

[DMB123]

RichRod is 10X the coach Brewster is. Rodriguez is a proven winner as a head coach who has failed at Michigan, but he was at least thought highly enough of to get the Michigan job and he will get another good job soon. Brewster is a clown who won't even get the Texas State job.

 

[Seany]

RichRod is 10X the coach Brewster is. Rodriguez is a proven winner as a head coach who has failed at Michigan, but he was at least thought highly enough of to get the Michigan job and he will get another good job soon.

Word. As football coaches, Brewster and Rodriguez don't even compare.

That said though, I wouldn't necessarily agree with your depiction of Brewster as a 'clown'. I don't believe he's a clown, just not a very good head coach at this point in his life.

 

[Monty519]

I wouldn't say it's "easy" to say, but when you just look at the three years of Rich Rod and Brew's first three years, there's some similarities there as well as evidence Brewster did a better job. Like the two bowl games to one, the defensive improvements when compared to the disaster that is the Michigan defense, etc. But then the fourth year for Brew hit, and reality set in. I highly doubt Rich Rod's fourth year would have been anywhere near the disaster Brew's was, mainly because he at least knows what he wants to do and wasn't switching schemes like they were a pair of shoes, hence more continuity in recruiting, etc. That alone makes his stay better than Brew's here.

 

[1983]

RichRod is 10X the coach Brewster is. Rodriguez is a proven winner as a head coach who has failed at Michigan, but he was at least thought highly enough of to get the Michigan job and he will get another good job soon. Brewster is a clown who won't even get the Texas State job.

Your only as good as your last gig. Rich Rod sucks and screwed up one of the most successful programs in history to date. RR was supposedly qualified to handle a major program, Brewster was a rookie coach who was OJT. RR is just as bad at this point.

 

[UpnorthGo4]

Brewster's record is in no way as bad as Rodriguez's record. Brewster managed to get in 2 out of 4 bowl games despite Mason's four straight years of Bottom 25 recruiting classes. Rich Rod, of course, had the luxury of coaching with four straight years of Top 25 recruiting classes.

 

[imthewalrus]

You brewster apologists are all alike...

Blame brewster's total dedication to his incompetence. There is NO excuse. NOTHING...No offensive system...No defensive system...No offensive coordinator could bail that know nothing brewster out. No defensive coordinator could bail that incompetent and blundering brewster out.

brewster lost all those games that he lost ALL BY HIMSELF.

You don't get to apologize for brewster. He for ALL TIME will be on the hook for his incompetence at the Unviersity of Minnesota. He ran the program into the ground in the NEW STADIUM that he was handed.

The excuses you make for brewster don't cut it. brewster got his head handed to him by a lot of Big Ten coaches...and South Dakota coaches and North Dakota State coaches.

In the end, he got fired mid-season because he was SO incompetent. All of brewster's troubles...all of his problem will go with him every day and every where for as long as he lives. He failed at the University of Minnesota big time. None of your excuses cut it.

 

[goldengophers]

Try to blame brewster's total dedication to NOTHING...No offensive system...No defensive system...No offensive coordinator could bail that know nothing brewster out. No defensive coordinator could bail that incompetent and blundering brewster out.

brewster lost all those games that he lost ALL BY HIMSELF.

You don't get to apologize for brewster. He for ALL TIME will be on the hook for his incompetence at the Unviersity of Minnesota. He ran the program into the ground in the NEW STADIUM that he was handed.

The excuses you make for brewster don't cut it. brewster got his head handed to him by a lot of Big Ten coaches...and South Dakota coaches and North Dakota State coaches.

In the end, he got fired mid-season because he was SO incompetent. All of brewster's troubles...all of his problem will go with him every day and every where for as long as he lives. He failed at the University of Minnesota big time. None of your excuses cut it.

amen

 

[MNfootballfan]

Blame brewster's total dedication to his incompetence. There is NO excuse. NOTHING...No offensive system...No defensive system...No offensive coordinator could bail that know nothing brewster out. No defensive coordinator could bail that incompetent and blundering brewster out.

brewster lost all those games that he lost ALL BY HIMSELF.

You don't get to apologize for brewster. He for ALL TIME will be on the hook for his incompetence at the Unviersity of Minnesota. He ran the program into the ground in the NEW STADIUM that he was handed.

The excuses you make for brewster don't cut it. brewster got his head handed to him by a lot of Big Ten coaches...and South Dakota coaches and North Dakota State coaches.

In the end, he got fired mid-season because he was SO incompetent. All of brewster's troubles...all of his problem will go with him every day and every where for as long as he lives. He failed at the University of Minnesota big time. None of your excuses cut it.

Brew ran a new stadium in the ground, but RichRod ran one of the better, more consistent programs ever into the ground. I would take Brew's tenure over RichRods tenure anyday. I am not blind though, does RichRod have more potential? Yes, but Brew took an average team to rock bottom then to average then back down. RichRod took a great team (that beat Florida in the game before he got there) to the bottom and is fighting to be average.

 

[dpodoll68]

Blame brewster's total dedication to his incompetence. There is NO excuse. NOTHING...No offensive system...No defensive system...No offensive coordinator could bail that know nothing brewster out. No defensive coordinator could bail that incompetent and blundering brewster out.

brewster lost all those games that he lost ALL BY HIMSELF.

You don't get to apologize for brewster. He for ALL TIME will be on the hook for his incompetence at the Unviersity of Minnesota. He ran the program into the ground in the NEW STADIUM that he was handed.

The excuses you make for brewster don't cut it. brewster got his head handed to him by a lot of Big Ten coaches...and South Dakota coaches and North Dakota State coaches.

In the end, he got fired mid-season because he was SO incompetent. All of brewster's troubles...all of his problem will go with him every day and every where for as long as he lives. He failed at the University of Minnesota big time. None of your excuses cut it.

So, Wayne...tell us, why is it ok for you to mercilessly run Brewster's name down, doing everything short of insulting his mother...and yet, when anyone even casually criticizes Weber, even respectfully, they're a "mobber and a basher". Tell us, Wayne - why the double standard?

 

[Silvio]

Both coaches came into situations that were in decline and couldn't turn their programs around. I would say RichRod is probably the bigger failure as Michigan will probably go away from the spread leaving their next coach with minimal pieces in place and a total rebuild job. I also think that the gophers have more defensive talent ready to be productive upperclassmen.

 

[imthewalrus]

brewster got paid a boat-load of money. Weber didn't. brewster was done the moment he opened his mouth. Weber never spun anything. brewster couldn't hang on to an offensive coordinator or a defensive coordinator. Weber had to play for brewsters' failed and fired offensive coordinators. brewster couldn't build an offensive line or a running game. Weber had to play without the benefit of a decent offensive line or running game. Besides that, brewster got paid a boat-load of money and he wore a sign on his back that said: "I'm tim brewster...I'm an overpaid mouth that was hired by an incompetent ad and I am PAID really well to take ALL the criticism that my incompetent leadership skills won't let me spin off on my other coaches and on players. So HIT me with your best shot...." It was a a sign of the time for brewball. brewster needs to be blasted. He needed to be blasted. He deserved to be blasted. Weber didn't deserve that.

 

[dpodoll68]

brewster got paid a boat-load of money. Weber didn't. brewster was done the moment he opened his mouth. Weber never spun anything. brewster couldn't hang on to an offensive coordinator or a defensive coordinator. Weber had to play for brewsters' failed and fired offensive coordinators. brewster couldn't build an offensive line or a running game. Weber had to play without the benefit of a decent offensive line or running game. Besides that, brewster got paid a boat-load of money and he wore a sign on his back that said: "I'm tim brewster...I'm an overpaid mouth that was hired by an incompetent ad and I am PAID really well to take ALL the criticism that my incompetent leadership skills won't let me spin off on my other coaches and on players. So HIT me with your best shot...." It was a a sign of the time for brewball. brewster needs to be blasted. He needed to be blasted. He deserved to be blasted. Weber didn't deserve that.

So Weber's free education means he can't be ripped? Weber did nothing wrong his four years here? Why does Weber deserve no criticism? You saying "Weber didn't deserve [to be blasted]" doesn't make it so.

 

[RodentRampage]

Brewster wasn't a highly paid D-I coach. Brewster's faults had nothing to do with him "opening his mouth", his faults were making radical changes at the drop of a hat. The spread was probably to radical a change from the prior offense, but having made that change, to abandon the spread for another radical change was too much. Brewster would have been better off leaving the offense intact or making a less radical change in offense and focused on rebuilding the defense. Instead the offense tanked and the defense was awful, which was a bad combination. I think Brewster made some mistakes and dug himself a hole he couldn't get out of. He might to better if he gets another job at a lower level, if he's gotten over his rookie mistakes. But there was no way he was going to be able to dig out of the hole he was in here.

As far as Weber goes, the way some talk, he wouldn't be good enough for a Pop Warner team. He finished up with the 3rd highest completion percentage in Gophers history (he was #1 going into this season, but his percentage dipped slightly). He holds the record for freshman, sophmore and junior yards in a season, and was close to getting the record for most yards as a senior. He might make an NFL team or he might not. He'll probably at least be in an NFL training camp.

 

[Ski U Mah 55]

Given the choice I would take RR over Brewster every time.

 

[tikited]

Brewster wasn't a highly paid D-I coach. Brewster's faults had nothing to do with him "opening his mouth", his faults were making radical changes at the drop of a hat. The spread was probably to radical a change from the prior offense, but having made that change, to abandon the spread for another radical change was too much. Brewster would have been better off leaving the offense intact or making a less radical change in offense and focused on rebuilding the defense. Instead the offense tanked and the defense was awful, which was a bad combination. I think Brewster made some mistakes and dug himself a hole he couldn't get out of. He might to better if he gets another job at a lower level, if he's gotten over his rookie mistakes. But there was no way he was going to be able to dig out of the hole he was in here.

As far as Weber goes, the way some talk, he wouldn't be good enough for a Pop Warner team. He finished up with the 3rd highest completion percentage in Gophers history (he was #1 going into this season, but his percentage dipped slightly). He holds the record for freshman, sophmore and junior yards in a season, and was close to getting the record for most yards as a senior. He might make an NFL team or he might not. He'll probably at least be in an NFL training camp.

Bingo!