Former Gopher OC Mike Dunbar retires, leaves former Gopher Dwayne Walker upset

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Wow. He does seem like a little bit of prima donna. Couldn't get along with Tedford at Cal.
 

Interesting to see Mac Boston in the article as well. NMSU has a very Golden Gopher-like offensive leadership trend going.
 


jags1998 said:
NMSU has a very Golden Gopher-like offensive leadership trend going.
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What a shock. Apparently, Brewster is not the only coach in the history of football to have problems finding the right offensive and defensive coordinators after taking over a struggling program. I know many GopherHolers think Brewster was the first one ever to have problems putting together a coaching staff after being hired.

Brewster was hired in the middle of January and had about 7 days to put together his coaching staff from scratch and then hit the recruiting trail. I don't recall Reusse and Barreiro acknowledging that situation even once while they and almost everyone else in Minnesota roasted Brewster alive. The same can be said of many regular GopherHole posters. Brewster never recovered from that first year when he was put in an impossible situation through no fault of his own.
 


Go4Broke said:
What a shock. Apparently, Brewster is not the only coach in the history of football to have problems finding the right offensive and defensive coordinators after taking over a struggling program. I know many GopherHolers think Brewster was the first one ever to have problems putting together a coaching staff after being hired.

Brewster was hired in the middle of January and had about 7 days to put together his coaching staff from scratch and then hit the recruiting trail. I don't recall Reusse and Barreiro acknowledging that situation even once while they and almost everyone else in Minnesota roasted Brewster alive. The same can be said of many regular GopherHole posters. Brewster never recovered from that first year when he was put in an impossible situation through no fault of his own.
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I bet changing from Mason's run offense to the Spread had something to do with not winning more than 2 games his first year.

Fact of the matter is Brewster was not ready to be a head coach and more importantly we need to move on from the last three plus years.
 

a person can only blame someone else so long before it finally gets back to them and no one is willing to give an opportunity any more. Retiring is probably the best.

Concerning Brewster, in hindsight, yes he did not have much time to put a staff together, and did try to keep everything as positive as possible, but in all truth he probably was not up to the task either. He probably should have taken changing the offense a little slower and retained a few of Mason's staff, even if it meant suffering a little on the recruiting trail. I believe staff contracts are only one year so if he did not appreciate the job they did, he would only have to endure it one year and have time to look for someone else.
 

Go4Broke said:
What a shock. Apparently, Brewster is not the only coach in the history of football to have problems finding the right offensive and defensive coordinators after taking over a struggling program. I know many GopherHolers think Brewster was the first one ever to have problems putting together a coaching staff after being hired.

Brewster was hired in the middle of January and had about 7 days to put together his coaching staff from scratch and then hit the recruiting trail. I don't recall Reusse and Barreiro acknowledging that situation even once while they and almost everyone else in Minnesota roasted Brewster alive. The same can be said of many regular GopherHole posters. Brewster never recovered from that first year when he was put in an impossible situation through no fault of his own.
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I have to call B.S. here. If the situation was so impossible, Brew could have turned the job down.
 




WHB Brewer said:
I have to call B.S. here. If the situation was so impossible, Brew could have turned the job down.
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Say someone offers you a Big Ten coaching job.

Now you have no head coaching experience (if you do, pretend you don't), but you do have a great line about hot chili (if you don't, pretend you do). HOW ARE YOU GOING TO TURN THAT DOWN

Maturi says he's going to give you a massive raise, and let you be head coach- I don't see many under qualified people turning such an offer down.
 

It was not an impossible situation. He could have retained the existing coaches, kept the offense the same or at least similar and worked on the defense. That might have been a very good thing for a new HC with no HC or coordinator experience to do. There are always difficulties when a new coach takes over when the previous coach was fired, it was no more impossible for Brewster than for any other coach.
 

gophergrad said:
Say someone offers you a Big Ten coaching job.

Now you have no head coaching experience (if you do, pretend you don't), but you do have a great line about hot chili (if you don't, pretend you do). HOW ARE YOU GOING TO TURN THAT DOWN

Maturi says he's going to give you a massive raise, and let you be head coach- I don't see many under qualified people turning such an offer down.
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Love the chili line.

I would disagree with your thought process though because if you know you are unprepared for a situation you aren't helping yourself by getting into it. Sure he made some bucks for a few years, but he may have derailed his coaching career. I'll be shocked if he ever gets a HC job again, whether or not he deserves one (think Les Steckel). Where if he waited for a job that was a better fit once he had more experience maybe he could have been more successful.

Go4Broke said:
Brewster was hired in the middle of January and had about 7 days to put together his coaching staff from scratch and then hit the recruiting trail... Brewster never recovered from that first year when he was put in an impossible situation through no fault of his own.
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That would explain the first OC and DC not working out, but then what about #2 and #3 of each, plus all the "co-coordinators". Also he could have retained Mason's assitants through the signing period then hired new coaches. He chose to hire his own people right away. And there's nothing saying if he had a year to hire new coaches that he wouldn't have ended up with the same staff. When Brew said he wanted the spread offense and Dunbar was available (one of the innovators of the spread) I just don't know who else Brew would have gone after. His other coaches had very strong resumes as well. Honestly, the staff he started with remind me a lot of his recruits - good on paper, but he could never get them to achieve the performance they were supposed to be capable of.
 

gophergrad said:
Say someone offers you a Big Ten coaching job.

Now you have no head coaching experience (if you do, pretend you don't), but you do have a great line about hot chili (if you don't, pretend you do). HOW ARE YOU GOING TO TURN THAT DOWN

Maturi says he's going to give you a massive raise, and let you be head coach- I don't see many under qualified people turning such an offer down.
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This seems pretty reasonable.
 



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