cncmin's admiration of Brewster's strict enforcement of team rules has nothing to do with the so called "increasing" off field incidents.
There may be several reasons for the so called increase in offenses.
To start with many minor incidents go unpunished by several coaching staffs. After all the coach is there to win football games and punishing a player that contributes to your team's success may in the long run cost that coach their job or keep a team from their predicted success this can often times lead coaches to bending or stretching of team rules or even finding creative ways to circumvent the true nature of the rules(Example: UNC's ridiculous "rolling" suspensions).
So that begs the question: Are there more punishable offenses occurring more often under Brewster's watch or are these "punishable" offenses being punished more often.
Many times the only way the public learns of an infraction is if it is announced by the coach. So the increased suspensions could be a result of Brewster more strictly punishing players that break the team rules than the previous administration.
Furthermore, another reason for "increasingly" public incidents is the increased media scrutiny of the program due to the hype Brewster created after his hiring. The media is becoming increasingly interested in seeing Brewster fail and in turn reporting more incidents by the players (Tinsley, Maresh, Theret, etc.). After the bold statements made by Brewster when he was hired, the writers (i.e. Souhan and Reusse or any writer at the STrib for that matter) in the MSP area were waiting for Brewster to fail and the reporting of player incidents may simply be a manifestation of that.
There was a lack of hype around the program when Mason was the coach so some player breaking team rules was not news worthy. The obvious exception to this is if a star player during the Mason regime such as Barber or Maroney were to break team rules.
On the other hand, it is possible that off the field incidence have occurred at an increased frequency during Brewster's tenure. If that is the case, that is more than likely the result of Brewster having to take chances on upper level talent that comes with a certain level of baggage. After all Brewster is attempting to build a program that has been on the bottom for sometime. There isnt a large quantity ofs queaky clean, sure fire 4 and 5 star recruits jumping at the opportunity to join the Gopher football team at this point.
I'm not saying either of these two options is the case.
Bottomline, Brewster is punishing players that break team rules regardless of their importance to the team and that is admirable considering the shaky conditions of his employment following the terrible loss to USD.
