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A sincere thank you to Brewster and staff for being good people and working their asses off. Yes, the on the field results were horrible but I can't fault him for trying to get Minnesota Football back on the map. Thank you for the overall passion and effort and I hope the next coach has as much as he did.

Best of luck at your next job Brew and &.

CL33
 

I agree, Brewster had a vision and he failed. He is a very nice person who would stop and talk to you. I think we will look back on this as just another example of putting a band aid on a gushing wound. The problem is bigger than a new coach.
 

Curseislifted33 said:
A sincere thank you to Brewster and staff for being good people and working their asses off. Yes, the on the field results were horrible but I can't fault him for trying to get Minnesota Football back on the map. Thank you for the overall passion and effort and I hope the next coach has as much as he did.

Best of luck at your next job Brew and &.

CL33
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I was a Brew guy from the start. I think that the staff he hired, even the old crab, Dunbar, were and are pretty good guys. I really believed he could do it.

There is some sort of disconnect between what could be and what is.

That comes down to the head guy. The game against Northern Illinois turned the corner for me. All the hype, the recruiting upgrade, the plans were dashed by one overlying conistency from day one--lack of preparation.

How could a team look so unprepared week after week?

It's the head guy.

You don't have to be the best recruiter or the best X's and O's guy. You need to be an administrator and a motivator. In the end, he was neither.
 

+1.

Effort was not his problem. It it rough to see these coaches come in and get beaten down by this job and the fact that it is nearly impossible to come in here and win. Brew realized no matter how hard he worked he could never get the recruits he needed to come in here and win. Mason found that out and stopped working hard. Credit Brew, he never stopped giving 100%.
 

All good points. I'm kind of sad to see him go because him leaving in the middle of the season means our team really sucks. I had such high hopes even after the 08 season because I saw a flash of what could be at 7-1 it just never came back again. Love his attitude, his vision, and his effort, he just couldn't get it done. No hard feelings. Next man up.
 


He seemed to give it his best effort. And I think he learned a lot here. Brwester will be a positions coach at a top program next year. He will work his way-up, and I'm sure he will only have good things to say about his time in Minnesota in the process.

I'm still waiting for Souhan to admit he was totally wrong about some big scandal breaking to expose the seedy underbelly of the Gopher football program under Tim Brewster. :rolleyes:

But, of course, all we will ever get from the Souhans and Berrreriorios of the Twin Cities are "told you so's", even though they were wrong about everything all along.
 

It's unfortunate that Brew will not be around to coach his recruits as Seniors. The next coach will have a lot of talent to work with. I hear people bad mouth his recruiting, we'll see how well he recruited in 2011 & 2012 ...
 

Tim Brewster

One reason that I liked Tim Brewster was that unlike Mason, he was a hard working person. He attempted to increase the skill level of recruits at the University--unlike Mason. I wish him the best. I agree with posters who say that the next coach has to be an experienced head coach or a very talented coordinator. This time, the U will have to pay the freight for a top flight coach or risk having TCF be a ghost town.
 

I also want to say thanks. Brew made a sincere effort to connect and embrace the rich history of this once storied program. That is something that was definitely lacking in the past and was a step in the right direction.
 



I feel sorry for Coach Brew. Anyone who has been fired knows the feeling and has compassion for anyone in this situation.

Coach Brew was refreshing in that he remembered the past Gopher history and tried to tie it to the present. He had goals and didn't reach them but at least he had vision (unlike mason) and wasn't going to be satisfied in going to the Sun Bowl. I truly hope he succeeds in his next job. Good Luck Coach!
 

Good luck Coach Brew,

we had hopes for him and the guy gave his best, unfortunately he didn't succeed.

With his passion and energy, good things will happen to him yet.
 

jll62 said:
I also want to say thanks. Brew made a sincere effort to connect and embrace the rich history of this once storied program. That is something that was definitely lacking in the past and was a step in the right direction.
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+1

Brew became a Gopher by embracing the entirety of the University. He stood up for his players, and school, every time he could do so. He devoted so much time to the Gophers that I think it's possible he may have put in more hours on the job then his predecessor. I wish him the best and I hope he has learned enough to someday realize his dream of being a successful head coach.
 

jll62 said:
I also want to say thanks. Brew made a sincere effort to connect and embrace the rich history of this once storied program. That is something that was definitely lacking in the past and was a step in the right direction.
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Add to that the improved FB GPA and reconnecting with the MN high school coaches.

He was a tireless worker and promoter.

Good Luck Brew
 



Ditto thanks for the effort - he was as hard-working as any coach, but simply didn't have the experience for a top tier conference job.
 

I have felt the last couple of weeks that he should be let go if this last game didn't result in a win. But I do feel sad for him because he did give it his best effort just was in over his head. I think this is very similar to the situation of Monson, he also was way in over his head.
 


Brewster's teams played harder than Mason's, especially in the second half.
 

I'd like to thank Brewster as well. For working his ass off, for (atleast publicly) being very positive about the potential of Minnesota Golden Gopher football, for showing that you CAN bring highly regarded recruits to the University of Minnesota, for doing reconnecting with Minnesota high school coaches, for reaching out to former Gophers players from many different eras, and for doing a better job closing the borders than his predecessor. In some ways, Coach Brewster raised the bar during his tenure, and I thank him for that.

I'd love to see him be a success at his next stop, wherever that might be.
 

EG#9 said:
I'd like to thank Brewster as well. For working his ass off, for (atleast publicly) being very positive about the potential of Minnesota Golden Gopher football, for showing that you CAN bring highly regarded recruits to the University of Minnesota, for doing reconnecting with Minnesota high school coaches, for reaching out to former Gophers players from many different eras, and for doing a better job closing the borders than his predecessor. In some ways, Coach Brewster raised the bar during his tenure, and I thank him for that.

I'd love to see him be a success at his next stop, wherever that might be.
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+1

I don't think he'll have any trouble finding a job next year as an assistant. I could see him getting a shot as a HC at a Sun Belt or MAC school down the road.
 

Seriously? OK - Good luck to Brew - he was a nice guy, but this was long overdue. You feel sorry for Brewster? Will you still feel sorry for him when he's cashing his $600,000 buyout check. If he was the CEO of a company he would have been cut loose long ago. A little bit of a strech I know, but this is the problem with Gopher football. Of course Brewster worked hard - you don't get to be a head football coach of a D-I school without working hard. We are so used to this kind of mediocrity that 'working hard' is acceptable. And the argument that 'no-one' will be able to recruit here is ridiculous. Look at Iowa or Wisconsin. They bring in decent enough talent to field very competetive teams.

The U needs to take a long hard look at it's head coach hiring process - and do it right. Maturi needs to leave the selection process to someone who knows what they're doing since he fumbled the last one.
 

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