Originally Posted by monk: quoting 4starrecruit...
"...Husker: a 10-2 record in 2009 is exactly what I want to see! I value Big Ten wins above any other type of win. That would mean the Gophers were truely competing in the Big Ten Conference. I will never ask for anything more than that. In my opinion, the Big Ten win vs. the Big Ten loss record is the ONLY true indicator of exactly how a fotball program at the University of Minnesota ranks with all the other Big Ten Conference member football programs. There is head to head competition. Every win is precious and to be treasured. Every loss is devistating and makes competing with the other programs within the conference that much more difficult. Some of it is recruiting. Some of it is pure talent based. Some of it is coaching. Some of it is pure heart and desire of every member within that program. Some of it is good luck vs bad luck. Some is the ability to avoid injury. Some of it is the ability to play through non-threatening injury. But, in the end, the final Big Ten record each season presents a non-disputable "state of the program..." report. 6 and 2 in the Big Ten would be very good...in fact excellent! 2-6 would be very poor...in fact it would be very troubling going into a coache's 3rd season.
I also want brewster to remain in place longer than maturi and prexy b. remain on the job. I do not want the two of them to hire another football coach. They have had their time to manage the football program at the Uiversity of Minnesota. They do not have a lot of "future" to serve in their present positions. The future of the academic programs at the University of Minnesota must be addressed and shaped by people who will be there ten years from now. The future of the football program must be decided by the Athletic Director of the next ten to twelve years. Prexy b will not be at the University of Minnesota in 10 t0 12 years. Hopefully he will be doing all the things he wants to be doing in his retirement. maturi will not be the ad at the U of M in 10 to 12 years. He will also be well along into his retirement.
The best thing brewster has done during his time at Minnesota was to finally dump dunbar. I honstly do think the Gopher offense will be more fun to watch this season and if the offensive line can continue improving throughout the season, I believe that Mr. Weber and company will have a very entertaining offense. I don't know how successful any program is that shuttles qb's in and out of games. Who knows, perhaps an injury or the need to play through an injury will make this a moot point.
I believe that this 2009 offense could have done better in 2007 and 2008 than the dunbar spread could have done. I honestly do believe that the 2007 and 2008 schedules were set up for wins. However, this 2009 schedule in my opinion will be more difficult. Progress could be made on one level, yet, the wins will probably be more difficult to earn in 2009.
"Casey did waltz with the strawberry blonde and the BANNED played on..." Yes, I am here. Yes, I was restricted from this board for a period of time. For right or for wrong reasons. Have I ever been any worse, or sometimes even as bad as a number of others who have continued to post here? To each thier own on that question, I guess. Hate me. Dislike me. tolerate me. Appreciate me. Read me. Don't read me. Tell me I'm wrong. Tell me I'm right. Laugh at me. whine about me. Disagree with me. Agree with me. I'll be here for a while...maybe a long time even. I say what I think, and I think what I say. I'll be going to Gopher games as long as I can get around. I'll be enjoying the new stadium. I'll be wanting Gopher wins in Big Ten play and on every Game Day Saturday.
I think the only way to judge brewster is by the number of Big Ten wins he has vs the number of Big Ten losses. That has always been the major criteria for judging Big Ten Coaches. That will always be the major creiteria. Isn't it really that way at all Division I colleges?
Keep brewster in place for at least one season after maturi and prexy b are no longer associated with the University of Minnesota. That is ultimate tenure for a football coach a the U of M. That is ultimate support for a football coach at the University of Minnesota.
But Husker, the 7-1 easy portion of the schedule in 2008 was fun. However, the 0-5 finish with the thrashing at the hands of iowa and Kansas was brutally painful. That big time loss to that very bad Michigan team was an eye-opener. That collapse against wisky was so frustrating. And that followed a horrible victory turned into a loss in the dome against NU. During the part of the season in which they played a tougher foe, it looked worse than most of the 2007 throw away season.
That was very painful to this very long-term and long-time Golden Gopher Football Fan. 55 years of Gopher teams, coaches, players and seasons that I recall Husker. That is a lot of Golden Gopher Football! I have been there. I will be there. They can try to vote me off the island, but I will not go away. Just as with kilroy during WWII, youwill continue to find evidence that "wren" was here. I've had a lifetime of being a Golden Gopher Fan. I will be a Golden Gopher Football Fan until the day I die. I'll approach the traditions and the history of Golden Gopher Football based upon what I have experienced, seen, read about and know. I will go into the future of Golden Gopher Football not based upon what the current booster club members or brewcrew spinners want me to say, think and do, but based upon the spirit of Golden Gopher Football that I have experienced...the trials, tribulations, battles and victories I have seen this program experience. I will be honest, say what I think and be my own person. I will stand up for what I believe. I'll be around Husker...and I will always use the number of Big Ten wins as the ultimate barometer of the current health of the University of Minnesota Golden Gopher Football Program. No matter how the establishment may spin it the number of Big Ten wins the Gophers achieve each football season will always tell us exactly how the program is doing. Coaches can say they have aspirations to win championships, Rosebowls and National Titles...but...the number of Big Ten wins tells us if they are contenders or pretenders. They can't baffle us with b.s. Husker. They have to show us with LOTS of Big Ten wins. Words are cheap. Big Ten victories are only earned on the Big Ten Playing Fields and in the Big Ten Stadiums. I don't care what brewster says: I WATCH what he DOES on Game Day Saturdays. Tell him wren was here and that wren is waiting for a LOT of Big Ten wins.
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