Dunbar resigns
Posted on January 6th, 2009 – 10:02 AMBy Kent Youngblood
The Gophers trotted out a new, power-running facet to their offense in last week’s Insight Bowl game loss to Kansas. Chances are the offense will change even more when spring practice rolls around.
Mike Dunbar has resigned as the Gophers’ offensive coordinator to pursue other professional interests. The move was annouced via a release from coach Tim Brewster, who was traveling back to the Twin Cities after attending Monday’s Fiesta Bowl.
”Coach Dunbar has contributed a great deal to this program over the past two years and I would like to thank him for his efforts,” Brewster said in the release. ”I have a great deal of respect for Mike and I wish him nothing but the best.”
Brewster said he will conduct a national search for Dunbar’s replacement, with no timetable set for the search.
Dunbar came to the Gophers as a part of Brewster’s first coaching staff in 2007. He brought with him the reputation as a guru of the spread offense.
But Brewster had signaled an offensive change of course. After finishing the regular season with four consecutive losses in which the offense had sputtered, Brewster announced he wanted to add a power running aspect to the Gophers offense. He hired Tim Davis as the team’s offensive line coach and running game coordinator on the Monday following the Gophers’ loss to Iowa.
It was a move that clearly altered Dunbar’s role.
Dunbar had one year left on the three-year deal he signed when he came here.
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Does anybody else expect this position to be filled within 48 hours?
Is there any possibilty Davis will get the nod? I know he has a lot of experience with coaching the O-line. I’m just throwing this out to see if any one has any more insight or opinions on this.
Nonetheless, it will be interesting to see who Brewster brings in to interview and what his thoughts are on the direction he wants this to go.
grunkiejr,
Not sure about the time frame. Coaches always say there is no time frame even when they have had talks or even preliminary agreements to fill the vacancy.
On another note, what did you think about the Paige commit? Do you know how many scholarships the gophs have left for this year? If any, do you know of any offers on the table?
I always appreciate any insight you have.
Regards.
Typical Dunbar, never finishes anything. Totally destroyed a National Power in I-AA in 3 seasons at Northern Iowa, and left for the cordinators job at Northwestern. I knew when Brewster hired him it would be a mistake as he never stays put. I think the Gophers will be better without him and the spread offense. If the Gophers get back to a power running game it is going to open up so much more in the passing game, and maybe Decker does not get doubled all year next year.
You gotta love the fact Brewster will stand up and “resign” the guys who need to be “resigned”. Withers, Meyer, and now old Mike.
You guys are looking at Old Mike’s play calling and style more than you should. I’m guessing Brewster also based the decision on the fact Old Mike was not pulling in the recruits.
Davis was on board a couple of days when we got a commitment from Wills, a guy Davis had recruited at Alabama. Roof just pulled in a 4-star Dback in Paige. If you want to coach with Brewster you need to recruit.
A couple of side notes on poor old Mike Dunbar. Only two teams all year scored more points on Ohio State than did Dunbar’s Gopher offense. And, imagine how he feels finally having a possibly real spread QB for next year and getting the boot?
Ken Niumatalolo? He may consider this a step up from head coach at Navy. They know how to run and he has coached the spread…..just a thought.
The good news on naming Davis “Running Game Coordinator” was that it set the stage for “resigning” poor old Mike Dunbar.
The bad news on naming Davis “Running Game Coordinator” is that it might make it more difficult to get the great Offensive Coordinator we need. Will another big time OC come in knowing there is another cook in the kitchen?
“Ken Niumatalolo? He may consider this a step up from head coach at Navy. They know how to run and he has coached the spread…..just a thought.”
That would be very intriguing.
Niumatalolo would be awesome if he would take the job. But I’m not sure he would consider OC at Minnesota a step up. After all, the Navy coach that preceded him turned the opportunity into a big step up.
Mitch Browning and bring along Gordy Shaw. This brewster was too insecure to have kept them here in the first place. However, based upon this brewster’s and this maturi’s status, there are many questions that need to be answered in a very short period of time. The problem for this brewster and this maturi is the fact that only a LOT of Big Ten wins can bring any kind of stability to this program under this current staff and administratio. At bet this prexy b is in a lame duck situation due to his advanced years and impending retirement within the next couple of years. Same thing with this maturi. Without this maturi and a LOT of Big Ten wins, this brewster is a dead-coach-walking, in terms of his job security. IF they fire him, he will get a buy out at least if it happens within the next two years.
Of course, this brewster’s stock is sinking like a stone. The odds of his survival here for two more seasons have greatly diminished during the months of October, November and December.
The program’s administration is on VERY shakey ground entering the 2009 season.
Obviously you didn’t watch any Syracuse games this year if you want Browning back in as O.C.
No offense for the gophers is going to work as long as their lineman are guys who have no feet. The spread wasn’t the problem (as Kansas’ running of it showed). The problem was that they couldn’t protect the passer because the linemen couldn’t move. It’ll be interesting to see what they’re going to do now after recruiting for the spread for the past two years.
Please don’t bring Browning back. I think we will end up with Norm Chow!
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Without Browning and Shaw, this brewster’s career at Minnesota will play out to a pathetic, slow, tourtered ending within the next two seasons. The problem is that this brewster has had no coaches who could coach an offensive line and he certainly can not coach himself. Perhaps it is all meant to be…that he was always doomed to be a 3 or 4 year mere footnote in the University of Minneota Football Media Guide. A tribute to the ineptness of this maturi’s years as the athletic director of the Golden Gopher Football Program. History will recall that the maturi football years were filled with mistakes, errors, neglect and fiscal disasters. May that period of history “rip…baby rip” once they have mercifully been completed. This maturi represents the final chapter of the Wilderness Years Saga…” TCF BANK STADIUM presents the “parting of the seas…” and will become the vehicle of escape. This maturi may start off with those escaping the “WILDERNESS ERA” but before the safe escape has been completed he will be somewhere over in wisconsin in a retirement home where only his god-son, the former offensive coordinator at wisky will visit him.
Not only the linemen but when your offense does not produce a quality second receiving option, that really hurt the passing game.
I know I’m in the minority when saying this but I am still not a fan of Adam Weber. He’s solid but not special — like Ohio State’s Todd Boeckman.
Don’t be surprised if Marquis Grey battles/wins the starting job or sees the field much like the way Tarelle Pryor did.
You need your best athletes on the field.
And for all of the recruiting critics, better be careful with putting your foot in your mouth. Rivals has this class at 28 with a couple of more slots available. The fact that this program is in the hunt for people like McNeal (predicting big-time failure for him because his arrogance) or the DB who went to West Virginia is something that hasn’t happened around here in years.
This will be a solid class. Top 15? Probabl not. Top 25? Would you argue with that?
I think if Grey plays, it will be as a receiver, IF he runs good routes AND has good hands. Otherwise, he will be a “project” at the qb position. Mr. Weber will be the qb and all had best hope that he stays healthy. You had all better start appreciating what Mr. Weber has had to go through during the first two seasons of “brewsterism” at the University of Minnesota.
GN,
The people who are critical of the recruiting class are the Masonites. They jump at any oppurtunity to get upset at Brewster. I think we have only 3 or 4 sports to fill and I think they will be higly ranked players and mostly 4 stars. I think we’ll be in the top 25 again for recruiting.
Wren says,
“Without Browning and Shaw, this brewster’s career at Minnesota will play out to a pathetic, slow, tourtered ending within the next two seasons.”
Kind of like Mason’s career with those two on his staff. Do Browning and Shaw have some improper photos of you, Wren? That can be the only explanation of you constantly whining to bring them back.
I think Gray will be reshirted. They will put Pittman in next year to run the wildcat or do special plays like we had in the bowl game.
I think Maresh will be reshirted also. Campbell and Triplett will be the middle linebackers for one more season.
Gopher Nation says:
“Don’t be surprised if Marquis Grey battles/wins the starting job or sees the field much like the way Tarelle Pryor did.
You need your best athletes on the field.”
Agreed. I like Weber, but competition is designed to bring out the best in athletes. If Weber can win and maintain the job after competeing for the it, then he will be that much better. If not, then the best player needs to be on the field. That goes for every position, not just QB.
Wren says,
“You had all better start appreciating what Mr. Weber has had to go through during the first two seasons of “brewsterism” at the University of Minnesota.”
I would appreciate it if Weber would learn not to stare down one receiver on every pass. Let me guess, that’s part of the “brewsterism”.
As I predicted, wrenbawlblathers nauseous sniveling could be heard coming ten miles away. Whine, snivel, babble, and blather. Nothing more.
What we needed was the ‘DEFENSIVE’ Coordinator to quit. Can’t this team do anything right?
How about Glen Mason ?
Grey and Alipate will battle with Weber this year - Alipate is “graded” much better - bigger - and a “better” passer than Grey was as rated/graded last year. It’s hard to believe considering his team was terrible, but I would be willing to bet that Weber is the QB, but that he’s pushed by both this year and MAY wind up like Boeckman his Sr. season as the captain that rides the pine - he reminds me in so many ways of Cory Sauter…good arm, but no mobility - and when he does run he has nothing laterally. I loved Pryor and how mobile as well as his lateral movements - I’m hoping either of our young QB’s can even be close to what Pryor brings to the table as a QB. Anywho - I’d love to see a USC style offense introduced to this program - fat chance, but still a dream I’m now able to have since we put out the search lights this afternoon!
I heard it from the horses mouth myself. Brewster’s top 4 canidates for OC are:
1. Norm Chow
2. Major Applewhite
3. Mike Martz
4. Mike Holmgern
jnelson32 says:
January 6th, 2009 at 11:52 am
Wren says,
“Without Browning and Shaw, this brewster’s career at Minnesota will play out to a pathetic, slow, tourtered ending within the next two seasons.”
Kind of like Mason’s career with those two on his staff. Do Browning and Shaw have some improper photos of you, Wren? That can be the only explanation of you constantly whining to bring them back.
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Browning and Shaw? Wayne really said that? Browning might be alright, but Shaw is a pathetic hack that should never step foot in Minnesota again. Crooked SOB.
gold04 says:
January 6th, 2009 at 11:54 am
I think Gray will be reshirted. They will put Pittman in next year to run the wildcat or do special plays like we had in the bowl game.
I think Maresh will be reshirted also. Campbell and Triplett will be the middle linebackers for one more season.
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I tend to agree on Gray simply because he didn’t even play most of his senior year in high school. In 2010, he can play situationally with SR Weber.
I think if Maresh is able to get back into football shape, he starts day 1. If he can’t, then he’ll redshirt.
Gopher Nation says:
January 6th, 2009 at 11:42 am
Don’t be surprised if Marquis Grey battles/wins the starting job or sees the field much like the way Tarelle Pryor did.
You need your best athletes on the field.
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I would be very suprised. You think a freshmen who was hurt most of his senior year in high school to step in ahead of the 2nd best QB in the Big Ten? If Gray is that good right away, the Gophers are going to shock the Big Ten next year.
This needs to be put in writing. Over the holiday season we had a family discussion and have dubbed the Gophers new football stadium:
“The Barnyard”
It is the perfect nickname to a perfect new place for football.
dayoldbread says:
January 6th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
Grey and Alipate will battle with Weber this year - Alipate is “graded” much better - bigger - and a “better” passer than Grey was as rated/graded last year. It’s hard to believe considering his team was terrible, but I would be willing to bet that Weber is the QB, but that he’s pushed by both this year and MAY wind up like Boeckman his Sr. season as the captain that rides the pine - he reminds me in so many ways of Cory Sauter…good arm, but no mobility - and when he does run he has nothing laterally. I loved Pryor and how mobile as well as his lateral movements - I’m hoping either of our young QB’s can even be close to what Pryor brings to the table as a QB. Anywho - I’d love to see a USC style offense introduced to this program - fat chance, but still a dream I’m now able to have since we put out the search lights this afternoon!
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First of all Weber is far faster than Sauter but I get your point. However, why would you think Alipate would step in as a true freshmen? He is alot like Sauter mobility wise. I’ll be shocked if Alipate plays at all before 2011. Personally, I don’t think he’ll ever be the starting QB at Minnesota.
Derek … If Weber is the 2nd best QB in the Big Ten, Dunbar is the best OC in America and North Dakota has more football talent than Texas.
How does the second best QB in the league get outplayed by six non-starters who stepped in the day we played them and ran circles around Weber?
Whoever the second best QB in the league might be, I guarantee you he understands the fundamentals of looking off the D backs, surveying the entire field, and not locking in on one receiver 90% of the time and forcing the ball to him whether he is open or not.
This is a great opportunity to bring in a great coach…please don’t f it up.
“You had all better start appreciating what Mr. Weber has had to go through during the first two seasons of “brewsterism” at the University of Minnesota.”
Appreciate him for what? He’s a QB with wins over Indiana, Illinois and Purdue. I’d pick Asad Abdul Khaliq over him any day.
Weber will be the staring QB next year. You can take that to the bank.
I would not take Kaliq over Weber. These next two years Weber will put up huge numbers.
gold04,
Is the Norm Chow thing just wishful thinking? When you say from the horses’s mouth who are you referring to?
I’m always looking for the inside scoop.
Josh Luke Cam, could be a good name…I prefer connecting it to the old stadium with the nickname “The Brick House”. I will be selling Brick house T-Shirts in the lot before the Army game.
out of control
Interesting! The Gophers sucked in a very very weak Big Ten….Brewster has proven nothing yet. I hope the Minnesota braintrust is smart enough not to extend Brewster’s contract based on this year’s performance. It’s not like Brewster is going to have other schools knocking down the door trying to hire him away from the Maroon and Gold. Let him prove himself next year.
This all avoids the real issue of course which is that Brewster himself is totally unqualifed to be a head coach himself, leave alone a coordinator. Until the administration wises up and figures out that Brewster does not have the qualifications to coach a major college program, this program will go nowhere
Brewster is a Used Car Salesman.
We need a real coach that can win at Minnesota!
Wren is the one who gives me the inside scoop. He’s a HUGE Brewster backer.
Before people start throwing Brewster under the bus, he deserves one more year to see what he can do. We went from 1 win to 7 wins. I know how bad we did down the strech but that is still a big improvement. I’m going to let 2009 play out before I start drawing my concusions about Brewster!
Brewster is taking this program in the right direction. After two years people are willing to dump him? Get real! We’re landing recruits that Mason couldn’t even call on the phone. Wills, Paige, Lipscomb and Carpentar this year. When was the last time you saw a national recruit on national TV say his final choices were Oregon and Minnesota? And he then proceeds to pick Minnesota? Can you say never!
80-90% of winning in college is RECRUITS. The team that gets the recruits will win. Look at Bobby Bowden at FSU… when he started losing Florida kids he started losing. Now he’s getting those kids to stay so he’s going to start winning again. Also, Beilema at Wisconsin. He can win with Barry’s kids but how about his own recruits.
This derek character needs to put his money where his mouth is. Tell me EXACTLY what you are lying about re: Shaw now????? Such blatnet bluffs really make you low-rent-bush-league you low-rent-bush-leager, derek. Gordy Shaw is a fantastic line coach…both offensive and defensive…and he gets a lot of players who actually really can play on Game Day Saturdays. He’s flat out a coach. This brewster flat out can’t coach if his life depended on it. This brewster is washed up but will most likely continue to do damage to this program for another year or two. Then he will be swept out the door, under the rug and will be “thankfully” totally forgotten about.
Bring back Browning and Shaw and watch a productive offense again!
I was hoping this would happen. Dunbar’s “spread” offense only spread the ball to one person - Eric Decker. I’m sorry, but when your top receiver catches 150-yards worth in the same game your QB only throws for 175, there’s an issue. It happened: check the insight bowl stats.
Maybe now we’ll actually be able to recruit some offensive linemen since no one on the gophers seems to want to pass block every play… go figure.
Any new HC deserves at least 4 or 5 years. Unless he does something unethical. Ferentz, Alvarez, Witingham, Tedford, etc. programs took off in year four.
Brewster is not here to make lifelong friend with the coaches. He expects results. But the cream always rises to the top. And it will take Brewster another couple years to get there.
It will interesting to see who comes on board and will accept the OC role with Davis promised control of the running game. Me thinks most seasoned OC would shy away from that arrangement.
Gold says,
“These next two years Weber will put up huge numbers.”
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Somebody needs to break it to you, Gold, that it’s about winning, not Weber’s stats. Weber put up huge stats in 2007 and we won one game. So what?
You guys are no different than claiming Theret ABSOLUTELY MUST START the next two years so he can end his career as a 4-year starter with huge stats. Guess what? Nobody cares.
We want the player starting at every position that gives us the best chance to win. If that is Weber at QB next year, fine with me just as long as some other guys get a full opportunity to beat him out. If somebody else is better, somebody else should play.
Josh, Luke, Cam
“This needs to be put in writing. Over the holiday season we had a family discussion and have dubbed the Gophers new football stadium:
‘The Barnyard’”
We already have a “barnyard” It’s the student section at William’s Arena. My friends and I are already calling the new stadium “the Vault.” “Bank” is okay, but wouldn’t you rather store your gold and precious valuables in a vault?
What do you mean maybe now we’ll be able to recruit some offensive linemen? Did you look at this year’s class? Four O-linemen plus Carufel will be eligible.
Brewster is doing his job. His recruiting classes are very respectable and should provide increased athleticism on the field. There are many different types of leadership and Brewster is taking a combined approach. He knows if he has the right coordinators he does not have to micro-manage every aspect. He has alot more football savvy than some would like to think.
Browning as OC produced one of the best offensives Minnesota has had in a very long time. Moreover, he recruited some of the best players. At Syracuse, everyone felt that he made tons of progress in just a few months. No doubt, he made SU’s offensive better.
Of course Brewster will be given anohter year, I would not favor that but its (luckily) not up to me. But in NO event can I see them giving him an extension now. That would be totally ridiculous. See what he can do next year. Even then I dont see the point of an extension.
Browning and especially Shaw are horrible. Wren GTFO
Bayfield, it is obvious that this brewster doesn’t have a clue about running a program. Stability is a KEY, but this brewster has to ditch his coordinators on a yearly basis to try to take the heat off himself. At the end of year number one, he had to start all over on the defense. At the end of year number two, he has to start all over on the offense. Doesn’t it strike you as funny that it took two full years for this brewster to see about the offense what some were able to see from day one?????
So, now, here we are after two years…25 games starting totally over on offense. The clock is ticking. Time continues to waste. Barely any Big Ten games have been won in the two seasons that this brewster has been showing how inept he is and what kind of leadership he provides to his staff. Two coordinators in two seasons virtually always signals the END of a head coache’s run at a school.
This brewster was just too inexperienced to have his first head coaching job be at a Big Ten Program that had walked in the Wilderness since 1969…and had been abandoned by it’s administration to the point of even abandoning it’s on campus home a quarter of a century before that inexperienced coach arrived. This brewster stood no chance from day one. He has done nothing to improve his own chances in the twenty five games he has coached.
I wouldn’t have a problem with Browning , but he would never come back. But Shaw is nothing but an egotistical conceded Jerk!!!! Birdy must have been a boozing buddy or something, but no way should he ever be considered for a return.
Ted Roof to Auburn? Is this true?????
I agree with gold04, only in that we need to give Brewster one more year to see what happens with a real scheudle.
I agree with nearly everyone else, that he can’t coach his way out of a paper bag, and that adam weber is not the answer. He’s ok, at best.
I also saw the Ted Roof rumor on the internet.
Looks like Roof is gone.
If Ted Roof left, it would be a good move for him, although he would likely be a defensive coordinator in name only because the head coach was the former defensive coordinator there…..back to Gray, I’m absolutely serious about his chances to play in 2009. Remember, Brewster threw it out there in August before the test score debacle appeared. I’m not saying he will get 80 percent of the snaps but it could go the way the Ohio State season went. Boeckman starter and then Pryor took over.
OSU got their butts whipped too many times in 2008 for the talent level they supposedly had. Poor coaching. Perhaps poor usage of the playes tht they had available to them. There was nothing admirable about the Ohio State season.
Several Auburn blogs, and thier beat writer have confirmed-
Roof to be new D-Coord at Auburn
One blog said his salary would be minimum $550,000 a year…much more then he was getting here
I don’t think those who said Grey will be a WR or Red-Shirt have looked at the depth chart. With two senior QB’s graduating, after Weber it’s Pittman and two Freshman. I think Pittman will be the third string so that they can continue to use him as a slot reciever and on trick plays. Why put him as a back up where you won’t risk injury by playing him. It would be a waste of his ability if he can’t start. That means either Alipate or Grey has to be back-up (assuming Weber remains starter). It would make more sense to red-shirt Alipate given that Grey will have spring ball to practice and learn. If Weber was seriously injured, maybe Pittman would leapfrog to be a more experienced number one, otherwise our back-up next year is a freshman (who would have to be amazing to move into a starting role
According to ESPN and Rivals.com = Weber (6′2″ 205lbs) is/was graded per ESPN a “74″ (#60 QB in the nation) - Alipate (6′5″ 225lbs) is graded per ESPN an “81″ (#9 QB in the nation). Gray (6′4″ 220lbs) was pretty close to Alipate - grading at aprox an “80″ but was qualified more as a runner than a passer - whereas Alipate is a passer first. Per rivals.com = Weber rated at a “5.5″ and ranks #14. Alipate rates at a “5.7″ and is ranked #19 (with a stronger 2009 QB class. Gray graded a “5.9″ and was the #3 QB. Weber pretty much is outclassed by both QB’s in every area…even Alipate and Gray are said to have much better arm strength, tough, and accuracy than Adam. Now, I’ve seen A Weber make some nice throws, but I’m not seeing anything dynamic enough to keep these 2 solid QB’s from copeting immediately - if you think Gray is just sitting at home and playing video games…you’re crazy! I have a feeling he’ll come in and compete - and Alipate will do the same…both have a much brighter future than A Weber - like I said, he’ll wind up being the SR Captain just like Boeckman - if not the JR Captain that sits the bench and holds the clipboard.
This is a good time to look back over the many, many, many claims that were made two years ago when the previous coach (HWCNBN) was bought out at huge cost. I have listed over twenty on this site that ALL proved to be totally false, silly, BS from the so called experts who just knew things could only get better.
Now we can add another one to that list. That Coach Brewster had recruited THE greatest coaching staff we had ever had. The strategy put forward by Brewster at that time was that he was not an expert X’s and O’s sort of guy and that what he would do was hire two of the greatest coordinators of all time. Now both the totally silly Withers and the totally ineffective Dunbar have been given the boot.
The good news is that they have both been let go. Neither should ever have been hired. The bad news is that it once again shows that this coach just does not know what he is doing. Indeed, it is not clear even what he wants to do.
Loosing Roof would just add to our growing reputation that this is a bus stop for coaches on the way to anywhere else.
I have never called for Brewster’s head as it would only leave Maturi to make another bad choice. I still do not know how we are going to get out of this spiral that you deep thinkers have put us in over the past five years. What a mess.
littlebigboy: Gordy Shaw did a heck of a lot with the material that the Gophers had during his time with the Gophers under Wacker AND Mason. The Gophers had some excellent offenses then and some great offensive lines. You have GOT to give the coaches credit who got the job done…and Gordy Shaw got the job done. I don’t care that some of you brewster-barf-bag-boy-apologists who were also “so-called-boosters” got hackd off at Gordy Shaw because he indicated that this brewster was making a LOT of mistakes with the offense when this brewster took over. You know what????? This brewster was screwing the offense up ROYALLY by bringing that dunbar character in to run the offensive show. You booster types can stuff it. Any criticism Gordy Shaw may have made about this brwster and this dunbar’s offense wasRICHLY deserved and the fact that this brewster was forced to can both an offensive line coach and this pathetic dunbar is living proof that ALL criticism of this brewster/this dunbar was justified and correct. The boosters who don’t like Shaw can all go jump. Those boosters were supporting a loser in this dunbar and this brewster brought in a loser to run his offense. The “so-called boostes” all deserved that 55-0 drubbing by iowa. They got what they deserved. Boosters should contribute their money if they wish and just disappear. Boosters get programs in trouble. They aren’t worth all the trouble they make. That’s the deal littlebigboy.
Jslo - spoken like a true fan…great perspective! BUT, you left out the part where Weber holds the clipboard his SR season - haha!
jslo and dayold.
In the real world of day to day practice, real coaches have to give as many reps as they can to the guy who will be the QB in our, once again, new offense. New terminology, new plays, etc.
It is ESSENTIAL that the backup be the guy getting as many reps as possible. You can not be a true backup without being as close to ready as is possible.
OK, how can a backup be redshirted? If he plays one down at any time the redshirt is gone. One down, any game.
Thus, the ‘third string’ player will NOT be ready to play because he will be getting very few reps and has zero experience with the new system.
Even Brewster will understand this. Talking about any player who has never played one play of Big Ten football as being ready to play over Weber is silly and shows a real lack of knowledge about how practices are run, how big the playbook is and, most of all, how much freedom Brewster does not have to start over from scratch next year.
Get real.
That brewster has let that roof collapse…that brewster shall pay with his head
Fire Brewster, Fire Maturi, Fire Prexy B
Hire Gordy Shaw. He gives good blow jobs, and I should know because i am an expert at recieveing blow jobs from men
RANT ALL CAPS GRRRR BOOSTERS REACHAROUND TAINT!
With all these people headed out the door, perhaps it is the right time to go ad shopping! Dump maturi now! It would probably be easier and quicker to replace the head coach now too and let him hire new coordinators. It would also be a good time to ditch the lame duck status of prexy b and have him gracefully head off to his dream retirement situation!
Let 2009 be the year of the new prexy…the new ad…the new football coach…the new offensive coordinator and the new defensive coordinator as well as the year of the NEW STADIUM. Out with the old…in with the NEW!
; 0)
I have heard Major Applewhite’s name a couple times today on the radio. This would not surprise me at all considering Brewster’s ties with Texas and Mac Brown. We’ll see what happens, but I’d definitely be on board with that hire.
As far as coaches go, OC is the toughest to get a good one for. If they are really good, then you’re probably just a pit stop before they go on to their own head coaching job and you’re back to square one. However, why would you hire someone less then the most qualified? I’m interested in seeing who they bring in but it worries me that there doesn’t seem to be a sense of urgency to get someone in fast. I don’t want a hasty decision but they I would prefer someone in place before signing day for recruits.
Loon,
You don’t read very well. I said that one freshman would be the back up and the other would red-shirt because I didn’t believe Pittman would be the number two guy but I also didn’t believe that one freshman would be number 2 and the other number 3. Plus I if Weber was injured they could still go with Pittman over a freshman (a player who played two years in JC running a spread over a freshman) my assumption being that the injury happened in the spring or early in the season rather than late. The main point is Grey is not red-shirting or switching positions with no how few people they have at the position and him having the advantage over Alipate of starting practice in the spring. The only thing I didn’t make clear was that my comment about Pittman assumed an early injury. Your comments prove my point about not using Pittman as a back-up because if he get injured on some trick play and then Weber comes up lame we would have a third string freshman with few reps starting.
So what was your point?
Several Alabama newspapers are reporting that Ted Roof has accepted the defensive coordinator position at Auburn.
I don’t know what is stranger…two new coordinators coming in next year or that Auburn is hiring a guy whose defense gave up 55 points to Iowa and then 42 to Kansas to end the season. Then again, Withers did fine at NC this year after having one of the worst defenses in history. I don’t know how I feel about Roof leaving. Do you think a defensive coordinator is as hard to replace as an offensive one (as far as the time it takes players to learn a new system)? Any feelings?
I nominate Brad Childress for the Gophers Offensive Coordinator position. His KAO (Kick @ss Offense) would work well with the Maroon and Gold!
Oh wait, Wilf has to fire him first before he is available…wish that happened yesterday!
why are youe people ripping Maturi’s decision making?
Do you think Tubby was a bad hire?
Roof was nothing special and neither was Dunbar. Hopefully the car salesman can get a couple of decent guys in here to fire up the offense and the defense. I’d like to see Bud’s kid move up to the college game from Eden Prairie and try one of those two spots, probably defense.
Look, Brewster is bringing in TALENT to a program that has had second level talent for a lot of years. Mason had a few nice recruits (Maroney, Barber etc) but Coach Brewster is bringing in the higher profile athletes you need to be successful. Two years is not enough to determine his success as a coach. I guarantee you, the naysayers out there would rue the day that they wished for Brewster to be fired. If he was, so goes a lot of those great recruits he pursues like no other. Then where are we? Back to be a bottomfeeder in the Big 10 and selling 15K tickets in a new stadium. Give Brewster some time. Yes, he’s made some mistakes and I will admit the spread offense was a big mistake. I think he’ll learn from his mistakes and turn the offense around. Roof to Auburn sucks, because I did think he was a good D-Coordinator. I thought his defenses in the last couple games got a little bit of a bad rap mainly due to the offense not being aboe to generate anything and never staying on the field long enough. The 55-0 drubbing by Iowa, well, I’m not quite sure what to think.
As for Weber…he’s average at best in a conference that allows for an average QB. Unfortunately, if this program starts playing the big boys of the nation down the road we are going to need a star at QB. Weber is not a star. He’s a decent QB with Minnesota ties whom we all give a little more rope to than we would anyone else.
Brewster has a chance here, with good athletes coming in, to remake his program and continue to be successful. Let’s see if he can do it.
BTW, as Big 10 fans, we should all be embarrassed by the horse hockey bowl season our conference had. 1-6. Could it get any worse than this. Well, 0-7….I think skill wise the top programs are OK with the other BCS schools but when it came to speed at DL and LB, they got smoked and that showed up some clearly at the bowl games. These conference coaches better decide if they want to take their programs to another level or not. Right now, it’s not happening. And I’m getting tired of it. It’s a joke. It’s been this way for about the last 4-5 years. BTW, the conference has lost its last 6 BCS games. I just want to throw up.
austinbri: This brewster has been getting his brains beaten in. I do NOT call that successful. It is something to hang your head in shame about austinbri. 0 to 55 to iowa. 6 to 29 to the worst Michigan team in many decades. 21-42 to a very average Kansas team. When does the shame stop????? Put it ALL on this brewster’s head.
But dump maturi for having created the mess that allowed this brewster to get here in the first place.
Dump/ditch this mauri NOW!
This maturi paid Tubby so much that there really isn’t much money left to pay a football coach. The football coach should be at least as recognizable and experienced as the hoops coach. I like Tubby a lot and I’m pleased that KY was making life miserable for him so that he was available for the Gopher hoops job. I am NOT pleased that this prexy b and this maturi were so dense that they didn’t understand that with a 300 millin dollar investment in the new football stadium that it would behoove them to be sure that they signed an experienced, well known and proven football coach to go along with their new stadium investment.
Tubby was a good hire when he fell into this maturi’s lap. This brewster was completely inadequate when this maturi had to scramble even though he completely controlled when he fired the former football coach. This maturi/prexy b admin combo from hell should have known enough to make their football hire on a par with their men’s hoops coach hire. It will take this maturi down…the sooner the better.
I do not like all these coaches leaving as it only means a couple of things. There is no peace and harmony amongst the staff and no continuity either. This issue was suppose to be solved when Maturi gave Brewster the chance to pay these coordinators more money than any coordinators had been paid in the past. Now there is a possibility that we will go into year 3 with a new OC and DC. You really have to question Brewsters hires when they are only here for that short amount of time. That brings up my final point which is if you have ever been a OC, DC or HC you would know what to look for in a coordinator. Our present coach has not been any of those. This has not been a good week for Gopher football.
JSLO–It is easier to learn a new defense than offense because it is more about reacting to the offense than executing detailed schemes. If you watch a pro bowl or any of the Senior bowls/All America bowls you will usually see the D outperform the O.
Brewster confirms Roof to Auburn. Here is the link:
Maybe Brew can hire Chilly, so the Vikes can go get Shanahan 
Its about the Jimmys and Joes and not the x’s and O’x.
Lets not forget that Brew has a top 20 recruiting class last year and top 30 this year. Masons top was a top 60 class. Give the Brew time. Get your chili hot dog.
Brewster really should have kept Mason’s offensive staff if he wanted a power run game.
Roof goes to Auburn–he’ll have better players to work with, Brewster needs a miracle-worker to build a defense from what typically shows up on campus. I am encouraged with the realization that the Gophers must run the football and have some ability to control the clock when your defenses are nothing to brag about.
The brew-lusion is starting to fade.
How do you develope a program when the key coaching positions OD/DC are a revolving door. This change will buy brew-lusion two more years, whining that he needs time to develope his coaches and bring in more talented athletes.
Last I check his lst year recruits will be
juniors next season, when do they start to contribute to Big Ten wins???
Brewster gone in January 2010!!!!
Hey Brewlushion:
How in the world are his last year’s recruits Juniors next season? Let’s see, I’m not a math expert, but excluding JuCos recruits from last year would be Freshman (or Redshirt Freshmen) this year which would make them, hmmm, what could it be? What’s a freshman become in his second year? Hmmm, a junior? Me thinks not. I’m thinking sophomores, but again I’m no Genius. Care to educate me on that one? Perhaps Brewster recruited only guys that tested out of Freshman year with all their AP credits?
Jslo, my point was that you can not redshirt a backup QB because the backup needs to get the reps the starter does not get. And, if the redshirt is not the backup, he will get virtually no reps in any case. There is no such thing as a redshirt gaining any real practice experience.
Believe me when I say things are not all hunkey-dorey for the U football program. What “upstart” team loses both coordinators in a matter of days? Not good Gopher fans!
….also, lots of Brewster-Backers are all hard because of this “talent” he has recruited in…
The proof is in the pudding. Let’s see how this “talent” and highly rated classes pan out for him in another couple years. I hope to be proven wrong, but have learned that so-called “highly rated” recruiting classes don’t always equal success on the field.
I am not sold yet.
AND JUST ANOTHER REASON NOT TO PLAY AT THE “U.”
Coaches come in and “improve” their resume and then they are off for better things. Minneasota will always be a middle tier program. Why would recruits want to have a new coach every two years??
hey keepthisbrewsterhonest… so they’ve been in the wilderness since 1969? That means their 40 years are just about up!
j says:
January 6th, 2009 at 8:35 pm
Believe me when I say things are not all hunkey-dorey for the U football program. What “upstart” team loses both coordinators in a matter of days? Not good Gopher fans!
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Uh, USC?
D, actually since 1967. The 40 years is up.
The good news is that Moses will be a freshman next year.
This is HUGE and BAD news for Brewster’s crew and ambitions. Both O & D coordinators gone means - dissension, rebuilding (again) and uncertainty for those thinking about committing. It is NOW that the AD and the leadership at the U need to step up and provide sound support and/or a communique. If not, than silence on their part (after this set of departures) is a message… you fill in the blank. [Were is the leadership in this country of ours? Lost circa late 1963]
I chose to attend, play ball and graduate from the U of M because of my father’s legacy and my pride in Minn, although I was not born nor raised there. I was accepted at USC (SoCal), Notre Dame, and American U. (for international career). I am most proud of our academics and research work, as well as our gymnastics, baseball, swimming, volleyball, basketball (sans the “you know who” era), and hockey (of course). BUT football is the kid who gets beat and his confidence is shot never to really recover. I am proud of the U of M, but I admit not of our football program in over 40+ years.
Loon,
Your name fits. You don’t pay attention to anything written. Twice now you’ve said your point was that you can’t redshirt a back-up and twice I HAVN’T said that. I said they can’t red-shirt Grey because they don’t have the depth and he will need to be the back up because it makes more sense to red-shirt Alipate for the reasons I gave. I’ve never once said to red-shirt the back-up. Why should I listen to anything you say on this site when you can’t get the facts right when they are right in front of your eyes.
kirby says:
January 6th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
Hey Brewlushion:
How in the world are his last year’s recruits Juniors next season? Let’s see, I’m not a math expert, but excluding JuCos recruits from last year would be Freshman (or Redshirt Freshmen) this year which would make them, hmmm, what could it be? What’s a freshman become in his second year? Hmmm, a junior? Me thinks not. I’m thinking sophomores, but again I’m no Genius. Care to educate me on that one? Perhaps Brewster recruited only guys that tested out of Freshman year with all their AP credits?
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Kirby its alittle ploy that pigeons and losers like Wayne Rendahl bring up. Brewster was here for two weeks before the 07 signing day so they claim that class solely for Brewster. Its completely idiotic. Brewster was to turn things around in 2 weeks while Mason could do it in 10 years.
pokeintheeye says:
January 6th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
j says:
January 6th, 2009 at 8:35 pm
Believe me when I say things are not all hunkey-dorey for the U football program. What “upstart” team loses both coordinators in a matter of days? Not good Gopher fans!
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Uh, USC?
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Pokeintheeye: don’t even begin to compare the U’s situation with USC. There is nothing “upstart” about USC, they are pretty well established, and will keep on, keepin’ on. The Gophs? Let’s just say that continuity is very important with a new staff and regime in place. Brewster’s gotta be hurting with the loss of these coaches. Makes you wonder if he might not be the easiest guys to work with/for? Who knows…
Who cares?
Dunbar was essentially fired.
Shooter is claiming Roof made $330,000 as DC last year and will be making $600,000 at Auburn. Pretty hard to figure out why he took that job, eh?
USC’s former DC will be making $600,000 at Washington next year. What can we glean from these two situations? Both the U of M and USC are unwilling to cough up $600,000 per year for their former DCs. What is so hard to figure out?
