They’re not booing, they’re saying Brewwwwster
Posted on January 17th, 2007 – 2:37 PMBy Michael Rand
First impression of new Gophers coach Tim Brewster, from today’s press conference and assorted questions afterwards: He projects confidence without sounding smug or arrogant; and he doesn’t seem overmatched. Where it goes from here is anybody’s guess, but in what was an absolutely crucial first appearance considering how little people know of him, Brewster did just fine. He didn’t knock it out of the park, but he rapped a solid double to the gap.
20 Responses to "They’re not booing, they’re saying Brewwwwster"
WE agree. We won’t know anything until WE watch for about 5 years.
WE hope Punkey does well, but WE won’t lose any sleep over it if he doesn’t
If you/they/he (you’ve got my pronouns screwed up) consider it a double to the gap, you have to remember that he was hitting off of a tee. These “events” are so scripted that I think the first real test is yet to come.
Very true … but he had a bigger stake than a “name” coach would have had because nobody knew a thing about him before today. He made a solid first impression. But yes, the real test is yet to come.
He did put himself on the board, scored some points, but booted the ball when he said he did his “U” research and found the university was #1 in a number of fields…then hesitated and couldn’t name them. Maybe he was nervous but when he shows up in some North Dakota football monster’s family home some day, he better know EXACTLY what fields of study the University excels in.
Is he a “close personal friend” of Sid Hartman yet?
Hot damn. I think I deserve to be COW for a second time with that sweet comment.
Requesting a ruling from Randball - does Super Rookie’s promoting himself for COW disqualify him from the competition for at least a week or two?
Although I love any sort of Sid comment, I agree. Self promotion may require COW probation.
The first rule of Randball is that you don’t talk about Randball. I’d say yes.
I hope he didn’t separate his shoulder from patting himself on the back enough over recruiting V.Young and calling himself a great recruiter. I guess that level of smugness and arrogance pales in comparison to the former coach.
The cynicism is atrocious. We Texans know more about football than you Minnesotans. The history in the professional and college ranks prove that.
But I digress. If my football coach wasn’t a bit brash or didn’t have some sort of ego, I’d be worried. Remember, you get one chance to make a first impression, and I thought Brewster projected himself as a man who believes in his ability and how he can make it work. And when you split hairs about what the U is No. 1 in, who the hell cares. Those things will work themselves out.
I’ll remind the masses of two things.
1. He is the custodian for the football program and must sell it beyond the white lines. That’s why he needs a good staff around him. In today’s football, your head coach coaches the coaches and is the CEO of the program and every Saturday in the fall is a stockholder’s meeting.
2. If the internal support — making the stadium a reality, proper compensation for the assistants, etc. — then we’re just looking at the same stuff.
When everybody wants the same things out of football, the program will succeed.
The problem is that the finger pointing started after 1967 and hasn’t stopped.
IT NEEDS TO STOP NOW!!
Wow Kevin,
Thanks for enlightening us with your vast football knowledge. As well as Brewzy, I hope you don’t seperate your shoulder patting yourself on the back because then you couldn’t grace us with the football knowledge we don’t have.
Kevin,
Texas. You all think you are your own country. Your statements validate my comments. Shut up.
Coyote and Telli-Ho-
You are just jealous.
Being that neither of you have had what it takes 
…
Does anyone know a good chiropractor? I slipped some disks patting my self on the back.
“Texas, our Texas. The one and mighty State.”
We have it in our state constitution that we can split into 5 states if we want to.
Texas is “God’s Country.”
We just have to get you dumb Minnesotans whipped into shape about football.
I’m razzing you. You take it too seriously.
Relax.
I’m just telling you if a coach doesn’t believe in his ability, then why coach.
I heard a confident coach. Not an arrogant coach. Besides, Brewster coached in Texas. What’s not to like.
You guys can have that little black puck that moves around and does stuff. We don’t care.
We have football. The religion of our state. Next to executions.
I like the sound of Gopher Nation. If the Red Sox, Oklahoma and whoever else can have one, why not us?
Yes, after all, the pretentiousness and and overbearing self-importance of Red Sox fans is truly something to emulate!
We won’t have a Gopher Nation until the home game vs. the Badgers is a sea of Maroon and Gold, not Red and White. And that won’t happen until after we go to Pasedena. Minnesota sports fans are all about the bandwagon.
We don’t have to emulate anyone. It’s just a description that’s going around the country with sports teams. I look it at as unifying factor. And for the bandwagon, to associate that with me is not wise since I lived through the John Gutekunst and Jim Wacker eras. And I went to games in 1983 when Nebraska won 84-13, Illinois blew us out, Wisconsin, I can go on and on.
But as much as Gopher support has been marginal, there’s nothing wrong with filling up the bandwagon.
Here’s the point: bandwagons are everywhere.
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