Can The Brew
Ever since Tim Brewster became the head coach of Golden Gopher Football in 2007, it has been a question of whether the talent he would attract could rise to the expectation of our prestigious university. We found out early this morning that his 3 1/2 years here at the U were enough for Athletic Director Joel Maturi to answer a firm "No". Brewster first arrived at Minnesota with much confidence as to what he felt he could accomplish as a head coach of a major university. His hopes of reaching a very high level of play were never reached as Brewster went 14-24 in his first 3 seasons as head coach. The peak of Brewster's campaign came in 2008 when the Gophers started 7-1 and were ranked in the top 25 before losing the final 5 games of the regular season. That season was a precursor of things to come in 2009 and this final year of his campaign. Despite Brewster's overall record, he failed to record a win against Wisconsin or Iowa, and was 0-10 in trophy games during his tenure. Saturday's loss to Purdue ultimately was too much for Maturi and Minnesota faithful to handle, which led to Brewster being relieved of his coaching duties early on Sunday. The search now begins for a new leader and someone who will spark excitement toward the fans and the program as a whole. Tony Dungy has already declined the offer from Maturi, but says he would like to be involved in choosing our next coach. Possible replacements other than Dungy include the likes of Troy Calhoun and Mike Leach. Calhoun is the head coach at Air Force and is someone I really like as a quality coach. Mike Leach is a former head coach of Texas Tech and was relieved of his duties following last year due to some controversy. Whatever Maturi's decision ultimately is, he must know that this decision may be his last as Athletic Director, choose wisely Joel.
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