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Brewster lost credibility the day he showed up in Minny.

Minnesota has a football team ... ?

Maybe they should go retro with a coach, Holtz may be availible, couldn't get any worse, could it?

Minnesota has a football program?

I know it's hard to believe, but once he gets his recruits in, they'll have enough talent to be relevant in the Big 10.

He has to earn credibility before he can lose it right?

I was going to make some smart as.s comment about having no cred to begin with, but I think that has been taken care of....

At least the chicks are good looking at the U of MN.

For someone like Brewster, who's known as a great recruiter but not necessarily the best X's and O's guy, to go into a program like Minnesota and instantly proclaim that they are going to reach the pinnacle (Rose Bowl, BCS, etc)... is just silly.

Set reasonable goals. Try .500 football and some solid fund raising for that new stadium first, then try 8-4. Then start talking about reaching the next level.

Alverez @ Wisconsin did the same thing when he took over. He told people to buy their season tickets while they still could.

It takes a while to turn a program around.

It's going to take awhile. The man can recruit. This we know. Give him time to build the program.

SI took this article out of context. It was actually about that Brewster has not lost credibility but in fact has gained more credibility with the fans and players after getting a top recruiting class despite goin 1- 11. He still has lots of time to turn things around.

It takes a while to turn a program around.
PS Forever | 06/09/08, 12:17 PM

You're right. Those wisconsin fans are still waiting. At least Alvarez kept his word.

SI took this article out of context. It was actually about that Brewster has not lost credibility but in fact has gained more credibility with the fans and players after getting a top recruiting class despite goin 1- 11. He still has lots of time to turn things around.
DCsportsman | 06/09/08, 01:00 PM
Yeah I was about to say, it's kinda hard to lose credibility after your first season

What was he suppose to say that would have made his team look better than his prediction - that they would not win a game?

Geeze - give the guy a few years before we roast him. I think they were within a TD in half a dozen or so games, and he still put together 1 heck of a recruiting class by any standards, let alone the fact he was 1-11 and is in a state with a total population of under 5.2 million.

Did he just plageurize "The Little Engine That Could"?

Your only as good as the players you recruit. This will be his first year with his recruited players. Give him time.

Minnesota has more national championships than Texas and LSU and Ohio State still. So the answer to Cheesy Texan and LSU Rocks and Buckeye 84 is YES indeed. The hardware is in the building. We even have Hockey and Wrestling to boot.

Thank goodness we are getting rid of the Metrodome and hopefully those days will return.

In the comment above I must say in Football that is. 6 National titles.

Brewster has the best recruiting class at Minnesota since the star system started and he is getting critisized. Give the guy a chance. He still has all of Masons stiffs on the roster. The talent is coming this fall. Not to mention a state of the art new stadium. The worm is about to turn. No more bowls in Nashville against Alabama and Arkansas. New Years day is on his mind.

Minnesota has more national championships than Texas and LSU and Ohio State still. So the answer to Cheesy Texan and LSU Rocks and Buckeye 84 is YES indeed. The hardware is in the building. We even have Hockey and Wrestling to boot.

Thank goodness we are getting rid of the Metrodome and hopefully those days will return.
TTT | 06/10/08, 12:09 AM

True, but not since 1960. With that line of thought, we should also raise a toast to Yale, Harvard and Cornell. And please don't bring wrestling and hockey into this.