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Pretty Sure You are Wrong
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This won't be the first thread to compare Gopher coaches and the long arguments about Mason, and now Kill vs Fleck are things of legend. But, I can't help but wonder about a few things:
Mason: What if the team holds on to beat Michigan in '03 and/or what happens if he was allowed to hang on through the building of the new stadium?
Brewster: Actually, I have no "what ifs" for Brewster as I think his program was headed to the same place regardless. But, if I have to say one, it would be: What if the Gophers had held on to beat Northwestern in '08?
Kill: I feel like people are beginning to change history on the Kill/Claeys era and discount his accomplishments. Unfortunately Kill himself has made this easier to do with his petty grudges. There was a lot of room to improve on offense but the defense was a lot of fun to watch, and I appreciate the methodical way the entire team improved from the depths of the Brewster years. People rip on the recruiting but the class that is reaching senior redshirt Junior age now is very interesting. What if Kill would have not had health issues and was able to continue to build on the program he had stabilized? With Kill still at the helm and with Claeys still the d coordinator, would that Michigan home game ended differently? Would the 9-4 season have been even better considering the close loss at Nebraska? Would the sex assault situation have even happened with Kill still at the helm?
Of course nobody knows the answer to any of these questions as they are pure speculation. But for me, it is interesting to contemplate, none-the-less.
Mason: What if the team holds on to beat Michigan in '03 and/or what happens if he was allowed to hang on through the building of the new stadium?
Brewster: Actually, I have no "what ifs" for Brewster as I think his program was headed to the same place regardless. But, if I have to say one, it would be: What if the Gophers had held on to beat Northwestern in '08?
Kill: I feel like people are beginning to change history on the Kill/Claeys era and discount his accomplishments. Unfortunately Kill himself has made this easier to do with his petty grudges. There was a lot of room to improve on offense but the defense was a lot of fun to watch, and I appreciate the methodical way the entire team improved from the depths of the Brewster years. People rip on the recruiting but the class that is reaching senior redshirt Junior age now is very interesting. What if Kill would have not had health issues and was able to continue to build on the program he had stabilized? With Kill still at the helm and with Claeys still the d coordinator, would that Michigan home game ended differently? Would the 9-4 season have been even better considering the close loss at Nebraska? Would the sex assault situation have even happened with Kill still at the helm?
Of course nobody knows the answer to any of these questions as they are pure speculation. But for me, it is interesting to contemplate, none-the-less.