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While there was some truth to this column, there was too much stupid stuff for it to qualify as journalism in any form.
Glen Mason's big 10 record in his six years was 2-6, 3-5, 5-3, 3-5, 4-4 and 3-5. Glen had two winning Big 10 records in his last six years. I like ignoring the first 4 years because this gives us an opportunity to assess Glen with his players, while many people want to judge Brewster with Glen's players and not give him the opportunity to play with his own players. Using Glen's overall record each year with horrible opponents is an obvious slant and bad journalism.
The team lost because it wasn't mentally focused. I don't fault Brewster for trying to stay positive and keep the team's confidence.
Souhan bag's on anybody predicting a 6-6 gopher season as improvement or success. There's no way any non-partisan person should have picked the Gophers to win more then same games. Most non-partisan people likely picked the gophers to be 6-6 or 7-5. I can't believe how many people on this board picked them to have more then seven wins. It would be nice to Souhan to indicate what he predicted and why.
Souhan actually used a bullet to highlight nothing. He goes on about gumption to play well from the start. Apparently the editors were out drinking last night.
This is one of the worst columns Souhan has written.
Souhan bag's on anybody predicting a 6-6 gopher season as improvement or success. There's no way any non-partisan person should have picked the Gophers to win more then same games. Most non-partisan people likely picked the gophers to be 6-6 or 7-5. I can't believe how many people on this board picked them to have more then seven wins. It would be nice to Souhan to indicate what he predicted and why.
I'm not sure why so many people seem to think that meeting the expectations of prognosticators is the same as having a successful season. These are many of the same people that have a problem with the preseason top 25 rankings having too much of an impact later in the season after everybody has been watching the same games. A team's projected record can and should be changed week to week based on how well the team and their opponents are playing.
Michigan State and Illinois have underachieved this season, and the Gophers should have won both of those games. Everybody expected Iowa to be better than the Gophers, and they have been all season, but when Stanzi went down on Saturday that opened the door for a win in Iowa City. When a team plays poorly and doesn't meet its expectations, or an injury completely changes the makeup of a team you can adjust your expectations as a fan.
A win in Iowa City is still a good thing because the Gophers never win there, but even if they pull out a win saying this season is a success is nuts because the Gophers should have beat Illinois and finished with an 8-4 record. You can argue that 9-3 would have been the marker for a successful season as the Wisconsin game was very winnable.
Large number of returning starters plus mediocre at best Big 10 should equal more wins than last season.
What about this is inaccurate.
Souhan bag's on anybody predicting a 6-6 gopher season as improvement or success. There's no way any non-partisan person should have picked the Gophers to win more then seven games. Most non-partisan people likely picked the gophers to be 6-6 or 7-5.
I'm not sure why so many people seem to think that meeting the expectations of prognosticators is the same as having a successful season. These are many of the same people that have a problem with the preseason top 25 rankings having too much of an impact later in the season after everybody has been watching the same games. A team's projected record can and should be changed week to week based on how well the team and their opponents are playing.
Michigan State and Illinois have underachieved this season, and the Gophers should have won both of those games. Everybody expected Iowa to be better than the Gophers, and they have been all season, but when Stanzi went down on Saturday that opened the door for a win in Iowa City. When a team plays poorly and doesn't meet its expectations, or an injury completely changes the makeup of a team you can adjust your expectations as a fan.
A win in Iowa City is still a good thing because the Gophers never win there, but even if they pull out a win saying this season is a success is nuts because the Gophers should have beat Illinois and finished with an 8-4 record. You can argue that 9-3 would have been the marker for a successful season as the Wisconsin game was very winnable.
Large number of returning starters plus mediocre at best Big 10 should equal more wins than last season.
No, I don't consider this season a "success", and I really don't think you will hear any of the players and coaches (when prompted off the record) proclaim it as such either. Brewster isn't the type to sit there and slam on his guys after a tough loss (not publicly), so I'm not sure what Souhan was looking for in this case. Maybe he thinks he should do that? I guess that's his opinion, but you aren't gonna hear that from Brewster in a post game presser.
On that note, I don't think this year's been an utter disaster like some seem to act like either. The team has had its ups and downs, and have pretty much proven what everyone thought of them: They are an average team. It would be nice to be that team that surprised and rose up and challenged for a title, but things happened to prevent that, and not just coaching. Sometimes things just don't work out. But I do think they are showing signs of getting better, and for that, I give Brewster time to do his thing. Sometimes things can click quickly, sometimes they can take a little time. With the coordinator switchup, that probably extended that time a little bit. I'd like to see the entire staff stick around, come into next year in cohesion, and then see what happens before I put the death knell on Brewster and this staff.