)) new stadium with a huge locker room and all, but if the stadium is only half full, the atmosphere is no better than the metrodome was. Recruits and players notice that. If this program wants to get to the next level, it starts with us IMO.
That's pretty much how I feel. I have no idea if Brewster will take the program to the next level, but I do understand that it doesn't happen overnight. This is not the NFL where you can draft and sign free agents. There a team can go from 4-12 to 12-4 fairly easily. Much tougher in college football. Because the Twin Cities is considered a "pro sports town", too many fans have this "win now or get fired" attitude for coaches. Yes I want to win, but I also understand I need to be patient.
If we were to fire him now after 3 years, then we're starting all over again. Hopefully both coordinators will be back next year so we don't have to go through that again. That should help. If next year we don't go to a bowl game, then maybe we should consider looking elsewhere.
What I find funny about some of the posers is how if you don't think Brewster should be fired or if you defend him in anyway, you're some kind of "Brewster apologist" and have settled for mediocrity. I can't speak for everyone, but I know I haven't ever said that Brewster was a sure thing. Just because I don't think he should be fired doesn't mean I think he's a great coach. Right now he hasn't proven himself to be one, but he needs more time.
To the OP and others who are considering not renewing season tickets: I understand your frustration. Certainly you have every right to not renew next season. But I do think that a big part of making any program successful is the support of the fans. We now have a tremendous
Certainly a coach who makes such a public display of his faith. Turn the other cheek is supposed to be a foundation of his morality and character. So yes I expect him to behave with the decorum his position and his self-professed faith demand.
This implies that a "Gopher Lover" cannot be disappointed in Brewster. I'm neither a Brewbacker or a fire Brew guy, but I have to say that's quite a box you're trying to put people in there.
On to something unrelated to AhliBobwa's post - I don't think it makes any sense to look at pre-season predictions as evidence of what people expect. Once people see the team play, see the opponents and get a feel for the season, expectations can and should be reasonable adjusted. So in Brew's first year, for example, as the season started progressing anyone who had predicted a 5 or 6 win season should have quickly adjusted their expectations. To cling to pre-season prognostication as having any meaning at all makes no sense to me.
So it's fair to say that plenty of people predicted a 6-win season, but it's an entirely different matter to say after-the-fact that they could have or should have done better than that. In other words, fans have every right to adjust their expectations as the season plays out and more knowledge is gained. Pointing to the 6-win prediction and using that as proof that the Gophers did what people expected is a strawman IMO.
This implies that a "Gopher Lover" cannot be disappointed in Brewster. I'm neither a Brewbacker or a fire Brew guy, but I have to say that's quite a box you're trying to put people in there.
On to something unrelated to AhliBobwa's post - I don't think it makes any sense to look at pre-season predictions as evidence of what people expect. Once people see the team play, see the opponents and get a feel for the season, expectations can and should be reasonable adjusted. So in Brew's first year, for example, as the season started progressing anyone who had predicted a 5 or 6 win season should have quickly adjusted their expectations. To cling to pre-season prognostication as having any meaning at all makes no sense to me.
So it's fair to say that plenty of people predicted a 6-win season, but it's an entirely different matter to say after-the-fact that they could have or should have done better than that. In other words, fans have every right to adjust their expectations as the season plays out and more knowledge is gained. Pointing to the 6-win prediction and using that as proof that the Gophers did what people expected is a strawman IMO.
