The Mullins significance is more personal because he has Bay Area ties. A sixth man on the Warriorsâ 1975 NBA championship team, Mullins was selling cars when he was asked, with no coaching experience, to become the head coach of a horrible UNC Charlotte program. He resurrected that, then, several years later, listened as Don Nelson called to see if Mullins would be interested in being the Warriorsâ head coach. That was when Nelson was the general manager, George Karl had just been fired, and Nelson was looking for a replacement.
Winning is always better than losing. And maybe the players do respond better to Brewster than Poggi. But it is very common for teams to respond well after a coach firing. I believe the team looked they made a complete 180 with the first game with Rossomando too, only to come back to reality with the second game.
Hey man, for the record, I really appreciate your input. I always love it when we can get some outside perspective around here.
For the record I am a huge fan of Brewster. I think he has been the most functional piece of the program here.
My comment to another post was about us previously hiring a below .500 coach. Unfortunately, weâve done that before.
Also, our current basketball coach is an interim that had the tag removed, and just lost a buy game to an RPI 300 team. While that shouldnât have an impact on a long term decision like this, it will.
I say that to say that while I think we could do a lot worse than brew, I do not think he will get an honest look here.
Not a reason to support anything or body, but did anyone else notice how all of the coaches on the field were dressed? I, personally, thought they looked sharp and like coaches.
Thanks, ImfromClayton! I get it. Iâve been around enough bad programs to know the cycle of coaching hires. You hire a proven coordinator, you hire a young guy with high upside, you hire the high risk/high reward outside the box hire, and to complete your bingo card you hire the retread/proven to be OK coach that can go 5-7 to 7-5 and last 5 years without having drama. Brewster was our high risk/high reward outside the box hire at Minnesota. Scott Frost, Bryan Harsin, Geoff Collins, Dino Babers, or Skip Holtz type is the most likely candidate.
Best wishes with whatever happens. I hope Coach Brew goes 2-0 and makes his case on the field and in the locker room.
Agreed. Brewster over Kerwin for recruiting and retainment purposes alone. Todayâs game is about dudes. Due to his lengthy list of power four stops he likely has more connections than Bell and can find some good coordinators as well.
We arenât retaining these guys. We just saw this with the basketball program.
Iâm not saying you guys arenât correct about Brewster, but like our best players are going to leave for P4 from now until the legislation changes. You canât make a coaching decision on that. Itâs incredibly short sighted. âHey kid, please make a decision that is clearly not as good for you and your family because we have a personal relationship.â I do think Brew is a more proven recruiter than Bell.
Iâm glad I am not making this decision. IMO, this hire is a lot harder than 2022. We have self sabotaged a bit with this Biff business.
Recruiting now is more about money than anything else. Past recruiting doesnât really mean squat. Either you have the money to pay kids or you donât.
Letâs not get too giddy after one game. Remember in 2022 they canned WH and let Ross coach the last four games and he went 2-2 and they blasted Rice the first game under the interim. In the end, he was thanked for his time and went elsewhere. Love to get to 5 wins and UAB is a winnable game but that wonât help us in 25. Every year now with the portal is a reset both for us and the teams we play. Even with all the talk up of Purdie and Blake, no way they stay. No way!