Golden Nugz Sees Brew Is Tweeting

by PJS on Mar 25, 2009 8:31 PM CDT Comment 33 comments

Tim Brewster is twitting. Or is it tweeting. Whatever you call, you know that it'll be, um, intersting, if not tremendous.

Here is the feed in all of its glory. And Here are some examples that make it clear Coach Brew is tweeting himself.

EACH GUY CONTROLS WHAT HE BRINGS TO THE TABLE EACH DAY ATTITUDE, EFFORT, TOUGHNESS AND PASSION NOT TAUGHT BUT BROUGHT!

Let me know if you want to come be a Gopher! We are looking for playmakers!

WINNING ON AND OFF THE FIELD EACH AND EVERY DAY IS WHAT CREATES A CHAMPION!

Black Heart Gold Pants couldn't resist. You should check that out.

I just have two more comments. 1) At least it's clear Brewster is doing this himself. And 2) Do we really want Brewster doing this himself?

OK, three comments. At least he'll make the offseason interesting!

Maybe it's wishful thinking. Maybe it's a daily newspaper reporter filling up space. Either way, I don't understand why the Charlottesville Daily Progress is under the assumption that the likes of Tubby Smith, John Beilein or Jay Wright would be intersted in the Virginia job. Other names make sense, including Jeff Capel of Oklahoma, because of his ties to VCU and the ACC with Duke and current VCU coach Anthony Grant. Why exactly would Smith, Belein or Wright leave programs they have in major conferences that are heading in the right direction for the Cavs, an ACC afterthought.

Sticking with the UVA coaching search (sorry, I live in VA and hear about this a lot), this blog breaks down the search in "romantic comedy" terms. Somehow Tubby Smith is likened to Scarlett Johansson.

Hockey fans, it looks like Joel Maturi has the back of Don Lucia. Should he?

U President Robert Bruininks talks to the Minnesota Daily about Tubby's future. Bruiinkinks is convinced Tubby is happy and is staying put.

No link here, but the Sweet 16 begins Thursday night. if you had your bracket to do over, who would be your choice? I don't think I'd pick Pittsburgh again. They just don't seem to be on the top of their game. Connecticut now has headaches to deal with. Villianova might be playing the best. But I think I'm picking Oklahoma from here on out.

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Is it just me

Or does it seem like Brewster is using Twitter as a way to get around text messaging rules? I’m going to guess that the NCAA will put the kibosh on twittercruiting eventually.

by nathaneide on Mar 25, 2009 9:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

We all missed the biggest story of the morning....

…out of Sid’s column. Brewster said only 3 guys are guaranteed first-week starters: Adam Weber, Eric Small and Garrett Brown.

I officially believe Brewster is a fool. In an interview with Eric Rittenberg, he claimed Eric Decker should be on the short-list for the Belitnikoff Award, which he should. But he’s not a cinch starter? C’mon. Brewster either needs to get his facts and story straight or he needs to shut his mouth. Decker is the best player on his team (and no, I’m not related).

Other thoughts:

(1) for some reason high school recruits like the cheese of Brewster. If Twitter works, so be it. I think it just reads and looks stupid though. I’d hope scholarship players are giving a good effort in their first practice. Good effort shouldn’t be a Twitter-able event.

(2) Doesn’t Tubby have family in Virginia? And, have you ever been to Charlottesville? A beautiful area that is significantly warmer than Minneapolis. They are two of the best places to live in the country. And yes, my mom lives there, but it’s still sublime. And, Virginia is a power school. I think one Ralph Sampson went there in his college days, which would be rich irony if Tubby got the hire.

(3) Lucia has 2 national titles. He should get the chance to fix the team. This shouldn’t even be a topic of discussion until 2013 (the Simmons 5-year immunity from criticism after a national title).

(4) The fact that I’ve read continual stories about how Tubby is happy and staying put means that everyone is expecting him to get job offers this off-season and that they may be enough to turn his head. Hopefully he stays, but let’s be honest – if any of us were offered a doubling in salary and a warm-weather climate to do the same job you now do in Minnesota, you’d seriously consider the jump.

(5) Anyone who picked against Memphis because “they didn’t play anyone” is going to be sorry they chose the “Utah doesn’t deserve a title shot” theory to apply to basketball. You heard it here first.

Wait – I have Pittsburgh winning my bracket. I’ll keep them.

Wait – is Lawson healthy?

Whatever. There are 4 great games tonight. Looking forward to them.

by JG2112 on Mar 26, 2009 8:06 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

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On the Sid column, keep in mind that it was Sid. If Decker is not a sure thing starter, that’s crazy.

As for Charlottesville, yes, it’s a nice campus for sure. And, yes, it’s warmer. But Tubby would have another rebuilding job. He’s just now got Minnesota back to being competitive. He has a recruiting class on the way. He’ll have to start anew at UVA. And I think professional success is more important to Tubby than climate. He’ll be closer to the top sooner at Minnesota than he would with another rebuilding job.

On Memphis, I didn’t pick them. Not because they didn’t play anyone, but because John Calipari creeps mme out. Great rationale for my pick, I know, and that’s why my bracket is embarrassing.

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by PJS on Mar 26, 2009 9:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

PJS

I’m on board with everything you have said about Tubby, not only today but over the past month or two when this has come up. The team is trending the right way, big time recruits are coming in, we’re all excited, we should be. I want him to stay, you do too, so does my 5-year old and she could care less about basketball – she just thinks it’s funny that there’s a guy named “tubby.”

College coaches are egomaniacs, though, and always look to improve their contracts.

No one has any proof that professional success is more important to Tubby than climate or a big paycheck. And if it is, why not go to Virginia, which is in a higher-profile conference? Tubby v. Coach K. Tubby v. Roy Williams.

He already has a national title, Final Fours, conference titles. And, we would be remiss if we didn’t at least bring up (haven’t I read this?) that Mrs. Tubby may not like the cold weather.

It may sound like I’m wishing this to happen but I’m not. I want him to stay. I’ll just say there are institutional items in Minnesota which make it hard to keep good coaches if other programs want the coach bad enough.

by JG2112 on Mar 26, 2009 10:14 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

If we are playing climate?

Then you haven’t discussed his oft quoted enjoyment of the cosmopolitan nature of the “U” and MSP.

Since they are egomaniacs one could argue Tubby is in the perfect position. He knows this state can and will get behind a great Gopher team which looks to be forthcoming, and he will be looked upon as the savior. At that point he could leave the program with fanfare and the Kentucky debacle in his distant past.

It’s my belief that he came to Minnesota for a reason. Self selection. If he wanted warmth, different coaching peers, or conferences he probably could have had his pick of jobs. He liked what he saw here and wanted a chance to take a program to the top and be praised for it.

Cmon JG, it’s certainly reasonable he could leave, but I disagree with the devil’s advocate position.

by InflectionPoint on Mar 26, 2009 10:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

ACC

Yes, Coach K and Roy are big names. So too are Tom Izzo, Tom Crean, Bo Ryan, John Beilein and Matt Painter is certainly making a name for himself. And I’m no UVA sports buff, but I don’t remember them being in the national conversation any more often in the college hoops world than Minnesota. You say Ralph Sampson, I say Kevin McHale (aside from his T’Wolves performance). And Minnesota has the advantage of being the only game in town in Minneapolis, where significant D1 talent is produced thanks to the AAU system.

In VA, the Cavs battle with VaTech for talent in the southern portions of the state. Where the talent really lies in Virginia is in Northern Virginia, around DC and the Maryland suburbs. The battle for that talent is immends. You have Georgetwon, GW, Maryland (in the DC burbs), George Mason, UVA, Va Tech and then just a short jaunt up 95 are the Phildelphia schools.

Point is, locking down MN’s borders is a much easier proposition than it is in Virginia.

And, no, I don’t have proof Tubby wants to put competitiveness first. But don’t you think it’s human nature to want to prove youself after what happened to him at UK? He’s two steps down the road at Minnesota. UVA would be two steps backwards.

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by PJS on Mar 26, 2009 11:06 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I only said Ralph Sampson

because of his kid.

PJS – I don’t disagree with anything you or Inflection Point wrote. I’m aware of it all. Again, I WANT HIM TO STAY. However, I’ve watched enough sports to know human nature = follow the money and the weather. I’ll believe Tubby is the coach when he’s coaching Royce, et al this fall.

In reading about Virginia, I had forgotten John Crotty. He was actually a pretty good PG. Most would be with Bryant Stith in the backcourt.

by JG2112 on Mar 26, 2009 12:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

More Nonsense

Tubby has plenty of $ at Minnesota.

Weather is a Red Herring.

by FortyYearCatFan on Mar 26, 2009 8:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Tubby And Donna Love It In Minnesota

Why can’t Gopher fans “get it” about that?

by FortyYearCatFan on Mar 26, 2009 8:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think most people do "get it"

nobody is saying he is GOING to leave, just that history has shown us “MOST” people jump at more money and better climate. But I think everyone recognizes that the reason Tubby will likely stay is that he truly does like where is at.

what you say here can, and will, be used against you

by GopherNation on Mar 27, 2009 10:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

+10

You hit it on the head. I don’t want to go through a Billy Donovan in 2007-style waver.

by JG2112 on Mar 27, 2009 10:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes, Sid does mess up some stuff

But I know that he always carries a recorder with him and seldom gets quotes wrong. I think it was just a mispeak by Brewster, which he does more often than Sid!

by COJOMAY on Mar 26, 2009 10:17 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Have you seen that recorder?

Honestly, it’s circa 1955.

by JG2112 on Mar 26, 2009 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I've seen it and witnessed Garnett making fun of it

the mic had scotch tape around it to hold it together.

what you say here can, and will, be used against you

by GopherNation on Mar 26, 2009 12:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The man is a millionaire.

…well, he was before Bernie Madoff screwed him over.

Regardless, he ought to get a new one full stop.

by JG2112 on Mar 26, 2009 12:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

So let me get this straight

You all think Sid is at fault here and not Brewster for misspeaking. Sid may be old and getting senile but I’ll take his word for things long before I would trust Brewster,

by COJOMAY on Mar 26, 2009 2:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not me.

Brewster’s the foolster. He speaks before thinking. This one is obvious.

by JG2112 on Mar 26, 2009 2:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm just saying you have to entertain the possibility.

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by PJS on Mar 26, 2009 2:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Virginia = Nonsense

Donna is from Richmond. Tubby’s famiiy is from Maryland.

Virginia is a power nothing in athletics.

by FortyYearCatFan on Mar 26, 2009 8:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Scratch that Memphis business....

…geez.

by JG2112 on Mar 26, 2009 10:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Three Guaranteed Starters

I’d assume that being Brewster was talking about the competition to move up the depth chart in spring practice, so only mentioned Weber, Small, and Brown as the ones who are currently in practice that have starting spots locked up.

by LittleBobbyHillis on Mar 27, 2009 2:22 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

And you would be wrong for assuming.....

..he was talking about the spring. Here is Brewster’s quote:

“Quarterback Adam Weber and [defensive] tackles Eric Small and Garrett Brown are the only three players who I believe are a cinch to be starters when we open the season,” Brewster said.

From this source: http://www.startribune.com/sports/gophers/41869582.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiU9PmP:QiUiacyKUUr

by JG2112 on Mar 27, 2009 12:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’d read that before. And I also lead the sentence immediately before that one about the opening spring practice and Brewster expeciting big competition during the practices. If Decker were practicing he would have said there were four players he thought were cinches to start the season.

by LittleBobbyHillis on Mar 28, 2009 4:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh, and ....

… Jason Meinke, an O-lineman from Apple Valley who started eight games last year, has left the team. Not to transfer, just left the team. Maybe he didn’t take a liking to Mr. Davis……

http://www.startribune.com/sports/gophers/41869817.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiUjc8LDyiUiacyKUnciaec8O7EyUr

by JG2112 on Mar 26, 2009 8:11 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Is Lucia criticism due now?

Since the Gophers last won a championship in 2003, looks like we are one year beyond the Simmons immunity rule or do we multiply by two since championships came back-to-back?

by Freealonzo on Mar 26, 2009 4:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Hey free

He won the two titles, so he gets a total of ten years, starting when he won his first title in the 2002 year. So, the 2012-2013 season is when he has lost immunity.

by JG2112 on Mar 26, 2009 6:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Good news for the Gophers

Ohio State freshman center BJ Mullens has announced for the NBA

by COJOMAY on Mar 26, 2009 9:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

More "fun" news

From “Sea of Blue” website: Billy G is out at KU, This is an MSM report from a generally reliable news source. I have no details, but they announced it just a few minutes ago. I wasn’t even home when the news broke, my wife told me.

by COJOMAY on Mar 26, 2009 9:52 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Unbelievable.

What a psycho administration in Lexington.

by JG2112 on Mar 26, 2009 10:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

OK, there seems to be some confusion...

This is the thread on a Lexington station that started it all:
http://www.whas11.com/topstories/stories/WHAS11_090326_Top_gillispie.74c3bf6f.html
Now the UK people are saying Billy wasn’t fired and there is no news conference set for tomorrow.
But this press release doesn’t say Billy was “fired” just that “he will not be the coach next year.”
Guess we’ll have to wait to find out for sure.
In the meantime you can go to http://www.aseaofblue.com/ and read all about it.

by COJOMAY on Mar 27, 2009 1:01 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I have been checking that site the last few days as well

it’s unreal how many people post on ASOB. This coaching controversy has drawn even more new people and those guys can’t keep up with new threads. Just a hunch, but I am guessing ASOB is the most popular site on SBNation (no offense TDG, this site rocks!).

by GreasyLlama on Mar 27, 2009 8:53 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs