Tim Brewster As ISU’s Next Head Coach?

[superfan]

I like the fact that Mack Brown brought Brewster with him to Texas from North Carolina. Says a lot about his coaching qualifications, if the NFL experience didn't say it all already.

[HGPuck]

Not being a coordinator doesn't bother me at all, I don't see much difference between someone like him and an OC or DC. Being a coordinator is not that much like a head coach, some guys are good leaders and admistrators and some are not, this is the question to be asked about any head coach prospect. If Pollard thinks that he is than that is good enough for me. Beyond that question I think he more than qualifys in the coaching and recruiting aspect.

[Lastplace]

While Harbaugh has some star appeal and he may get some good recruits into Ames, I think the fact that Brewster has done it at UNC with Mac Brown, and did it at Texas with Mac Brown...all the recruits that Mac Brown and Texas do not get need to go somewhere, maybe now ISU will be an option. You have to believe Brewster has some incredible contacts in both Texas and in the South East when he was at UNC.

I posted earlier, UNC was 11-1 in his final year after building a program with Mac Brown, unfortunatly UNC has gone down hill...but I think the success he had at UNC and Texas can be attributed to the type of players they brought in, Julius Peppers, Vince Young, etc.

I am excited for Brewster

[kansascy]

If Brewster is willing to turn over play calling to the OC and DC, I think the quality of assistants he can bring in will go up. Top conference, head coach that can bring in some real talent, and the chance to call the shots on offense or defense sounds like something that would be very appealing.

[Nedrick]

Looks like I may be right with this pick. (With an assist to Dienhart, of course).

Can't say I'm excited about his lack of coordinator/HC experience, but he's learned from two of the best (Brown/Shannahan), so that has to count for something.

I just hope he can come on board (assuming it happens) quickly so he can make a good comeback with recruiting. They need to patch that up FAST!

[Lastplace]

Great Call Kansascy..if I was a OC DC and wanted to build a rep..ISU would be the place if Brewster is our man.

[kurimski]

Hopefully this Brewster guy will retain an assistant coach or two. Maybe keep offensive mastermind Barney Cotten around to help out? SARCASIM SARCASIM!!!!!!!!!! It would be nice if he is able to keep the recruits ISU already has verbals from and maybe add some good lineman and some skillful positions. It will look good to recruits when you have a former nfl coach recruiting you. That i would think is impressive.

[darts180]

Originally Posted by Cyclonepride

My main reservation from his list of experience is that he hasn't been a coordinator or head coach, so he had better have some solid connections to people who have experience and who have some of that to make up for it.

Dan was a D-coordinator at Wisconsin, but we STILL had to watch five years of mistakes as he "learned on the job," some of which were never corrected.
The new coach deserves the same patience that Dan McCarney received here at Iowa State. I don't mean the 12 years of medicority, but the mindset that we will stay behind the guy until he proves YET AGAIN that he can't get it done.

[ppclone]

This is hilarious. Absolutely hilarious. We all hang on rumor and sources like its gospel. We judge candidates (not even knowing if these guys are officially candidates) based on....what? On the fact that 10 years ago they were recruiters for so and so...or that they are pro assistants....or that they know Texas' recruiting grounds?

Seriously. Its comedy.

I still distinctly remember fan sites proclaiming Jeter as the new hoops coach...everyone was crazy in love with the guy (remember - he was young, on the rise, and could recruit?). Talking him up like the next Quin Snyder - oops. i mean Billy Donovan. Then it was McDermott. And a lot of people were freaking out that the guy couldn't recruit. Or that he'd only recruit Iowa, Wisconsin and anything ending in 'Dakota'? Lots of freaking out. I remember it...because it was comical too! So lets all go ahead and breakdown Brewster and Harbaugh and hand out awards for how well the recruit....that they have star power...that they knew Mack Brown...that they will hire coordinators......lets grade em out and approve so Jamie can offically hire our guy. Then maybe Jamie will hire someone else and we can freak out all over again.

Of course this is unbelievably entertaining. I'm very serious - this cracks me up. I love you all for making me laugh at the end of some very long days.

So what's my wish? Its easy! Someone who can recruit, is a pro assistant and knows Mack brown!

Go Cyclones!

[letsgostate]

I'm still with you on Harbaugh...he's the one that would really draw the excitement.

[alaskaguy]

Anybody that has never been a head coach at the college level at least is a crap shoot at best

[benjay]

Originally Posted by ppclone

So what's my wish? Its easy! Someone who can recruit, is a pro assistant and knows Mack brown!

That either makes you a fool or a sarcastic jackass. You can pick.

[Psyclone Brian]

HARBAUGH FANS... Here's a blog I found by Jim Harbaugh himself! Incredible read!!!! Enjoy!

Friday, November 03, 2006

Jim Harbaugh: NCAA Football produces excellence without scholarships. Exclusive to Every Game Counts



By: Jim Harbaugh

For NCAA Football fans, game day is “D-day” but practice is where it all begins.
A football player has to trust in his training. They have to be mentally tough. Being mentally tough is as important as the physical toughness.A famous Marine General once said, “positions are seldom lost due to enemy action unless they’re first lost in the mind of the commander.” In a football game there’s always a time when both sides believe the issue is at doubt. The side that remains mentally tough, trusts in their training and leadership and refuses to believe they’ve lost- WILL WIN!The side that remains focused and committed to its mission will achieve victory. 95 men who remain focused on the mission can’t be beaten.
Practice is so important that my staff and I plan every single minute. individual team periods, 9 on 7 periods, you name it. We strive for energy and a mentality of effort from the moment we hit the practice field. We go full speed just like in a game. Players have to feel like they’re going to win Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday just like on Saturday.
We want them to believe they can do something remarkable. They sleep eight hours, eat right, go to class, practice hard, really hard. Sure they could be doing more fun things like going to the beach, being on MySpace, just chill’in. But football’s not a vacation. They’re doing something worthwhile with their lives. Because of their efforts we may go undefeated, have the best record in school history or both. They’re hungry for success. Hungry to be remarkable. Their parents will be proud of them, they go to a great school, play for a 1AA juggernaut, they probably bore their friends and neighbors with the things their sons are doing.
Our motto is “continuous effort”- in the weight room, practice, game time. Play hard every play, use good technique and success follows. The beauty of the system is that we’ve got ‘em. We’ve seen the players execute at a high level so they’ve come to expect it too.
We won a game 56-3 earlier in the season. Afterward linebacker Ronnie Pentz said he was disappointed that we didn’t get the shut out then went on to say, “we’ll get it next week.” The next day after practice I told them “practice is over. There’s no more time for practice.” I always tell the guys that with every practice you get better or you get worse, but you never stay the same.” So our red shirt sophomore, J.T. Rogan yells out and they all chime in… “did we get better Coach?” “Yeah” I said, “we got better.”
I believe in swagger. Guilty as charged! There’s genius in it. There’s magic in it! There’s power in it! You are what you do. I tell the guys we have a big X on our backs. We’re targets for every opponent we play and if they knock us off it’ll be like they won the Super Bowl.”
We can have excellence without scholarships. Here at the University of San Diego we believe we have attained excellence. It’s not just talk. We have it on tape. You see the hunger in our runs, hits, hustles and hard play. Our opponents have to look at those tapes and say, “oh no! What have we gotten ourselves in to?” What we put on tape this week our next opponent has to look at.
The swagger has got to be there. You can get hurt if you don’t believe it. Every game is a matter of competing and opposing wills. Every game provides a special opportunity to achieve greatness. Those opportunities don’t come around that often so you have to take advantage of them. I challenge the Toreros to make history. To make the kind of history that people want to read about in Sunday’s paper. The kind of history they’ll want to read about and remember 20 years from now. Then have fun and enjoy the moment, including this weekend’s game: San Diego at Jacksonville.
Jim Harbaugh begins his third year as the University of San Diego head football coach and quarterbacks coach. Harbaugh, a former NFL quarterback who played 15 seasons in the league played in 177 league games with 140 starts since originally entering the NFL as a first round pick by the Chicago Bears in 1987. Harbaugh was a four-year letterman at the University of Michigan and finished his college career in the top five in passing attempts, completions, completion percentage, passing yards and touchdown passes.




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[clone4410]

Good article on Brewster when he was up for the Illinois job.

http://illinois.scout.com/2/321990.html

[businesscyman]

Originally Posted by letsgostate

I'm still with you on Harbaugh...he's the one that would really draw the excitement.

Except he is coaching at a level slightly higher than large school football in Texas.