Extending Brewster?
It may pay off, or it may be a move they come to regret, but athletic director Joel Maturi has assured media sources that the Gophers will offer Tim Brewster a contract extension. Soon. The offer will come after the Gopher’s appearance at the Insight Bowl, but before February’s National Signing Day.
Perhaps coach Brewster has footage of Maturi on wireless security systems doing something shady, but despite a 14-23 overall record and a 6-18 mark in the Big 10 over three seasons, and despite also having two years remaining on his original five-year contract, Maturi is apparently ready to extend Brewster’s stay with the maroon and gold.
Now, with two classes of his own recruits on campus and another on its way next fall, Maturi’s reasoning is that Brewster deserves a chance to work with his own recruits. Of course, the same thing could be accomplished if a contract extension was put off for another year, when Brewster would only have one year remaining on his current deal – still plenty of time to work out an extension.
Instead, Maturi is hoping an extension now will sway top-flight, undecided recruits like Seantrel Henderson of Cretin-Derham Hall, ranked in the Top 5 nationally and a much-needed offensive lineman, into choosing the Gophers over a program in transition like Notre Dame – the college that tends to steal most of Cretin-Derham Hall’s top athletes away from the U.
“We need stability in our program,” Maturi said in a press release announcing his intent to offer Brewster an extension. The length and terms of the proposed extension are currently undisclosed, but it would make sense for Maturi to be pushing for a shorter-term, two-year deal, while Brewster would understandably be seeking a longer, four- or five-year extension.
