Started By
Message
re: RIP Billy "Dog" Brewer
Posted on 5/13/18 at 11:17 am to Ted2010
Posted on 5/13/18 at 11:17 am to Ted2010
Prayers for Billy's family and loved ones. Billy was UM coach during my college days. I always hated playing his teams, because you always knew they were going to be tough.
RIP
RIP
This post was edited on 5/13/18 at 11:18 am
0
Posted on 5/13/18 at 11:21 am to BurnsideStyle
RIP
Posted on 5/13/18 at 11:26 am to BurnsideStyle
One of the last times my grandfather ever went grocery shopping, he ran into Billy at a grocery store in Oxford, and they literally carried their conversation from the produce aisle to the cash register to Billy’s car for another 20 minutes to half hour. He did a lot of good and bad things as the coach of the program, and he’s the first coach I’ll ever remember. The Golden Flake ads alone will probably always be stuck in my mind. RIP
Posted on 5/13/18 at 12:41 pm to BurnsideStyle
Damn ... Billy was a good guy. Knew him and his brother both back in my Olive Branch days. Sad to read this. Last time I saw him was at Coach Dietzel's funeral.
We're all getting old I guess.
He loved to fish. We fished Arkabutla and Sardis together, several times with a mutual friend of ours, and he loved being out on the water ... whether we were catching fish or not.
He bought my used truck ... later told me he drove it for years, best truck he ever owned he said. I had run into him out on Covington Pike used truck shopping while I was new truck shopping and he decided he wanted that truck of mine so, rather than trade it, I sold it to Billy and we continued to use that truck to pull his boat to the lake.
Damn, just damn. They're all dying. All my old buddies ... Coach Carlen, Coach Dietzel and now Billy. About to head out to take my wife to Mother's Day dinner ... but I am genuinely sad. He was such a good guy. Lived a good, honorable, life. Loved his Rebs, loved Ole Miss.
The 80s don't seem like that long ago, but I guess they were.
We're all getting old I guess.
He loved to fish. We fished Arkabutla and Sardis together, several times with a mutual friend of ours, and he loved being out on the water ... whether we were catching fish or not.
He bought my used truck ... later told me he drove it for years, best truck he ever owned he said. I had run into him out on Covington Pike used truck shopping while I was new truck shopping and he decided he wanted that truck of mine so, rather than trade it, I sold it to Billy and we continued to use that truck to pull his boat to the lake.
Damn, just damn. They're all dying. All my old buddies ... Coach Carlen, Coach Dietzel and now Billy. About to head out to take my wife to Mother's Day dinner ... but I am genuinely sad. He was such a good guy. Lived a good, honorable, life. Loved his Rebs, loved Ole Miss.
The 80s don't seem like that long ago, but I guess they were.
Posted on 5/13/18 at 1:44 pm to BurnsideStyle
I know I talk a lot of shite about Luke being hired because he loved Ole Miss, but if there was ever a man who loved Ole Miss, it was Billy Brewer. Outside of Vaught, that man is far and away our best coach. If he had not been fired, I think we would have won the SEC under him a few times and Ole Miss football would be a lot different today than it currently is.
What got him fired was pretty damn dirty though and I don't think there will ever be an Ole Miss fan who will be mad at him for it
What got him fired was pretty damn dirty though and I don't think there will ever be an Ole Miss fan who will be mad at him for it
This post was edited on 5/13/18 at 1:46 pm
Posted on 5/13/18 at 1:46 pm to BurnsideStyle
RIP Red Britches
Posted on 5/13/18 at 2:00 pm to TOFTR
Imagine being so petty that you’re downvoting in an in memoriam thread. Some mothers should’ve swallowed
Posted on 5/13/18 at 2:20 pm to BurnsideStyle
quote:
RIP Billy "Dog" Brewer
While I never met him. One of my best friends growing up, his Dad was one of the big shots in the maintenance dept. @ Southeastern Louisiana for many years. He knew Billy very well when he was head coach here. He always spoke about what a great guy he was along with a great coach.
Posted on 5/13/18 at 5:32 pm to Ponchy Tiger
Billy Brewer did more with less. The facilities were outdated and
money and support to improve the program wasn’t there.
Loved watching Ole Miss under Brewer.
RIP
money and support to improve the program wasn’t there.
Loved watching Ole Miss under Brewer.
RIP
Page 2 of 2
Back to top
Follow SECRant for SEC Football News