Would be nice to know how many total minutes Anusiem played during the aforementioned sixteen games and, if so, whether the games were still in doubt during most of the time Anusiem played.
If he played a decent amount of total minutes during those games when the games were still on the line, then it might worth it to offer Anusiem the POSSIBLE opportunity for more minutes the next season IF he stays at Cal AND improves certain skills Wilcox and other Cal coaches think are important that may not have been communicated to him by Wilcox and/or other coaches in enough detail during the season, most likely due to time constraints..
By doing that Wilcox is not really promising anything specific to Anusiem but is merely providing better information to a player as to how he can get what he wants -- more playing time.. The judgement of whether the player has done what was asked to still totally with the coaches' purview.
Actually, a season end review for all players as to what they need to improve on might be a good idea to allow them to think about it during the offseason, though communicating that would take a lot of time and at a time when everybody wants to move on to other, non-football activities. So that might not be feasible.
I have never coached football and, in any event, I'm sure others on this board will disagree with me. That's fine; I'm used to it. Just like to express my opinion as ot how we can improve Cal's football skills, whether I am right or wrong. I am expecting some of those types of comments.
The "I just want to play ball" tweet is from 2020. Written on the day the season opener vs Washington was canceled due to Covid. Had nothing at all to do with this season or his playing time.
It's too bad - I really though Chiggy was on track to be one of the next takes with the way he started his career and his sophomore year - but he just got passed on the depth chart by a bunch of guys, and especially Lu-Magia.
11/30/21 update: number of folks in transfer portal (all are immediately eligible for transfer, either as grads or red shirt freshmen). Asterisks denote that their season (not including bowls) are not finished yet (ie, logically, one might expect guys to enter portal after their last game of season):
Congratulations on getting the degree.
Can he grad transfer and play on a different team during the same season?
Can't he finish this season with Cal? If we have injuries or Covid to other CB, we would need him.
Best of luck to such a hard worker. It's gotta be tough putting in the work everyone else is but not getting on the field. I wish him the very best.
Best of luck to him, he just got over recruited. I'm sure we will see other kids follow him out, just the first domino to fall.
I was wondering what had happened to him. Did Young jump him on the depth chart?
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Would be nice to know how many total minutes Anusiem played during the aforementioned sixteen games and, if so, whether the games were still in doubt during most of the time Anusiem played.
If he played a decent amount of total minutes during those games when the games were still on the line, then it might worth it to offer Anusiem the POSSIBLE opportunity for more minutes the next season IF he stays at Cal AND improves certain skills Wilcox and other Cal coaches think are important that may not have been communicated to him by Wilcox and/or other coaches in enough detail during the season, most likely due to time constraints..
By doing that Wilcox is not really promising anything specific to Anusiem but is merely providing better information to a player as to how he can get what he wants -- more playing time.. The judgement of whether the player has done what was asked to still totally with the coaches' purview.
Actually, a season end review for all players as to what they need to improve on might be a good idea to allow them to think about it during the offseason, though communicating that would take a lot of time and at a time when everybody wants to move on to other, non-football activities. So that might not be feasible.
I have never coached football and, in any event, I'm sure others on this board will disagree with me. That's fine; I'm used to it. Just like to express my opinion as ot how we can improve Cal's football skills, whether I am right or wrong. I am expecting some of those types of comments.
The "I just want to play ball" tweet is from 2020. Written on the day the season opener vs Washington was canceled due to Covid. Had nothing at all to do with this season or his playing time.
It's too bad - I really though Chiggy was on track to be one of the next takes with the way he started his career and his sophomore year - but he just got passed on the depth chart by a bunch of guys, and especially Lu-Magia.
Best of luck Chiggy - I still believe in you.
11/30/21 update: number of folks in transfer portal (all are immediately eligible for transfer, either as grads or red shirt freshmen). Asterisks denote that their season (not including bowls) are not finished yet (ie, logically, one might expect guys to enter portal after their last game of season):
Arizona: 5
ASU: 4
Cal*: 1
CU: 6
Oregon*: 2
OSU: 3
Stanfurd: 3
UCLA: 2
USC*: 2
Utah*: 3
UW: 4
WSU: 5
Source: 247Sports.