That's definitely something BearInsider has raised in the past. Those great billboards they put up in ACC cities? Entirely done by the donor collective, over the objections of Cal Marketing.
That's definitely something BearInsider has raised in the past. Those great billboards they put up in ACC cities? Entirely done by the donor collective, over the objections of Cal Marketing.
Honestly, all of this plus the way the fan community rallied last season with the Calgorithm and turning out for GameDay, shows me that there actually is a potentially passionate fan base behind Cal sports that has just been beaten down by the poor execution of the Cal administration.
People are trying to revive that passion, but for it to really have a chance to flourish we need everyone rowing in the same direction. Knowlton just doesn't do that, and no one trusts him at this point anyway. I'm not delusional enough to think that we can be as big as the Notre Dames or Ohio States of the world, but can we be on par with a mid-level Big 10 team in terms of fan support? I think that's reachable . . . but you need an AD who will try.
Absolutely not. Cal Gameday really required an embrace of Cal spirit that is entirely antithetical to what Knowlton believes. His particular disrespect for the band means that even though my career is taking off, I will not donate a single dime until he is replaced, outside of Cal legends
And a Marketing Department that stops trying to make us into something we're not. There is no one in management who is of Cal, or understands our culture and history.
Honestly, if they just outsourced Marketing/Spirit decisions to the NIL collective and some of the main Calgorithm folks it would probably be a major improvement.
That's definitely something BearInsider has raised in the past. Those great billboards they put up in ACC cities? Entirely done by the donor collective, over the objections of Cal Marketing.
Currently the Cal Band has left Athletics, and Rally Com and Oski are trying as well.
Honestly, all of this plus the way the fan community rallied last season with the Calgorithm and turning out for GameDay, shows me that there actually is a potentially passionate fan base behind Cal sports that has just been beaten down by the poor execution of the Cal administration.
People are trying to revive that passion, but for it to really have a chance to flourish we need everyone rowing in the same direction. Knowlton just doesn't do that, and no one trusts him at this point anyway. I'm not delusional enough to think that we can be as big as the Notre Dames or Ohio States of the world, but can we be on par with a mid-level Big 10 team in terms of fan support? I think that's reachable . . . but you need an AD who will try.
Should JK get credit for bringing the Game Day to Berkeley?
Absolutely not. Cal Gameday really required an embrace of Cal spirit that is entirely antithetical to what Knowlton believes. His particular disrespect for the band means that even though my career is taking off, I will not donate a single dime until he is replaced, outside of Cal legends
I'm not behind closed doors in the meetings or whatever, but from what I can tell we can mostly just credit him for not getting in the way.
And a Marketing Department that stops trying to make us into something we're not. There is no one in management who is of Cal, or understands our culture and history.
Honestly, if they just outsourced Marketing/Spirit decisions to the NIL collective and some of the main Calgorithm folks it would probably be a major improvement.