I think we should have hired Travis decuire, Monty's chosen successor. Cuonzo was ok and a good recruiter but had no connection to cal and a wandering eye. No comment on Wyking.
I think the way this team lost and how they’ve been playing the last few weeks as a whole might be the tipping point for a lot of Cal fans in the Fox era.
Agreed, Rob. Good point...I mean, Wyking's 2 years pretty much set this program back, what, 6, 7 seasons? We're in year 4 now, and nothing from this squad/coaching staff shows that they'll be competing for .500 anytime soon.
As for Fox, the genuine lack of production from his 1st recruiting class is really troubling. Sure, Fox has never been known to be a guy that attracts Mickey D's AAs, but ya gotta get something out of the guys YOU signed on....
Thorpe and KK have yet to show they are P12-caliber players, Dimmy the Greek has yet to show he's even a D1 player, and Thiemann has shown that just being a 7'-er does not mean you are good at basketball. I mean, of all these guys, the lack of production by Thiemann is red-flag astounding, giving his minutes. Brown is the only one that has shown ANY improvement, and even he is not a starting PG at this level.
Tough years ahead....thanks again, Mike Williams...
That's so not necessary. Fox was always considered a candidate for the job, and his hiring was met with a general blah from a rapidly shrinking fan base...at best, a lukewarm retread hire. Wyking Jones killed this program...left it in f-ing ruins. Coming off the worst stretch in school history, and with lack of secrecy re: bright spots like Sueing, McNeill and Vanover all would be leaving, this was NOT a good job. It still isn't, truthfully.
By all accounts, .500 was the best a Cal fan could realistically hope for...really the ceiling, under Fox. But that looks to be a few years away from fruition anyway, and the coaching staff is going to have to up their game.
Sueing and Vanover are both high efficiency offensive options within the rotation of two teams with NCAA tournament at-large spot expectations. Sueing has also been solid in a role for an SMU team that is unlikely to make the tournament but generally competitive in the AAC.
Losing to Stanfurd in anything is a cardinal sin(get it) but yesterday was especially disappointing considering we pretty much beat this same exact team last year and if anything they were playing with worse players without Davis, Wills, and Williams. I think this really shows the pain we are going through in missing Paris Austin and not having a general playmaker on the floor.
I think we should have hired Travis decuire, Monty's chosen successor. Cuonzo was ok and a good recruiter but had no connection to cal and a wandering eye. No comment on Wyking.
I think the way this team lost and how they’ve been playing the last few weeks as a whole might be the tipping point for a lot of Cal fans in the Fox era.
Agreed, Rob. Good point...I mean, Wyking's 2 years pretty much set this program back, what, 6, 7 seasons? We're in year 4 now, and nothing from this squad/coaching staff shows that they'll be competing for .500 anytime soon.
As for Fox, the genuine lack of production from his 1st recruiting class is really troubling. Sure, Fox has never been known to be a guy that attracts Mickey D's AAs, but ya gotta get something out of the guys YOU signed on....
Thorpe and KK have yet to show they are P12-caliber players, Dimmy the Greek has yet to show he's even a D1 player, and Thiemann has shown that just being a 7'-er does not mean you are good at basketball. I mean, of all these guys, the lack of production by Thiemann is red-flag astounding, giving his minutes. Brown is the only one that has shown ANY improvement, and even he is not a starting PG at this level.
Tough years ahead....thanks again, Mike Williams...
That's so not necessary. Fox was always considered a candidate for the job, and his hiring was met with a general blah from a rapidly shrinking fan base...at best, a lukewarm retread hire. Wyking Jones killed this program...left it in f-ing ruins. Coming off the worst stretch in school history, and with lack of secrecy re: bright spots like Sueing, McNeill and Vanover all would be leaving, this was NOT a good job. It still isn't, truthfully.
By all accounts, .500 was the best a Cal fan could realistically hope for...really the ceiling, under Fox. But that looks to be a few years away from fruition anyway, and the coaching staff is going to have to up their game.
quick summary:
Sueing and Vanover are both high efficiency offensive options within the rotation of two teams with NCAA tournament at-large spot expectations. Sueing has also been solid in a role for an SMU team that is unlikely to make the tournament but generally competitive in the AAC.
In short, they would all be immediately valuable contributors that Cal would greatly benefit from having on the roster.
This was nicks and my list from 2 years ago. https://www.californiagoldenblogs.com/2019/3/26/18187896/cal-mbb-coaching-big-board-2019
Losing to Stanfurd in anything is a cardinal sin(get it) but yesterday was especially disappointing considering we pretty much beat this same exact team last year and if anything they were playing with worse players without Davis, Wills, and Williams. I think this really shows the pain we are going through in missing Paris Austin and not having a general playmaker on the floor.
Thanks Nick, great recap from a thoroughly frustrating effort in another frustrating game
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Doooooooommmmmmm