"Cal fans scarred by the Wilcox Era offensive line will, for now, have to place their trust in the new coaching staff’s ability to develop a cohesive unit that is consistently capable of supporting an electric offense.” Yep, that pretty much nails it, the biggest question heading into the season. Go Bears, roll on and over ucla.
Agreed. It will probably be a few years before we have recruited and developed a quality OL, and the meantime it's just "try to make it work" and scheme around it with the talent at skill positions.
My unsubstantiated belief is that quality O-Linemen already were good or showed the potential in high school, so they already are at power conf schools.. so you're not going to find them in the portal "moving up" from mid majors, and they tend to stay put unlike other positions that tend to shop for the highest bidder.
Good information Mr. Shames. I have all these comments in my head. They are going to stay there, but one, and everybody knows it. The OL must play better in order for us to win games. That is all I got. Go Bears beat UCLA!
The last 4 games last year, the offensive line, especially inside found a sweet spot. The new position groupings seemed to work and JKS numbers reflected the improvement. Wins over SMU and Louisville were results plus JKS had 0 interceptions and great PFF numbers. My hope is this years tackles will make the improvement to forge a solid unit finally. Having 4 players back with starting experience and 5 portal guys hopefully starts us building depth. I have hope!
"Cal fans scarred by the Wilcox Era offensive line will, for now, have to place their trust in the new coaching staff’s ability to develop a cohesive unit that is consistently capable of supporting an electric offense.” Yep, that pretty much nails it, the biggest question heading into the season. Go Bears, roll on and over ucla.
Agreed. It will probably be a few years before we have recruited and developed a quality OL, and the meantime it's just "try to make it work" and scheme around it with the talent at skill positions.
My unsubstantiated belief is that quality O-Linemen already were good or showed the potential in high school, so they already are at power conf schools.. so you're not going to find them in the portal "moving up" from mid majors, and they tend to stay put unlike other positions that tend to shop for the highest bidder.
Good information Mr. Shames. I have all these comments in my head. They are going to stay there, but one, and everybody knows it. The OL must play better in order for us to win games. That is all I got. Go Bears beat UCLA!
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The last 4 games last year, the offensive line, especially inside found a sweet spot. The new position groupings seemed to work and JKS numbers reflected the improvement. Wins over SMU and Louisville were results plus JKS had 0 interceptions and great PFF numbers. My hope is this years tackles will make the improvement to forge a solid unit finally. Having 4 players back with starting experience and 5 portal guys hopefully starts us building depth. I have hope!