This shows that Wilcox is taking control of his destiny by making bold choices that are different than his comfort level. I love these moves and I think this is just the tip of the iceberg. I'm betting that they're gonna be aggressive in the portal.
What everyone is overlooking here is that all three new hires have OC experience. Bloesch’s units ranked in the top ten for rushing offense and fewest sacks allowed. Hank Bachmeier had his best year under Plough last year at Boise St, and that he entered the transfer portal almost immediately after Plough was let go in week 3/4 of this season. That should tell you how highly a 4 year starter thought of his OC being fired.
The OL really was our Achilles heel for the season with all struggles offensively and eventually defensively (due to fatigue) leading from that. The combination of a more-suitable spread offense with a good OL coach really should help. The new hires all look good.
Not sure what to make of Plough but I'm not sure how critical TE will be for us anyway as a position (though I of course welcome improvement!).
Meanwhile on the defensive side, I see we have 2 DBs transferring into Cal: Kaylin Moore from Colorado and Nohl Williams from UNLV. Assuming Hearns is back healthy next season, the secondary should be in pretty good shape.
I'm at an airport lounge in Tokyo and seeing a guy in Stanford Tree logo sweatshirt sitting across from me. Can't decide whether I should strike a conversation about Troy Taylor.
Is Cal going to remain w/o a ST coordinator or is one of the new hires going to take that on?
I'm cautiously optimistic about all the new guys, but would love to have SOMEONE take on the ST role so we have some additional focus on a position that can swing a game 3-10pts
There’s been no news of him not being retained and apparently he was instrumental in creating the schemes against Stanfurd and UCLA. He’s also still listed on the CAL football website.
This shows that Wilcox is taking control of his destiny by making bold choices that are different than his comfort level. I love these moves and I think this is just the tip of the iceberg. I'm betting that they're gonna be aggressive in the portal.
Mr. Plough, that's his name.
What everyone is overlooking here is that all three new hires have OC experience. Bloesch’s units ranked in the top ten for rushing offense and fewest sacks allowed. Hank Bachmeier had his best year under Plough last year at Boise St, and that he entered the transfer portal almost immediately after Plough was let go in week 3/4 of this season. That should tell you how highly a 4 year starter thought of his OC being fired.
Ott out on the Twitter recruiting trail:
https://twitter.com/thejaydnott/status/1602509995937071104?s=46&t=4l8-zwO5MLsFh4rVAyygMQ
Plough does, but Bloesch doesn't have a Wikipedia page. Must not be good if he doesn't have a page!
I like these hires.
So it seems like Plough didn't actually *play* in that 2005 Furd game... still cool though.
The OL really was our Achilles heel for the season with all struggles offensively and eventually defensively (due to fatigue) leading from that. The combination of a more-suitable spread offense with a good OL coach really should help. The new hires all look good.
Not sure what to make of Plough but I'm not sure how critical TE will be for us anyway as a position (though I of course welcome improvement!).
What’s up with Geep Chryst?
We have had a lot of bad news this fall (football and basketball). I'm glad we have some good news that we can talk about :)
Meanwhile on the defensive side, I see we have 2 DBs transferring into Cal: Kaylin Moore from Colorado and Nohl Williams from UNLV. Assuming Hearns is back healthy next season, the secondary should be in pretty good shape.
I'm at an airport lounge in Tokyo and seeing a guy in Stanford Tree logo sweatshirt sitting across from me. Can't decide whether I should strike a conversation about Troy Taylor.
A thoughtful assessment.
Is Cal going to remain w/o a ST coordinator or is one of the new hires going to take that on?
I'm cautiously optimistic about all the new guys, but would love to have SOMEONE take on the ST role so we have some additional focus on a position that can swing a game 3-10pts
Let's go!
There’s been no news of him not being retained and apparently he was instrumental in creating the schemes against Stanfurd and UCLA. He’s also still listed on the CAL football website.