I already posted this on a different but older thread. Repeating hear so people can see it. Well, Chris Brooks is leaving, Tevis is leaving, Remigio is leaving, Clark is leaving and Tonges is leaving. Meanwhile, all of our previous 4 star commits de-committed. Next we will hear that Chase is leaving. And today Wilcox interviewed for th…
I already posted this on a different but older thread. Repeating hear so people can see it. Well, Chris Brooks is leaving, Tevis is leaving, Remigio is leaving, Clark is leaving and Tonges is leaving. Meanwhile, all of our previous 4 star commits de-committed. Next we will hear that Chase is leaving. And today Wilcox interviewed for the Oregon HC job whereas two years ago he told them a flat out no. What does that tell you? Knowlton better have a good fucking back up plan.
Ideally for Cal they’d all stay (besides Clark, who is out of eligibility and declaring for the draft). However, they are all in positions of relative strength, and there have been hints that younger guys will be ready to step up.
The RB room was arguably too deep this year, taking snaps away from Chris, and Moore was the clear #1 until his fumble bug hit.
The DL room is the best recruited and best coached of the past few years, so the new guys (and healthy Brett) are going to explode next year. No worries there.
Nikko has been an exemplary student athlete representative for Cal, which is hard to replace. But Toler has also recruited and coached up the WR room well, so there are young guys ready to see the field there.
For TEs, we are clearly going with Terry and Latu as our main guys. The seniors have done admirably, but I don’t blame them for not wanting to step back into supporting roles as the young guys (with their ideal physical frames and skill sets) take over.
Plenty of issues around the team and the coaching staff, but all the announcements so far have been bummers but not devastating.
He told them no to an interview early on in his time at CAL. He promised to give us 5 years. He kept his word. I'm not sure CAL has recently done for him what is required to build a successful program. Maybe Knowlton was going to fire him but he's given Wilcox a chance to land another job before giving him the ax. I don't know. I do know that the absence of a public vote of confidence and contract extension has neutered Wilcox's ability to recruit, and this really limits the upside of the program. When I see so many of our stars with another year of eligibility leaving I ask myself what do they know that we don't know?
I'm torn on the transfers....Makai Polk last year was a rough one (and possibly quite telling), but the recent collection of grad transfers, tho disappointing, has fit the graduate trend in CFB of late. The COVID mess of a season gave all these guys and extra go at it in Berkeley.
But hearing that Wilcox basically had a 5 year window is interesting. With that in mind, if Knowlton is not operating under some sort of plan for HC, then we've got serious troubles.
Unless he already has a replacement picked out and he's being a gentleman to Wilcox. If he doesn't then he has fucked this up royally if Wilcox leaves.
Are you reading the writing on the wall!? Maybe, unless Wilcox doesn’t get hired by Oregon or another school, in which case it’s going to be pretty rough sledding at least for a couple of years.
I already posted this on a different but older thread. Repeating hear so people can see it. Well, Chris Brooks is leaving, Tevis is leaving, Remigio is leaving, Clark is leaving and Tonges is leaving. Meanwhile, all of our previous 4 star commits de-committed. Next we will hear that Chase is leaving. And today Wilcox interviewed for the Oregon HC job whereas two years ago he told them a flat out no. What does that tell you? Knowlton better have a good fucking back up plan.
Ideally for Cal they’d all stay (besides Clark, who is out of eligibility and declaring for the draft). However, they are all in positions of relative strength, and there have been hints that younger guys will be ready to step up.
The RB room was arguably too deep this year, taking snaps away from Chris, and Moore was the clear #1 until his fumble bug hit.
The DL room is the best recruited and best coached of the past few years, so the new guys (and healthy Brett) are going to explode next year. No worries there.
Nikko has been an exemplary student athlete representative for Cal, which is hard to replace. But Toler has also recruited and coached up the WR room well, so there are young guys ready to see the field there.
For TEs, we are clearly going with Terry and Latu as our main guys. The seniors have done admirably, but I don’t blame them for not wanting to step back into supporting roles as the young guys (with their ideal physical frames and skill sets) take over.
Plenty of issues around the team and the coaching staff, but all the announcements so far have been bummers but not devastating.
I thought Clark had one more year of eligibility?
If Knowlton doesn't have a plan, Cal fans have a great plan. We all become Huskies fan.
Thanks, Rug....totally agree....wish I had confidence that Knowlton was working the phones right now....
I was, however, unaware that Wilcox turned down the Oregon job...can't imagine he ever said no to his Uncle Phil...
He told them no to an interview early on in his time at CAL. He promised to give us 5 years. He kept his word. I'm not sure CAL has recently done for him what is required to build a successful program. Maybe Knowlton was going to fire him but he's given Wilcox a chance to land another job before giving him the ax. I don't know. I do know that the absence of a public vote of confidence and contract extension has neutered Wilcox's ability to recruit, and this really limits the upside of the program. When I see so many of our stars with another year of eligibility leaving I ask myself what do they know that we don't know?
I'm torn on the transfers....Makai Polk last year was a rough one (and possibly quite telling), but the recent collection of grad transfers, tho disappointing, has fit the graduate trend in CFB of late. The COVID mess of a season gave all these guys and extra go at it in Berkeley.
But hearing that Wilcox basically had a 5 year window is interesting. With that in mind, if Knowlton is not operating under some sort of plan for HC, then we've got serious troubles.
Unless he already has a replacement picked out and he's being a gentleman to Wilcox. If he doesn't then he has fucked this up royally if Wilcox leaves.
Are you reading the writing on the wall!? Maybe, unless Wilcox doesn’t get hired by Oregon or another school, in which case it’s going to be pretty rough sledding at least for a couple of years.