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Is it purely W-L this year? Lets pretend we see them implement a scheme that takes advantage of this team's length, they're mildly entertaining, and there are few blowout losses in a topheavy league..all in a 14-17 season. How do you feel then? To me, this is the most realistic mildly positive outcome. It would probably earn Fox another year. And the cylce would continue.

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Nov 3, 2022Liked by Nick Kranz

Too much Sisyphus, not enough Prometheus. Always feels like we're being weighed down without a spark of flame.

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Mozilla ______

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Sueing and Bradley going on to be integral parts of NCAA Tourney teams says enough about them being just good players on bad teams.

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Nov 2, 2022·edited Nov 2, 2022

Fox's belief that he needs to rebuild through high school recruits is already enough to show that he isn't any kind of solution. Cal right now should be an excellent destination for portal and grad transfers who want more playing time: come finish your degree at one of the best universities in the world and get ample playing time since our team lacks clear starters.

Transfers are an excellent source of immediate impact, players who can come in, fill gaps, and push our team (theoretically) into decency. Once you've attained some success it will become easier to attract quality recruits. Fox's refusal to embrace a crucial source of talent is yet another mark against him.

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Bears win 62-55 over Chico State

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Nov 3, 2022·edited Nov 3, 2022

Fox's stupid substitution patterns really contribute to his dreadful offense. How does he expect these kids to get in any type of game rhythm when they're constantly being shuffled in and out every 2 minutes?

We said this all last year - if you're gonna go THIS deep, then why not go up tempo? Use your athleticism and length, play intense, pressure defense that lead to easy buckets.

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Nov 3, 2022·edited Nov 3, 2022

Cal is tied with DII Chico St, 33-33, at the 2H under 16 media timeout.

Hope nobody bought the BS that Fox was selling in recent interviews regarding his program.

Yes, that's kinda embarrassing.

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Nov 3, 2022·edited Nov 3, 2022

Appears to be much more of the same...28-23 Cal over DII Chico St at half.

Askew with 9, Alajiki with 7. Team shoots 36% FG, 18% 3PFG, 40% FT, with Lars being the main culprit at 2-6. A key for Cal is Lars needs to shoot >70%...otherwise it's just too many empty trips.

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Nov 3, 2022·edited Nov 3, 2022

The under-16 timeout comes at 15:41. 7-2 Cal.

Who will be the first off the bench....Joel Brown in for Clayton.

Followed by Roberson for KK...Bowser for Askew.

No Okafor, no Newell...

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Sam...Alajiki

Seats are going fast on the hype train, folks. Get them now.

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Starting lineup v. Chico St:

Askew, Clayton, Alajiki, Kuany, Thiemann.

I like that line.

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Jim Knowlton is a complete failure at AD. He turned Cal sports fans from disappointed to apathetic (and this is aside from him being completely useless during realignment).

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Unfortunately, the more I hear from Carol Christ, the more I tend to think the revenue sports are gonna be like Phil’s weather prediction….

https://youtu.be/TReCZ2auRkE

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I believe it was a previous column that described Fox's offense as having one main scorer and relying on that one player. Who will it be this year?

I'd like to see some sort of designed offense other than having the guards pass the ball back and forth for 25 seconds and then whoever has the ball tries to make a difficult shot.

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