I went to tonight's game as a guest of my older son. I had a great time with him and my younger son. It was great spending time with both of them. The game was a farce, however. Not since 2001 have I seen a team play so badly as this team. And the coaching decision to start Brusseau over Sagapolutele is incomprehensible.
I don't think there's any leadership in the program. Chancellor Lyons needs to fire both Rivera and Lupoi.
Ron Rivera said two years ago that he had a plan with no explanation as to what his plan was. They lost Mendoza to Indiana and fired Wilcox. Seems more like a tsunami then a plan.
I mean, in fairness some of the message board geniuses here were saying we should roll with Brousseau as the starter after he played one decent game. I didn't for a second think that this kind of thinking would infect the actual coaching staff. Completely stupid decision by them.
I was okay with Brousseau if coaches really determined he gives us the best chance to win this game. Talent wise there's no question that JKS is better but the coaches know the most about other factors such as JKS's familiarity with the new offense or his conditions. So when JB started I was surprised but believed in coaches. However it was obvious JB did not give us any chance to win after two or three drives. Tosh needed to put JKS in the game at that point, not after 41-0.
Not that I'm saying we would have won. Still would have been hard with the defense getting shredded like that. But rolling with Brousseau for that long was clearly not putting the team in the best position to win.
Jericho, Ian strong, jks all didn’t play any meaningful minutes despite not being on the injury report. They need to explain themselves to the fans that attended the game
3) 1 and 2 are not reconcilable. We are in the weird 1.5 where we are both more talented than what the product on the field is showing but also if our coaches were given some grace, they should be improving bit by bit.
I will point out that Sonny Dykes in his first year in 2013 went 1-11. And yet somehow this season feels worse than that.
that first Sonny Dykes team put up points, it was basically just Andy Buh that laid an egg. There was a sense that as long as we fixed that side of the ball, we'd do fine.
We don't need to reach the end of the season to see that this locker room has given up on all aspects of the game.
Tosh and his staff are overmatched and outclassed. Tosh in particular is beyond clueless when it comes to game management and critical decisionmaking.
Completely unnecessary QB controversy was clearly a team morale killer. Beyond embarrassing, disgusting performance - and Tosh better own it 100%.
Lyons better be meeting with Ron ASAP next week and start looking to raise funds for another buyout. Need to pull the plug sooner rather than later, before further damage is done to the program.
The optics of Headset Ron next to deer-in-the-headlights Tosh, looking over his shoulder on the Cal sidelines do not inspire any confidence to say the least.
I went to tonight's game as a guest of my older son. I had a great time with him and my younger son. It was great spending time with both of them. The game was a farce, however. Not since 2001 have I seen a team play so badly as this team. And the coaching decision to start Brusseau over Sagapolutele is incomprehensible.
I don't think there's any leadership in the program. Chancellor Lyons needs to fire both Rivera and Lupoi.
Sigh
Ron Rivera said two years ago that he had a plan with no explanation as to what his plan was. They lost Mendoza to Indiana and fired Wilcox. Seems more like a tsunami then a plan.
Wait.he pit jks in down 41-0?! At the same time Wake out in their backup? Malpractice.
41-0 is a good time to put in a backup QB. Why JKS is a backups QB is a big question
I mean, in fairness some of the message board geniuses here were saying we should roll with Brousseau as the starter after he played one decent game. I didn't for a second think that this kind of thinking would infect the actual coaching staff. Completely stupid decision by them.
I was okay with Brousseau if coaches really determined he gives us the best chance to win this game. Talent wise there's no question that JKS is better but the coaches know the most about other factors such as JKS's familiarity with the new offense or his conditions. So when JB started I was surprised but believed in coaches. However it was obvious JB did not give us any chance to win after two or three drives. Tosh needed to put JKS in the game at that point, not after 41-0.
The whole sequence of decisions is baffling.
Not that I'm saying we would have won. Still would have been hard with the defense getting shredded like that. But rolling with Brousseau for that long was clearly not putting the team in the best position to win.
JKS threw for more yards and had more TD than Jackson. Like I've been saying all season.
Yeah shows how good our HC is at making game time decisions
Jericho, Ian strong, jks all didn’t play any meaningful minutes despite not being on the injury report. They need to explain themselves to the fans that attended the game
Idk what to think anymore.
1) we shouldn't be this bad
2) we should give a new coaching staff some leash
3) 1 and 2 are not reconcilable. We are in the weird 1.5 where we are both more talented than what the product on the field is showing but also if our coaches were given some grace, they should be improving bit by bit.
I will point out that Sonny Dykes in his first year in 2013 went 1-11. And yet somehow this season feels worse than that.
that first Sonny Dykes team put up points, it was basically just Andy Buh that laid an egg. There was a sense that as long as we fixed that side of the ball, we'd do fine.
We don't need to reach the end of the season to see that this locker room has given up on all aspects of the game.
Dumpster fire. That’s where we are.
Tosh and his staff are overmatched and outclassed. Tosh in particular is beyond clueless when it comes to game management and critical decisionmaking.
Completely unnecessary QB controversy was clearly a team morale killer. Beyond embarrassing, disgusting performance - and Tosh better own it 100%.
Lyons better be meeting with Ron ASAP next week and start looking to raise funds for another buyout. Need to pull the plug sooner rather than later, before further damage is done to the program.
The optics of Headset Ron next to deer-in-the-headlights Tosh, looking over his shoulder on the Cal sidelines do not inspire any confidence to say the least.
well uhhh, this isn't gonna reflect well on Ron Rivera either that's for sure.
I'm just so sad that the one time we actually got on top of the hype, we missed.
Reminds me so much of Holmoe’s first season I’m gonna puke.
I have a feeling that we will lose next week's bye.
People keep saying the bye is next week. It’s not for three more weeks.
Oh yeah, next week is SMU at 9 a.m.
I saw the bye next week somewhere and believed it for some reason
I’m the biggest optimist ever but I said this was a mistake from the get-go. I was a Cal student under Holmoe and this is weirdly similar.
Tosh was a mistake. Is a mistake