I'm the son of an Old Blue. I'm a diehard. I travel to games when I can from the east where I live. I DVR games, keep them for years and do game analysis for no one other than myself (yes, my wife thinks I'm weird).
These transfers are not the last straw but I'm running low on straws.
I used to look down on people who gave up their season tickets or stopped supporting the team. Now I look at them with a touch of envy. I've had blue and gold coursing through my veins for over sixty years so I'll keep showing up, but they're not getting an extra penny out of me until Knowlton and Wilcox are gone.
CMS will be as empty as the running back room in 2025. The good news is Rich Lyons and RR will be forced to start the AD and coaching rebuild sooner. I'm hoping before the season starts. That way, we can take our medicine now, just like Andrew Luck did at Furd.
Please don’t blame the players. I spoke to people within the program, including experienced players. Money matters, but this wasn’t about NIL money for these players, bc CAL offered enough, this was about coaching and concerns with the o-line. That said, this IS about money for the agencies representing these players so just imagine the head games and sales tactics these agents/brokers are using to convince these young athletes “what’s best for them”. Also, keep in mind that entering the portal alone brings immense exposure for these players which gets them NFL scout attention as well as thousands of new social media followers. This is a complicated enigma but it ultimately comes down to failures of coaches within a completely broken system
That comment wasn't directed at the CAL fans posting on this thread, it was intended for a wider audience (many who read W4C don't post comments here but some do on social media). Remember, Jaydn had to ask CAL fans to stop the online hate directed towards Fernando previously*, so I'm just trying to help prevent history repeating itself. I just feel bad for the position most of these players have been put in bc they're now getting biased advice and are often learning the wrong life lessons IMO.
This post is the most grounded so far. New OL coach with potentially new scheme for a different set of olinemen is a big risk to consider. I hadn’t appreciated the players having agents in their ears with their own incentives either
We've been told for years on these forums that this is what we wanted. NIL and transfer portal would be great for the players who were literal slaves to the NCAA and mean ADs. Others warned this would be the end of major college sports at Cal and similar institutions.
We now have pro-football and pro-basketball at colleges, but with few of the rules the NFL and NBA have that equalize distribution of talent among teams. It's a broken system. Yes, a few high value players are making out big time, but are the riches trickling down to the lower tier players 22 thru 100 on the roster?
Who benefits most from this system and who is left behind? As an alum and long-time season ticket holder I definitely feel like I'm in the left behind category. How am I supposed to develop any affinity for players who come and go like leaves in the wind and do not share a common bond with the University?
It would be better to address the point of my post instead of picking semantic bones. The argument for NIL and easy transfer was that college athletes had limited mobility between institutions, and they were not able to share in the fruits of their labor. Valid points, but there was little thought given to what the new system would look like, how it would be regulated, and how it would affect programs that were not historically in the top tier of football programs.
We are now seeing the result of the new regime for Cal and it's only going to get worse. A new coach and new AD will not change the outcome because we now have a system of haves and have-nots designed to enrich ESPN and their favored institutions. This was easy to predict.
Not “literal” slaves but it was a hot topic for a while with vast majority of folks on this and predecessor forum talking down to the minority who said isn’t a free education enough
Had lunch with heyalumnigo yesterday right about the time the Jet news broke…sobering discussion and I mentioned I’m now on the fence for the yearly road trip, this one to BC. I just don’t have the fire.
I love the Bears…pops played SS for 4 years, met my mom there. We’ve been going to games since the early ‘80’s. I learned long ago that realistically we’re not gonna be yearly threats for the top 25, but this nonetheless is really hard to stomach. Will still go to the home games to see the crew at the tailgate, but this dysfunction has me at the breaking point unfortunately.
Well Jimmy, after going to Bears games for over thirty years, I don't know much of anything these days other than what we see in the media. New season coming up, more dysfunctional crap, only worse this year it seems. Harsin must be some piece of work. All these University people getting all this money and no matter what, the outcome is consistent mediocrity, or maybe stagnation is a better word for it. I will be attending the Bears/Beavers game. That is all I am committing to this year. Did not buy season tickets, for the first time in a very long time. Appreciate your posts. Go Bears.
I hear ya, my friend. It’s just such a rough time to be a fan of the Bears in this day and age…I mean, word on the socials is that the program needed some real discipline, and Harsin is that. But it’s just such a gut punch right now it’s hard to stay positive.
Yeah me too. I’m not an alum, tho I attended Cal in the early 70’s, used to go to the Big Game with my Aunt & Uncle, who met there, graduated in 1940 & got married. So much for my fan creds.
I too love the Bears. As in the real world, good leadership will acknowledge this mass migration, and provide some transparency & clarity for the Cal community, fans and donors alike. Not sure that this will happen, even with Rivers in place. Be interesting to see what happens.
Hey, I am admittedly hard on Cal’s leadership, especially of late, because the writing has been on the wall for awhile now in terms of the direction the NCAA has been going. Unlike Knowlton and Mark Fox, I have nothing against Wilcox…seems a good dude, wants to be at Cal, etc….but this is a crucial, unprecedented time, as we can all agree, and it’s become clear that Cal fans need to be more vocal to effect the change that I honestly hoped Chancellor Lyons (who I also really like, though doubts over his actual impact have started to surface) would be implementing with much more urgency.
My fear is by the time we give Ron the keys, so to speak, or make the inevitable change at the AD position, it’s simply going to be too late. Because we’re really close to that, if not already there. And the Athletic Department may not survive in its current form. So there just has to be some urgency, and decisive, confident leadership by someone in response to this disastrous turn of events.
Big picture: Cal’s conference limbo of 2 years ago, and this mass exodus only highlights incompetence of everyone in charge of cal athletics. Cal continuously losses talent to NIL, and hasn’t found a way to attract top level recruits for sometime. (UCLA has no issue, and just got 5star NICO)
Small picture: JW brought in his buddy who had not coached in 2+ years. Today, Harsin is running talent away from what was a sputtering/inconsistent offense last season.
I don’t know why we had to get to this point, but this week has broken the resolve of even the most hardened Bears fans, including myself. And we are nearly unbreakable. For any other program in America, it would be impossible to imagine a week passing without a major change, and yet I’m fully confident we’ll either do nothing or take half measures
The "major" change has already been made. The Harsin hire was meant to address an area Cal had fallen far behind in. And he is and has been polarizing to say the least. That he is very good/brilliant at some aspects of what he knows and does can't responsibly be denied. But his methodology is not for many. It's a strategic decision that is a tough one whenever you make one that will majorly change things, especially when it's sure to be abrasive to many. A "swing for the fences" move/decision by Wilcox.
Knowlton has enabled all of this while being under his own investigation. While I’m not a major donor by any means, I’ve made it clear to the university my donations have stopped because of Knowlton. We all have to continue to put pressure on the university to remove him.
I'm not going to lie, I'm getting pretty tired of the hand wringing and woe is me attitude going on around Cal fandom about this. Does it suck that good players are leaving? Yes, absolutely. Is the sky falling? Debatable. Did we need a massive change on offense? Absol-effing-lutely.
First off, players leave for different reasons. Mendoza got murdered behind last years OL and had one foot out the door longgggg before Harsin and Co showed up. Hunter left for his own reasons but Nebraska isn't exactly the same academic challenge that Cal is, lets be honest. Matthews left to follow Toler. Martin transferred to be closer to home to a school who lost their top 6 receivers to the portal (see? we're not the unique snowflakes everyone seems to think).
Then comes this portal. Endries is at a massive position of need for a bunch of big name schools. Not surprising that he is going to get paid and then some. Our 4th, 5th and 6th guys on the RB depth chart leave. All Jr or Sr in eligibility and I believe all have their degrees in hand. Makes sense to transfer to get PT somewhere as they keep that NFL dream alive. #3 guy Jamaal Wiley is staying put (He says hi to Avi, its not the top 5 RBs leaving actually).
Then come the 2 surprises, Ott and Jet Thomas. Ott hurt but he's had 1 foot out the door since he was in high school and has flipped flopped on being at Cal about a million times. His coach/mentor/friend getting pushed was big damage and OU got in his ear. Gone despite Cal being willing to make him the highest paid RB in college football. Ok, bummer. To me, Thomas is the big surprise, could be any number of reasons why but clearly he didnt click with the new coaches.
So this brings me back to my first paragraph, Cal needed something new on offense. Our offense sucked. OL sucked, the WRs couldn't block to save their lives, the Rbs couldn't pass protect... we had some nice pieces but the group as a whole was a bunch of marshmallows singing kumbaya as they ole tacklers running past them. Bringing in Harsin was a risk. Arguably brilliant offensive mind but no nonsense, all business with a rep of being an a hole. He brought in a coaching staff that mirrors this. Anae is tough and exacting on his OL. Cefalo has a rep where his WRs are extremely strong blockers with a nasty streak. Griffen is cut from the same cloth. These guys want hard nosed, tough players and they arent shy about letting guys know when they aren't performing. The offense next year will likely reflect this. Reports from Spring suggest a heavy ground and pound philosophy with creative pass elements to balance it out.
So in the end, some guys leave for money. Some leave for PT. Some leave cause their high school girlfriend misses them. And with a new coaching staff and new philosophy, some guys don't like the change in how they are treated or what their role is and move on. Its happening all over the country but if it means that Cal loses some guys we wish we hadn't but there is a shot at a much needed culture change...so be it. I'm in this cause I love the jersey, not because of the players. We'll have new faces to cheer on next year... and lets see where we are then before declaring the sky is falling and Cal is dying in front of our very eyes
The number of players leaving Cal all at once is not typical, especially for a program like Cal that actually pays pretty well with NIL money. I don't think there's a way to paint this as a positive.
I'm not painting it as a positive. I am suggesting that it happens for a lot of reasons and Cal is hardly unique. West Virginia had 30 players hit the portal on Wednesday. Oklahoma and Texas A&M were in the mid 20's after the season ended. Lots of schools are losing lots of players...
I mean, you're not wrong...but enjoy this year with this staff because they won't be able to re-load quick enough to have an impact this season and they'll all be gone by mid-December when Cal finishes with 2 to 4 wins. Doesn't matter how much change was needed (and it was), it was a matter of the right change, which really needed to happen at the top. Just look at the big picture: Cal won 6 games last year with a vastly superior squad. Now, no squad, all new players (no impact players, btw), all new coaches, all new scheme. It's not gonna be like climbing Tightwad Hill, it's gonna be like climbing Mt Everest. Good luck to them.
eh, your pessimism is fair but not to that extreme. The counter to your argument is we dont know what the final roster is yet with another week of portaling to be had and many other schools spring games still to come, the schedule is weaker, disagree on the lack of new impact players (there are a couple). We'll see how the scheme pans out but I am tickled at the thought of a WR screen being properly blocked since pre-Toler days. Agree Wilcox needs to be a DC somewhere else but no buyout was going to happen until at least the end of this year
Just did some research, since the end of the season, Cal has had 27 players transfer out.
On3 has a team list and have 70 teams listed there (P4 plus recent P5 teams like OSU and WSU). 38 of 70 teams have had 20 or more players transfer. Here are all the schools that have the same or more transfers than Cal right now...
Purdue 49
Washington St 47
West Virginia 41
Oklahoma 34
Arkansas 32
Arizona 31
Mississippi St 30
Maryland 30
Nebraska 29
North Carolina 29
Michigan 29
UCF 28
Kentucky 28
Virginia Tech 28
Pittsburgh 28
Utah 27
Louisville 27
Washington 27
Other teams of interest:
USC, UCLA, Furd 25
Florida State, Georgia Tech, Colorado 26
So no, we are not unique at all in our departures.
To reiterate my comment on the Thomas post yesterday - Cal fans should vote with their feet & wallets; we shouldn't spend another dime on Cal football until Knowlton & Wilcox are removed and their cancerous (JK) & stagnant (JW) influence are excised from this sinking ship program.
Seems only inevitable we'll be getting a full reset and rebuild starting in the next year or two. Hopefully the blue blood programs are content with their wealth for now so our ACC membership can keep us in the big league throughout, but it will be a rough ride til then.
Why not just start it now…. Fire Knowlton immediately, let Wilcox be a lame duck for a year while we find a real athletic director and then be positioned well to start next years cycle with a new staff in tow.
I think we're all for that. I just don't know the specifics of Wilcox's buyout, or even Knowlton's situation if they can't fire for cause at this point.
I'm the son of an Old Blue. I'm a diehard. I travel to games when I can from the east where I live. I DVR games, keep them for years and do game analysis for no one other than myself (yes, my wife thinks I'm weird).
These transfers are not the last straw but I'm running low on straws.
Silver lining is now we know how coveted our players were and that we had the NIL to hold on to them. Good thing to know for the next regime.
tried to compile all my thoughts here, this is insanity
https://bleav.com/shows/bleav-in-cal-football/episodes/one-of-the-worst-sequences-in-cal-footballs-history-how-did-the-bears-get-here/
I used to look down on people who gave up their season tickets or stopped supporting the team. Now I look at them with a touch of envy. I've had blue and gold coursing through my veins for over sixty years so I'll keep showing up, but they're not getting an extra penny out of me until Knowlton and Wilcox are gone.
CMS will be as empty as the running back room in 2025. The good news is Rich Lyons and RR will be forced to start the AD and coaching rebuild sooner. I'm hoping before the season starts. That way, we can take our medicine now, just like Andrew Luck did at Furd.
Please don’t blame the players. I spoke to people within the program, including experienced players. Money matters, but this wasn’t about NIL money for these players, bc CAL offered enough, this was about coaching and concerns with the o-line. That said, this IS about money for the agencies representing these players so just imagine the head games and sales tactics these agents/brokers are using to convince these young athletes “what’s best for them”. Also, keep in mind that entering the portal alone brings immense exposure for these players which gets them NFL scout attention as well as thousands of new social media followers. This is a complicated enigma but it ultimately comes down to failures of coaches within a completely broken system
I don't think anyone is blaming the players. In fact, everybody is blaming the coaches and administration and our incompetent offensive line.
I think you’re unaware of the online hate the players are receiving
Have you seen any hate against the players on these posts at W4C? We haven't, but you ask us to please do not blame the players.
That comment wasn't directed at the CAL fans posting on this thread, it was intended for a wider audience (many who read W4C don't post comments here but some do on social media). Remember, Jaydn had to ask CAL fans to stop the online hate directed towards Fernando previously*, so I'm just trying to help prevent history repeating itself. I just feel bad for the position most of these players have been put in bc they're now getting biased advice and are often learning the wrong life lessons IMO.
https://x.com/THEJAYDNOTT/status/1871796879274783155
This post is the most grounded so far. New OL coach with potentially new scheme for a different set of olinemen is a big risk to consider. I hadn’t appreciated the players having agents in their ears with their own incentives either
We've been told for years on these forums that this is what we wanted. NIL and transfer portal would be great for the players who were literal slaves to the NCAA and mean ADs. Others warned this would be the end of major college sports at Cal and similar institutions.
We now have pro-football and pro-basketball at colleges, but with few of the rules the NFL and NBA have that equalize distribution of talent among teams. It's a broken system. Yes, a few high value players are making out big time, but are the riches trickling down to the lower tier players 22 thru 100 on the roster?
Who benefits most from this system and who is left behind? As an alum and long-time season ticket holder I definitely feel like I'm in the left behind category. How am I supposed to develop any affinity for players who come and go like leaves in the wind and do not share a common bond with the University?
If you can point to where anybody on this forum called players “literal slaves” I’d greatly appreciate it
It would be better to address the point of my post instead of picking semantic bones. The argument for NIL and easy transfer was that college athletes had limited mobility between institutions, and they were not able to share in the fruits of their labor. Valid points, but there was little thought given to what the new system would look like, how it would be regulated, and how it would affect programs that were not historically in the top tier of football programs.
We are now seeing the result of the new regime for Cal and it's only going to get worse. A new coach and new AD will not change the outcome because we now have a system of haves and have-nots designed to enrich ESPN and their favored institutions. This was easy to predict.
Not “literal” slaves but it was a hot topic for a while with vast majority of folks on this and predecessor forum talking down to the minority who said isn’t a free education enough
Also to be clear a "literal" slave is someone who is denied all basic freedoms such as of movement and speech.
Tough situation but something has to give. Tough for Lyons to preside over this but we need leadership right now. Time to prove his mettle
Thanks Avi.
Had lunch with heyalumnigo yesterday right about the time the Jet news broke…sobering discussion and I mentioned I’m now on the fence for the yearly road trip, this one to BC. I just don’t have the fire.
I love the Bears…pops played SS for 4 years, met my mom there. We’ve been going to games since the early ‘80’s. I learned long ago that realistically we’re not gonna be yearly threats for the top 25, but this nonetheless is really hard to stomach. Will still go to the home games to see the crew at the tailgate, but this dysfunction has me at the breaking point unfortunately.
Well Jimmy, after going to Bears games for over thirty years, I don't know much of anything these days other than what we see in the media. New season coming up, more dysfunctional crap, only worse this year it seems. Harsin must be some piece of work. All these University people getting all this money and no matter what, the outcome is consistent mediocrity, or maybe stagnation is a better word for it. I will be attending the Bears/Beavers game. That is all I am committing to this year. Did not buy season tickets, for the first time in a very long time. Appreciate your posts. Go Bears.
I hear ya, my friend. It’s just such a rough time to be a fan of the Bears in this day and age…I mean, word on the socials is that the program needed some real discipline, and Harsin is that. But it’s just such a gut punch right now it’s hard to stay positive.
Yeah me too. I’m not an alum, tho I attended Cal in the early 70’s, used to go to the Big Game with my Aunt & Uncle, who met there, graduated in 1940 & got married. So much for my fan creds.
I too love the Bears. As in the real world, good leadership will acknowledge this mass migration, and provide some transparency & clarity for the Cal community, fans and donors alike. Not sure that this will happen, even with Rivers in place. Be interesting to see what happens.
Love it, Ken.
Hey, I am admittedly hard on Cal’s leadership, especially of late, because the writing has been on the wall for awhile now in terms of the direction the NCAA has been going. Unlike Knowlton and Mark Fox, I have nothing against Wilcox…seems a good dude, wants to be at Cal, etc….but this is a crucial, unprecedented time, as we can all agree, and it’s become clear that Cal fans need to be more vocal to effect the change that I honestly hoped Chancellor Lyons (who I also really like, though doubts over his actual impact have started to surface) would be implementing with much more urgency.
My fear is by the time we give Ron the keys, so to speak, or make the inevitable change at the AD position, it’s simply going to be too late. Because we’re really close to that, if not already there. And the Athletic Department may not survive in its current form. So there just has to be some urgency, and decisive, confident leadership by someone in response to this disastrous turn of events.
Big picture: Cal’s conference limbo of 2 years ago, and this mass exodus only highlights incompetence of everyone in charge of cal athletics. Cal continuously losses talent to NIL, and hasn’t found a way to attract top level recruits for sometime. (UCLA has no issue, and just got 5star NICO)
Small picture: JW brought in his buddy who had not coached in 2+ years. Today, Harsin is running talent away from what was a sputtering/inconsistent offense last season.
I don’t know why we had to get to this point, but this week has broken the resolve of even the most hardened Bears fans, including myself. And we are nearly unbreakable. For any other program in America, it would be impossible to imagine a week passing without a major change, and yet I’m fully confident we’ll either do nothing or take half measures
Come on, this is CAL Berkeley! Nobody said it was going to be easy!
It's Berkeley Inspire now, fool. :)
The "major" change has already been made. The Harsin hire was meant to address an area Cal had fallen far behind in. And he is and has been polarizing to say the least. That he is very good/brilliant at some aspects of what he knows and does can't responsibly be denied. But his methodology is not for many. It's a strategic decision that is a tough one whenever you make one that will majorly change things, especially when it's sure to be abrasive to many. A "swing for the fences" move/decision by Wilcox.
The major change I'm referring to is the root of the problem, JK and JW.
Fire Knowlton.
Knowlton has enabled all of this while being under his own investigation. While I’m not a major donor by any means, I’ve made it clear to the university my donations have stopped because of Knowlton. We all have to continue to put pressure on the university to remove him.
I'm not going to lie, I'm getting pretty tired of the hand wringing and woe is me attitude going on around Cal fandom about this. Does it suck that good players are leaving? Yes, absolutely. Is the sky falling? Debatable. Did we need a massive change on offense? Absol-effing-lutely.
First off, players leave for different reasons. Mendoza got murdered behind last years OL and had one foot out the door longgggg before Harsin and Co showed up. Hunter left for his own reasons but Nebraska isn't exactly the same academic challenge that Cal is, lets be honest. Matthews left to follow Toler. Martin transferred to be closer to home to a school who lost their top 6 receivers to the portal (see? we're not the unique snowflakes everyone seems to think).
Then comes this portal. Endries is at a massive position of need for a bunch of big name schools. Not surprising that he is going to get paid and then some. Our 4th, 5th and 6th guys on the RB depth chart leave. All Jr or Sr in eligibility and I believe all have their degrees in hand. Makes sense to transfer to get PT somewhere as they keep that NFL dream alive. #3 guy Jamaal Wiley is staying put (He says hi to Avi, its not the top 5 RBs leaving actually).
Then come the 2 surprises, Ott and Jet Thomas. Ott hurt but he's had 1 foot out the door since he was in high school and has flipped flopped on being at Cal about a million times. His coach/mentor/friend getting pushed was big damage and OU got in his ear. Gone despite Cal being willing to make him the highest paid RB in college football. Ok, bummer. To me, Thomas is the big surprise, could be any number of reasons why but clearly he didnt click with the new coaches.
So this brings me back to my first paragraph, Cal needed something new on offense. Our offense sucked. OL sucked, the WRs couldn't block to save their lives, the Rbs couldn't pass protect... we had some nice pieces but the group as a whole was a bunch of marshmallows singing kumbaya as they ole tacklers running past them. Bringing in Harsin was a risk. Arguably brilliant offensive mind but no nonsense, all business with a rep of being an a hole. He brought in a coaching staff that mirrors this. Anae is tough and exacting on his OL. Cefalo has a rep where his WRs are extremely strong blockers with a nasty streak. Griffen is cut from the same cloth. These guys want hard nosed, tough players and they arent shy about letting guys know when they aren't performing. The offense next year will likely reflect this. Reports from Spring suggest a heavy ground and pound philosophy with creative pass elements to balance it out.
So in the end, some guys leave for money. Some leave for PT. Some leave cause their high school girlfriend misses them. And with a new coaching staff and new philosophy, some guys don't like the change in how they are treated or what their role is and move on. Its happening all over the country but if it means that Cal loses some guys we wish we hadn't but there is a shot at a much needed culture change...so be it. I'm in this cause I love the jersey, not because of the players. We'll have new faces to cheer on next year... and lets see where we are then before declaring the sky is falling and Cal is dying in front of our very eyes
The number of players leaving Cal all at once is not typical, especially for a program like Cal that actually pays pretty well with NIL money. I don't think there's a way to paint this as a positive.
I'm not painting it as a positive. I am suggesting that it happens for a lot of reasons and Cal is hardly unique. West Virginia had 30 players hit the portal on Wednesday. Oklahoma and Texas A&M were in the mid 20's after the season ended. Lots of schools are losing lots of players...
I mean, you're not wrong...but enjoy this year with this staff because they won't be able to re-load quick enough to have an impact this season and they'll all be gone by mid-December when Cal finishes with 2 to 4 wins. Doesn't matter how much change was needed (and it was), it was a matter of the right change, which really needed to happen at the top. Just look at the big picture: Cal won 6 games last year with a vastly superior squad. Now, no squad, all new players (no impact players, btw), all new coaches, all new scheme. It's not gonna be like climbing Tightwad Hill, it's gonna be like climbing Mt Everest. Good luck to them.
eh, your pessimism is fair but not to that extreme. The counter to your argument is we dont know what the final roster is yet with another week of portaling to be had and many other schools spring games still to come, the schedule is weaker, disagree on the lack of new impact players (there are a couple). We'll see how the scheme pans out but I am tickled at the thought of a WR screen being properly blocked since pre-Toler days. Agree Wilcox needs to be a DC somewhere else but no buyout was going to happen until at least the end of this year
Just did some research, since the end of the season, Cal has had 27 players transfer out.
On3 has a team list and have 70 teams listed there (P4 plus recent P5 teams like OSU and WSU). 38 of 70 teams have had 20 or more players transfer. Here are all the schools that have the same or more transfers than Cal right now...
Purdue 49
Washington St 47
West Virginia 41
Oklahoma 34
Arkansas 32
Arizona 31
Mississippi St 30
Maryland 30
Nebraska 29
North Carolina 29
Michigan 29
UCF 28
Kentucky 28
Virginia Tech 28
Pittsburgh 28
Utah 27
Louisville 27
Washington 27
Other teams of interest:
USC, UCLA, Furd 25
Florida State, Georgia Tech, Colorado 26
So no, we are not unique at all in our departures.
Thank you for this comment. Appreciate the perspective.
Multiple posters on the r/cfb thread are alluding (yet again) to Harsin being the culprit for the exodus on offense: https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/1k1dd1e/the_top_cal_five_running_backs_are_in_the/
To reiterate my comment on the Thomas post yesterday - Cal fans should vote with their feet & wallets; we shouldn't spend another dime on Cal football until Knowlton & Wilcox are removed and their cancerous (JK) & stagnant (JW) influence are excised from this sinking ship program.
Seems only inevitable we'll be getting a full reset and rebuild starting in the next year or two. Hopefully the blue blood programs are content with their wealth for now so our ACC membership can keep us in the big league throughout, but it will be a rough ride til then.
Why not just start it now…. Fire Knowlton immediately, let Wilcox be a lame duck for a year while we find a real athletic director and then be positioned well to start next years cycle with a new staff in tow.
I think we're all for that. I just don't know the specifics of Wilcox's buyout, or even Knowlton's situation if they can't fire for cause at this point.
From the outside looking in. Like going to Walmart and all the shelves are bare and only a greeter on duty.