Oh, but once upon a time it did exist: Andy Smith's football teams, Pappy Waldorf's football teams, Pete Newell's basketball teams, Ky Ebright's crews. Do some research, you'll be surprised. Time to bring back those "thrilling days of yesteryear." Hail to California hasn't sounded in so long the band can't play it and the alums have forg…
Oh, but once upon a time it did exist: Andy Smith's football teams, Pappy Waldorf's football teams, Pete Newell's basketball teams, Ky Ebright's crews. Do some research, you'll be surprised. Time to bring back those "thrilling days of yesteryear." Hail to California hasn't sounded in so long the band can't play it and the alums have forgotten the words. Victory is no longer a word in the Oski Dictionary. Cal athletics are in a pathetic state (started with Mike Williams, wasn't that a diversity backfire?) and it's time to get out of that rut. Now is the time, a new birth starting with ACC membership is an opportunity. But, it can't happen without strong, effective leadership.
I agree with much of what you say, but I think there is a bigger piece of the puzzle that is missing. The social culture in California has evolved since the days of Pappy Waldorf and not in a way that is as supportive of our sports teams as it was in yesteryear. It's sad but it is what it is. I'm not sure any kind of Universtiy leadership, whether its at the Presidential level, Chancellor level or AD level, os going to change that culture to a point where it results in a following like Ohio State, Michigan, Clemson, Bama, Georgia.....
It can happen, for ex., in the 1990,s when Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien was in office he was a very visible, ardent, supporter of cal athletics and his support gave athletics great boost. If Cal doesn't take advantage of this new opportunity provided by the switch to the ACC, and hire a strong leader with a vision focused on winning, then drop Oski and adopt a bottom fish as a mascot. How does this sound, the "University of California Golden Lingcod"? Though "Golden Grunts" is better alliteration, but Grunts are a tropical fish.
Oh, but once upon a time it did exist: Andy Smith's football teams, Pappy Waldorf's football teams, Pete Newell's basketball teams, Ky Ebright's crews. Do some research, you'll be surprised. Time to bring back those "thrilling days of yesteryear." Hail to California hasn't sounded in so long the band can't play it and the alums have forgotten the words. Victory is no longer a word in the Oski Dictionary. Cal athletics are in a pathetic state (started with Mike Williams, wasn't that a diversity backfire?) and it's time to get out of that rut. Now is the time, a new birth starting with ACC membership is an opportunity. But, it can't happen without strong, effective leadership.
I agree with much of what you say, but I think there is a bigger piece of the puzzle that is missing. The social culture in California has evolved since the days of Pappy Waldorf and not in a way that is as supportive of our sports teams as it was in yesteryear. It's sad but it is what it is. I'm not sure any kind of Universtiy leadership, whether its at the Presidential level, Chancellor level or AD level, os going to change that culture to a point where it results in a following like Ohio State, Michigan, Clemson, Bama, Georgia.....
It can happen, for ex., in the 1990,s when Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien was in office he was a very visible, ardent, supporter of cal athletics and his support gave athletics great boost. If Cal doesn't take advantage of this new opportunity provided by the switch to the ACC, and hire a strong leader with a vision focused on winning, then drop Oski and adopt a bottom fish as a mascot. How does this sound, the "University of California Golden Lingcod"? Though "Golden Grunts" is better alliteration, but Grunts are a tropical fish.