Agree in general. But remember that the stadium catastrophe alienated key constituencies who would hardly agree that Cal wasn’t spending enough on football. Also … a large part of what went wrong, imo, is that Tedford (especially) and Dykes were kept on for too long — is there a lesson for the future?
Agree in general. But remember that the stadium catastrophe alienated key constituencies who would hardly agree that Cal wasn’t spending enough on football. Also … a large part of what went wrong, imo, is that Tedford (especially) and Dykes were kept on for too long — is there a lesson for the future?
Dykes was fired after the new year for no reason other than to force us to hire from a depleted coaching pool, which led us to Wilcox, whom we inexplicably extended despite being a demonstrated loser
This happened with Wyking's dismissal as well. It took at least a couple of weeks after the season for the wheels to turn. I read that as a JK stare down to underwrite it, but he's probably not that cunning.
The bigger issue is that the stadium rebuild got tied up in frivolous lawsuits from the city and NIMBY neighborhood groups that took way too long to resolve. The university probably should have just steamrolled on past that stuff, but it's not their way. If that stadium had ACTUALLY been built in 2007 or 2008 then maybe the Tedford momentum is maintained. Instead it happened right at the start of his decline.
Agree in general. But remember that the stadium catastrophe alienated key constituencies who would hardly agree that Cal wasn’t spending enough on football. Also … a large part of what went wrong, imo, is that Tedford (especially) and Dykes were kept on for too long — is there a lesson for the future?
If anyone has been kept on too long is Wilcox.
At least Tedford had success and winning seasons.
Dykes had a great offense and the number 1 pick in the NFL draft.
Wilcox hasn’t done anything of substance on the field to merit his longevity or that ridiculous extension.
Dykes don’t recruit Goff.
Tedford did.
Goff still came to CAL bc he is truly a Bear for life.
But yeah, Wilcox has def been here too long.
I didn’t say Dykes recruited him.
Dykes coached him and helped develop him into the number 1 pick.
sorry i misunderstood your comment.
but i guess we have to agree to disagree on the role of dykes in goff’s development.
have a good one !
Well Wilcox has been kept too long too. No lesson was learned.
Dykes was fired after the new year for no reason other than to force us to hire from a depleted coaching pool, which led us to Wilcox, whom we inexplicably extended despite being a demonstrated loser
This happened with Wyking's dismissal as well. It took at least a couple of weeks after the season for the wheels to turn. I read that as a JK stare down to underwrite it, but he's probably not that cunning.
I think the argument can now be made that Tedford didn’t stay here long enough. In reality though, dude probably needed a gap year.
The bigger issue is that the stadium rebuild got tied up in frivolous lawsuits from the city and NIMBY neighborhood groups that took way too long to resolve. The university probably should have just steamrolled on past that stuff, but it's not their way. If that stadium had ACTUALLY been built in 2007 or 2008 then maybe the Tedford momentum is maintained. Instead it happened right at the start of his decline.