It may be that his seat is warming up. He has been subject to many, many entreaties from fans including readers on this site. He seems to answer his emails giving carefully worded responses. Like with Wilcox, I like him and hope he leads us to success - on the court and the football field and in the financial metrics. But admittedly with all the baggage that comes with the Cal bureaucracy and active efforts to sideline sports by some members of the Cal campus community and even the city of Berkeley - it is a tough, if not thankless job.
He's very safe. Crist really doesn't care about sports, so long as there is no bad drama and they don't backfire on us financially. That's the mandate and Knwlton is well suited for that. And the health of the non-revenue sports is quite good. He'll face more criticism from fans the longer Fox's tenure drags, but I'm not sure that it will count for a lot. Eventually Fox's contract will expire and they'll hire another half-measure, spin it like they hired Coach K, and the cycle will continue for another five years.
Please do not give him credit for that. Williams hired Neu, "We are extremely excited to welcome Mike Neu back to Berkeley as the head coach of our baseball program,тАЭ then-Director of Athletics Mike Williams said. тАЬDuring his first tenure here, Mike displayed a keen understanding of what it takes to recruit and develop student-athletes for success both on the field and in the Berkeley community as a whole. That experience, combined with the time he has spent as head coach at Pacific, convinced us that he is the perfect fit to lead Cal baseball.тАЭ
It may be that his seat is warming up. He has been subject to many, many entreaties from fans including readers on this site. He seems to answer his emails giving carefully worded responses. Like with Wilcox, I like him and hope he leads us to success - on the court and the football field and in the financial metrics. But admittedly with all the baggage that comes with the Cal bureaucracy and active efforts to sideline sports by some members of the Cal campus community and even the city of Berkeley - it is a tough, if not thankless job.
He's very safe. Crist really doesn't care about sports, so long as there is no bad drama and they don't backfire on us financially. That's the mandate and Knwlton is well suited for that. And the health of the non-revenue sports is quite good. He'll face more criticism from fans the longer Fox's tenure drags, but I'm not sure that it will count for a lot. Eventually Fox's contract will expire and they'll hire another half-measure, spin it like they hired Coach K, and the cycle will continue for another five years.
I think he's in over his head at the P5 level. RPI and Air Force can not prepare you for the challenges of Cal.
Please do not give him credit for that. Williams hired Neu, "We are extremely excited to welcome Mike Neu back to Berkeley as the head coach of our baseball program,тАЭ then-Director of Athletics Mike Williams said. тАЬDuring his first tenure here, Mike displayed a keen understanding of what it takes to recruit and develop student-athletes for success both on the field and in the Berkeley community as a whole. That experience, combined with the time he has spent as head coach at Pacific, convinced us that he is the perfect fit to lead Cal baseball.тАЭ
https://calbears.com/sports/baseball/roster/coaches/mike-neu/5378#:~:text=California%20baseball%20called%20on%20a,head%20coach%20in%20program%20history.