despite of 9 years of coaching there has been a lack of growth on either side of the ball. Whenever we’d achieve goodness it would slip out of our hands, and the only thing we’d be able to maintain is a grip on mediocrity. Says it all in a nutshell. Thanks!
Until we make a change, the GBs will be the epitomy of mediocrity. That means near the bottom of the ACC rankings and below average in the FBS. Even with a cakewalk schedule, Cal can only muster 5-7 to 7-5 every year. Check the conference records since 2010 - losing conference record every year. UC Berkeley can produce Nobel laureates, why can't we produce a winning football program?
For fun, asked GROK to compose a sarcastic answer to your rhetorical question. As expected, not very good but has a chuckle or two:
"Oh, bravo, Berkeley! Because nothing says "world-class intellect" like birthing a horde of Nobel geniuses who could probably engineer a time machine but can't figure out how to engineer a decent offensive line. I mean, why sweat over Super Bowls when you've got super colliders? Those eggheads are too busy splitting infinitives and atoms to bother with splitting defenses—priorities, people! The Golden Bears? More like the Golden Flops, lumbering around like they're protesting the very concept of victory. Touchdowns? Nah, they'd rather touch base on string theory. Who needs gridiron glory when your alumni are curing diseases and your team is just... diseased? Classic ivory tower irony: brains for days, but zero balls to the wall."
That answer from Grok is right on! This is the same answer my oldest daughter (BA 2007) gives me when I lament the football program... "Dad, Berkeley is about education and research, not football!"
Your analysis, and conclusion, "Whenever we’d achieve goodness it would slip out of our hands, and the only thing we’d be able to maintain is a grip on mediocrity....Year 10 of Wilcox would likely do the same: find a way to oscillate around the median while we hope that Oski of the Machine blesses us with good volatility." notes that, since by design, college football is subject to constant attrition, managing to oscillate around the median itself takes constant renewal and improvement.
Wilcox managing to consistently overcome a 3-9 status of program in terms on talent, depth, staffing, and lack of facilities, could represent consistently exceeding reasonable expectations under the prevailing circumstances he's working in.
I didn’t watch the game, caught the last 90 seconds of the game broadcast, that said it all. Am now COMPLETELY in agreement with all that change needs to happen, and soon. Cal has good athletes on the football team, always has good athletes on the football team, they are not being coached well.
despite of 9 years of coaching there has been a lack of growth on either side of the ball. Whenever we’d achieve goodness it would slip out of our hands, and the only thing we’d be able to maintain is a grip on mediocrity. Says it all in a nutshell. Thanks!
Until we make a change, the GBs will be the epitomy of mediocrity. That means near the bottom of the ACC rankings and below average in the FBS. Even with a cakewalk schedule, Cal can only muster 5-7 to 7-5 every year. Check the conference records since 2010 - losing conference record every year. UC Berkeley can produce Nobel laureates, why can't we produce a winning football program?
For fun, asked GROK to compose a sarcastic answer to your rhetorical question. As expected, not very good but has a chuckle or two:
"Oh, bravo, Berkeley! Because nothing says "world-class intellect" like birthing a horde of Nobel geniuses who could probably engineer a time machine but can't figure out how to engineer a decent offensive line. I mean, why sweat over Super Bowls when you've got super colliders? Those eggheads are too busy splitting infinitives and atoms to bother with splitting defenses—priorities, people! The Golden Bears? More like the Golden Flops, lumbering around like they're protesting the very concept of victory. Touchdowns? Nah, they'd rather touch base on string theory. Who needs gridiron glory when your alumni are curing diseases and your team is just... diseased? Classic ivory tower irony: brains for days, but zero balls to the wall."
That answer from Grok is right on! This is the same answer my oldest daughter (BA 2007) gives me when I lament the football program... "Dad, Berkeley is about education and research, not football!"
Your analysis, and conclusion, "Whenever we’d achieve goodness it would slip out of our hands, and the only thing we’d be able to maintain is a grip on mediocrity....Year 10 of Wilcox would likely do the same: find a way to oscillate around the median while we hope that Oski of the Machine blesses us with good volatility." notes that, since by design, college football is subject to constant attrition, managing to oscillate around the median itself takes constant renewal and improvement.
Wilcox managing to consistently overcome a 3-9 status of program in terms on talent, depth, staffing, and lack of facilities, could represent consistently exceeding reasonable expectations under the prevailing circumstances he's working in.
I didn’t watch the game, caught the last 90 seconds of the game broadcast, that said it all. Am now COMPLETELY in agreement with all that change needs to happen, and soon. Cal has good athletes on the football team, always has good athletes on the football team, they are not being coached well.
Thank you for this data!