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I think recruiting a new AD to Cal might be more difficult than a basketball coach. Being AD at Alabama, Texas A&M, Ohio St, etc must be a dream job. The leadership, administration, faculty, alumni and students are all 100% dialed in on the (over) importance of the athletics program. Coming to Cal, you know every day will be a battle, with only snippets of support here & there. Other schools know how tough the job is at Cal, Penn St hired Sandy Barbour after she was fired! Someone who's really good fails at Cal and is considered a wild success at an athletics-positive university. See the problem?

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Sandy's crimes were less than Knowlton's and she actually presided over a ton of success (hired Monty and kept Tedford happy and well resourced) unlike Knowlton. She whiffed on Sonny (although he's making a case that "it's not me, it's you") and she got hit with poor luck/timing regarding the stadium project (I give her a pass). Even Knowlton's gold-flaked wraparound porch is starting to burn (McKeever).

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Would Sean Marks come on board? All meetings would be at Henry's.

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He might have taken our bait a couple of months back, but the Nets are back from the dead.

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well about the Nets.......

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Whoah, never mind! Just checked in at ESPN.

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Who has Sean Marks on speed dial?

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They'll be fine when Durant gets back. I trust Milwaukee and Boston more obviously, but I trust the Nets more than the Sixers, for instance, regardless of the disparity in seeding.

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