I was talking with my boy, who is a sportswriter and fellow Cal alum. And we mused about the fact that Cal is held back by a number of things:
a. Old Old Blues...the white guys who couldn't give to shits about football versus our academic reputation.
b. Massive debt.
c. The fact that Cal has never hired a Black head coach in football.
d. Cal doesn't market itself well to the greater Bay Area, creating "BART Cal Alum" in the tradition of Subway ND fans.
e. ADs who lack imagination.
f. Fans who can't remember Cal football being consistently good.
g. The lack of land to keep up with the building and facilities race (even with the improvements)
h. Our half assed recruiting of local Bay Area schools. Cal gets the second and third tier recruits.
i. Not paying for top flight coaches and assistant coaches. See Point b.
I walked on the Cal campus in 1984 from Loyola High, where we were #1 in the country at one point. I couldn't understand why Cal football wasn't a behemoth as the flagship school, and I still don't understand why.
If UW wants Wilcox, he's probably gone. Cal can't (i.e. won't) match UW's purse when it comes to football. Wilcox has done reasonably well here given the lack of depth/talent (at least some of which is his fault, sure), but with UW's roster and recruiting power, I think UW is back to contending for the P12 north.
For those who want to see Wilcox move on, whom (within reason) would you like to see as his replacement? DeBoer? Jay Norvell? They won't be easy to get. Perennial head coach replacement candidate Troy Taylor? First person to say "Ron Rivera" gets a kick in the nuts.
OL status is not good at all, not good. 2 starters out and the 2 deep is chock full of kids that have never played D1 ball. Stanfurd appears to be at full strength (as much as any team can at this point in the season).
This is setting up to be a much tougher game than anticipated. Cal struggles so much at OL even when all the lads are available. I must say, Craig is an injury prone dude.
I doubt UW wants a coach that has fallen off nearly as hard as Lake has. This is probably his agent fishing for an extension before Wilcox becomes a lame duck.
I don't care the race or gender of a person, if they are qualified and the best candidate ~ I hire them. So, if an Asian woman was the best candidate to be Cal's head coach ~ she's hired.
That said, if I were the AD I would not hire a HC. I would hire a DC and OC. They can hire their assistants. For in-game management, I would hire a numbers guy that understands probabilities, the game, and the strengths of the team. S/he would make in-game decisions and would be accountable only to me.
Funny that he twice mentioned that he loves working with the players and staff. Both times I expected him to also mention the department or administration, which standard coachspeak would require. But he didn’t.
Also, does the second person who mentions Ron Rivera also get a kick in the nuts?
On that last point, does anyone know if Stanfurd will accept phone photos of vaccine cards for entry to Stanford or do they need to see the actual card?
I was talking with my boy, who is a sportswriter and fellow Cal alum. And we mused about the fact that Cal is held back by a number of things:
a. Old Old Blues...the white guys who couldn't give to shits about football versus our academic reputation.
b. Massive debt.
c. The fact that Cal has never hired a Black head coach in football.
d. Cal doesn't market itself well to the greater Bay Area, creating "BART Cal Alum" in the tradition of Subway ND fans.
e. ADs who lack imagination.
f. Fans who can't remember Cal football being consistently good.
g. The lack of land to keep up with the building and facilities race (even with the improvements)
h. Our half assed recruiting of local Bay Area schools. Cal gets the second and third tier recruits.
i. Not paying for top flight coaches and assistant coaches. See Point b.
I walked on the Cal campus in 1984 from Loyola High, where we were #1 in the country at one point. I couldn't understand why Cal football wasn't a behemoth as the flagship school, and I still don't understand why.
If UW wants Wilcox, he's probably gone. Cal can't (i.e. won't) match UW's purse when it comes to football. Wilcox has done reasonably well here given the lack of depth/talent (at least some of which is his fault, sure), but with UW's roster and recruiting power, I think UW is back to contending for the P12 north.
For those who want to see Wilcox move on, whom (within reason) would you like to see as his replacement? DeBoer? Jay Norvell? They won't be easy to get. Perennial head coach replacement candidate Troy Taylor? First person to say "Ron Rivera" gets a kick in the nuts.
damn I wanted him fired but now that other schools want him, I want him to stay
OL status is not good at all, not good. 2 starters out and the 2 deep is chock full of kids that have never played D1 ball. Stanfurd appears to be at full strength (as much as any team can at this point in the season).
This is setting up to be a much tougher game than anticipated. Cal struggles so much at OL even when all the lads are available. I must say, Craig is an injury prone dude.
I doubt UW wants a coach that has fallen off nearly as hard as Lake has. This is probably his agent fishing for an extension before Wilcox becomes a lame duck.
I don't care the race or gender of a person, if they are qualified and the best candidate ~ I hire them. So, if an Asian woman was the best candidate to be Cal's head coach ~ she's hired.
That said, if I were the AD I would not hire a HC. I would hire a DC and OC. They can hire their assistants. For in-game management, I would hire a numbers guy that understands probabilities, the game, and the strengths of the team. S/he would make in-game decisions and would be accountable only to me.
Aren't you glad I'm not the AD??
Andy Buh for Wilcox replacement if he leaves
Funny that he twice mentioned that he loves working with the players and staff. Both times I expected him to also mention the department or administration, which standard coachspeak would require. But he didn’t.
Also, does the second person who mentions Ron Rivera also get a kick in the nuts?
On that last point, does anyone know if Stanfurd will accept phone photos of vaccine cards for entry to Stanford or do they need to see the actual card?
Yeah what else is he supposed to say. I have no idea but even if he's interested in UW Job he knows the right things to say.