I honestly am still pulling and praying for Fox to turn it around. But I’ve seen nothing so far to say that’s the case. Fox’s PEAK season at Georgia was a NCAA appearance. If that’s what we get when ALL THE STARS align for us. That’s a terrible standard and expectation for our program.
Fox’s thing is coaching defense. And while I love the change in offensive mentality and direction, the defense has suffered and regressed TERRIBLY under a HC that prides himself on defense despite actually getting more athletic and experienced in the rotation.
On the recruiting front: Wyking’s recruited more 4-stars in 2 years than Fox did in 10 years at Georgia.
Not something I’d be optimistic about improving anytime soon.
Is too early in the Fox era to start to ask where this program is going? Clearly we're not making a leap this year, and I don't see potential for any meaningful leap between this year and next year either. Fox track record shows he's a middling recruiter who brings a solid defensive philosophy. To be successful like that though, you really need to be DOMINANT defensively. But we're not even good yet defensively--and that's generally the first area where you would expect and hope to see a program make strong gains out of the gate.
Matt is undoubtedly the best player on the team and his loss is difficult to overcome, but make no mistake: We're still probably the worst team in the conference with or w/o him.
This team is begging for impact freshmen, but we have none. And it’s unlikely we’ll have any next year either. In fact, we have a coach whose most distinguishing characteristic is his utter inability to win recruiting battles.
So this is where we are, and this is likely where we’ll stay, no matter how many years or decades we give this staff. Cal Basketball is irrelevant, and it’s continued irrelevance was sealed when Knowlton chose a known quantity to lead the program.
Hate to say it but we better give Fox 3-4 years to recruit and build his team. It sucks to have us be so bad, but we lack talent and leadership. This team would lose easily to every team of the Monty era. Not all of that is coaching, though some is. I always ask myself if you replaced the current coach with Pete Newell or Monty or pick your Hall of Famer, would the team be much better? During Wyking, the answer was obviously YES. Now, it is sort of MEH. Fox is not a Hall of Famer, but neither is his team strong with talent or leadership. So we have to sit back and wait a few years. By 2023 or 4 we will make a decision.
I honestly am still pulling and praying for Fox to turn it around. But I’ve seen nothing so far to say that’s the case. Fox’s PEAK season at Georgia was a NCAA appearance. If that’s what we get when ALL THE STARS align for us. That’s a terrible standard and expectation for our program.
Fox’s thing is coaching defense. And while I love the change in offensive mentality and direction, the defense has suffered and regressed TERRIBLY under a HC that prides himself on defense despite actually getting more athletic and experienced in the rotation.
On the recruiting front: Wyking’s recruited more 4-stars in 2 years than Fox did in 10 years at Georgia.
Not something I’d be optimistic about improving anytime soon.
Is too early in the Fox era to start to ask where this program is going? Clearly we're not making a leap this year, and I don't see potential for any meaningful leap between this year and next year either. Fox track record shows he's a middling recruiter who brings a solid defensive philosophy. To be successful like that though, you really need to be DOMINANT defensively. But we're not even good yet defensively--and that's generally the first area where you would expect and hope to see a program make strong gains out of the gate.
Matt is undoubtedly the best player on the team and his loss is difficult to overcome, but make no mistake: We're still probably the worst team in the conference with or w/o him.
This team is begging for impact freshmen, but we have none. And it’s unlikely we’ll have any next year either. In fact, we have a coach whose most distinguishing characteristic is his utter inability to win recruiting battles.
So this is where we are, and this is likely where we’ll stay, no matter how many years or decades we give this staff. Cal Basketball is irrelevant, and it’s continued irrelevance was sealed when Knowlton chose a known quantity to lead the program.
Hate to say it but we better give Fox 3-4 years to recruit and build his team. It sucks to have us be so bad, but we lack talent and leadership. This team would lose easily to every team of the Monty era. Not all of that is coaching, though some is. I always ask myself if you replaced the current coach with Pete Newell or Monty or pick your Hall of Famer, would the team be much better? During Wyking, the answer was obviously YES. Now, it is sort of MEH. Fox is not a Hall of Famer, but neither is his team strong with talent or leadership. So we have to sit back and wait a few years. By 2023 or 4 we will make a decision.
Yes it will take a few years to make a comeback, but hopefully we will...
Wyking Jones, and Mike Williams the AD, almost irreparably fucked Cal's basketball program.