As I've written in other posts, Wilcox teams have lost ~2/3 of their conference games. Like many, I bought into the lie that the ACC was weaker than the Pac-12, and the Golden Bears would feast on ACC teams. Well, we are 1-5 in the ACC, losing to losers like NC State and a terrible FL State. A win for the Axe will not remove the stink fr…
As I've written in other posts, Wilcox teams have lost ~2/3 of their conference games. Like many, I bought into the lie that the ACC was weaker than the Pac-12, and the Golden Bears would feast on ACC teams. Well, we are 1-5 in the ACC, losing to losers like NC State and a terrible FL State. A win for the Axe will not remove the stink from this program, and we are currently perfectly positioned for relegation when that comes. Following in the steps of Oregon State is something no one wants, so to that end we need to move on from a very nice man, but an unsuccessful head coach in Justin Wilcox.
The ACC this year is worse than the Pac 12 last year. There's not a single team in the same league as Washington or Oregon last year. Arizona would probably win it. Even 2023 Utah, USC, Oregon State would probably be 6-2, 5-3 in conference type teams. Problem is, we somehow managed to get worse.
Assuming we take the axe and lose to SMU, our record in the ACC will be 2-6, a win % in the conference of 25%. That is unacceptable to even the most ardent Knowlton/Wilcox supporters. The transfer portal will be disastrous I fear, and NIL $ will stop until we have a proven winning coach. We can't have JW coming back next year, period.
First part is easy: fire all Cal DEI employees and defund all Cal DEI programs. That will easily cover the cost of JW's contract. 2nd is harder - truckloads of blue and gold ties delivered to Nick Saban's house and lots of prayers...
1. Big Game win = Groundhog Day Effect where Wilcox is “okay” resets.
2. Rumor has it Big donors want Knowlton gone, first. Knowlton “gone” is complicated by ongoing investigation into wrongdoing regarding not firing women’s swim coach fast enough.
As I've written in other posts, Wilcox teams have lost ~2/3 of their conference games. Like many, I bought into the lie that the ACC was weaker than the Pac-12, and the Golden Bears would feast on ACC teams. Well, we are 1-5 in the ACC, losing to losers like NC State and a terrible FL State. A win for the Axe will not remove the stink from this program, and we are currently perfectly positioned for relegation when that comes. Following in the steps of Oregon State is something no one wants, so to that end we need to move on from a very nice man, but an unsuccessful head coach in Justin Wilcox.
The ACC this year is worse than the Pac 12 last year. There's not a single team in the same league as Washington or Oregon last year. Arizona would probably win it. Even 2023 Utah, USC, Oregon State would probably be 6-2, 5-3 in conference type teams. Problem is, we somehow managed to get worse.
Assuming we take the axe and lose to SMU, our record in the ACC will be 2-6, a win % in the conference of 25%. That is unacceptable to even the most ardent Knowlton/Wilcox supporters. The transfer portal will be disastrous I fear, and NIL $ will stop until we have a proven winning coach. We can't have JW coming back next year, period.
How are you going to pay to release him from his contract and hire a proven head coach?
First part is easy: fire all Cal DEI employees and defund all Cal DEI programs. That will easily cover the cost of JW's contract. 2nd is harder - truckloads of blue and gold ties delivered to Nick Saban's house and lots of prayers...
Well.
1. Big Game win = Groundhog Day Effect where Wilcox is “okay” resets.
2. Rumor has it Big donors want Knowlton gone, first. Knowlton “gone” is complicated by ongoing investigation into wrongdoing regarding not firing women’s swim coach fast enough.
Agree, Cal should clean house on Knowlton AND JW.